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Lord Sainsbury of Turville: ...for e-commerce, and for the five-year review period for the regulation to be shortened. We have proposed that the Commission be required to review the impact of Article 15, particularly on smaller firms, at the same time as the review of the Directive on Electronic Commerce, which is to be completed by July 2003. The Government believe that in many future cases the best way to resolve...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...twins to challenge before the House of Lords judicial decisions of a life-threatening nature affecting their children with which they disagree; and why, in the case of baby Mary, the Official Solicitor did not refer the case to the House of Lords.
Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ensure that bail summaries are disclosed at least 48 hours before a bail hearing in an immigration case so that lawyers can represent their clients effectively at bail hearings.
Lord Harrison: asked Her Majesty's Government: How they intend to incorporate into United Kingdom law the European Union's recently agreed directive on late payment of commercial debt, an issue which affects small firms when participating in the single European market.
Lord Harrison: ...Majesty's Government: Whether the working of the Late Payments of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, which sought to tackle small and medium-sized enterprises being paid late, especially by big firms and institutions, is satisfactory.
Lord Harrison: asked Her Majesty's Government: How they intend to counter the use by other European Union member states of the national veto on single market legislation when the effect is to handicap British firms in the single European market.
Lord Bassam of Brighton: In the light of the discovery that systems supplied by a particular firm were loaded with counterfeit Microsoft software, the Association of Chief Police Officers is conducting an audit of software in use in a sample of police forces. This will provide some indication of whether the problem is confined to those particular systems or is more widespread. The findings will be available in the...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville: ...will always leverage their equity and, provided that it is properly managed, debt is a cheaper form of financing than issuing equity. Finally, I believe that the apparent willingness of telecoms firms to invest; the readiness of financial markets to provide finance to the sector; and the efficiency with which telecoms firms are managing their equity is positive for the future development...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: ...the wider public health and regulatory consequences. We therefore wish to continue to review the developing shape of the directive and the implications for overall medicines regulation before firmly committing ourselves to supporting the principle that coverage should extend more widely. We are also considering carefully our detailed position on the definition of traditional use, including...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville: ...with the requirement of the Data Protection Act 1998 that data subjects are made aware of who is processing personal data about them and for what purposes. Businesses may face liability for civil lawsuits if they do not act in accordance with the regulations, and action by the Information Commissioner (formerly the Data Protection Commissioner) in the case of any breach of the Data...
Lord Rawlinson of Ewell: asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions during the calendar year 2000 (i) the Attorney-General and (ii) the Solicitor-General: (a) visited Northern Ireland and met the Director of Public Prosecutions Northern Ireland; and (b) attended meetings of the Bar Council, apart from the Annual General Meeting of the Bar.
Lord Rawlinson of Ewell: asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions during the calendar year 2000 (i) the Attorney-General and (ii) the Solicitor-General: (a) appeared in court to prosecute in criminal proceedings in England and Wales; (b) appeared in court representing the Crown or a Department of State in civil proceedings in England and Wales; (c) attended a Committee of either House of Parliament,...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville: ...and Industry has received some information on the allegations relating to the proposed biomass power plant at Newbridge-on-Wye. Further clarification is needed before the department can make a firm decision whether or not to proceed with an investigation. This clarification has now been sought.
Lord Burlison: ...expert bodies. A copy of the consultative document is being placed in the Library of the House, and it will also be available on the MoD Internet web-site. The next step in our work is to develop firm proposals for screening taking into account the advice and comments we receive in response to the consultative document. Those proposals in turn will be the subject of wide consultation.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: asked Her Majesty's Government: Why it was considered necessary for a firm of external consultants to be appointed in the search for the chairman of the Independent Football Commission; and what will be the cost to public funds of so doing.
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston: The SRA plan to publish a Strategic Agenda shortly. The Strategic Plan will be published later in the year.
Lord Williams of Mostyn: ...approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates for Class V, Vote 4 (The Crown Prosecution Service), Class V, Vote 5 (Serious Fraud Office) and Class V, Vote 6 (HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor) the Attorney-General's departments' Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2000-01 will be increased by £8,823,000 from £369,547,000 to £378,370,000. The Crown Prosecution Service's...
Lord Bassam of Brighton: My right honourable friend the Prime Minister announced on 24 January that he had asked former Treasury Solicitor Sir Anthony Hammond QC to review the full circumstances surrounding approaches to the Home Office in connection with the possibility of an application for naturalisation by Mr S P Hinduja in 1998. Sir Anthony started his review on Thursday 25 January. After an initial reading of...
Baroness Amos: ...as follows: £m 2001-02 24.4 2002-03 17.0 2003-04 13.6 2004-05 9.5 2005-06 7.5 These amounts include both budgetary aid and development assistance. The 2001-02 figure is firm, subject to parliamentary approval. Figures for subsequent years are for planning purposes and are subject to the normal processes of resource allocation and review in the light of changing...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...inconsistencies in the text and between language versions and provided legal clarification of the decisions taken. The text was then finalised from a technical and linguistic point of view by the lawyer-linguists of the Council in conjunction with lawyers from the member states. For the Treaty of Nice to enter into force it must be signed and ratified by all the member states. Therefore if...
