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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 13 November 2012

The House met at 2.30pm.

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. Adonis, L.
  6. Ahmad of Wimbledon, L.
  7. Ahmed, L.
  8. Alderdice, L.
  9. Allenby of Megiddo, V.
  10. Alton of Liverpool, L.
  11. Andrews, B.
  12. Anelay of St Johns, B.
  13. Armstrong of Hill Top, B.
  14. Armstrong of Ilminster, L.
  15. Arran, E.
  16. Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, L.
  17. Astor of Hever, L.
  18. Attlee, E.
  19. Avebury, L.
  20. Bach, L.
  21. Baker of Dorking, L.
  22. Bakewell, B.
  23. Baldwin of Bewdley, E.
  24. Barker, B.
  25. Barnett, L.
  26. Bassam of Brighton, L.
  27. Bates, L.
  28. Beecham, L.
  29. Berridge, B.
  30. Best, L.
  31. Bew, L.
  32. Bilimoria, L.
  33. Billingham, B.
  34. Bilston, L.
  35. Black of Brentwood, L.
  36. Blackstone, B.
  37. Blood, B.
  38. Boateng, L.
  39. Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, B.
  40. Boothroyd, B.
  41. Borrie, L.
  42. Bowness, L.
  43. Brabazon of Tara, L.
  44. Bradley, L.
  45. Bradshaw, L.
  46. Bragg, L.
  47. Bridgeman, V.
  48. Brinton, B.
  49. Brooke of Alverthorpe, L.
  50. Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, L.
  51. Brookman, L.
  52. Brooks of Tremorfa, L.
  53. Brougham and Vaux, L.
  54. Browne of Belmont, L.
  55. Browne of Ladyton, L.
  56. Browne of Madingley, L.
  57. Browning, B.
  58. Burnett, L.
  59. Buscombe, B.
  60. Butler of Brockwell, L.
  61. Butler-Sloss, B.
  62. Byford, B.
  63. Caithness, E.
  64. Cameron of Dillington, L.
  65. Campbell of Alloway, L.
  66. Campbell of Surbiton, B.
  67. Campbell-Savours, L.
  68. Carey of Clifton, L.
  69. Carlile of Berriew, L.
  70. Carswell, L.
  71. Cathcart, E.
  72. Chidgey, L.
  73. Christopher, L.
  74. Clancarty, E.
  75. Clark of Windermere, L.
  76. Clarke of Hampstead, L.
  77. Clinton-Davis, L.
  78. Cobbold, L.
  79. Collins of Highbury, L.
  80. Colwyn, L.
  81. Condon, L.
  82. Cope of Berkeley, L.
  83. Cormack, L.
  84. Corston, B.
  85. Cotter, L.
  86. Courtown, E.
  87. Coussins, B.
  88. Cox, B.
  89. Craig of Radley, L.
  90. Craigavon, V.
  91. Crathorne, L.
  92. Crawley, B.
  93. Crickhowell, L.
  94. Crisp, L.
  95. Cumberlege, B.
  96. Currie of Marylebone, L.
  97. Curry of Kirkharle, L.
  98. Dannatt, L.
  99. Davidson of Glen Clova, L.
  100. Davies of Coity, L.
  101. Davies of Oldham, L.
  102. Davies of Stamford, L.
  103. Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, B.
