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