Tuesday, 8 July 2008
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their current assessment of progress made by the agency NHS Connecting for Health.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to promote the recruitment and retention of highly qualified graduate women in the jobs for which they are qualified.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they expect the Taliban to be defeated by military means.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress they have made at the United Nations on securing international action on the situation in Zimbabwe.
My Lords, with permission, I advise the House that if Back-Bench contributions to today's Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill are kept to seven minutes, we should be able to rise tonight...
My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to acquaint the House that they, having been informed of the purport of the Retail Development...
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. We face an unprecedented terrorist threat. In film sound-bite terms, there is "a clear and present danger" to our population....
Brought from the Commons; read a first time, and ordered to be printed.
Brought from the Commons; read a first time, and ordered to be printed.
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.
