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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 14 September 2011

The House met at 3.00pm.

The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present:

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