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House of Lords Journal

The Journal is the formal and authoritative summary record of the proceedings of the House of Lords. Each Journal contains the attendance, minutes (including voting lists) and papers, along with some committee reports, for every day the House sat during a parliamentary session. Each sessional volume is indexed.

Journal for 5 October 2010

The House met at 2.30pm.

The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present:

  1. Hayman, B. (Lord Speaker)
  2. Aberdare, L.
  3. Adams of Craigielea, B.
  4. Addington, L.
  5. Adonis, L.
  6. Ahmed, L.
  7. Alderdice, L.
  8. Allenby of Megiddo, V.
  9. Alton of Liverpool, L.
  10. Andrews, B.
  11. Anelay of St Johns, B.
  12. Armstrong of Hill Top, B.
  13. Armstrong of Ilminster, L.
  14. Arran, E.
  15. Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, L.
  16. Ashley of Stoke, L.
  17. Astor of Hever, L.
  18. Attlee, E.
  19. Avebury, L.
  20. Bach, L.
  21. Baker of Dorking, L.
  22. Baldwin of Bewdley, E.
  23. Ballyedmond, L.
  24. Barker, B.
  25. Barnett, L.
  26. Bassam of Brighton, L.
  27. Bates, L.
  28. Beecham, L.
  29. Benjamin, B.
  30. Berkeley, L.
  31. Best, L.
  32. Bew, L.
  33. Bhatia, L.
  34. Bilimoria, L.
  35. Billingham, B.
  36. Bilston, L.
  37. Black of Brentwood, L.
  38. Blackwell, L.
  39. Blood, B.
  40. Boateng, L.
  41. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B.
  42. Boothroyd, B.
  43. Boston of Faversham, L.
  44. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B.
  45. Boyd of Duncansby, L.
  46. Brabazon of Tara, L.
  47. Bradley, L.
  48. Bradshaw, L.
  49. Bragg, L.
  50. Bramall, L.
  51. Brett, L.
  52. Bridgeman, V.
  53. Broers, L.
  54. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L.
  55. Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, L.
  56. Brookman, L.
  57. Brooks of Tremorfa, L.
  58. Brougham and Vaux, L.
  59. Browning, B.
  60. Burnett, L.
  61. Butler of Brockwell, L.
  62. Butler-Sloss, B.
  63. Byford, B.
  64. Caithness, E.
  65. Campbell of Alloway, L.
  66. Campbell of Surbiton, B.
  67. Campbell-Savours, L.
  68. Carrington, L.
  69. Carter of Coles, L.
  70. Cathcart, E.
  71. Chidgey, L.
  72. Chorley, L.
  73. Christopher, L.
  74. Clancarty, E.
  75. Clark of Windermere, L.
  76. Clarke of Hampstead, L.
  77. Clement-Jones, L.
  78. Clinton-Davis, L.
  79. Cobbold, L.
  80. Colwyn, L.
  81. Condon, L.
  82. Cope of Berkeley, L.
  83. Corbett of Castle Vale, L.
  84. Corston, B.
  85. Cotter, L.
  86. Courtown, E.
  87. Coussins, B.
  88. Craig of Radley, L.
  89. Craigavon, V.
  90. Crawley, B.
  91. Crickhowell, L.
  92. Cunningham of Felling, L.
  93. Davies of Abersoch, L.
  94. Davies of Oldham, L.
  95. Davies of Stamford, L.
  96. De Mauley, L.
  97. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B.
