Wednesday, 24 June 2015
My Lords, I have the honour to present to your Lordships a message from Her Majesty the Queen, signed by her own hand. The message is as follows: “I have received with great satisfaction...
My Lords, I should like to notify the House of the retirement, with effect from today, of the noble Lord, Lord Luke, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to achieve parity of esteem between mental health and physical health in prisons.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost (£/tCO2e) of greenhouse gas emissions abatement in the most recent year for which there is data from each of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have conducted of the economic impact of the Severn Bridge tolls.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what their response is to the Royal College of Nursing report concerning the impact of immigration rules on the employment of foreign nurses within the...
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I should like to repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in another place earlier today. “Mr Speaker, industrial...
The Bill was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] 1st Report from the Delegated Powers Committee
Relevant document: 1st Report from the Delegated Powers Committee Clause 2: Deputy mayors etc Amendment 18 Moved by Lord Beecham 18: Clause 2, page 3, line 4, at end insert “, with the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the political situation in Syria.
Amendment 36D Moved by Lord Bradley 36D: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause— “Transfer of functions: health and social care A local or combined authority which is the...
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