Wednesday, 14 January 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to enhance the amount and quality of citizenship education in order to increase the democratic participation and engagement of young citizens.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to increase internship opportunities.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the conduct and result of the presidential election in Sri Lanka, and of the policy statement made by Mr Maithripala Sirisena,...
A Bill to make provision for the regulation of political opinion polling in the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. The Bill was introduced by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, read a first time...
My Lords, with permission, I shall repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in another place earlier this afternoon. “Mr Speaker, I want to make a statement...
Recall of MPs Bill 11th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee
Relevant document: 11th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee Clause 1: How an MP becomes subject to a recall petition process Amendment 1 Moved by Lord Gardiner of Kimble 1: Clause 1, page...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the Report of the Communications Committee on media plurality (1st Report, Session 2013–14, HL Paper 120).
Amendment 5 Moved by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock 5: Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out subsection (4)
The bill was returned from the Commons with amendments. It was ordered that the Commons amendments be printed. House adjourned at 10.20 pm.
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And sometimes to shout at each other.