Debate on select committee report on Tuesday, 16 March 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Brabazon of Tara. The answering member was Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.

Privileges Committee: Second Report

Lords debate on motion to agree the second report from the Privileges Select Committee on the Guide to the Code of Conduct (HL 81 2009-10). Agreed to on question. (Debated with Lords motion to agree the second report from the House Select Committee on the Rules Governing the Use of Facilities (HL 47 2009-10)).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 718 c567-88
Session: 2009-10
Department: Chairman of Committees (HL); House Committee; Committee for Privileges (HL)
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: House Committee (HL) second report on Rules Governing the Use of Facilities.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Privileges Select Committee (HL) second report on Guide to the Code of Conduct.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c588 (Link to this contribution) The battle but not the war.; Lord Brabazon of Tara | 718 c587 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the noble Lord says that it is perfectly clear. Throughout the proceedings, we have t...; Lord McIntosh of Haringey | 718 c587 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not disagree with the definition, but there should be an automatic exclusion from tak...; Lord Brabazon of Tara | 718 c586-7 (Link to this contribution) I am dealing with the guide to the code before us this afternoon. On those grounds, it would probabl...; Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c586 (Link to this contribution) Does my noble friend accept that a resolution of the House would be an alternative to legislation in...; Lord Brabazon of Tara | 718 c585-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this fascinating and wide-ranging deba...; Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 718 c584-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, drew attention to the fact that I had not spoken this aftern...; Lord Brabazon of Tara | 718 c588 (Link to this contribution) We’ll see, my Lords. The noble Lord also asked—this is probably the last question that I have to ans...; Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c583 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, agree with the general thrust and the vast majority of the recommendations of the ...; Lord Hart of Chilton | 718 c583 (Link to this contribution) As a member of the Eames group, may I for the record also associate myself with the sentiments expre...; Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c583 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry—I do not mean that in a derogatory way. The Leader of the House, for whom I have great re...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 718 c581-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a member of the Leader’s Group under the chairmanship of the noble and right reverend L...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 718 c580-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall follow up on the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Neill of Bladen. I have two q...; Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market | 718 c583 (Link to this contribution) I can answer the noble Lord. The suggestion came from the Members on the Leader’s Group.; Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 718 c584 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful. I thank the noble Lord. Now we are getting into a debate. We have had a series o...; Lord McIntosh of Haringey | 718 c584 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be quick because I want to refer only to three paragraphs of the Privileges Committ...; Lord Eames | 718 c574-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the code of conduct which the Leader’s Group presented to this House was considered in det...; Baroness D'Souza | 718 c573-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the final draft of the Guide to the Code of Conduct was agreed by the Committee for Privil...; Lord McNally | 718 c572-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, often, when I am showing people around this building, I say that I have worked here for mo...; Lord Strathclyde | 718 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join the noble Baroness in wishing to convince your Lordships to agree the Motions laid ...; Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 718 c578 (Link to this contribution) I wish only to make a brief comment on the work done by the Sub-Committee on Lords’ Interests. It ha...; Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 718 c578-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted from these Benches to welcome these two reports and the clarity and transpa...; Lord Campbell-Savours | 718 c576-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I wish to say a few words about the guide and some residual concerns that I have over impl...; Lord Carrington | 718 c578 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree entirely with the Leader of the House and my noble friend the Leader of the Opposi...; Lord Neill of Bladen | 718 c579-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall make a historical reference. In case some of your Lordships are not aware of the e...; Lord Brabazon of Tara | 718 c567 (Link to this contribution) Moved by To move that the Report from the Select Committee on the Guide to the Code of Conduct (2n...; Lord Brabazon of Tara | 718 c567-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to the second Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper, which invi...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 718 c569-71 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Lord Chairman has set out very fully for the House the issues that we are considering ...
Subjects: Codes of practice Conduct House of Lords Facilities Oaths and affirmations Peers Registration Peers' interests House of Lords Code of Conduct Leader's Group House of Lords Commissioner for Standards
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Privileges Committee: Second Report

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