To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the work of the Highway Agency on the A184 White Mare Pool intersection, which began in February 2010 at an original estimated cost of £2.9 million, will be complete; what will be the estimated final cost; and how late is the completion date in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the work of the Highway Agency on the A184 White Mare Pool intersection, which began in February 2010 at an original estimated cost of £2.9 million, will be complete; what will be the estimated final cost; and how late is the completion date in...

Why not just send them a copy of the election that took place in the House of Lords in 2003? You could not get a more educated electorate than the one we have here. There were 603 Peers eligible to vote and 423 voted. There were 82 candidates. The successful...

Why not just send them a copy of the election that took place in the House of Lords in 2003? You could not get a more educated electorate than the one we have here. There were 603 Peers eligible to vote and 423 voted. There were 82 candidates. The successful...

My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend Lord Graham for his kind words, which I have not earned. I will talk about the amendments dealing with the River Tyne. I spent 32 years working as a shipwright on both sides of the River Tyne. I do not think that...

My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend Lord Graham for his kind words, which I have not earned. I will talk about the amendments dealing with the River Tyne. I spent 32 years working as a shipwright on both sides of the River Tyne. I do not think that...

There is a rivalry. There are the makems and the takems. I am a Sunderland supporter. Those on the north side of the river are Newcastle supporters. I hope that the Government do not take the amendment lightly. They should accept this simple, important amendment that constituency boundaries should not...

There is a rivalry. There are the makems and the takems. I am a Sunderland supporter. Those on the north side of the river are Newcastle supporters. I hope that the Government do not take the amendment lightly. They should accept this simple, important amendment that constituency boundaries should not...

We are now getting to the main part of the Bill: the constituents. The arguments about alternative vote and first past the post will come with the referendum. I was involved in alternative vote in this House in 2003, when one of the hereditary Peers, a Deputy Chairman, died. There...

We are now getting to the main part of the Bill: the constituents. The arguments about alternative vote and first past the post will come with the referendum. I was involved in alternative vote in this House in 2003, when one of the hereditary Peers, a Deputy Chairman, died. There...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the British Shipbuilders Corporation has achieved since it was set up.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the British Shipbuilders Corporation has achieved since it was set up.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how members of the British Shipbuilders Corporation were appointed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how members of the British Shipbuilders Corporation were appointed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times the members of the British Shipbuilders Corporation have met since 1998.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times the members of the British Shipbuilders Corporation have met since 1998.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the members of the British Shipbuilders Corporation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the members of the British Shipbuilders Corporation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the British Shipbuilders Corporation has cost.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the British Shipbuilders Corporation has cost.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why ex-shipyard workers who suffer from pleural plaques caused by the nature of their employment in England cannot receive compensation; and to what extent that takes account of compensation arrangements for ex-workers in other jurisdictions.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why ex-shipyard workers who suffer from pleural plaques caused by the nature of their employment in England cannot receive compensation; and to what extent that takes account of compensation arrangements for ex-workers in other jurisdictions.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will decide on compensation for suffering from pleural plaques, following the House of Lords' judgment on 10 October 2007, and the subsequent representations and the consultation exercise carried out by the Government which finished in September 2008.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will decide on compensation for suffering from pleural plaques, following the House of Lords' judgment on 10 October 2007, and the subsequent representations and the consultation exercise carried out by the Government which finished in September 2008.

My Lords, I have listened with great interest to our debate today, and I look forward to many hours of interesting debate on the security Bill, the police Bill, the legal affairs Bill and the constitutional Bill. On the police Bill, I tend to agree with the comments made by...

My Lords, I have listened with great interest to our debate today, and I look forward to many hours of interesting debate on the security Bill, the police Bill, the legal affairs Bill and the constitutional Bill. On the police Bill, I tend to agree with the comments made by...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they plan to remove the need for members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces to pay for insurance for their personal equipment and for their military equipment.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they plan to remove the need for members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces to pay for insurance for their personal equipment and for their military equipment.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 21 April (WA 245), what guidance has been issued since 1997 to NHS Trusts on the provision of single-sex accommodation in new hospitals; and how they can implement their policy to provide single-sex accommodation in the absence of...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 21 April (WA 245), what guidance has been issued since 1997 to NHS Trusts on the provision of single-sex accommodation in new hospitals; and how they can implement their policy to provide single-sex accommodation in the absence of...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 21 April (WA 227), what representations they have received since the Law Lords' judgment on pleural plaques on 10 October 2007; and whether they will announce their response to the judgment while the Child Maintenance...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 21 April (WA 227), what representations they have received since the Law Lords' judgment on pleural plaques on 10 October 2007; and whether they will announce their response to the judgment while the Child Maintenance...

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Answer by the Prime Minister on 12 March (HC Deb, col. 276) on action to be taken with regard to compensation for pleural plaque sufferers, how much progress has been made since the Law Lords' ruling on pleural plaque compensation on 17 October.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Answer by the Prime Minister on 12 March (HC Deb, col. 276) on action to be taken with regard to compensation for pleural plaque sufferers, how much progress has been made since the Law Lords' ruling on pleural plaque compensation on 17 October.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many hospitals built since 1997 have single-sex wards.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many hospitals built since 1997 have single-sex wards.

My Lords, I give a general welcome to the Bill: any improvement on the present system has to be welcomed. When I was a Member of the other place, most of my mailbag and certainly most of my surgery cases involved dealing with the Child Support Act 1991. Most of...

My Lords, I give a general welcome to the Bill: any improvement on the present system has to be welcomed. When I was a Member of the other place, most of my mailbag and certainly most of my surgery cases involved dealing with the Child Support Act 1991. Most of...

My Lords, having served my time as a shipwright and having worked in the shipbuilding industry for 36 years, I assure my noble friend that the much delayed decision about the aircraft carriers will be welcomed in the shipbuilding industry as a whole. Can he confirm that shipyards in the...

My Lords, having served my time as a shipwright and having worked in the shipbuilding industry for 36 years, I assure my noble friend that the much delayed decision about the aircraft carriers will be welcomed in the shipbuilding industry as a whole. Can he confirm that shipyards in the...