Tuesday, 16 October 2018
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by Independent Age, A Taxing Question: How to fund free personal social care, published in September.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to their response to the report by the House of Commons International Development Committee, Definition and Administration of the ODA, (HC 1556)...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support local authorities to set up private rented sector licensing schemes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to fund further education teachers’ pay increases.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to prevent deaths from starvation at the Rukban camp on the Syria-Jordan border.
Clause 3: Authorised court and tribunal staff: legal advice and judicial functions
My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to Baroness Hollis of Heigham, who was a Minister in this House from, I understand, 1997 to 2005. Baroness Hollis was a formidable Minister—I know...
Moved by Lord Paddick That this House regrets that organisations concerned with the human rights and welfare of children were not consulted about the decision to extend the maximum length of...
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