  98. Deech, B.
  99. Denham, L.
  100. Derby, Bp.
  101. Desai, L.
  102. Dixon, L.
  103. Dixon-Smith, L.
  104. Donaghy, B.
  105. Donoughue, L.
  106. Drake, B.
  107. D'Souza, B.
  108. Dubs, L.
  109. Eames, L.
  110. Eccles, V.
  111. Eccles of Moulton, B.
  112. Eden of Winton, L.
  113. Elder, L.
  114. Elton, L.
  115. Elystan-Morgan, L.
  116. Erroll, E.
  117. Evans of Parkside, L.
  118. Evans of Temple Guiting, L.
  119. Evans of Watford, L.
  120. Falkland, V.
  121. Falkner of Margravine, B.
  122. Farrington of Ribbleton, B.
  123. Faulkner of Worcester, L.
  124. Fellowes, L.
  125. Ferrers, E.
  126. Filkin, L.
  127. Finlay of Llandaff, B.
  128. Flather, B.
  129. Fookes, B.
  130. Ford, B.
  131. Forsyth of Drumlean, L.
  132. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L.
  133. Foulkes of Cumnock, L.
  134. Freeman, L.
  135. Freyberg, L.
  136. Gale, B.
  137. Garden of Frognal, B.
  138. Gardiner of Kimble, L.
  139. Gardner of Parkes, B.
  140. Garel-Jones, L.
  141. Gavron, L.
  142. German, L.
  143. Giddens, L.
  144. Gilbert, L.
  145. Glasgow, E.
  146. Glentoran, L.
  147. Goldsmith, L.
  148. Gordon of Strathblane, L.
  149. Goudie, B.
  150. Gould of Potternewton, B.
  151. Grantchester, L.
  152. Greengross, B.
  153. Greenway, L.
  154. Grenfell, L.
  155. Griffiths of Burry Port, L.
  156. Griffiths of Fforestfach, L.
  157. Grocott, L.
  158. Hamilton of Epsom, L.
  159. Hamwee, B.
  160. Hanham, B.
  161. Hannay of Chiswick, L.
  162. Hanningfield, L.
  163. Harries of Pentregarth, L.
  164. Harris of Haringey, L.
  165. Harris of Richmond, B.
  166. Harrison, L.
  167. Hart of Chilton, L.
  168. Haskel, L.
  169. Haskins, L.
  170. Hastings of Scarisbrick, L.
  171. Haworth, L.
  172. Hayhoe, L.
  173. Hayter of Kentish Town, B.
  174. Healey, L.
  175. Healy of Primrose Hill, B.
  176. Henig, B.
  177. Henley, L.
  178. Hereford, Bp.
  179. Higgins, L.
  180. Hilton of Eggardon, B.
  181. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L.
