asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the European Commission remains the appropriate body to initiate European Union legislation.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in accordance with the Lord Chancellor's Statement on constitutional reform on 18th September, an invitation has now been made to the non-statutory...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they favour the recording and publication of tables of general practitioners' performance in their work in the medical profession.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will try to ensure that in future any head of state making a state visit to the United Kingdom has an invitation to address both Houses of Parliament.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they agree with the view recently expressed by the National Grid that it would like a bigger electricity safety cushion to manage exceptional circumstances.

My Lords, with permission, I should like to make a short Statement about future business. As the House will know, the Committee stage of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and...

Read a third time, and passed.

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.—(Lord Whitty.)

rose to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to rising levels of personal debt and its social consequences. My Lords, I am grateful for this pause in the consideration of the...

House again in Committee. Clause 2, as amended, agreed to. Clause 3 [Hunting: assistance]:

Brought from the Commons, read a first time and referred to the Examiners.

A message was brought from the Commons that they have amended the order of the House of 10th July appointing a Select Committee to join with a committee of the Lords to consider and report on any...

Bill returned from the Commons agreed to with amendments and with a privilege amendment; it was ordered that the Commons amendments be printed. House adjourned at three minutes past ten o'clock.