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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 23 May 2011

The House met at 2.30pm.

The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present:

  1. Hayman, B. (Lord Speaker)
  2. Aberdare, L.
  3. Addington, L.
  4. Adebowale, L.
  5. Adonis, L.
  6. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L.
  7. Ahmed, L.
  8. Alderdice, L.
  9. Allan of Hallam, L.
  10. Allenby of Megiddo, V.
  11. Alton of Liverpool, L.
  12. Anderson of Swansea, L.
  13. Andrews, B.
  14. Anelay of St Johns, B.
  15. Armstrong of Hill Top, B.
  16. Armstrong of Ilminster, L.
  17. Arran, E.
  18. Astor, V.
  19. Astor of Hever, L.
  20. Attlee, E.
  21. Avebury, L.
  22. Bach, L.
  23. Baker of Dorking, L.
  24. Bakewell, B.
  25. Barker, B.
  26. Barnett, L.
  27. Bassam of Brighton, L.
  28. Beecham, L.
  29. Benjamin, B.
  30. Berkeley, L.
  31. Berridge, B.
  32. Best, L.
  33. Bew, L.
  34. Bhattacharyya, L.
  35. Bichard, L.
  36. Bilimoria, L.
  37. Billingham, B.
  38. Bilston, L.
  39. Black of Brentwood, L.
  40. Blackburn, Bp.
  41. Blackwell, L.
  42. Blencathra, L.
  43. Blood, B.
  44. Boateng, L.
  45. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B.
  46. Boothroyd, B.
  47. Borrie, L.
  48. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B.
  49. Bowness, L.
  50. Brabazon of Tara, L.
  51. Bradshaw, L.
  52. Bridgeman, V.
  53. Brinton, B.
  54. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L.
  55. Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, L.
  56. Brookeborough, V.
  57. Brookman, L.
  58. Brooks of Tremorfa, L.
  59. Brougham and Vaux, L.
  60. Browne of Ladyton, L.
  61. Burnett, L.
  62. Buscombe, B.
  63. Butler of Brockwell, L.
  64. Caithness, E.
  65. Campbell of Alloway, L.
  66. Campbell of Surbiton, B.
  67. Campbell-Savours, L.
  68. Carlile of Berriew, L.
  69. Cathcart, E.
  70. Chidgey, L.
  71. Christopher, L.
  72. Clancarty, E.
  73. Clark of Windermere, L.
  74. Clarke of Hampstead, L.
  75. Clement-Jones, L.
  76. Clinton-Davis, L.
  77. Cobbold, L.
  78. Colwyn, L.
  79. Condon, L.
  80. Cope of Berkeley, L.
  81. Corbett of Castle Vale, L.
  82. Cormack, L.
  83. Cotter, L.
  84. Courtown, E.
  85. Coussins, B.
  86. Cox, B.
  87. Craig of Radley, L.
  88. Craigavon, V.
  89. Crathorne, L.
  90. Crawley, B.
  91. Crickhowell, L.
  92. Crisp, L.
  93. Cunningham of Felling, L.
  94. Currie of Marylebone, L.
  95. Dannatt, L.
  96. Davies of Coity, L.
  97. Davies of Oldham, L.
  98. Davies of Stamford, L.
  99. De Mauley, L.
  100. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B.
  101. Dear, L.
  102. Deben, L.
  103. Denham, L.
  104. Desai, L.
  105. Dholakia, L.
  106. Dixon-Smith, L.
  107. Dobbs, L.
  108. Donaghy, B.
  109. Donoughue, L.
  110. Doocey, B.
  111. Drake, B.
  112. D'Souza, B.
  113. Dubs, L.
  114. Dykes, L.
  115. Eames, L.
  116. Eatwell, L.
  117. Eccles, V.
  118. Eccles of Moulton, B.
  119. Eden of Winton, L.
  120. Edmiston, L.
  121. Elder, L.
  122. Elis-Thomas, L.
  123. Elton, L.
  124. Elystan-Morgan, L.
  125. Empey, L.
  126. Erroll, E.
  127. Evans of Parkside, L.
  128. Evans of Temple Guiting, L.
  129. Evans of Watford, L.
  130. Falconer of Thoroton, L.
  131. Falkender, B.
  132. Falkland, V.
  133. Falkner of Margravine, B.
  134. Farrington of Ribbleton, B.
  135. Faulkner of Worcester, L.
  136. Faulks, L.
  137. Fearn, L.
  138. Fellowes, L.
  139. Fellowes of West Stafford, L.
  140. Filkin, L.
  141. Flather, B.
  142. Flight, L.
  143. Fookes, B.
  144. Ford, B.
  145. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L.
