Wednesday, 12 November 2008
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name. In doing so, I draw attention to my non-pecuniary interest in the Register of Interests. The Question was as follows: To ask Her...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to change the remit of the Bank of England regarding interest rates.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How the rate of unemployment in the United Kingdom in October 2008 compares with the rate in October 1997.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will offer advice to music teachers about the circumstances in which they may have physical contact with pupils.
My Lords, I beg to move the six Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the draft orders be referred to a Grand Committee.—(Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.)
My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Moved, That the Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Air Travel and Health: an Update (First Report, HL Paper...
My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now further considered on Report.
rose to move, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that the order, laid before the House on 6 October, be annulled (SI 2008/2554).
Further consideration of amendments on Report resumed on Clause 199.
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