– in the House of Lords at 2:30 pm on 15 October 2003.
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Secretary of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
2:30,
15 October 2003
My Lords, before business begins, may I take the opportunity to inform the House that I shall be undertaking a ministerial visit to Leicester on Friday 17th October? Accordingly, I trust that the House will grant me leave of absence.