  146. Foulkes of Cumnock, L.
  147. Fowler, L.
  148. Framlingham, L.
  149. Freyberg, L.
  150. Gale, B.
  151. Garden of Frognal, B.
  152. Gardiner of Kimble, L.
  153. Gardner of Parkes, B.
  154. Garel-Jones, L.
  155. Gavron, L.
  156. Geddes, L.
  157. German, L.
  158. Gibson of Market Rasen, B.
  159. Giddens, L.
  160. Gilbert, L.
  161. Glasgow, E.
  162. Glasman, L.
  163. Glenarthur, L.
  164. Glentoran, L.
  165. Golding, B.
  166. Goodhart, L.
  167. Goodlad, L.
  168. Gordon of Strathblane, L.
  169. Goudie, B.
  170. Gould of Brookwood, L.
  171. Gould of Potternewton, B.
  172. Grade of Yarmouth, L.
  173. Grantchester, L.
  174. Greaves, L.
  175. Greengross, B.
  176. Greenway, L.
  177. Grey-Thompson, B.
  178. Griffiths of Burry Port, L.
  179. Grocott, L.
  180. Guthrie of Craigiebank, L.
  181. Hamilton of Epsom, L.
  182. Hamwee, B.
  183. Hanham, B.
  184. Hannay of Chiswick, L.
  185. Hanworth, V.
  186. Harries of Pentregarth, L.
  187. Harris of Haringey, L.
  188. Harris of Richmond, B.
  189. Harrison, L.
  190. Hart of Chilton, L.
  191. Haskel, L.
  192. Haskins, L.
  193. Hastings of Scarisbrick, L.
  194. Haworth, L.
  195. Healy of Primrose Hill, B.
  196. Henig, B.
  197. Henley, L.
  198. Hennessy of Nympsfield, L.
  199. Higgins, L.
  200. Hill of Oareford, L.
  201. Hilton of Eggardon, B.
  202. Hollick, L.
  203. Hollins, B.
  204. Hollis of Heigham, B.
  205. Hooper, B.
  206. Howard of Rising, L.
  207. Howarth of Breckland, B.
  208. Howarth of Newport, L.
  209. Howe, E.
  210. Howe of Aberavon, L.
  211. Howe of Idlicote, B.
  212. Howell of Guildford, L.
  213. Howells of St Davids, B.
  214. Howie of Troon, L.
  215. Hoyle, L.
  216. Hughes of Stretford, B.
  217. Hughes of Woodside, L.
  218. Hunt of Wirral, L.
  219. Hurd of Westwell, L.
  220. Hussain, L.
  221. Hussein-Ece, B.
  222. Hutton of Furness, L.
  223. Hylton, L.
  224. Imbert, L.
  225. Inge, L.
  226. Inglewood, L.
  227. Irvine of Lairg, L.
  228. James of Blackheath, L.
  229. Janner of Braunstone, L.
  230. Janvrin, L.
  231. Jay of Ewelme, L.
  232. Jay of Paddington, B.
  233. Jenkin of Kennington, B.
  234. Jenkin of Roding, L.
  235. Jolly, B.
  236. Jones, L.
  237. Jones of Cheltenham, L.
  238. Jones of Whitchurch, B.
  239. Jordan, L.
  240. Judd, L.
  241. Kakkar, L.
  242. Kennedy of Southwark, L.
  243. Kennedy of The Shaws, B.
  244. Kerr of Kinlochard, L.
  245. King of Bow, B.
  246. King of West Bromwich, L.
  247. Kingsmill, B.
  248. Kinnock of Holyhead, B.
  249. Kirkham, L.
  250. Kirkhill, L.
  251. Kirkwood of Kirkhope, L.
  252. Knight of Collingtree, B.
  253. Knight of Weymouth, L.
  254. Kramer, B.
  255. Laird, L.
  256. Laming, L.
  257. Lamont of Lerwick, L.
  258. Lawson of Blaby, L.
  259. Lea of Crondall, L.
  260. Lee of Trafford, L.
  261. Lester of Herne Hill, L.
  262. Lexden, L.
  263. Liddell of Coatdyke, B.
  264. Liddle, L.
  265. Lindsay, E.
  266. Lingfield, L.