  182. Hollick, L.
  183. Hollis of Heigham, B.
  184. Hooper, B.
  185. Howard of Rising, L.
  186. Howarth of Newport, L.
  187. Howe of Aberavon, L.
  188. Howe of Idlicote, B.
  189. Howell of Guildford, L.
  190. Howie of Troon, L.
  191. Hoyle, L.
  192. Hughes of Stretford, B.
  193. Hughes of Woodside, L.
  194. Hunt of Kings Heath, L.
  195. Hunt of Wirral, L.
  196. Hussein-Ece, B.
  197. Hylton, L.
  198. Imbert, L.
  199. Inge, L.
  200. Inglewood, L.
  201. Irvine of Lairg, L.
  202. James of Blackheath, L.
  203. James of Holland Park, B.
  204. Janner of Braunstone, L.
  205. Janvrin, L.
  206. Jay of Ewelme, L.
  207. Jay of Paddington, B.
  208. Jenkin of Roding, L.
  209. Jones, L.
  210. Jones of Cheltenham, L.
  211. Jones of Whitchurch, B.
  212. Jopling, L.
  213. Jordan, L.
  214. Judd, L.
  215. Kakkar, L.
  216. Kennedy of Southwark, L.
  217. Kerr of Kinlochard, L.
  218. Kilclooney, L.
  219. Kimball, L.
  220. King of Bridgwater, L.
  221. King of West Bromwich, L.
  222. Kinnock, L.
  223. Kinnock of Holyhead, B.
  224. Kirkhill, L.
  225. Kirkwood of Kirkhope, L.
  226. Knight of Weymouth, L.
  227. Laird, L.
  228. Laming, L.
  229. Lamont of Lerwick, L.
  230. Lang of Monkton, L.
  231. Lawson of Blaby, L.
  232. Layard, L.
  233. Lea of Crondall, L.
  234. Lee of Trafford, L.
  235. Leicester, Bp.
  236. Lewis of Newnham, L.
  237. Liddell of Coatdyke, B.
  238. Liddle, L.
  239. Lindsay, E.
  240. Linklater of Butterstone, B.
  241. Lipsey, L.
  242. Listowel, E.
  243. Liverpool, Bp.
  244. Liverpool, E.
  245. Lloyd of Berwick, L.
  246. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L.
  247. Low of Dalston, L.
  248. Lucas, L.
  249. Luce, L.
  250. Luke, L.
  251. Lyell, L.
  252. McAvoy, L.
  253. McColl of Dulwich, L.
  254. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L.
  255. McDonagh, B.
  256. Macdonald of River Glaven, L.
  257. Macdonald of Tradeston, L.
  258. McFall of Alcluith, L.
  259. McIntosh of Hudnall, B.
  260. Mackay of Clashfern, L.
  261. MacKenzie of Culkein, L.
  262. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L.
  263. McKenzie of Luton, L.
  264. Maclennan of Rogart, L.
  265. McNally, L.
  266. Maddock, B.
  267. Maginnis of Drumglass, L.
  268. Mancroft, L.
  269. Maples, L.
  270. Mar, C.
  271. Marlesford, L.
  272. Martin of Springburn, L.
  273. Masham of Ilton, B.
  274. Massey of Darwen, B.
  275. Mawhinney, L.
  276. Mawson, L.
  277. Maxton, L.
  278. Mayhew of Twysden, L.
  279. Meacher, B.
  280. Methuen, L.
  281. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B.
  282. Miller of Hendon, B.
  283. Mitchell, L.
  284. Monson, L.
  285. Montrose, D.
  286. Moonie, L.
  287. Morgan of Drefelin, B.
  288. Morgan of Huyton, B.
  289. Morris of Aberavon, L.
  290. Morris of Handsworth, L.
  291. Morris of Manchester, L.
  292. Morris of Yardley, B.
  293. Moser, L.
  294. Moynihan, L.
  295. Murphy, B.
  296. Myners, L.
  297. Naseby, L.
  298. Newby, L.
  299. Newton of Braintree, L.
  300. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B.
  301. Noakes, B.
  302. Northbourne, L.
  303. Northbrook, L.
  304. Northover, B.
  305. Norton of Louth, L.
  306. Nye, B.
  307. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L.
  308. O'Cathain, B.
  309. O'Loan, B.
  310. O'Neill of Bengarve, B.
  311. O'Neill of Clackmannan, L.
  312. Oppenheim-Barnes, B.
  313. Ouseley, L.
  314. Palmer, L.
  315. Pannick, L.
  316. Parkinson, L.
  317. Parminter, B.
  318. Patel, L.
  319. Patel of Blackburn, L.
  320. Patten, L.
  321. Paul, L.
  322. Pendry, L.
  323. Perry of Southwark, B.
  324. Peston, L.
  325. Phillips of Sudbury, L.
  326. Pilkington of Oxenford, L.
  327. Pitkeathley, B.
  328. Plumb, L.
  329. Prashar, B.
  330. Prosser, B.
  331. Puttnam, L.
  332. Quirk, L.
  333. Radice, L.
  334. Ramsay of Cartvale, B.
  335. Ramsbotham, L.
  336. Rawlings, B.
  337. Razzall, L.
  338. Rea, L.
  339. Reay, L.
  340. Redesdale, L.
  341. Rees-Mogg, L.
  342. Reid of Cardowan, L.
  343. Rendell of Babergh, B.
  344. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L.