  104. Deech, B.
  105. Denham, L.
  106. Derby, Bp.
  107. Desai, L.
  108. Dholakia, L.
  109. Dixon-Smith, L.
  110. Dobbs, L.
  111. Donaghy, B.
  112. Doocey, B.
  113. Dubs, L.
  114. Durham, Bp.
  115. Dykes, L.
  116. Eames, L.
  117. Eaton, B.
  118. Eccles, V.
  119. Eden of Winton, L.
  120. Edmiston, L.
  121. Elder, L.
  122. Elton, L.
  123. Elystan-Morgan, L.
  124. Empey, L.
  125. Erroll, E.
  126. Evans of Parkside, L.
  127. Evans of Temple Guiting, L.
  128. Evans of Watford, L.
  129. Falkland, V.
  130. Falkner of Margravine, B.
  131. Farrington of Ribbleton, B.
  132. Faulkner of Worcester, L.
  133. Faulks, L.
  134. Fearn, L.
  135. Fellowes, L.
  136. Flather, B.
  137. Flight, L.
  138. Fookes, B.
  139. Ford, B.
  140. Foster of Bishop Auckland, L.
  141. Foulkes of Cumnock, L.
  142. Framlingham, L.
  143. Freeman, L.
  144. Freyberg, L.
  145. Gale, B.
  146. Garden of Frognal, B.
  147. Gardiner of Kimble, L.
  148. Gardner of Parkes, B.
  149. Garel-Jones, L.
  150. Geddes, L.
  151. German, L.
  152. Gibson of Market Rasen, B.
  153. Giddens, L.
  154. Gilbert, L.
  155. Glasgow, E.
  156. Glasman, L.
  157. Glenarthur, L.
  158. Glentoran, L.
  159. Golding, B.
  160. Goldsmith, L.
  161. Goodhart, L.
  162. Gould of Potternewton, B.
  163. Grade of Yarmouth, L.
  164. Graham of Edmonton, L.
  165. Grantchester, L.
  166. Greaves, L.
  167. Greengross, B.
  168. Greenway, L.
  169. Grenfell, L.
  170. Griffiths of Burry Port, L.
  171. Grocott, L.
  172. Hameed, L.
  173. Hamilton of Epsom, L.
  174. Hamwee, B.
  175. Hanham, B.
  176. Hanningfield, L.
  177. Hanworth, V.
  178. Harries of Pentregarth, L.
  179. Harris of Haringey, L.
  180. Harrison, L.
  181. Hart of Chilton, L.
  182. Haskel, L.
  183. Haskins, L.
  184. Hattersley, L.
  185. Haworth, L.
  186. Hayman, B.
  187. Hayter of Kentish Town, B.
  188. Healy of Primrose Hill, B.
  189. Henig, B.
  190. Henley, L.
  191. Heyhoe Flint, B.
  192. Hill of Oareford, L.
  193. Hilton of Eggardon, B.
  194. Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, L.
