My Lords, before business begins, may I take the opportunity to inform the House that I will be undertaking a ministerial visit to Coventry on Tuesday, 9th September? Accordingly, I trust that...

asked the Leader of the House: Whether, in the light of current practice concerning declarations of interest, any noble Lord who has been, or is, in receipt of any emolument or pension from the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the availability of National Health Service dental treatment satisfies the needs of patients.

My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I declare an interest as president of the Motorsport Industry Association. The Question was as...

My Lords, I have two brief statements about business. First, with the leave of the House, after the three opening speeches in the debate on the Health and Social Care (Community Health and...

My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to make provision in connection with the establishment under international law of an independent commission with monitoring functions in relation to Northern...

My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the Earl of Shrewsbury be appointed a member of the Joint Committee on the draft Civil Contingencies Bill in...

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. We are today debating a Bill that represents another step along the path of adapting our National Health Service to the needs of...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills. The Statement is as...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement on Iraq and the Middle East being made in another place by my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary. The Statement is...

Second Reading debate resumed.

rose to ask Her Majesty's Government how their proposals to create a supreme court of the United Kingdom and a judicial appointments commission will secure the independence of the judiciary. My...