  345. Rennard, L.
  346. Renton of Mount Harry, L.
  347. Richard, L.
  348. Ritchie of Brompton, B.
  349. Rix, L.
  350. Roberts of Conwy, L.
  351. Roberts of Llandudno, L.
  352. Robertson of Port Ellen, L.
  353. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L.
  354. Rogan, L.
  355. Roper, L.
  356. Rosser, L.
  357. Rosslyn, E.
  358. Rotherwick, L.
  359. Rowe-Beddoe, L.
  360. Rowlands, L.
  361. Royall of Blaisdon, B.
  362. Ryder of Wensum, L.
  363. St John of Bletso, L.
  364. Sandwich, E.
  365. Sassoon, L.
  366. Sawyer, L.
  367. Scotland of Asthal, B.
  368. Scott of Foscote, L.
  369. Seccombe, B.
  370. Selborne, E.
  371. Selkirk of Douglas, L.
  372. Selsdon, L.
  373. Sewel, L.
  374. Sharp of Guildford, B.
  375. Sharples, B.
  376. Sheikh, L.
  377. Sheldon, L.
  378. Shephard of Northwold, B.
  379. Sherlock, B.
  380. Shipley, L.
  381. Shrewsbury, E.
  382. Shutt of Greetland, L.
  383. Simon, V.
  384. Skidelsky, L.
  385. Slim, V.
  386. Smith of Basildon, B.
  387. Smith of Clifton, L.
  388. Smith of Finsbury, L.
  389. Smith of Gilmorehill, B.
  390. Snape, L.
  391. Soley, L.
  392. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L.
  393. Steel of Aikwood, L.
  394. Sterling of Plaistow, L.
  395. Stern, B.
  396. Stevenson of Balmacara, L.
  397. Stevenson of Coddenham, L.
  398. Stewartby, L.
  399. Stoddart of Swindon, L.
  400. Stone of Blackheath, L.
  401. Strabolgi, L.
  402. Sugar, L.
  403. Sutherland of Houndwood, L.
  404. Swinfen, L.
  405. Symons of Vernham Dean, B.
  406. Tanlaw, L.
  407. Taverne, L.
  408. Taylor of Blackburn, L.
  409. Taylor of Bolton, B.
  410. Taylor of Holbeach, L.
  411. Taylor of Warwick, L.
  412. Temple-Morris, L.
  413. Tenby, V.
  414. Teverson, L.
  415. Thomas of Walliswood, B.
  416. Thomas of Winchester, B.
  417. Thornton, B.
  418. Tonge, B.
  419. Tope, L.
  420. Tordoff, L.
  421. Touhig, L.
  422. Trefgarne, L.
  423. Trenchard, V.
  424. Triesman, L.
  425. Trimble, L.
  426. Trumpington, B.
  427. Truscott, L.
  428. Tugendhat, L.
  429. Turner of Camden, B.
  430. Tyler, L.
  431. Uddin, B.
  432. Ullswater, V.
  433. Verma, B.
  434. Waddington, L.
  435. Wade of Chorlton, L.
  436. Wakeham, L.
  437. Wall of New Barnet, B.
  438. Wallace of Saltaire, L.
  439. Wallace of Tankerness, L.
  440. Walton of Detchant, L.
  441. Warner, L.
  442. Warnock, B.
  443. Warwick of Undercliffe, B.
  444. Watson of Invergowrie, L.
  445. Waverley, V.
  446. Wei, L.
  447. West of Spithead, L.
  448. Wheeler, B.
  449. Whitaker, B.
  450. Whitty, L.
  451. Wilkins, B.
  452. Williams of Crosby, B.
  453. Williams of Elvel, L.
  454. Williamson of Horton, L.
  455. Willis of Knaresborough, L.
  456. Wills, L.
  457. Winston, L.
  458. Woolf, L.
  459. Wright of Richmond, L.
  460. Young of Hornsey, B.
  461. Young of Norwood Green, L.
  462. Young of Old Scone, B.
  463. Younger of Leckie, V.