To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will request the British Library to use closed circuit television and to take other security measures in its reading rooms where rare books are consulted; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will request the British Library to use closed circuit television and to take other security measures in its reading rooms where rare books are consulted; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many body scanners her Department operates; and where they are located.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many body scanners her Department operates; and where they are located.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether possessing a copy of Legal Action for Women's self-help Guide against Detention and Deportation is contrary to the interests of safety or security within the meaning of the detention centre rules; and, if so, whether they will place a copy of the guide in the Library...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether possessing a copy of Legal Action for Women's self-help Guide against Detention and Deportation is contrary to the interests of safety or security within the meaning of the detention centre rules; and, if so, whether they will place a copy of the guide in the Library...

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their current assessment of the security situation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq for the purposes of considering whether to extend visa issuing facilities to Erbil.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is their current assessment of the security situation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq for the purposes of considering whether to extend visa issuing facilities to Erbil.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of (a) the likely period of time it will take a police constable to check a person's biometric visa against the Border and Immigration Agency's database and (b) the technology requirements needed by police...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of (a) the likely period of time it will take a police constable to check a person's biometric visa against the Border and Immigration Agency's database and (b) the technology requirements needed by police...

Motion that this House takes note of European Union Document No. 16488/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, draft Directive on the co-ordination procedures for the award of public contracts in the fields of defence and security; and endorses the Government’s approach to the negotiations and its view that if, following European Council agreement on a text and negotiations with the European Parliament, the document remains within the UK’s negotiating position, the Commission draft Directive could be supported. Agreed to on division (335 to 167).

Motion that this House takes note of European Union Document No. 16488/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, draft Directive on the co-ordination procedures for the award of public contracts in the fields of defence and security; and endorses the Government’s approach to the negotiations and its view that if, following...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent steps the Government has taken to protect aid workers in Palestine.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent steps the Government has taken to protect aid workers in Palestine.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What additional security resources have been made available in areas of Northern Ireland that are experiencing high levels of dissident republican activity; and whether such activity has led to any reconsideration of plans to close police stations.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What additional security resources have been made available in areas of Northern Ireland that are experiencing high levels of dissident republican activity; and whether such activity has led to any reconsideration of plans to close police stations.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) agencies sponsored by his Department in each year since 2001.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) agencies sponsored by his Department in each year since 2001.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will review any security implications relating to first and second phase sub-contracting of administrative duties in the British Passport Office in Belfast.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will review any security implications relating to first and second phase sub-contracting of administrative duties in the British Passport Office in Belfast.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What representations they will make (a) to support security sector reform in Congo and to encourage the Congolese authorities to take steps to achieve it; and (b) to encourage a co-ordinated security sector reform policy in the Congo within the European Union and internationally.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What representations they will make (a) to support security sector reform in Congo and to encourage the Congolese authorities to take steps to achieve it; and (b) to encourage a co-ordinated security sector reform policy in the Congo within the European Union and internationally.

European Union Document No. 16488/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, draft Directive on the co-ordination procedures for the award of public contract in the fields of defence and security. Considered by General Committee. Agreed to on division (8 votes to 4).

European Union Document No. 16488/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, draft Directive on the co-ordination procedures for the award of public contract in the fields of defence and security. Considered by General Committee. Agreed to on division (8 votes to 4).

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees escaped from each immigration detention centre in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees escaped from each immigration detention centre in each year since 1997.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the prospects for the future of the United Kingdom's railways. Agreed to on question.

Lords debate on motion to take note of the prospects for the future of the United Kingdom's railways. Agreed to on question.

My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Jack Straw), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. This Statement is to update the House on the loss of sensitive data on a hard drive by electronic data systems (EDS), which became known to Ministers on...

My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Jack Straw), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. This Statement is to update the House on the loss of sensitive data on a hard drive by electronic data systems (EDS), which became known to Ministers on...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Liam Byrne) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 11 June my predecessor told the House (Official Report, col.485) of two lost Joint Intelligence Committee assessments and announced that the Cabinet Secretary had asked Sir David Omand to...

My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Liam Byrne) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 11 June my predecessor told the House (Official Report, col.485) of two lost Joint Intelligence Committee assessments and announced that the Cabinet Secretary had asked Sir David Omand to...

On 11 June my predecessor told the House, Official Report, column 485 of two lost Joint Intelligence Committee assessments and announced that the Cabinet Secretary had asked Sir David Omand to carry out a full investigation of the circumstances of the case. He undertook to keep the House informed of...

On 11 June my predecessor told the House, Official Report, column 485 of two lost Joint Intelligence Committee assessments and announced that the Cabinet Secretary had asked Sir David Omand to carry out a full investigation of the circumstances of the case. He undertook to keep the House informed of...