Monday, 6 December 1999
My Lords, I have the honour to present to your Lordships a message from Her Majesty the Queen signed by her own hand. The message is as follows: "I have received with great satisfaction the loyal...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Minister for Women is recommending the Prime Minister to take paternity leave.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they will make at the World Trade Organisation talks to ensure environmental concerns are addressed.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures they are considering to make more effective use of roadside speed cameras and the penalties for driving at excessive speeds.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many hereditary Peers who lost the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords on the enactment of the House of Lords Act are on the electoral register in the...
My Lords, at a convenient moment after 3.30 p.m. my noble friend Lord Bassam will, with the leave of the House, repeat a Statement being made in another place on passports. The Statement is...
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That, unless any Lord objects, leave be given to the Chairman of Committees to move the eight Motions standing in...
My Lords, I beg to move that the Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper be agreed en bloc. --Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider science and technology and that, as...
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. It may be helpful to the House if I remind your Lordships that the Motion implements a recommendation of the Procedure...
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The Local Government Bill is intended to revitalise local democracy, to change the way in which local communities govern...
My Lords, before we move to the Statement on passports, I take this opportunity to remind the House that the Companion indicates that discussion on a Statement should be confined to brief...
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary. The Statement is as follows: "With permission Madam...
Second Reading debate resumed.
rose to ask Her Majesty's Government what they consider will be the impact of the digital broadcasting revolution on the 8.7 million deaf and hard-of-hearing people who live in the United...
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