House of Lords Journal

Parliament Met at 2.30pm pursuant to a proclamation dated 12 April 2010. The Lords Commissioners being seated, Lord Strathclyde in the middle with the Lord Speaker (Baroness Hayman) and Baroness Royall of Blaisdon to his right hand and Lord McNally and Baroness D’Souza on his left, the Commission for opening Parliament dated 18 May 2010 was read. The Commons, being present at the Bar, were directed to proceed to the choice of a Speaker and to present the person chosen for the Royal Approbation.

Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield.

1 The Lord Speaker The Lord Speaker, singly, in the first place, at the Table, made and subscribed the solemn affirmation and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.

2 Oaths and affirmations The following Lords took and subscribed the oath, or made and subscribed the solemn affirmation, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct:

Rowan Douglas Archbishop of Canterbury

Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Lord Strathclyde

Tom Lord McNally

Janet Anne Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Frances Gertrude Claire Baroness D’Souza

Ivon Anthony Lord Brabazon of Tara

David Trevor Lord Shutt of Greetland

John Steven Lord Bassam of Brighton

Joyce Anne Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Sayeeda Hussain Baroness Warsi

Philip Alexander Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

David Arthur Russell Lord Howell of Guildford

Patricia Janet Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Delyth Jane Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

Oliver Michael Robert Lord Henley (Lord Northington)

Terence James Lord Thomas of Macclesfield

Maurice Harry Lord Peston

David Anthony Lord Freud

Joan Brownlow Baroness Hanham

Joel Lord Barnett

Robert Edward Lord Sheldon

Greville Ewan Lord Janner of Braunstone

William James Robert Earl Peel

Edward William Duke of Norfolk

Judith Ann Baroness Wilcox

Jonathan Peter Lord Marland

Winifred Ann Baroness Taylor of Bolton

William Stephen Goulden Lord Bach

Richard Oliver Lord Faulkner of Worcester

James Robert Lord Wallace of Tankerness

Glenys Elizabeth Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

Bryan Lord Davies of Oldham

Thomas Lord Pendry

Terence George Lord Boston of Faversham

Marcia Matilda Baroness Falkender

Clive Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

Edward John Barrington Lord Montagu of Beaulieu

Charles David Lord Powell of Bayswater

John Jacob Lord Astor of Hever

Patricia Elizabeth Baroness Rawlings

John Richard Earl Attlee

Josephine Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Alan Thomas Lord Howarth of Newport

Diana Mary Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe

Sandip Baroness Verma

Thomas Robin Valerian Lord Glentoran

David Francis Lord Williamson of Horton

Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Lord Roberts of Conwy

Jean Alys Baroness Trumpington

Brenda Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde

Flora Marjory Lady Saltoun of Abernethy

John Derek Lord Taylor of Holbeach

David Edward Lord Lea of Crondall

John Leonard Lord Eatwell

Charles Patrick Fleeming Lord Jenkin of Roding

William Manuel Lord Morris of Handsworth

Lynda Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

Doreen Baroness Miller of Hendon

Jean Ann Baroness Corston

Sally Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes

Eileen Emily Baroness Paisley of St George’s

Norman Stewart Hughson Lord Lamont of Lerwick

Peter Spencer Lord Bowness

Robert Washington Earl Ferrers

Charles Henry Lord Plumb

David Staffurth Bishop of Salisbury

John Douglas Viscount Slim

John Benedict Lord Eden of Winton

Nicholas Stewart Bishop of Blackburn

William Viscount Tenby

Rupert Charles Lord De Mauley

Paul Lord Myners

Joyce Brenda Baroness Gould of Potternewton

David Philip Lord Pannick

Jonathan Michael Bishop of Lichfield

John Lord Wakeham

Meta Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Roger Lord Skelmersdale

Johan van Zyl Lord Steyn

Michael Abraham Lord Levy

David Lord Alliance

Richard Rashleigh Folliott Lord Scott of Foscote

Ruth Lynn Baroness Deech

Joan Anna Dalziel Baroness Seccombe

Herman George Lord Ouseley

Mary Teresa Baroness Goudie

Garry Richard Rushby Lord Hart of Chilton

Kamlesh Kumar Lord Patel of Bradford

David Keith Lord Brookman

Thomas Edward Lord Graham of Edmonton

David Garfield Lord Davies of Coity

Doreen Elizabeth Baroness Massey of Darwen

Ronald Cyril Lord Fearn

John Lord Morris of Aberavon

May Baroness Blood

John Edward Lord Brooks of Tremorfa

Rachel Trixie Anne Baroness Gardner of Parkes

John Charles Bishop of Lincoln

Christopher Samuel Lord Tugendhat

George Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

Michael Arthur Bishop of Bristol

Ralph Matthew Lord Lucas

David Wigley Lord Nickson

William David Lord Trimble

John David Lord Kilclooney

Peter Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Eric Reginald Lord Avebury

