Tuesday, 12 February 2002
rose to move, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as follows: "Most Gracious Sovereign—We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to introduce legislation to clarify and define the role and functions of special advisers.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What further action they are taking to deal with excessive increases in salary and large bonus and benefit payments to company board members.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether local authorities are entitled to disregard government guidance on deafblind adults and children issued under Section 7 of the Local Authority Social...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in the light of recent disclosures of multiple directorships, as revealed by the Enron corporation bankruptcy, they intend to introduce legislation to...
Report received. Clause 1 [Entitlement]:
rose to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy towards political support for, and economic aid towards, the island states of the South Pacific. My Lords, it is just over 10 years since...
Returned from the Commons agreed to with amendments and with a privilege amendment. House adjourned at eighteen minutes past eight o'clock.
Debates in the House of Lords are an opportunity for Peers from all parties (and crossbench peers, and Bishops) to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