  267. Listowel, E.
  268. Liverpool, E.
  269. Lloyd of Berwick, L.
  270. Loomba, L.
  271. Lothian, M.
  272. Low of Dalston, L.
  273. Lucas, L.
  274. Luke, L.
  275. Lyell, L.
  276. McAvoy, L.
  277. McCluskey, L.
  278. McColl of Dulwich, L.
  279. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L.
  280. McDonagh, B.
  281. Macdonald of Tradeston, L.
  282. McFall of Alcluith, L.
  283. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L.
  284. McIntosh of Hudnall, B.
  285. Mackay of Clashfern, L.
  286. MacKenzie of Culkein, L.
  287. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L.
  288. McKenzie of Luton, L.
  289. Maclennan of Rogart, L.
  290. McNally, L.
  291. Maddock, B.
  292. Maginnis of Drumglass, L.
  293. Mancroft, L.
  294. Maples, L.
  295. Mar, C.
  296. Mar and Kellie, E.
  297. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L.
  298. Marlesford, L.
  299. Masham of Ilton, B.
  300. Massey of Darwen, B.
  301. Mawhinney, L.
  302. Mawson, L.
  303. Maxton, L.
  304. May of Oxford, L.
  305. Mayhew of Twysden, L.
  306. Meacher, B.
  307. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B.
  308. Montrose, D.
  309. Morgan, L.
  310. Morgan of Drefelin, B.
  311. Morris of Aberavon, L.
  312. Morris of Bolton, B.
  313. Morris of Handsworth, L.
  314. Morris of Manchester, L.
  315. Morris of Yardley, B.
  316. Moser, L.
  317. Murphy, B.
  318. Myners, L.
  319. Naseby, L.
  320. Neuberger, B.
  321. Newby, L.
  322. Newlove, B.
  323. Newton of Braintree, L.
  324. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B.
  325. Noakes, B.
  326. Noon, L.
  327. Northbourne, L.
  328. Northbrook, L.
  329. Northover, B.
  330. Norton of Louth, L.
  331. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L.
  332. O'Cathain, B.
  333. O'Loan, B.
  334. O'Neill of Clackmannan, L.
  335. Oppenheim-Barnes, B.
  336. Ouseley, L.
  337. Oxburgh, L.
  338. Palmer, L.
  339. Palmer of Childs Hill, L.
  340. Pannick, L.
  341. Parekh, L.
  342. Parminter, B.
  343. Patel, L.
  344. Patel of Blackburn, L.
  345. Patel of Bradford, L.
  346. Pearson of Rannoch, L.
  347. Pendry, L.
  348. Perry of Southwark, B.
  349. Peston, L.
  350. Phillips of Sudbury, L.
  351. Pitkeathley, B.
  352. Plant of Highfield, L.
  353. Plumb, L.
  354. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L.
  355. Popat, L.
  356. Powell of Bayswater, L.
  357. Prashar, B.
  358. Prescott, L.
  359. Prosser, B.
  360. Quin, B.
  361. Quirk, L.
  362. Radice, L.
  363. Ramsay of Cartvale, B.
  364. Ramsbotham, L.
  365. Randerson, B.
  366. Rawlings, B.
  367. Razzall, L.
  368. Rea, L.
  369. Reay, L.
  370. Redesdale, L.
  371. Rees of Ludlow, L.
  372. Rees-Mogg, L.
  373. Reid of Cardowan, L.
  374. Rendell of Babergh, B.
  375. Rennard, L.
  376. Ribeiro, L.
  377. Richard, L.
  378. Risby, L.
  379. Rix, L.
  380. Roberts of Llandudno, L.
  381. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L.
