House of Lords Journal 235 (Session 2001-02)

Previous Next Wednesday 3 April 2002 The House met at half-past eleven o’clock, pursuant to Standing Order 16.The following Lords Spiritual and Temporal were present:Irvine of Lairg, L.(Lord Chancellor) Ackner, L. Acton, L. Addington, L. Ahmed, L. Allenby of Megiddo, V. Ampthill, L. Arran, E. Attlee, E. Baker of Dorking, L. Barber, L. Barker, B. Bassam of Brighton, L. Beaumont of Whitley, L. Bell, L. Berkeley, L. Bhatia, L. Biffen, L. Billingham, B. Blackstone, B. Blood, B. Boothroyd, B. Boston of Faversham, L. Bowness, L. Brabazon of Tara, L. Bradshaw, L. Bridgeman, V. Bridges, L. Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, L. Brookeborough, V. Brookman, L. Brougham and Vaux, L. Bruce of Donington, L. Burlison, L. Burnham, L. Buscombe, B. Byford, B. Caithness, E. Campbell of Alloway, L. Canterbury, Abp. Carnegy of Lour, B. Carr of Hadley, L. Carrington, L. Carter, L. Castle of Blackburn, B. Chadlington, L. Chalfont, L. Chester, Bp. Chorley, L. Christopher, L. Clement-Jones, L. Clinton-Davis, L. Cockfield, L. Coe, L. Colwyn, L. Condon, L. Cope of Berkeley, L. Cox, B. Craig of Radley, L. Craigavon, V. Crathorne, L. Crawley, B. Cuckney, L. Cumberlege, B. Davies of Coity, L. Dearing, L. Denham, L. Dholakia, L. Donaldson of Lymington, L. Donoughue, L. Dundee, E. Eatwell, L. Eccles of Moulton, B. Eden of Winton, L. Elis-Thomas, L. Elliott of Morpeth, L. Elton, L. Emerton, B. Erroll, E. Evans of Temple Guiting, L. Ezra, L. Falconer of Thoroton, L. Farrington of Ribbleton, B. Faulkner of Worcester, L. Feldman, L. Fellowes, L. Finlay of Llandaff, B. Fitt, L. Flather, B. Flowers, L. Fookes, B. Forsyth of Drumlean, L. Freeman, L. Freyberg, L. Gale, B. Gardner of Parkes, B. Geddes, L. Geraint, L. Glenarthur, L. Golding, B. Goldsmith, L. Goschen, V. Gould of Potternewton, B. Greenway, L. Grenfell, L. Grocott, L. Guildford, Bp. Hanham, B. Haskel, L. Haskins, L. Hayhoe, L. Hogg, B. Hogg of Cumbernauld, L. Home, E. Hooper, B. Howarth of Breckland, B. Howe of Aberavon, L. Howe of Idlicote, B. Howell of Guildford, L. Howells of St. Davids, B. Hoyle, L. Hunt of Kings Heath, L. Hunt of Wirral, L. Hurd of Westwell, L. Hussey of North Bradley, L. James of Holland Park, B. Jones, L. Page 596 2001-02 Volume 235       Kimball, L. Kingsdown, L. Kirkham, L. Lamont of Lerwick, L. Lea of Crondall, L. Liverpool, E. Livsey of Talgarth, L. Lofthouse of Pontefract, L. Lucas, L. Luce, L. Luke, L. Macdonald of Tradeston, L. Macfarlane of Bearsden, L. McFarlane of Llandaff, B. McIntosh of Haringey, L. McIntosh of Hudnall, B. Mackay of Clashfern, L. Mackenzie of Framwellgate, L. McNally, L. Marlesford, L. Marshall of Knightsbridge, L. Mayhew of Twysden, L. Miller of Hendon, B. Mishcon, L. Monson, L. Morris of Manchester, L. Murton of Lindisfarne, L. Naseby, L. Newton of Braintree, L. Nicol, B. Noakes, B. Northesk, E. Northover, B. Norton of Louth, L. O’Cathain, B. Oxburgh, L. Oxfuird, V. Palmer, L. Park of Monmouth, B. Patel, L. Patten, L. Perry of Southwark, B. Perry of Walton, L. Peston, L. Peterborough, Bp. Plumb, L. Ponsonby of Shulbrede, L. Portsmouth, Bp. Powell of Bayswater, L. Pym, L. Quirk, L. Radice, L. Ramsay of Cartvale, B. Rawlings, B. Rea, L. Rees-Mogg, L. Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, L. Rennard, L. Renton, L. Richard, L. Rix, L. Rogan, L. Rooker, L. Rosslyn, E. Russell, E. Russell-Johnston, L. Sainsbury of Preston Candover, L. St. Albans, Bp. St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Bp. St. John of Fawsley, L. Saltoun of Abernethy, Ly. Sandwich, E. Sawyer, L. Scott of Needham Market, B. Seccombe, B. Selborne, E. Selsdon, L. Sewel, L. Sharples, B. Shaw of Northstead, L. Sheldon, L. Sheppard of Didgemere, L. Shrewsbury, E. Simon, V. Simon of Glaisdale, L. Skelmersdale, L. Slim, V. Smith of Gilmorehill, B. Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, L. Stallard, L. Stone of Blackheath, L. Strabolgi, L. Strange, B. Strathclyde, L. Swinfen, L. Symons of Vernham Dean, B. Taylor of Blackburn, L. Tebbit, L. Temple-Morris, L. Tenby, V. Thatcher, B. Thomas of Walliswood, B. Thomson of Monifieth, L. Thornton, B. Tope, L. Tordoff, L. Trefgarne, L. Trumpington, B. Uddin, B. Wakefield, Bp. Wakeham, L. Warnock, B. Warwick of Undercliffe, B. Whitaker, B. Wilberforce, L. Wilcox, B. Wilkins, B. Williams of Crosby, B. Williams of Mostyn, L. Wolfson, L. Wright of Richmond, L. PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. 1. Leave of Absence—It was ordered that leave of absence be granted to the Lord Scanlon for the remainder of this Parliament. Papers 2. Statutory Instruments (Standing Order 70)—The following negative instruments, having been laid before the House on 2nd April, were ordered to lie on the Table: 1. Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Bankruptcy) (No. 2) Regulations 2002, laid under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985;   (836) 2. Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002, laid under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.   (841) Public Business 3. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother—It was moved by the Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn) that an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as follows— Most Gracious Sovereign,   We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg leave to express our heartfelt sympathy in the great sorrow which Your Majesty has suffered by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; and to offer to Your Majesty our most sincere condolences.   This year marks Your Majesty’s Golden Jubilee but also the fiftieth anniversary of the death of His late Majesty King George VI, to whom Queen Elizabeth was a devoted Consort. Their Majesties’ courage during the Second World War inspired and strengthened the nation in a manner which will be remembered always by Your subjects at home and overseas. Queen Elizabeth’s charm, dignity and steadfast service during His Page 597 2001-02 Volume 235 Back to top   late Majesty’s reign and throughout fifty years of widowhood won Her the boundless admiration of this House, as of all Your subjects. We were proud to celebrate Her late Majesty’s centenary and to see Queen Elizabeth undertake and enjoy public duties even in Her 102nd year. Only seven weeks ago we saw again the courage typical of Her Majesty, on the sorrowful occasion of the death of Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret; but we rejoice that Her Majesty was able to witness the fiftieth anniversary of Your Accession as our Queen.   We assure Your Majesty that, mindful of the great love which Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother inspired in us all, we shall ever hold dear Her memory. Our prayers for Queen Elizabeth, and for You and for Your Majesty’s family, are joined with those of the entire nation; after debate, the motion was agreed to nemine dissentiente; and it was ordered that the Address be presented to Her Majesty by the Lord Chamberlain. The House was adjourned at four minutes before one o’clock to Wednesday 10th April, half-past two o’clock.