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Queen’s Speech

Queen's speech debate on Thursday, 11 December 2008, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Darzi of Denham. The answering member was Earl Howe.
Lords debate on Queen's speech (sixth day) on health, social affairs, education and culture. Motion on royal address agreed to nemine dissentiente.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
706 c493-584 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Message from the Queen
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 706 c542-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in the diverse range of debates on the gracious Speech. I sh...
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 706 c545-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in the debate on the loyal Address covering education, health an...

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Lord Lucas | 706 c547-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by picking up on something that the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, talked about. Much ...
Lord Harrison | 706 c550-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate on the gracious Speech, as there are thr...
Lord Dearing | 706 c553-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to listen to colleagues speaking on subjects on which they have exp...
Baroness Pitkeathley | 706 c555-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dearing. I thank my noble friend Lor...
Lord Jones of Cheltenham | 706 c557-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness and to take part in this well informed...
Lord McColl of Dulwich | 706 c562-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak on the subject of human trafficking, which causes a great deal of ill health....
Lord Puttnam | 706 c565-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise to the House for diving in and out all day. I have been attending and speaking...
Lord Warner | 706 c519-22 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to talk about the progress of the NHS under this ...
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 706 c517-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his introduction of today’s subjects. In particular...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 706 c530-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would have been a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Huyton. It is, ...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 706 c527-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the new welfare reform Bill is, we assume, to be published shortly and is one of the Go...
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 706 c533-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by welcoming the fact that culture has finally been allowed into what the noble Lo...
Lord Thomas of Swynnerton | 706 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Brooke, I shall refer to the Olympic Games, not in detail, but t...
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 706 c536-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome much of what is in the Queen’s Speech and I will be supporting it. I want to tak...
Baroness Walmsley | 706 c513-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Baker of Dorking, in what he referre...
Earl Howe | 706 c498-501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to see the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, in his place on the Front Bench, which...
Lord Darzi of Denham | 706 c493-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are here to debate the health, welfare and children Bills announced in the gracious Spe...
Lord Baker of Dorking | 706 c510-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, debates on the Queen’s Speech have to be rather fragmentary because they can cover four de...
Baroness Massey of Darwen | 706 c507-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Listowel. He so rightly points out t...
Earl of Listowel | 706 c504-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, am grateful for this opportunity to debate the Queen’s Speech, and I am honoured t...
Baroness Barker | 706 c501-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, for his customary eloquent introduction to today’s deb...
Viscount Bridgeman | 706 c567-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for your Lordships’ indulgence in permitting me to speak in the gap. CORESS...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 706 c568-71 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has been a fascinating day. The prize for capturing the essence of the day’s debate mus...
Baroness Verma | 706 c572-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a wide-ranging and most interesting debate. It has been well informed and ha...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 706 c576-84 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a wide-ranging, knowledgeable and indeed compassionate debate and I would li...
Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 706 c560-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I guess that it is an unintended irony that that wonderful eulogy in favour of the British...
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston | 706 c524-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate on the humble Address. I wish to dra...
Lord Colwyn | 706 c540-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the gracious Speech announced a new health Bill and made further commitments to providing ...
Baroness Cumberlege | 706 c522-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on his opening speech and on his leadership in taking forward ...
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