Parliamentary News from the House of Lords

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Speaker

Subject

House Activity

Date

Baroness Massey and OthersSchools: Personal, Social and Health Education
Oral PQ
28 Oct 2008
Lord LairdPopulation Growth
Written PQ
23 Oct 2008
Various PeersMillennium Development Goals
Debate
7 Oct 2008
Earl HoweHealth: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Written PQ
16 July 2008
Baroness NorthoverHealth: HIV
Written PQ
14 July 2008
Various Peers International Development: World Food Prices
Oral PQ
2 July 2008
Baroness Tonge Female Genital Mutilation Act
Written PQ
16 June 2008
Baroness Rendell and OthersHealth: Obesity During Pregnancy
Debate
9 June 2008
Various Peers Millennium Development Goals
Debate
1 May 2008
Baroness Rawlings and OthersInternational Aid
Oral PQ
24 Apr 2008
Baroness Tonge Health: Genito-urinary Clinics
Written PQ
21 Apr 2008
Various PeersHIV/AIDS
Debate
3 Apr 2008
Lord Alton of LiverpoolSouth Africa: Infant and Child Rape
Written PQ
3 Apr 2008
Lord Steel of AikwoodAbortion
Written PQ
25 Mar 2008
Lord Smith of FinsburyHIV/AIDS
Written PQ
14 Mar 2008
Baroness Gould and OthersWomen: Government Policy
Debate
6 Mar 2008
Baroness Northover and OthersInternational Development: Gender Inequality
Oral PQ
6 Mar 2008
Lord Avebury and Others Children: Infant Mortality
Oral PQ
3 Mar 2008
Earl of SandwichAfrica: Maternal Mortality
Written PQ
28 Feb 2008
Lord SteinbergHealth: Cervical Smears
Written PQ
22 Feb 2008
Various Peers Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (England) Regulations 2007
Debate
18 Feb 2008

Various Peers

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading
Debate
4 Feb 2008
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Report Stage (Third Day)
Debate
28 Jan 2008
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Report Stage (Second Day)
Debate
21 Jan 2008
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Report Stage (First Day)
Debate
15 Jan 2008
Various Peers China: Human Rights
Debate
10 Jan 2008
Baroness Cumberlege Health: Pregnant Women
Written PQ
18 Dec 2007
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffHealth: Cervical Cancer
Written PQ
17 Dec 2007
Baroness NorthoverAfghanistan: HIV/AIDS
Written PQ
17 Dec 2007
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Committee (Fourth Day)
Debate
12 Dec 2007
Baroness Finlay and OthersHealth: Contraception
Oral PQ
12 Dec 2007
Baroness NorthoverHIV/AIDS
Written PQs
11 Dec 2007
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Committee (Third Day)
Debate
10 Dec 2007

Various Peers

Kenya

Debate

4 Dec 2007

Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Committee (Second Day)
Debate
4 Dec 2007
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Committee (First Day)
Debate
3 Dec 2007
Lord Alton of LiverpoolAbortion
Written PQ
3 Dec 2007
Lord Fowler and OthersHIV/AIDS
Oral PQ
29 Nov 2007
Various Peers Crime: Sexual Offences
Debate
29 Nov 2007
Lord Fowler Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Written PQ
29 Nov 2007

