A busy day in the House! Questions dealt with boxing in schools; work experience; the Galileo project; and powers to be given to immigration and customs officers at borders. A motion to appoint members of the Select committee to consider the Crossrail Bill was agreed to, as were four motions to approve secondary legislation.

The first balloted debate concerned the legacy of the Olympic Games to be held in London in 2012. This ran from 11.37am to 2.06pm. Baroness Royall of Blaisdon then repeated a Statement made in the Commons by the Foreign Secretary on the Russian Government's actions against the British Council in Russia. The second debate of the day, on Musculoskeletal Disorders, began at 2.48. It concluded at 4.20pm.

David Steel's private members bill, the House of Lords Bill, began its committee stage at 4.20pm. A sketch of that debate can be found at http://washminster.blogspot.com [18th January 2008]. Progress on the 196 amendments was slow with only the first three groupings considered ( Amendments 1 and 3 withdrawn; Amendment 2 negatived). The House adjourned at 7.00pm.

The fourth day of the Grand Committee on the Children and Young Persons Bill was taken in the Moses Room from 2.00pm until 5.04pm