Results 1-20 of 59 for speaker:Lord Stevens of Ludgate

Written Answers — House of Lords: House of Lords: Membership (21 May 2013)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to rebalance the membership of the House of Lords in line with the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Search and Rescue Service (21 May 2013)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what checks they carried out as to the suitability of Bristow Helicopter Transportation Services to take on the contract for search and rescue services.

Leveson Inquiry — Motion to Take Note (11 January 2013)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: My Lords, I am deeply sorry to hear of the experience with the press of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, and I apologise on behalf of the press, of which I used to be a member. I should perhaps disclose that I was chairman for nearly 20 years, until 1999, of United Newspapers, which subsequently became United News & Media. When I became chairman, the company owned many of the regional...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Economy: Debt (3 July 2012)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered cancelling the Government debt held by the Bank of England; and if so, what is their assessment of what the consequences would be.

Written Answers — House of Lords: UN: Rio+20 (3 July 2012)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost of the UK delegation to the Rio+20 UN conference on sustainable development; and how this compares with the cost of the delegation to the previous conference in Helsinki held in May 2011.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (18 January 2012)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Marland on 13 December 2011 (WA 232), why no budget was agreed before the delegation was sent to the 2011 United Nations climate change conference.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (13 December 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Marland on 13 December 2010 (WA 110) and on 16 February 2011 (WA 164-5) on the cost of sending the United Kingdom delegation to the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference, how much they have budgeted for their participation at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference; and whether this is more or less than...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Financial Services Authority (13 December 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 14 November (WA 106), when the Financial Services Authority will answer the questions.

European Union Membership (Economic Implications) Bill [HL]: Second Reading (25 November 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Pearson, on instigating today's debate. He is very persistent and continues to fight earnestly for what he truly believes in despite much opposition. I also agree with most of what the noble Lord, Lord Desai, and other speakers, said in that I think that we need to have a serious discussion about the broader aspects of the membership of the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Financial Services Authority (14 November 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, on average, is the time taken for the Financial Services Authority to approve a non-executive director appointment for an authorised firm (a) between the receipt of the application and the granting of an interview, and (b) between the granting of an interview and the date of final approval. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Staff (21 June 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the annual report of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, to what the £3,115,000 of costs for medical and dental fees relate; what is the average cost of medical and dental fees for members of staff; what is the nature of those expenses; whether employment agreements for staff at the authority include a commitment to fund part or all of their...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Staff (7 June 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the different levels of medical and dental insurance provided for employees of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority; and how many members of staff are given each level of medical and dental insurance. To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £3.1 million spent on medical and dental fees in 2009-10 by the Criminal Injuries...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Government: Correspondence (23 May 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to Ministers regarding the need to reply personally to correspondence from Members of the House of Lords.

European Union Bill — Second Reading (Continued) (22 March 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: My Lords, I congratulate the Government on the Bill. Some of us-indeed, the majority of the population of the United Kingdom-have eagerly awaited a Government who would finally stand up against further European integration. But do they achieve this? As the noble Lord, Lord Howell, has said in this House, "the use of ratchet clauses or passerelles, provisions in the existing EU treaties, which...

European Union Bill — Second Reading (Continued) (22 March 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: I apologise if I did not say the Sunday Times. The point is that Mr Murdoch's press accounts for 32 per cent of the total turnover. I am not necessarily a supporter of everything but it is somewhat unfair to say that overseas press barons determine newspaper content. On a side issue, when I was chairman of the Daily Express, the editor of the Daily Star was a somewhat misguided individual who...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Prices (17 March 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average annual generation cost of a kilowatt of electricity from (a) wind, (b) coal-fired, and (c) gas- fired generation.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (8 March 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Marland on 16 February (WA 164-5), why it took over two months to calculate the total cost of sending United Kingdom delegates to the climate change conference in Cancún.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (16 February 2011)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Marland on 13 December 2010 (WA 110), what was the cost of sending United Kingdom delegates to the climate change conference in Cancun.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (16 December 2010)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the carbon footprint created by the travel of United Kingdom delegates to the climate change conference in Cancún.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change (13 December 2010)

Lord Stevens of Ludgate: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost of sending United Kingdom delegates to the climate change conference in Cancún.