Thursday, 16 June 2005
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress the Rural Payments Agency made in 2004 to ensure payments were made within the required timescale.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have ruled out holding any all-postal or other experimental voting pilots at the council elections in May 2006.
asked Her Majesty's Government: In what form local government was consulted on the proposal to introduce free bus travel for pensioners.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How the British contingent from the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, to be sent to Afghanistan, will impact on deployment in Iraq.
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the debates on the Motions in the names of the Lord Puttnam and the Lord Pendry set down for today shall...
rose to call attention to the contribution made by the arts to urban regeneration; and to move for Papers. My Lords, in introducing this welcome opportunity to debate the contribution made by the...
rose to call attention to the development of sport in local communities and its contribution to the achievement of sporting excellence; and to move for Papers. My Lords, this is a timely debate...
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. Looking round this not very crowded and soon to be probably rather empty Chamber, the effect of moving debate day to Thursday...
Debates in the House of Lords are an opportunity for Peers from all parties (and crossbench peers, and Bishops) to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
