Results 1-20 of 1,464 for speaker:Lord Pearson of Rannoch
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Michael Savage (19 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the United States radio host Mr Michael Savage has been banned from entering the United Kingdom; and, if so, why.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Article 308 (12 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the European Union has used Article 308 of the treaty establishing the European Community to enact legislation since 1996.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Polygamy (12 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 21 July (WA 301-02), whether the Minister's officials have come to a conclusion as to whether changes to the UK Border Agency's Entry Clearance Guidance are required, in the context of polygamous marriages.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Treaties of Rome (12 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government which policy areas are not covered by the Treaties of Rome, as amended.
- Terrorism Act 2006 — Question (11 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, when we use the word terrorism in this context, are we mostly referring to violent Islamism, to the jihadists, or are other sects involved when we use that word, in which case how many and to what extent?
- Banking — Question (10 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, do Her Majesty's Government agree that the EU's emerging common financial policy—illegal though it may be, as your Lordships' Select Committee has found—will prove a worthy companion to those planetary disasters, the common agricultural policy and the common fisheries policy?
- Banking — Question (10 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords—
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Food: Supplements (10 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of European Union legislation concerning vitamins and food supplements; and what is their stance on that legislation.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (9 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they still plan to introduce statutory registration of herbalists and acupuncturists in the United Kingdom; and, if not, why not.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: VAT (2 Nov 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the total receipts from value added tax in the United Kingdom; and what percentage of those receipts goes towards the United Kingdom contribution to the European Union budget.
- International Development: Aid Spending — Question (21 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, is there any truth in the dictum that foreign aid is—
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Care (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government in relation to the article by Mr Christopher Booker in the Sunday Telegraph on 5 July entitled "Is the state guilty of child kidnap?", whether they will review the system whereby social workers remove children from their parents.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Bigamy (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is paid annually to members of bigamous Islamic families in housing benefit and other social security payments.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: City of London (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the answer by Lord Myners on 2 July (HL Deb, col. 328), what is their estimate of the contribution to United Kingdom tax made by firms in the City of London, split between investment management, investment banking, other banking and insurance.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Financial Institutions (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the amount of tax which may be lost as a result of United Kingdom financial companies relocating outside the United Kingdom in order to avoid the European Union's proposed directive on alternative investment fund managers and other European Union regulatory and supervisory proposals which may affect them.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Financial Institutions (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Myners on 20 July (WA 278), how many firms have relocated to Switzerland from the City of London in (a) the last year, and (b) the previous year; and what were their respective contributions to United Kingdom tax revenue.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Financial Institutions (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the answer by Lord Myners on 2 July (HL Deb, col. 328), when they expect to receive the European Commission's impact assessments on its draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and its proposed financial supervisory powers; and whether they will place them in the Library of the House.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Fraud and Financial Mismanagement (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by Lord Myners on 20 July (WS 147), when there will be a debate on the Statement on the 2009 EC budget and measures to combat fraud and financial mismanagement (Cm 7640).
- Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Complementary Medicine (5 Oct 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of the European Union's herbal medicines and food supplements directives and other European Union legislation on complementary medicine.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Equality (21 Jul 2009)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of the proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (Com(2008) 426 final); what effect they expect that proposal to have in the United Kingdom; and what is their stance on the proposal.