Stanley Clinton Lord Clinton-Davis

Adam Hafejee Lord Patel of Blackburn

John Lord Birt

Nuala Patricia Baroness O’Loan

William Brian Lord Jordan

Lewis George Lord Moonie

Robert Horatio Lord Walpole

Jack Lord Lewis of Newnham

James Alexander Lord Selkirk of Douglas

Irene Tordoff Baroness Fritchie

Paul Anthony Elliott Lord Bew

Robert Henry Alexander Lord Eames

John Nicholas Lord Walton of Detchant

Melvyn Lord Bragg

James Peter Hymers Lord Mackay of Clashfern

Stephen Barry Lord Jones

Swraj Lord Paul

Alfred Lord Morris of Manchester

Charles Russell Lord Sanderson of Bowden

Jean Elizabeth Baroness Coussins

Dafydd Elystan Lord Elystan-Morgan

Susan Lilian Primrose Baroness Masham of Ilton

Greville Patrick Charles Lord Howard of Rising

Karan Faridoon Lord Bilimoria

Christine Mary Baroness Crawley

Alan William John Lord West of Spithead

Muriel Winifred Baroness Turner of Camden

Helen Mary Baroness Warnock

Simon Brooke Lord Tanlaw

Kenneth Wiggins Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

Ajay Kumar Lord Kakkar

John Martin Bishop of Newcastle

Digby Marritt Lord Jones of Birmingham

Michael John Lord Martin of Springburn

John Edward Michael Lord Moore of Lower Marsh

Kenneth Owen Lord Morgan

George Lennox Lord Fyfe of Fairfield

William Henry Lord Brett

Claus Adolf Lord Moser

Michael Wolfgang Laurence Lord Naseby

Kenneth William Lord Wedderburn of Charlton

Jeffrey William Lord Rooker

Peter Alexander Rupert Lord Carrington (Lord Carington of Upton)

Andrew Lord Mawson

Eric Douglas Harvey Lord Hoyle

Angela Theodora Baroness Billingham

Patrick Richard Henry Lord Wright of Richmond

Donald Lord Macaulay of Bragar

Alan Henry Viscount Brookeborough

Bhikhu Chhotalal Lord Parekh

Richard Hugh Lord Cavendish of Furness

Jeffrey Maurice Lord Sterling of Plaistow

Basil Lord Feldman

Llinos Baroness Golding

David Noel Lord James of Blackheath

John Alston Lord Maxton

Leopold David Lord Willoughby de Broke

Allen John George Lord Sheppard of Didgemere

Tarsem Lord King of West Bromwich

Peter Leonard Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville

Amos Henry Lord Chilver

Ian Charter Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth

John Edward Lord Tomlinson

Colin Morven Lord Sharman

Edward Lord Rowlands

Hector Uisdean Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

Peter Anthony Lord Inge

Michael Jaffray Hynman Viscount Allenby of Megiddo

Andrew Wyndham Lord Phillips of Sudbury

Susan Petronella Baroness Thomas of Walliswood

Valerie Georgina Baroness Howarth of Breckland

George Mark Lord Malloch-Brown

Graham Lord Kirkham

David Antony Fromanteel Lord Cobbold

Carys Davina Baroness Grey-Thompson

Brian Norman Roger Lord Rix

David John Lord Ramsbotham

Robert Lord Hughes of Woodside

Lyndon Henry Arthur Lord Harrison

Onora Sylvia Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve

Janet Baroness Cohen of Pimlico

Richard John McMoran Lord Moran

Richard Andrew Lord Rosser

Paul Leslie Lord Condon

Shelia Valerie Baroness Noakes

Ruth Barbara Baroness Rendell of Babergh

Betty Baroness Boothroyd

David William George Lord Chidgey

Clive Richard Lord Hollick

Patrick Barnabas Burke Lord Mayhew of Twysden

Pauline Baroness Perry of Southwark

William Richard Lord Inglewood

Elizabeth Conway Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Julia Babette Sarah Baroness Neuberger

Patricia Baroness Morris of Bolton

Robert William Lord Dixon-Smith

Rosalind Patricia-Anne Baroness Howells of St Davids

Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Baroness Butler-Sloss

Veronica Baroness Linklater of Butterstone

David Montague de Burgh Lord Strabolgi

John Farquharson Lord Kirkhill

Angela Felicity Baroness Harris of Richmond

Brian Joseph Michael Lord Cotter

Peter Lovat Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Archibald Gavin Lord Hamilton of Epsom

