My Lords, I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts: Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: For how long it is planned that British troops should remain at military bases in Germany.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that the training of specialist civil servants is sufficiently broad to enable them to relate their work effectively to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether details of the rights and responsibilities of young people referred to in their Respect Action Plan are clearly set out in the citizenship curriculum...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What their response is to the assessment by the World Food Programme of the drought and famine facing 6.5 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

rose to call attention to the advice and guidance given to the Director of Army Legal Services and the Army Prosecuting Authority by the Attorney-General under his supervisory function; and to...

rose to call attention to the role of nuclear power in energy policy in the light of the consultative document, Our Energy Challenge; and to move for Papers. My Lords, I am particularly pleased...

rose to move, That the draft regulations laid before the House on 19 January be approved [15th Report from the Joint Committee and 22nd Report from the Merits Committee].

Returned from the Commons with certain amendments disagreed to with reasons for such disagreement; with certain other amendments agreed to but with amendments proposed in lieu thereof; and with...