Thursday, 10 December 2015
The right honourable Dame Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, DBE, having been created Baroness Jowell, of Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth, was introduced and took the oath, supported by...
The right honourable Alistair Maclean Darling, having been created Baron Darling of Roulanish, of Great Bernera in Ross and Cromarty, was introduced and made the solemn affirmation, supported by...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent assessment they have made of the impact on higher education institutions of their policy on visas for overseas students, particularly in respect...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks made by the Prime Minister on 4 November (HC Deb, col 965), what information they are using to estimate the financial gains from...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to improve the United Kingdom’s current balance of payments and industrial productivity levels.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the reported delays in bringing forward a British Bill of Rights, whether they will rule out introducing legislation that will purport to...
Moved by Baroness Stowell of Beeston That the debates on the motions in the names of Lord Howarth of Newport and Baroness Wheeler set down for today shall each be limited to two and a half hours....
Tabled by Lord Bridges of Headley That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 13, Schedule 1, Clauses 14 to 16, Schedule 2, Clause...
My Lords, I shall now repeat as a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question given in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health on the report into the...
Moved by Lord Howarth of Newport That this House takes note of the future of legal aid.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to tackle the rise in religiously-identified conflicts and violence, in the light of the recent visit by Pope Francis to the...
Moved by Baroness Wheeler That this House takes note of the quality and viability of the residential care sector in the light of the Government’s decision to delay the implementation of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the possible threat to financial stability from the risks concentrated in Central Counterparties.
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.