🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I welcome the fact that the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, has introduced this enormously important debate. I should like quickly to make two points. First, it is important that debates such as this one on science education should be based on a clear assessment of the position in our schools today, so that policy initiatives are directed at the right problems and not simply scattered...
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My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 989.
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My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 990.
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My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 991.
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My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 992. This amendment, which relates to disclosure of information under the Enterprise Act 2002, will permit disclosure to be made for civil proceedings overseas. When the clause was considered in this House, it allowed for disclosure for civil proceedings within the UK only. However, it was agreed in...
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My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 993, to which I spoke with Amendment No. 1. Moved, That the House to agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 993.—(Lord Sainsbury of Turville.)
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My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 994. It removes subsection (3) of Clause 923. Subsection (3) was inserted in this House to declare that nothing in the Bill would involve a charge on public funds to avoid infringing the privilege of the other place to control charges on public funds. The insertion of this wording is termed the "privilege...
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My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 995 to 1029, to which I have already spoken.
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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In the past 10 years, the Export Credits Guarantee Department has provided support in respect of business with Iran on 43 cases. It is the ECGD's policy not to disclose details of insurance policies it provides, or the fact of having provided insurance, where it considers the disclosure of such information might increase the likelihood of discriminatory default by the bodies whose payment...
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The Department of Trade and Industry paid out a total of £11,951.67 in compensation to former employees in 2005-06. To provide information for earlier years would incur disproportionate cost.
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The UK's share of the €200 million was €31 million. These funds are principally required to cover costs associated with areas not covered within the original Galileo declaration. This includes additional system security requirements and the building of an additional technology demonstrator satellite and its associated launch costs. It will be paid in line with ESA financial call-ups.
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Following a Ministry of Defence (MoD) request for independent advice, in January 2003 the Medical Research Council (MRC), through the Military Health Research Advisory Group (MHRAG), undertook a comprehensive review of relevant Gulf research, including both UK and overseas studies. The review (MRC review of research into UK Gulf veterans' illnesses) was chaired by Professor Catherine Peckham...
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In January 2003, the Medical Research Council (MRC), through the Military Health Research Advisory Group (MHRAG), undertook a comprehensive review of relevant Gulf research, including both UK and overseas studies. The review considered research on immune abnormalities associated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Some other research relevant to...
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The final report concerning the evaluation of the personal provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002, including the bankruptcy restriction order regime, is due to be published in autumn 2007. The first interim evaluation report was published in March 2005 and the second in March 2006.
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No impact. The electrical contracting industry has been working to Amendment No. 2 of BS767 "Requirements for Electrical Installations" since 2004.
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This paragraph provides the power for GEMA (and NIAER) to carry out inspections of UK notified bodies it has designated. Following designation, GEMA will carry out inspection visits regarding the exercise of the notified body's duties and functions under the Measuring Instruments (Active Electrical Energy Meters) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1679). The timing and notice period for such...
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