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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.

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Journal for 8 June 2011

The House met at 3.00pm.

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. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L.
  7. Ahmed, L.
  8. Alderdice, L.
  9. Allenby of Megiddo, V.
  10. Alliance, L.
  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. Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, L.
  19. Astor, V.
  20. Astor of Hever, L.
  21. Attlee, E.
  22. Avebury, L.
  23. Bach, L.
  24. Baker of Dorking, L.
  25. Bakewell, B.
  26. Barker, B.
  27. Barnett, L.
  28. Bassam of Brighton, L.
  29. Bath and Wells, Bp.
  30. Beecham, L.
  31. Benjamin, B.
  32. Berkeley, L.
  33. Berridge, B.
  34. Best, L.
  35. Bew, L.
  36. Bhattacharyya, L.
  37. Bichard, L.
  38. Bilimoria, L.
  39. Bilston, L.
  40. Birt, L.
  41. Black of Brentwood, L.
  42. Blackstone, B.
  43. Blencathra, L.
  44. Blood, B.
  45. Boateng, L.
  46. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B.
  47. Boswell of Aynho, L.
  48. Bottomley of Nettlestone, B.
  49. Bowness, L.
  50. Boyd of Duncansby, L.
  51. Brabazon of Tara, L.
  52. Bradley, L.
  53. Bragg, L.
  54. Bramall, L.
  55. Brennan, L.
  56. Bridgeman, V.
  57. Brinton, B.
  58. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L.
  59. Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, L.
  60. Brookeborough, V.
  61. Brookman, L.
  62. Brooks of Tremorfa, L.
  63. Brougham and Vaux, L.
  64. Browne of Belmont, L.
  65. Browne of Ladyton, L.
  66. Browne of Madingley, L.
  67. Browning, B.
  68. Burnett, L.
  69. Buscombe, B.
  70. Butler of Brockwell, L.
  71. Byford, B.
  72. Caithness, E.
  73. Campbell of Alloway, L.
  74. Campbell of Surbiton, B.
  75. Campbell-Savours, L.
  76. Carey of Clifton, L.
  77. Carlile of Berriew, L.
  78. Carrington, L.
  79. Cathcart, E.
  80. Cavendish of Furness, L.
  81. Chalker of Wallasey, B.
  82. Chandos, V.
  83. Chichester, Bp.
  84. Chidgey, L.
  85. Chorley, L.
  86. Christopher, L.
  87. Clancarty, E.
  88. Clark of Windermere, L.
  89. Clarke of Hampstead, L.
  90. Clement-Jones, L.
  91. Clinton-Davis, L.
  92. Cobbold, L.
  93. Cohen of Pimlico, B.
  94. Collins of Highbury, L.
  95. Colwyn, L.
  96. Cope of Berkeley, L.
  97. Corbett of Castle Vale, L.
  98. Cormack, L.
  99. Corston, B.
  100. Cotter, L.
  101. Courtown, E.
  102. Coussins, B.
  103. Cox, B.
  104. Craig of Radley, L.
  105. Craigavon, V.
  106. Crathorne, L.
  107. Crawley, B.
  108. Crickhowell, L.
  109. Cumberlege, B.
  110. Cunningham of Felling, L.
  111. Currie of Marylebone, L.
  112. Dannatt, L.
  113. Darzi of Denham, L.
  114. Davies of Coity, L.
  115. Davies of Oldham, L.
  116. Davies of Stamford, L.
  117. De Mauley, L.
  118. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B.
  119. Dear, L.
  120. Deben, L.
  121. Deech, B.
  122. Denham, L.
  123. Derby, Bp.
  124. Desai, L.
  125. Dholakia, L.
  126. Dixon-Smith, L.
  127. Dobbs, L.
  128. Donaghy, B.
  129. Donoughue, L.
  130. Doocey, B.
  131. Drake, B.
  132. D'Souza, B.
  133. Dubs, L.
  134. Dundee, E.
  135. Dykes, L.
  136. Eames, L.
  137. Eaton, B.
  138. Eatwell, L.
  139. Eccles, V.
  140. Eccles of Moulton, B.
  141. Eden of Winton, L.
  142. Edmiston, L.
  143. Elder, L.
  144. Elton, L.
  145. Elystan-Morgan, L.
  146. Emerton, B.
  147. Empey, L.
  148. Erroll, E.
  149. Evans of Parkside, L.
  150. Evans of Temple Guiting, L.
  151. Evans of Watford, L.
  152. Exeter, Bp.
  153. Falkender, B.
  154. Falkland, V.
  155. Falkner of Margravine, B.
  156. Farrington of Ribbleton, B.
  157. Faulkner of Worcester, L.
  158. Faulks, L.
  159. Feldman, L.
  160. Feldman of Elstree, L.
  161. Fellowes, L.
  162. Fellowes of West Stafford, L.
  163. Filkin, L.
  164. Fink, L.
  165. Finlay of Llandaff, B.
  166. Flather, B.
  167. Flight, L.
  168. Fookes, B.
  169. Forsyth of Drumlean, L.
  170. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L.
