The Lord Speaker announced the death of Lord Allen of Abbeydale - who had served as a senior civil servant before he became a peer in 1976.

Questions covered the UK's international competitiveness; Obesity; HIV/AIDS and the policy of the EU towards Kosovo. Three pieces of delegated legislation were agreed to. There were two debates initiated by Labour Peers - one on the Government's record on the management and prosecution of Sexual Offences and the other on the growth of passenger and freight traffic on Britain's railways. A statement on Remploy, initially made in the House of Commons by Peter Hain, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, was repeated between the two debates.

Two private bills were given their third reading. There was a question for short debate on the Statistics Board. The House adjourned at 7.05pm