Anthony James Lord Clarke of Hampstead

David Charles Lord Evans of Watford

Emma Harriet Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

Harry Kenneth Lord Woolf

Jill Elizabeth Baroness Pitkeathley

Ilora Gillian Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

David Charles Lord Waddington

Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Lord Mancroft

John Richard Lord Krebs

Robert Maurice Lipson Lord Winston

Katherine Patricia Irene Baroness Adams of Craigielea

Robert Alexander Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (Lord Balniel)

Thomas Jeremy Lord King of Bridgwater

Robert Temple Lord Armstrong of Ilminster

Dennis Lord Bilston

Anne Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen

Margaret Beryl Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Jan David Viscount Simon

Stewart Ross Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

Michael Walton Lord Bates

Arthur Charles St John Lord Luke

Elspeth Rosamund Morton Baroness Howe of Idlicote

Merlin Earl of Erroll

Richard Arthur Lloyd Lord Livsey of Talgarth

John Roger Lord Roberts of Llandudno

Trevor Arthur Lord Smith of Clifton

Nigel David Lord Jones of Cheltenham

Arthur George Lord Weidenfeld

Hazel Baroness Byford

Christopher John Lord Grantchester

Denise Patricia Byrne Baroness Kingsmill

Geoffrey Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract

Donald Lord Dixon

Alan Robertson Lord Campbell of Alloway

Pamela Baroness Sharples

Michael John Lord Brougham and Vaux

John Tucker Mugabi Archbishop of York

Hugh William Lord Reay

Edward Peter Bertram Savile Earl of Liverpool

Antony Harold Lord Newton of Braintree

Bruce Joseph Lord Grocott

Archibald Johnstone Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

Rupert Bertram Lord Redesdale (Lord Mitford)

Ernest Ronald Lord Oxburgh

Anthony Martin Grosvenor Lord Christopher

Nicholas Walter Lord Lyell of Markyate

Euan Michael Ross Lord Geddes

David Lawrence Lord Lipsey

Anthony Ian Lord Young of Norwood Green

William David Lord McKenzie of Luton

Alexander Andrew Mackay Lord Irvine of Lairg

Dominic Bryce Lord Addington

John Dawson Viscount Eccles

Henry Dennistoun Lord Stevenson of Coddenham

Geoffrey Johnson Lord Tordoff

Malcolm Ian Earl of Caithness

Patrick Robin Archibald Earl of Glasgow

James Thorne Earl of Mar and Kellie (Lord Erskine of Alloa Tower)

Bernard Harold Ian Halley Lord Stewartby

Margaret Anne Baroness Ford

Dorothea Glenys Baroness Thornton

Edward Timothy Lord Razzall

Jane Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

Anthony Lord Giddens

Kishwer Baroness Falkner of Margravine

James Stuart Lord Gordon of Strathblane

Simon Mark Lord Glenarthur

Frederick Matthew Thomas Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lord Ponsonby of Roehampton)

William Lord Howie of Troon

Peter Charles Lord Snape

Kenneth John Lord Woolmer of Leeds

Dale Norman Lord Campbell-Savours

Graham Norman Lord Tope

Diana Margaret Baroness Maddock

John Thomas Lord Alderdice

Susan Elizabeth Baroness Garden of Frognal

Phyllis Dorothy Baroness James of Holland Park

Raymond Hervey Lord Hylton

Robin John Orlando Viscount Bridgeman

Ivor Seward Lord Richard

William Howard Lord Goodhart

William Oulton Lord Wade of Chorlton

Anthony John Leslie Lord Lloyd of Berwick

Kenneth Wilfred Lord Baker of Dorking

Anthony Fitzhardinge Lord Berkeley (Lord Gueterbock)

Barbara Scott Baroness Young of Old Scone

Christopher Robert Lord Smith of Finsbury

Alec Nigel Lord Broers

Patricia Lesley Baroness Hollis of Heigham

William Armand Thomas Tristan Lord Garel-Jones

Mohamed Iltaf Lord Sheikh

Charles Alan Andrew Earl Cathcart

Andrew Robert Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Michael Charles Bishop of Winchester