  171. Foulkes of Cumnock, L.
  172. Fowler, L.
  173. Framlingham, L.
  174. Fraser of Carmyllie, L.
  175. Freeman, L.
  176. Freud, L.
  177. Fritchie, B.
  178. Gale, B.
  179. Garden of Frognal, B.
  180. Gardiner of Kimble, L.
  181. Gardner of Parkes, B.
  182. Geddes, L.
  183. German, L.
  184. Gibson of Market Rasen, B.
  185. Giddens, L.
  186. Gilbert, L.
  187. Glasgow, E.
  188. Glasman, L.
  189. Glendonbrook, L.
  190. Goldsmith, L.
  191. Goodhart, L.
  192. Goodlad, L.
  193. Gordon of Strathblane, L.
  194. Goschen, V.
  195. Goudie, B.
  196. Gould of Potternewton, B.
  197. Grade of Yarmouth, L.
  198. Grantchester, L.
  199. Greaves, L.
  200. Green of Hurstpierpoint, L.
  201. Greengross, B.
  202. Greenway, L.
  203. Grenfell, L.
  204. Grey-Thompson, B.
  205. Griffiths of Burry Port, L.
  206. Grocott, L.
  207. Hall of Birkenhead, L.
  208. Hameed, L.
  209. Hamilton of Epsom, L.
  210. Hamwee, B.
  211. Hanham, B.
  212. Hannay of Chiswick, L.
  213. Hanworth, V.
  214. Harries of Pentregarth, L.
  215. Harris of Haringey, L.
  216. Harris of Richmond, B.
  217. Harrison, L.
  218. Hart of Chilton, L.
  219. Haskel, L.
  220. Haskins, L.
  221. Haworth, L.
  222. Hayter of Kentish Town, B.
  223. Healy of Primrose Hill, B.
  224. Henig, B.
  225. Henley, L.
  226. Hennessy of Nympsfield, L.
  227. Heyhoe Flint, B.
  228. Higgins, L.
  229. Hill of Oareford, L.
  230. Hilton of Eggardon, B.
  231. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L.
