Tuesday, 9 September 2003
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to introduce legislation to deal with excessive payments to company chairmen and executives.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the English language tests, required to be taken by foreign doctors intending to practise in the United Kingdom, are to be abolished.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they consider that significant expansion of airport capacity in south-east England will be in the long term interests of the residents of the area and...
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In so doing, I declare an interest as pro-chancellor of the University of Birmingham. The Question was as...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the proposed drug testing for police officers in England and Wales could be considered intrusive and a breach of their civil liberties.
My Lords, with your Lordships' leave, I shall make a brief statement about business on Friday and Monday. The usual channels have agreed that I may move the Second Reading of the Northern Ireland...
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the Commons message of 10th July be now considered, and that a committee of eight Lords be appointed to join...
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Anti-social Behaviour Bill has been committed that they...
My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Therefore, unless...
rose to move, That this House takes note of the draft constitutional treaty produced by the Convention on the Future of Europe.
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That this House takes note of the report of the European Union Committee on The Future of Europe: Progress Report...
rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 3rd July be approved [26th Report from the Joint Committee].
My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale.)
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