Charles Henry John Benedict Crofton Chetwynd Earl of Shrewsbury

Alastair John Lyndhurst Lord Aberdare

Robert Lord Fellowes

Norman Somerville Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden

Terence Langley Lord Higgins

Robert Adam Ross Lord Maclennan of Rogart

Adrian Bailie Nottage Lord Palmer

Janet Evelyn Baroness Fookes

Diana Catherine Baroness Eccles of Moulton

Anthony Stephen Lord Grabiner

Robert Alexander Holt Lord Methuen

David Hugh Alexander Lord Hannay of Chiswick

Michael John Dawson Lord Walker of Aldringham

Charles James Lord Crathorne

Susan Elizabeth Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

William Thomas Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank

Diljit Singh Lord Rana

David James Fletcher Lord Hunt of Wirral

Robin Lord Teverson

Joan Margaret Baroness Walmsley

David Leonard Lord Stoddart of Swindon

Geoffrey James Lord Dear

Derek Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland

Paul Edward Winston Lord Hanningfield

Gloria Dorothy Baroness Hooper

Lindsay Patricia Baroness Northover

Wallace Hamilton Lord Browne of Belmont

Navnit Lord Dholakia

Rosalie Catherine Baroness Wilkins

Nigel Lord Lawson of Blaby

Philip Lord Norton of Louth

Charles Ronald Llewelyn Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank

John Robert Louis Lord Lee of Trafford

Nazir Lord Ahmed

Andrew Zelig Lord Stone of Blackheath

John Roundell Earl of Selborne

Celia Marjorie Baroness Thomas of Winchester

Anthony Robert Lord Greaves

Caroline Anne Baroness Cox

Arthur Desmond Colquhoun Earl of Arran (Lord Sudley)

Philip Charles Lord Harris of Peckham

Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Viscount Falkland

Elizabeth Margaret Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill

Jonathan Toby Lord Harris of Haringey

John Patrick Aubone Lord Burnett

Amirali Alibhai Lord Bhatia

Matthew Lord Evans of Temple Guiting

David Bernard Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Brian Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach

Frank Ashcroft Lord Judd

Thomas Lord Taylor of Blackburn

Peter Richard Charles Lord Smith of Leigh

John Anderson Lord Cunningham of Felling

Denis Lord Tunnicliffe

Joel Goodman Lord Joffe

Janric Fraser Viscount Craigavon

Jeremy John Durham Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon

David Patrick Paul Lord Alton of Liverpool

James Brian Edward Lord Hutton

Peter Robert Bishop of Chester

Andrew Lord Adonis

Robin Granville Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

Shreela Baroness Flather

Charles Cuthbert Powell Lord Williams of Elvel

Dennis Robert David Lord Rogan

John Arthur Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

Christopher Francis Lord Patten of Barnes

Alexander Charles Lord Carlile of Berriew

Josephine Clare Baroness Valentine

Norman Beresford Lord Tebbit

Margaret Hilda Baroness Thatcher

Michael Bruce Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

Charles Lord Lyell

Thomas Murray Lord Elder

John Francis Hodgess Lord Roper

Thomas Michael Lord Jopling

Elizabeth Jean Baroness Barker

Peter Derek Lord Truscott

Joyce Gwendolen Baroness Quin

Brian Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate

Malcolm McEacharn Lord Selsdon

John Nicolas Lord Rea

Ian Anthony Lord Colwyn

Anita Baroness Gale

Rosalind Carol Baroness Scott of Needham Market

The House adjourned. The House resumed.

3 Oaths and affirmations The following Lords took and subscribed the oath, or made and subscribed the solemn affirmation, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct:

Richard Edward Geoffrey Lord Howe of Aberavon

Ambrose Charles Drexel Lord Greenway

Khalid Lord Hameed

Jane Susan Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

Elizabeth Kay Baroness Andrews

Alfred Lord Dubs

Charles Leslie Lord Falconer of Thoroton

David Charles Bishop of Bradford

Peter Bryan Bishop of Bath and Wells

John Lawrence Lord Whitty

Lawrence Lord Sawyer

Clive Stafford Lord Soley

Malcolm Everard MacLaren Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Gillian Patricia Baroness Shephard of Northwold

David Sydney Lord Rowe-Beddoe

Helena Ann Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Margaret Theresa Baroness Prosser

Christopher John Lord Rennard

Daniel Joseph Lord Brennan

Detta Baroness O’Cathain

Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone

The House adjourned. The House resumed.

4 Oaths and affirmations The following Lords took and subscribed the oath, or made and subscribed the solemn affirmation, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct:

Andrew Lord Turnbull

Alexander Henry Earl of Dundee

David Terence Lord Puttnam

Peta Jane Baroness Buscombe

James Randolph Earl of Lindsay

James Duke of Montrose

Donald Martin Lord Thomas of Gresford

Richard Stuart Lord Best

John Edward Hollister Earl of Sandwich

Paul Archer Lord Tyler

David Martin Scott Lord Steel of Aikwood

Tessa Ann Vosper Baroness Blackstone

John Haggit Charles Lord Patten

Richard Douglas Lord Harries of Pentregarth

William John Lawrence Lord Wallace of Saltaire

David George Lord Clark of Windermere

Anthony Martin Bishop of Hereford

The House adjourned. The House resumed.

5 Oaths The following Lords took and subscribed the oath and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct:

Manzila Pola Baroness Uddin

John David Beckett Lord Taylor of Warwick

The House adjourned at 7.30pm until Wednesday 19 May at 3.00pm.