  382. Rogan, L.
  383. Roper, L.
  384. Rosser, L.
  385. Rosslyn, E.
  386. Rotherwick, L.
  387. Rowe-Beddoe, L.
  388. Rowlands, L.
  389. Royall of Blaisdon, B.
  390. St John of Bletso, L.
  391. St John of Fawsley, L.
  392. Sassoon, L.
  393. Sawyer, L.
  394. Scotland of Asthal, B.
  395. Scott of Foscote, L.
  396. Scott of Needham Market, B.
  397. Seccombe, B.
  398. Selborne, E.
  399. Selsdon, L.
  400. Sewel, L.
  401. Shackleton of Belgravia, B.
  402. Sharkey, L.
  403. Sharp of Guildford, B.
  404. Sharples, B.
  405. Shaw of Northstead, L.
  406. Sheikh, L.
  407. Sheldon, L.
  408. Sherlock, B.
  409. Shipley, L.
  410. Shrewsbury, E.
  411. Shutt of Greetland, L.
  412. Simon, V.
  413. Skelmersdale, L.
  414. Slim, V.
  415. Smith of Basildon, B.
  416. Smith of Clifton, L.
  417. Smith of Finsbury, L.
  418. Smith of Gilmorehill, B.
  419. Snape, L.
  420. Soley, L.
  421. Steel of Aikwood, L.
  422. Stern, B.
  423. Stevens of Ludgate, L.
  424. Stevenson of Balmacara, L.
  425. Stewartby, L.
  426. Stirrup, L.
  427. Stoddart of Swindon, L.
  428. Stone of Blackheath, L.
  429. Stoneham of Droxford, L.
  430. Stowell of Beeston, B.
  431. Strasburger, L.
  432. Strathclyde, L.
  433. Tanlaw, L.
  434. Taverne, L.
  435. Taylor of Blackburn, L.
  436. Taylor of Bolton, B.
  437. Taylor of Goss Moor, L.
  438. Taylor of Holbeach, L.
  439. Temple-Morris, L.
  440. Tenby, V.
  441. Teverson, L.
  442. Thomas of Gresford, L.
  443. Thomas of Swynnerton, L.
  444. Thomas of Winchester, B.
  445. Thornton, B.
  446. Tomlinson, L.
  447. Tordoff, L.
  448. Touhig, L.
  449. Trefgarne, L.
  450. Trenchard, V.
  451. Triesman, L.
  452. Trimble, L.
  453. True, L.
  454. Trumpington, B.
  455. Truscott, L.
  456. Tugendhat, L.
  457. Tunnicliffe, L.
  458. Turnberg, L.
  459. Turner of Camden, B.
  460. Tyler, L.
  461. Tyler of Enfield, B.
  462. Ullswater, V.
  463. Verma, B.
  464. Waddington, L.
  465. Wade of Chorlton, L.
  466. Wakeham, L.
  467. Waldegrave of North Hill, L.
  468. Wall of New Barnet, B.
  469. Wallace of Saltaire, L.
  470. Wallace of Tankerness, L.
  471. Walmsley, B.
  472. Walpole, L.
  473. Walton of Detchant, L.
  474. Warner, L.
  475. Warnock, B.
  476. Warsi, B.
  477. Warwick of Undercliffe, B.
  478. Wasserman, L.
  479. Watson of Invergowrie, L.
  480. Wei, L.
  481. West of Spithead, L.
  482. Wheatcroft, B.
  483. Wheeler, B.
  484. Whitaker, B.
  485. Whitty, L.
  486. Wigley, L.
  487. Wilkins, B.
  488. Williams of Crosby, B.
  489. Williams of Elvel, L.
  490. Williamson of Horton, L.
  491. Willis of Knaresborough, L.
  492. Willoughby de Broke, L.
  493. Wills, L.
  494. Woolf, L.
  495. Woolmer of Leeds, L.
  496. Wright of Richmond, L.
  497. Young of Hornsey, B.
  498. Young of Norwood Green, L.
  499. Younger of Leckie, V.