  195. Hollick, L.
  196. Hollins, B.
  197. Hollis of Heigham, B.
  198. Hooper, B.
  199. Howard of Rising, L.
  200. Howarth of Newport, L.
  201. Howe, E.
  202. Howe of Aberavon, L.
  203. Howe of Idlicote, B.
  204. Howells of St Davids, B.
  205. Howie of Troon, L.
  206. Hoyle, L.
  207. Hughes of Stretford, B.
  208. Hughes of Woodside, L.
  209. Hunt of Kings Heath, L.
  210. Hunt of Wirral, L.
  211. Hussain, L.
  212. Hussein-Ece, B.
  213. Hutton of Furness, L.
  214. Hylton, L.
  215. Irvine of Lairg, L.
  216. James of Blackheath, L.
  217. Janner of Braunstone, L.
  218. Jay of Ewelme, L.
  219. Jay of Paddington, B.
  220. Jenkin of Kennington, B.
  221. Jenkin of Roding, L.
  222. Joffe, L.
  223. Jolly, B.
  224. Jones, L.
  225. Jones of Cheltenham, L.
  226. Jones of Whitchurch, B.
  227. Jopling, L.
  228. Jordan, L.
  229. Judd, L.
  230. Kakkar, L.
  231. Kalms, L.
  232. Kennedy of Southwark, L.
  233. Kidron, B.
  234. Kilclooney, L.
  235. King of Bow, B.
  236. King of Bridgwater, L.
  237. King of West Bromwich, L.
  238. Kinnock, L.
  239. Kinnock of Holyhead, B.
  240. Kirkham, L.
  241. Kirkhill, L.
  242. Kirkwood of Kirkhope, L.
  243. Knight of Weymouth, L.
  244. Laird, L.
  245. Laming, L.
  246. Lang of Monkton, L.
  247. Lawson of Blaby, L.
  248. Lee of Trafford, L.
  249. Lester of Herne Hill, L.
  250. Levene of Portsoken, L.
  251. Liddell of Coatdyke, B.
  252. Liddle, L.
  253. Lindsay, E.
  254. Lingfield, L.
  255. Linklater of Butterstone, B.
  256. Lister of Burtersett, B.
  257. Listowel, E.
  258. Liverpool, E.
  259. Lloyd of Berwick, L.
  260. Loomba, L.
  261. Low of Dalston, L.
  262. Lucas, L.
  263. Luce, L.
  264. Luke, L.
  265. Lyell, L.
  266. McAvoy, L.
  267. McCluskey, L.
  268. McColl of Dulwich, L.
  269. McConnell of Glenscorrodale, L.
  270. Macdonald of Tradeston, L.
  271. McFall of Alcluith, L.
  272. McIntosh of Hudnall, B.
  273. Mackay of Clashfern, L.
  274. MacKenzie of Culkein, L.
  275. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L.
  276. McKenzie of Luton, L.
  277. MacLaurin of Knebworth, L.
  278. Maclennan of Rogart, L.
  279. McNally, L.
  280. Maddock, B.
  281. Maginnis of Drumglass, L.
  282. Mallalieu, B.
  283. Mancroft, L.
  284. Mar, C.
  285. Marks of Henley-on-Thames, L.
  286. Marland, L.
  287. Marlesford, L.
  288. Martin of Springburn, L.
  289. Masham of Ilton, B.
  290. Massey of Darwen, B.
  291. Mawhinney, L.
  292. Mawson, L.
  293. Maxton, L.
  294. May of Oxford, L.
  295. Meacher, B.
  296. Methuen, L.
  297. Miller of Hendon, B.
  298. Monks, L.
  299. Montrose, D.
  300. Moonie, L.
  301. Morgan, L.
  302. Morgan of Drefelin, B.
  303. Morris of Aberavon, L.
  304. Morris of Handsworth, L.
  305. Morris of Yardley, B.
  306. Moynihan, L.
  307. Naseby, L.
  308. Neville-Jones, B.
  309. Newby, L.
  310. Nicholson of Winterbourne, B.
  311. Noakes, B.
  312. Noon, L.
  313. Northbourne, L.
  314. Northbrook, L.
  315. Northover, B.
  316. Norwich, Bp.
  317. Nye, B.
  318. Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, L.
  319. O'Cathain, B.
  320. O'Loan, B.
  321. O'Neill of Clackmannan, L.
  322. Ouseley, L.
  323. Palmer, L.
  324. Palmer of Childs Hill, L.
  325. Pannick, L.
  326. Parekh, L.
  327. Parminter, B.
  328. Patel, L.
  329. Patel of Blackburn, L.
  330. Patel of Bradford, L.
  331. Patten, L.
  332. Paul, L.
  333. Pearson of Rannoch, L.
  334. Pendry, L.
  335. Perry of Southwark, B.
  336. Peston, L.
  337. Phillips of Sudbury, L.
  338. Phillips of Worth Matravers, L.
  339. Pitkeathley, B.
  340. Plant of Highfield, L.
  341. Plumb, L.
  342. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L.
  343. Popat, L.
  344. Powell of Bayswater, L.
  345. Prosser, B.
  346. Puttnam, L.
  347. Quin, B.
  348. Quirk, L.
  349. Radice, L.
  350. Ramsay of Cartvale, B.
  351. Ramsbotham, L.
  352. Randerson, B.
  353. Rawlings, B.
  354. Razzall, L.
  355. Rea, L.
  356. Redesdale, L.
  357. Rees of Ludlow, L.
  358. Rendell of Babergh, B.
  359. Rennard, L.
  360. Ribeiro, L.
  361. Richard, L.
  362. Richardson of Calow, B.
  363. Ripon and Leeds, Bp.
  364. Roberts of Conwy, L.
  365. Roberts of Llandudno, L.
  366. Robertson of Port Ellen, L.
  367. Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L.
