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Lords Hansard for 16 March 2009 (Volume 709)

                From the bound volume. Last updated 
2 July 2018 at 2.40pm.
            

Lords Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Lords main chamber.

House of Lords (item number 1) (id 0903167000550)

Parliament Square: Right to Protest (item number 2) (id 0903167000524)

Zimbabwe (item number 3) (id 0903167000525)

Cyclists (item number 4) (id 0903167000526)

Allotments (item number 5) (id 0903167000527)

Arrangement of Business (item number 6) (id 0903167000528)

Postal Services Bill [HL] (item number 7) (id 0903167000529)

Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Amendment) Order 2009 (item number 8) (id 0903167000530)

Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL] (item number 9) (id 0903167000531)

G20: Finance Ministers Meeting (item number 10) (id 09031629000208)

Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2009 (item number 11) (id 09031648000309)

Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL] (item number 12) (id 09031648000310)

Grand Committee

Grand Committees may consider Bills or statutory instruments, or debate particular issues or topics.

Grand Committee (item number 1) (id 09031610000035)

Arrangement of Business (item number 2) (id 09031610000032)

Banking Act 2009 (Third Party Compensation Arrangements for Partial Property Transfers) Regulations 2009 (item number 3) (id 09031610000033)

Banking Act 2009 (Restriction of Partial Property Transfers) Order 2009 (item number 4) (id 09031613000059)

Banking Act 2009 (Bank Administration) (Modification for Application to Banks in Temporary Public Ownership) Regulations 2009 (item number 5) (id 09031613000060)

Banking Act 2009 (Bank Administration) (Modification for Application to Multiple Transfers) Regulations 2009 (item number 6) (id 09031620000063)

Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (item number 7) (id 09031620000064)

Bradford and Bingley plc Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order 2009 (item number 8) (id 09031620000065)

Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Order 2009 (item number 9) (id 09031623000055)

Official Statistics Order 2009 (item number 10) (id 09031623000056)

Written Statements

Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of government on the official record and in the public domain.

Written Statements (item number 1) (id 0903163000002)

EU: Competitiveness Council (item number 2) (id 0903163000018)

St Helena Airport (item number 3) (id 0903163000019)

Turks and Caicos Islands (item number 4) (id 0903163000020)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers (item number 1) (id 09031622000002)

Banking: Bank of Scotland (Ireland) (item number 2) (id 09031622000221)

Banking: Bonuses (item number 3) (id 09031622000222)

Banking: Northern Rock (item number 4) (id 09031622000223)

Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act (item number 5) (id 09031622000224)

Embryology (item number 6) (id 09031622000225)

Financial Services Authority (item number 7) (id 09031622000226)

Government Offices: North West (item number 8) (id 09031622000227)

Housing (item number 9) (id 09031622000228)

Israel (item number 10) (id 09031622000229)

National Health Service Litigation Authority (item number 11) (id 09031622000230)

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (item number 12) (id 09031622000231)

National Security: Wire Tapping (item number 13) (id 09031622000232)

Northern Ireland Office: Bonuses (item number 14) (id 09031622000233)

Northern Ireland Office: Cost-saving (item number 15) (id 09031622000234)

Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission (item number 16) (id 09031622000235)

Northern Ireland: Personal Protection Weapons (item number 17) (id 09031622000236)

Pakistan: Blasphemy Laws (item number 18) (id 09031622000237)

Petitions (item number 19) (id 09031622000238)

Planning: Eco-towns (item number 20) (id 09031622000239)

Public Bodies (item number 21) (id 09031622000240)

Railways: Freight (item number 22) (id 09031622000241)

Terrorism (item number 23) (id 09031622000242)

Terrorism: Hizb ut-Tahrir (item number 24) (id 09031622000243)

Tobacco (item number 25) (id 09031622000244)

Turkey: EU Membership (item number 26) (id 09031622000245)

War Crimes (item number 27) (id 09031622000246)

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