  232. Hollick, L.
  233. Hollins, B.
  234. Hollis of Heigham, B.
  235. Hooper, B.
  236. Howard of Rising, L.
  237. Howarth of Breckland, B.
  238. Howarth of Newport, L.
  239. Howe, E.
  240. Howe of Aberavon, L.
  241. Howe of Idlicote, B.
  242. Howell of Guildford, L.
  243. Howells of St Davids, B.
  244. Howie of Troon, L.
  245. Hoyle, L.
  246. Hughes of Stretford, B.
  247. Hughes of Woodside, L.
  248. Hunt of Chesterton, L.
  249. Hunt of Kings Heath, L.
  250. Hunt of Wirral, L.
  251. Hussain, L.
  252. Hussein-Ece, B.
  253. Hutton of Furness, L.
  254. Imbert, L.
  255. Inglewood, L.
  256. Irvine of Lairg, L.
  257. James of Blackheath, L.
  258. Janner of Braunstone, L.
  259. Janvrin, L.
  260. Jenkin of Kennington, B.
  261. Jenkin of Roding, L.
  262. Joffe, L.
  263. Jolly, B.
  264. Jones, L.
  265. Jones of Cheltenham, L.
  266. Jones of Whitchurch, B.
  267. Jopling, L.
  268. Jordan, L.
  269. Kakkar, L.
  270. Kennedy of Southwark, L.
  271. Kennedy of The Shaws, B.
  272. Kerr of Kinlochard, L.
  273. Kilclooney, L.
  274. King of Bow, B.
  275. King of Bridgwater, L.
  276. King of West Bromwich, L.
  277. Kinnock, L.
  278. Kinnock of Holyhead, B.
  279. Kirkham, L.
  280. Kirkhill, L.
  281. Kirkwood of Kirkhope, L.
  282. Knight of Collingtree, B.
  283. Knight of Weymouth, L.
  284. Kramer, B.
  285. Krebs, L.
  286. Laird, L.
  287. Laming, L.
  288. Lamont of Lerwick, L.
  289. Lang of Monkton, L.
  290. Lawson of Blaby, L.
  291. Layard, L.
  292. Lea of Crondall, L.
  293. Leach of Fairford, L.
  294. Lee of Trafford, L.
  295. Leitch, L.
  296. Lexden, L.
  297. Liddell of Coatdyke, B.
  298. Liddle, L.
  299. Lindsay, E.
  300. Lingfield, L.
  301. Linklater of Butterstone, B.
  302. Lipsey, L.
  303. Lister of Burtersett, B.
  304. Listowel, E.
  305. Liverpool, E.
  306. Lloyd of Berwick, L.
  307. Loomba, L.
  308. Lothian, M.
  309. Low of Dalston, L.
  310. Lucas, L.
  311. Luce, L.
  312. Luke, L.
  313. Lyell, L.
  314. McAvoy, L.
  315. McColl of Dulwich, L.
  316. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L.
  317. McDonagh, B.
  318. Macdonald of Tradeston, L.
  319. McFall of Alcluith, L.
  320. Macfarlane of Bearsden, L.
  321. MacGregor of Pulham Market, L.
  322. McIntosh of Hudnall, B.
  323. Mackay of Clashfern, L.
  324. MacKenzie of Culkein, L.
  325. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L.
  326. McKenzie of Luton, L.
  327. Maclennan of Rogart, L.
  328. McNally, L.
  329. Maddock, B.
  330. Maginnis of Drumglass, L.
  331. Manchester, Bp.
  332. Mandelson, L.
  333. Mar, C.
  334. Mar and Kellie, E.
  335. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L.
  336. Marland, L.
  337. Marlesford, L.
  338. Martin of Springburn, L.
  339. Masham of Ilton, B.
  340. Massey of Darwen, B.
  341. Maxton, L.
  342. Mayhew of Twysden, L.
  343. Meacher, B.
  344. Miller of Chilthorne Domer, B.
  345. Mitchell, L.
  346. Monks, L.
  347. Montagu of Beaulieu, L.
  348. Montrose, D.
  349. Moonie, L.
  350. Moore of Lower Marsh, L.
  351. Morgan, L.
  352. Morgan of Huyton, B.
  353. Morris of Aberavon, L.
  354. Morris of Bolton, B.
  355. Morris of Handsworth, L.
  356. Morris of Manchester, L.
  357. Morris of Yardley, B.
  358. Moser, L.
  359. Moynihan, L.
  360. Myners, L.
  361. Naseby, L.
  362. Neill of Bladen, L.
  363. Newby, L.
  364. Newlove, B.
  365. Newton of Braintree, L.
  366. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B.
  367. Noakes, B.
  368. Noon, L.
  369. Northbourne, L.
  370. Northbrook, L.
  371. Northover, B.
  372. Norton of Louth, L.
  373. Nye, B.
  374. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L.
  375. O'Cathain, B.
  376. O'Loan, B.
  377. O'Neill of Bengarve, B.
  378. O'Neill of Clackmannan, L.
  379. Ouseley, L.
  380. Oxburgh, L.
  381. Palmer, L.
  382. Palumbo, L.
  383. Pannick, L.
  384. Parekh, L.
  385. Parminter, B.
  386. Patel, L.
  387. Patel of Blackburn, L.
  388. Patel of Bradford, L.
  389. Patten, L.
  390. Paul, L.
  391. Pearson of Rannoch, L.
  392. Pendry, L.
  393. Perry of Southwark, B.
  394. Peston, L.
  395. Phillips of Sudbury, L.
  396. Pitkeathley, B.
  397. Plant of Highfield, L.
  398. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L.
  399. Popat, L.
  400. Prashar, B.
  401. Prescott, L.
  402. Prosser, B.
  403. Puttnam, L.
  404. Quin, B.
  405. Quirk, L.
  406. Radice, L.
  407. Ramsay of Cartvale, B.
  408. Ramsbotham, L.
  409. Randerson, B.
  410. Rawlings, B.
  411. Razzall, L.
  412. Rea, L.
  413. Reay, L.
  414. Redesdale, L.
  415. Rees of Ludlow, L.
  416. Reid of Cardowan, L.
  417. Rendell of Babergh, B.
  418. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L.
  419. Rennard, L.
  420. Ribeiro, L.
  421. Richard, L.
  422. Risby, L.
  423. Ritchie of Brompton, B.
  424. Roberts of Conwy, L.
  425. Roberts of Llandudno, L.
  426. Robertson of Port Ellen, L.
  427. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L.