  368. Rogan, L.
  369. Roper, L.
  370. Rosser, L.
  371. Rotherwick, L.
  372. Rowe-Beddoe, L.
  373. St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bp.
  374. St John of Bletso, L.
  375. Sanderson of Bowden, L.
  376. Sassoon, L.
  377. Sawyer, L.
  378. Scotland of Asthal, B.
  379. Scott of Foscote, L.
  380. Scott of Needham Market, B.
  381. Seccombe, B.
  382. Selkirk of Douglas, L.
  383. Selsdon, L.
  384. Sewel, L.
  385. Shackleton of Belgravia, B.
  386. Sharkey, L.
  387. Sharp of Guildford, B.
  388. Sharples, B.
  389. Shaw of Northstead, L.
  390. Sheikh, L.
  391. Sheldon, L.
  392. Shephard of Northwold, B.
  393. Sheppard of Didgemere, L.
  394. Sherlock, B.
  395. Shipley, L.
  396. Shrewsbury, E.
  397. Shutt of Greetland, L.
  398. Simon, V.
  399. Singh of Wimbledon, L.
  400. Skelmersdale, L.
  401. Slim, V.
  402. Smith of Basildon, B.
  403. Smith of Clifton, L.
  404. Smith of Finsbury, L.
  405. Smith of Gilmorehill, B.
  406. Smith of Leigh, L.
  407. Snape, L.
  408. Soley, L.
  409. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L.
  410. Spicer, L.
  411. Stair, E.
  412. Stephen, L.
  413. Stevenson of Balmacara, L.
  414. Steyn, L.
  415. Stirrup, L.
  416. Stoddart of Swindon, L.
  417. Stone of Blackheath, L.
  418. Stoneham of Droxford, L.
  419. Storey, L.
  420. Stowell of Beeston, B.
  421. Strasburger, L.
  422. Strathclyde, L.
  423. Sutherland of Houndwood, L.
  424. Swinfen, L.
  425. Symons of Vernham Dean, B.
  426. Tanlaw, L.
  427. Taverne, L.
  428. Taylor of Blackburn, L.
  429. Taylor of Bolton, B.
  430. Taylor of Goss Moor, L.
  431. Taylor of Holbeach, L.
  432. Taylor of Warwick, L.
  433. Temple-Morris, L.
  434. Tenby, V.
  435. Teverson, L.
  436. Thomas of Gresford, L.
  437. Thomas of Swynnerton, L.
  438. Thomas of Winchester, B.
  439. Thornton, B.
  440. Tomlinson, L.
  441. Tonge, B.
  442. Tordoff, L.
  443. Touhig, L.
  444. Trenchard, V.
  445. Triesman, L.
  446. True, L.
  447. Trumpington, B.
  448. Truscott, L.
  449. Tunnicliffe, L.
  450. Turnberg, L.
  451. Turner of Camden, B.
  452. Uddin, B.
  453. Ullswater, V.
  454. Waddington, L.
  455. Wade of Chorlton, L.
  456. Wakeham, L.
  457. Wall of New Barnet, B.
  458. Wallace of Saltaire, L.
  459. Walmsley, B.
  460. Walpole, L.
  461. Walton of Detchant, L.
  462. Warner, L.
  463. Warnock, B.
  464. Warsi, B.
  465. Warwick of Undercliffe, B.
  466. Wasserman, L.
  467. Watson of Invergowrie, L.
  468. West of Spithead, L.
  469. Wheatcroft, B.
  470. Wheeler, B.
  471. Whitaker, B.
  472. Whitty, L.
  473. Wigley, L.
  474. Wilcox, B.
  475. Wilkins, B.
  476. Williams of Baglan, L.
  477. Williams of Crosby, B.
  478. Williams of Elvel, L.
  479. Williamson of Horton, L.
  480. Willoughby de Broke, L.
  481. Wills, L.
  482. Wilson of Tillyorn, L.
  483. Wood of Anfield, L.
  484. Woolf, L.
  485. Woolmer of Leeds, L.
  486. Worcester, Bp.
  487. Worthington, B.
  488. Wright of Richmond, L.
  489. Young of Norwood Green, L.
  490. Younger of Leckie, V.