Thursday, 9 June 2005
My Lords, I have the honour to present to your Lordships a message from Her Majesty the Queen, signed by her own hand. The message is as follows: "I have received with great satisfaction the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress they hope to make regarding the international finance facility for the relief of world poverty at the G8 finance Ministers meeting on 10 June.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish the results of their consultation on their draft Civil Service Bill.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the time spent preparing the e-Government Unit's document, Tomatoes are not the only fruit: a rough guide to taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies and the like,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How they intend to ensure that the National Health Service continues to be supplied with actrapid insulin injection pens.
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the debate on the Motion in the name of the Baroness Park of Monmouth set down for today shall be limited to...
rose to call attention to the situation in Northern Ireland; and to move for Papers. My Lords, I begin by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, to his new post. We all look forward greatly to...
rose to call attention to the value of museums; and to move for Papers. My Lords, I look forward to this debate on the value of museums. My interests in museums are, first, the Bowes Museum in...
rose to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on deaths in custody (3rd Report, Session 2004–05, HL Paper 15), what plans they have to...
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