Wednesday, 5 March 2003
My Lords, before business begins, I take the opportunity to inform the House that I shall be undertaking a ministerial visit to Paris on Tuesday 25th March and Wednesday 26th March when the House...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make a commitment to holding a referendum as part of the ratification process for any treaty which gives effect to a new European constitution.
asked Her Majesty's Government: By what proportion unemployment has fallen in the county of South Yorkshire and in the Yorkshire region in 2002 and since 1997.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the pass-out parades of probationer police constables held at police training centres should continue.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether it is still their belief, as stated in the Official Report of 14th January (HL Deb, col. 124), that the accession of Cyprus to the European Union will not...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether it is appropriate for public money to be used to campaign for regional government in advance of a decision to hold a regional referendum.
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I wish to make a short Statement about Recess dates. This morning my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the date of the...
My Lords, I beg to move the first Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the debate on the Motion in the name of the Lord Fowler set down for today shall be limited to three...
My Lords, I beg to move the second Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. After representations from Peers from all parties, I have been in correspondence with the Senior Salaries Review...
rose to call attention to the Green Paper on saving for retirement (Cm. 5677) and to the promotion of adequate pension provision in the United Kingdom; and to move for Papers. My Lords, the...
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rose to call attention to the situation in Zimbabwe; and to move for Papers. My Lords, the head of the World Food Programme, James Morris, has described the situation in Zimbabwe as a...
rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 6th February be approved [10th Report from the Joint Committee].
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The Bill has the support of the ports industry, which has identified an anomaly in the Harbours Act 1964. The Bill is intended to...
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And sometimes to shout at each other.