My Lords, before the commencement of business, I take the opportunity to inform the House that I am to open the annual exhibition of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers in the City of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How they intend to ensure that those patients currently receiving beneficial National Health Service treatments or drug therapies will not be disadvantaged when...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How they reconcile their private finance initiative hospital building programme with the recent findings of the national beds inquiry.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will establish a statutory hotel registration scheme.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will now support the continuance of the principle of selection by ability in some maintained British schools.

My Lords, after the first debate my noble friend Lady Blackstone will, with the leave of the House, repeat in the form of a Statement an Answer to a Private Notice Question in another place on...

My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the debate on the Motion in the name of the Baroness Whitaker set down for today shall be limited to three...

rose to call attention to the role of education in developing countries; and to move for Papers. My Lords, I am grateful for an opportunity to open a debate on this subject at this time. There is...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to a Private Notice Question which was asked in another place earlier this afternoon. "I am happy...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement on inherited SERPS which is being made in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Social...

rose to call attention to the case for promoting access to, and education and training in, the arts; and to move for Papers. My Lords, I am delighted to be able to introduce this short debate on...

rose to ask Her Majesty's Government what are their objectives for the forthcoming Lisbon Special European Council. My Lords, this is a formal Question to mark the forthcoming Lisbon Special...