Tuesday, 21 October 2008
—Paul Myners, Esquire, CBE, having been created Baron Myners, of Truro in the County of Cornwall, for life, was introduced between the Lord Elder and the Baroness Vadera.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the moratorium preventing the forced return of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe, Darfur and Iran will continue.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that United Kingdom investment in science is sufficient to meet the key economic and environmental challenges facing the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to Electricité de France's proposed takeover of British Energy to become the principal provider of nuclear energy in the United Kingdom.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to increase access to general practitioners following the recent Healthcare Commission report.
My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill.
rose to move, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the regulations, laid before the House on 21 July, be annulled (SI 2008/1938).
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.
