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Written Answers — House of Lords: Youth Justice Board: Annual Review 2001–02 (9 Jul 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Youth Justice Board will publish its annual review for 2001–02.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Reserve Forces (12 Jun 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: What changes they plan to the role of the Reserves in home defence and security.

India and Pakistan: Arms Exports (28 May 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, when could the first deliveries of Hawk training aircraft be expected to go to the Indian subcontinent?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Customs and Excise: Prosecuting Authority Role (26 Mar 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made in implementing the recommendations made by His Honour John Gower QC and Sir Anthony Hammond KCB QC in their report on prosecutions conducted by the Solicitors Office of HM Customs and Excise.

Martin Sixsmith (27 Feb 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that when I came in through the Peers' Entrance about an hour ago, there was a kerfuffle across the road and a noise? I said to the policeman, "What's it all about?" He said, "There is one chap". "What's he doing?" "He's shouting, 'Keep your hands off Stephen Byers!'" Listening to the Question of the noble Baroness, Lady Blatch, and the Answer made me wonder...

Police Reform Bill [HL] (5 Feb 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, Robert Carvel was the political correspondent of the Evening Standard in the 1960s and 1970s, and I believe for many years before that worked for the Star. He was a real political correspondent, not like so many today. One morning at about 10 o'clock when the Evening Standard came out, Robert Carvel had written, "Westminster is agog", with interest in a certain Bill. I happened to...

Ofsted Annual Report (5 Feb 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, may I ask a question about supply teachers—temporary teachers? I understand that there has been a great change and local authorities do not provide supply teachers as they used to. I was surprised to hear one of my noble friend's colleagues on television last night refer to the fact that supply teachers—temporary teachers—are employed by an agency, and that it is not the job...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Sentencing Framework Review (4 Feb 2002)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will publish a summary of the responses to the public consultation on the review of the sentencing framework.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Devolved Administrations: Memorandum of Understanding (19 Dec 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans there are to publish a revised edition of the memorandum of understanding between the UK Government and the devolved administrations.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Armed Forces Aircrew Retention (17 Dec 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the outcome of the comprehensive review of Armed Forces aircrew retention.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Security Council Resolution 1373 (13 Dec 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: What implications the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1373 on terrorism have for their policy in respect of arms exports.

Sinn Fein: Overseas Funding (22 Oct 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, is not the difficulty at the heart of the Question as put that, as my noble and learned friend said, the Provisional IRA is a proscribed organisation, with all the implications that that has for the raising of money, but Sinn Fein is not? Indeed, a number of members of Sinn Fein have been elected to the other place, and a large number are Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly....

Written Answers — House of Lords: Judicial Appointments: Northern Ireland (10 Jul 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: When they intend to appoint a Judicial Appointments Commissioner to oversee judicial appointments in Northern Ireland.

Gas Supply (10 May 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, who is now responsible for the clean coal research that used to be carried out by the Gas Corporation?

Meteorological Office: Relocation (20 Mar 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, will the close historical relationship between the Met Office and the RAF be affected by this change?

Communications White Paper (28 Feb 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, I, too, commend the noble Lord, Lord Gordon, on having the ingenuity to raise this debate. It is the House of Lords at its best. On other occasions when we imitate the other place, we are not very good. Debates of this nature are very good and worth listening to. I commend the Government for publishing a White Paper which is their response to a new communications environment. I...

Iraq (19 Feb 2001)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, what is the nature of the joint activities announced today between the armed forces of the United States of America and Israel in southern Israel? Given the timing, is there any connection whatever between what is taking place in Israel and the coalition forces for Iraq?

Equitable Life (13 Dec 2000)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, as another noble Lord who has a personal interest in these matters, I ask my noble friend what it means when he says that the FSA will watch matters. It will watch and do what? How can it intervene, and under what conditions?

War Graves: Gardeners' Allowances (30 Oct 2000)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will reverse the decision to reduce the allowance paid to gardeners in the Commonwealth war cemeteries in European countries.

War Graves: Gardeners' Allowances (30 Oct 2000)

Lord Merlyn-Rees: My Lords, is the Minister aware that the standards in the cemeteries which are looked after by the commission in all parts of the world are to its credit? To those who have members of their family or old comrades buried there it matters a great deal. I am interested in this independent report. I am not sure why one needs an independent report; I should have thought it could be independent in...

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