The WTO Ministerial Conference took place in Nusa Dua, Bali from 3 to 6 December 2013. The Trade Foreign Affairs Council meeting was held in the margins of the Conference. My predecessor Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint represented the UK at both and acted as a Vice-Chair at the WTO Ministerial...

The WTO Ministerial Conference took place in Nusa Dua, Bali from 3 to 6 December 2013. The Trade Foreign Affairs Council meeting was held in the margins of the Conference. My predecessor Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint represented the UK at both and acted as a Vice-Chair at the WTO Ministerial...

My noble Friend the Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Livingston, has today made the following statement:

The WTO ministerial conference took place in Nusa Dua, Bali from 3 to 6 December 2013. The Trade Foreign Affairs Council meeting was held in the margins of the conference. My predecessor Lord Green...

My noble Friend the Minister for Trade and Investment, Lord Livingston, has today made the following statement:

The WTO ministerial conference took place in Nusa Dua, Bali from 3 to 6 December 2013. The Trade Foreign Affairs Council meeting was held in the margins of the conference. My predecessor Lord Green...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the usefulness of e-procurement in Government Departments.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the usefulness of e-procurement in Government Departments.

The Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Nusa Dua, Bali on 3 December 2013. The Council meeting is

being held in the margins of the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference which is being held from 3 to 6 December 2013. I will be representing the UK at both and...

The Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Nusa Dua, Bali on 3 December 2013. The Council meeting is

being held in the margins of the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference which is being held from 3 to 6 December 2013. I will be representing the UK at both and...

My noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, has made the following statement:

The Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Nusa Dua, Bali on 3 December 2013. The Council meeting is being held in the margins of the ninth WTO ministerial conference...

My noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, has made the following statement:

The Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Nusa Dua, Bali on 3 December 2013. The Council meeting is being held in the margins of the ninth WTO ministerial conference...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Department has contacted Google on stopping advertisements for unofficial websites which seek to encourage customers to pay them for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency services.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Department has contacted Google on stopping advertisements for unofficial websites which seek to encourage customers to pay them for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions his Department has had with Google on stopping advertisements for unofficial websites which seek to encourage customers to pay them for Land Registry services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions his Department has had with Google on stopping advertisements for unofficial websites which seek to encourage customers to pay them for Land Registry services.

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister. The Statement is as follows.

“In the past 24 hours the country has been hit by one of the worst storms for many years. I...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Prime Minister. The Statement is as follows.

“In the past 24 hours the country has been hit by one of the worst storms for many years. I...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord the Leader of the House for repeating the Statement made by the Prime Minister in the other place. I start by sending deepest condolences from these Benches to the families of the people who have died during the storm conditions in...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord the Leader of the House for repeating the Statement made by the Prime Minister in the other place. I start by sending deepest condolences from these Benches to the families of the people who have died during the storm conditions in...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness the Leader of the Opposition for her remarks about the efforts being made by the emergency services and various companies to respond to the effects of the storm. I am not able to give her precise figures, but they are working...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness the Leader of the Opposition for her remarks about the efforts being made by the emergency services and various companies to respond to the effects of the storm. I am not able to give her precise figures, but they are working...

My Lords, I would like to identify these Benches with the condolences to those who have been bereaved, the sympathy for the injured and the appreciation of the tremendous efforts being made by the emergency services in dealing with results of the storm.

I thank my noble friend for repeating the...

My Lords, I would like to identify these Benches with the condolences to those who have been bereaved, the sympathy for the injured and the appreciation of the tremendous efforts being made by the emergency services in dealing with results of the storm.

I thank my noble friend for repeating the...

My Lords, I shall not resist the temptation to say that my noble friend has highlighted some of the dangers of joining the young liberals. I know that he makes a serious point about his concerns.

I am grateful for his support for the Statement more generally. I am sure that...

My Lords, I shall not resist the temptation to say that my noble friend has highlighted some of the dangers of joining the young liberals. I know that he makes a serious point about his concerns.

I am grateful for his support for the Statement more generally. I am sure that...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, quite rightly was given a lot of scope because what he said about Hungary was well said. The progress on deregulation at the summit and the decision not artificially to hold up the progress of the US-EU trade negotiations are welcome. They will...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, quite rightly was given a lot of scope because what he said about Hungary was well said. The progress on deregulation at the summit and the decision not artificially to hold up the progress of the US-EU trade negotiations are welcome. They will...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for what he said about progress on regulation. We keep chipping away at this and there has been progress. The fact that seven countries joined the UK in lending support to the report produced by the British Business Task Force shows that there...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for what he said about progress on regulation. We keep chipping away at this and there has been progress. The fact that seven countries joined the UK in lending support to the report produced by the British Business Task Force shows that there...

My Lords, I, too, associate myself with what has been said about the emergency services and the intelligence services. I was encouraged by what my noble friend said about the deregulation agenda. In particular, I noted that the Prime Minister had chaired a meeting that brought together the leaders of...

My Lords, I, too, associate myself with what has been said about the emergency services and the intelligence services. I was encouraged by what my noble friend said about the deregulation agenda. In particular, I noted that the Prime Minister had chaired a meeting that brought together the leaders of...

I am not sure that I can enlighten the House on a huge amount of detail but there are two strands to what the Prime Minister and those who agree with him in the EU are seeking to achieve. One is that the Commission has its own process under the...

I am not sure that I can enlighten the House on a huge amount of detail but there are two strands to what the Prime Minister and those who agree with him in the EU are seeking to achieve. One is that the Commission has its own process under the...

My Lords, I would never—although perhaps I might occasionally—accuse the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, of being curmudgeonly. My noble friend is quite right about what has been achieved in terms of generating jobs generally and the improving trend of economic figures that we are beginning to see. There is much...

My Lords, I would never—although perhaps I might occasionally—accuse the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, of being curmudgeonly. My noble friend is quite right about what has been achieved in terms of generating jobs generally and the improving trend of economic figures that we are beginning to see. There is much...

My Lords, will my noble friend say a word more about trust in politics as he very wisely referred to it early on in the Statement. It does seem to many here today that there is a slow but very worrying creep of disaffection across Europe with democratic politics. There...

My Lords, will my noble friend say a word more about trust in politics as he very wisely referred to it early on in the Statement. It does seem to many here today that there is a slow but very worrying creep of disaffection across Europe with democratic politics. There...

My Lords, I will make two points in response. First, my noble friend is right to point to a growing disaffection across Europe with the institutions and processes of the European Union. One of the things that many people are trying to work for is to bring the work of...

My Lords, I will make two points in response. First, my noble friend is right to point to a growing disaffection across Europe with the institutions and processes of the European Union. One of the things that many people are trying to work for is to bring the work of...