Monday, 22 October 2007
My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of Lord Oliver of Aylmerton, on October 17. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to his family and friends.
My Lords, with permission, I should like to make a short personal Statement. On Monday last, 15 October, I was asked a question on corporation tax by the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. In...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made in developing renewable energy policies other than through the European Emissions Trading Scheme.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will bring forward the increased spending allocations for flood defences from 2010-11 to 2008-09.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the main changes being made in the work of prisons and young offender institutions to enable the Prison Service to keep within its budget.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will give effect to their pledge to consult Parliament about whether the Prime Minister should be required to seek the approval of the House of Commons...
My Lords, I beg to move the six Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That this House resolves that the promoters of the Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [HL] which was...
Read a third time. Clause 3 [Invitations, directions and proposals: supplementary]:
My Lords, with permission, I shall now repeat a Statement on the European Council made in the other place by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister. The Statement is as follows: "With...
Proceedings after Third Reading resumed. Clause 56 [Electoral Commission and Boundary Committee: reviews and recommendations]:
rose to move, That this House do direct that, in accordance with the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919, the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure be presented to Her Majesty for Royal...
rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 9 October be approved. 27th Report from the Statutory Instruments Committee and 31st Report from the Merits Committee.
asked Her Majesty's Government whether they will assist those who served the Crown in Southern Rhodesia before the unilateral declaration of independence, and in many cases afterwards, for whose...
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