  428. Rogan, L.
  429. Rooker, L.
  430. Roper, L.
  431. Rosser, L.
  432. Rowe-Beddoe, L.
  433. Rowlands, L.
  434. Royall of Blaisdon, B.
  435. Ryder of Wensum, L.
  436. St John of Bletso, L.
  437. St John of Fawsley, L.
  438. Sanderson of Bowden, L.
  439. Sandwich, E.
  440. Sassoon, L.
  441. Sawyer, L.
  442. Scotland of Asthal, B.
  443. Scott of Needham Market, B.
  444. Seccombe, B.
  445. Selborne, E.
  446. Selkirk of Douglas, L.
  447. Selsdon, L.
  448. Sewel, L.
  449. Shackleton of Belgravia, B.
  450. Sharkey, L.
  451. Sharples, B.
  452. Shaw of Northstead, L.
  453. Sheikh, L.
  454. Sheldon, L.
  455. Sherlock, B.
  456. Shipley, L.
  457. Shrewsbury, E.
  458. Shutt of Greetland, L.
  459. Simon, V.
  460. Skelmersdale, L.
  461. Slim, V.
  462. Smith of Basildon, B.
  463. Smith of Clifton, L.
  464. Smith of Finsbury, L.
  465. Smith of Gilmorehill, B.
  466. Snape, L.
  467. Soley, L.
  468. Spicer, L.
  469. Stedman-Scott, B.
  470. Steel of Aikwood, L.
  471. Stephen, L.
  472. Stern, B.
  473. Stern of Brentford, L.
  474. Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, L.
  475. Stevens of Ludgate, L.
  476. Stevenson of Balmacara, L.
  477. Stewartby, L.
  478. Stirrup, L.
  479. Stoddart of Swindon, L.
  480. Stone of Blackheath, L.
  481. Stoneham of Droxford, L.
  482. Storey, L.
  483. Stowell of Beeston, B.
  484. Strasburger, L.
  485. Strathclyde, L.
  486. Sugar, L.
  487. Sutherland of Houndwood, L.
  488. Swinfen, L.
  489. Symons of Vernham Dean, B.
  490. Tanlaw, L.
  491. Taverne, L.
  492. Taylor of Blackburn, L.
  493. Taylor of Bolton, B.
  494. Taylor of Holbeach, L.
  495. Tebbit, L.
  496. Temple-Morris, L.
  497. Tenby, V.
  498. Teverson, L.
  499. Thomas of Gresford, L.
  500. Thomas of Walliswood, B.
  501. Thomas of Winchester, B.
  502. Thornton, B.
  503. Tomlinson, L.
  504. Tope, L.
  505. Tordoff, L.
  506. Touhig, L.
  507. Trefgarne, L.
  508. Trenchard, V.
  509. Triesman, L.
  510. Trimble, L.
  511. True, L.
  512. Trumpington, B.
  513. Truscott, L.
  514. Tugendhat, L.
  515. Tunnicliffe, L.
  516. Turner of Camden, B.
  517. Tyler, L.
  518. Tyler of Enfield, B.
  519. Ullswater, V.
  520. Vallance of Tummel, L.
  521. Verma, B.
  522. Vinson, L.
  523. Waddington, L.
  524. Wade of Chorlton, L.
  525. Wakefield, Bp.
  526. Wakeham, L.
  527. Wall of New Barnet, B.
  528. Wallace of Saltaire, L.
  529. Wallace of Tankerness, L.
  530. Walmsley, B.
  531. Walpole, L.
  532. Walton of Detchant, L.
  533. Warner, L.
  534. Warnock, B.
  535. Warsi, B.
  536. Warwick of Undercliffe, B.
  537. Wasserman, L.
  538. Watson of Invergowrie, L.
  539. Wei, L.
  540. West of Spithead, L.
  541. Wheatcroft, B.
  542. Wheeler, B.
  543. Whitaker, B.
  544. Whitty, L.
  545. Wigley, L.
  546. Wilcox, B.
  547. Wilkins, B.
  548. Williams of Elvel, L.
  549. Williamson of Horton, L.
  550. Willis of Knaresborough, L.
  551. Willoughby de Broke, L.
  552. Wills, L.
  553. Wolfson of Aspley Guise, L.
  554. Wood of Anfield, L.
  555. Woolmer of Leeds, L.
  556. Wright of Richmond, L.
  557. York, Abp.
  558. Young of Hornsey, B.
  559. Young of Norwood Green, L.
  560. Younger of Leckie, V.