Tuesday 15 January 2008

Questions dealt with encouraging people to participate in sport and physical activities (and Lord Dubs encouraged Peers to set an example by using the Westminster Gym); Conservation of public buildings; the Law Commission's report on murder; and Mental Health Community Orders.

The main business in the Chamber was the first day of the Report Stage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Two divisions were held (5.53pm - Government won 268-96 and 9.59pm - Government won 180-62). A question for short debate on the EU Committee's report on "European Wine: A Better Deal for All" http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldeucom/184/184.pdf was taken during the dinner break. The House adjourned at 10.08pm

In the Moses Room, the Fourth Day of the Grand Committee on the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Bill was taken. The committee sat from 3.30pm to 7.12pm (with a ten minute break for the first division in the main chamber.

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