Monday, 22 February 2016
My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the noble Lord, Lord Avebury, on 14 February. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble Lord’s family and friends.
My Lords, I notify the House of the retirement with effect from 12 February of the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater of Butterstone, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the report Old Problems, New Solutions: Improving acute psychiatric care for adults in England.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure freedom of lawful speech at universities, in the light of recent disruptions to speeches.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the impact on dairy farmers of the latest fall in milk prices.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the rate of new house building starts in the past 12 months.
Moved by Lord Ashton of Hyde To move that the Orders laid before the House on 16 and 17 December 2015 and 25 January be approved. Relevant documents: 14th and 16th Reports from the Joint...
Relevant documents: 6th Report from the Constitution Committee, 15th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee Moved by Lord Dunlop That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister in another place. The Statement is as follows: “Mr Speaker, I...
Amendment 74 not moved. Clause 19 agreed.
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