Baroness Gould of Potternewton

Abortion

Written PQ

21 Nov 2007
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Second Reading (continued)
Debate
21 Nov 2007
Various Peers
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Second Reading
Debate
19 Nov 2007
Various Peers Debate on the Address (Third Day) - Health and Education
Debate
8 Nov 2007
Various PeersDebate on the Address (Second Day) - Defence and Foreign Affairs
Debate
7 Nov 2007
Lord Alton of LiverpoolHealth: Childbirth
Written PQ
29 Oct 2007
Lord Alton of LiverpoolAbortion
Written PQ
29 Oct 2007
Baroness Rendell of Babergh and OthersFemale Genital Mutilation
Oral PQ
25 Oct 2007
Baroness TongeAbortion
Oral PQ
19 July 2007
Lord Taverne Africa: Family Planning
Oral PQ
9 July 2007
Various PeersHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007
Debate
14 May 2007
Various APPG MembersStem Cell Research
Debate
3 May 2007
Baroness TongeSexual Health: Contraceptive Services
Debate
20 Apr 2007
Various APPG MembersWorld Bank
Oral PQ
18 Apr 2007
Various PeersHealth: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Oral PQ
16 Apr 2007
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonWomen
Debate
8 Mar 2007
Various PeersHIV/AIDS and Sexual Health
Debate
14 Dec 2006
Various PeersHealth: Syphilis
Oral PQ
21 Nov 2006
Various PeersPeople Trafficking
Oral PQ
2 Nov 2006
Various PeersNHS: Community Hospitals and Maternity Units
Debate
30 Oct 2006
Baroness Rendell of Babergh and Others
NHS: Treatment of Patients with FGM
Oral PQ
25 July 2006
Baroness Tonge NHS: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Written PQ
24 July 2006
Various Peers Education and Inspections Bill (Compulsory PHSE Amendment)
Debate
20 July 2006
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonPrisons: Condoms
Written PQ
17 July 2006
Baroness' Whitaker and NorthoverInternational Development: White Paper
Oral PQ
17 July 2006
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonPrisons: Sexual Health Services
Written PQ
14 July 2006
Baroness Gould of PotternewtonNHS: In Vitro Fertilisation
Written PQ
5 July 2006
Lord Laird Zimbabwe: AIDS
Written PQ
29 June 2006
Lord Roberts of LlandudnoWomen's Health: Obstetric Fistulae
Written PQ
28 June 2006
Baroness TongeFamily Planning
Written PQ
26 June 2006
Lord Lester of Hearne Hill
Female Genital Mutilation
Written PQ
19 June 2006
Lord Alton of LiverpoolAbortion
Written PQ
19 June 2006

The Earl of Sandwich

Uganda: HIV/AIDS

Written PQ

25 May 2006

Baroness TongeNHS: Genito-urinary Clinics
Written PQ
15 May 2006
Various Peers Fathers
Debate
26 Apr 2006
Lord Lester Schools: Sex Education
Written PQ
30 Mar 2006
Baroness GouldGenital Warts
Written PQ
29 Mar 2006
Lord MonsonPopulation
Written PQ
29 Mar 2006
Various Peers Democratic Republic of Congo
Debate
27 Mar 2006
Baroness GouldImmunisation: Human Papillomavirus
Written PQ
21 Mar 2006
Various APPG Members Women
Debate
16 Mar 2006
Lord Hylton Sudan: Darfur
Written PQ
14 Mar 2006
Lord LamingSchools: Healthcare Facilities
Oral PQ
7 Mar 2006
Lord Patten Abortion
Written PQ
6 Feb 2006
Various PeersChina: Human Rights
Oral PQ
6 Feb 2006
Various Peers G8: Development Aid
Debate
26 Jan 2006
Lord PattenAbortion
Written PQ
26 Jan 2006
Lord Alton China: Family Planning Policy
Written PQ
19 Dec 2005
Baroness Tonge Sexual Health
Written PQ
19 Dec 2005
Various APPG MembersHonour Killings
Debate
15 Dec 2005
Baroness Tonge Genito-Urinary Medicine
Written PQ
14 Dec 2005
Lord Campbell-Savours Abortion
Written PQ
14 Dec 2005
Baroness Tonge Sexual Health Campaign
Written PQ
8 Dec 2005
Baroness Rendell and Various MembersFemale Genital Mutilation
Debate
8 Dec 2005
Baroness NorthoverReproductive Health
Written PQ
7 Dec 2005
Baroness Tonge Schools: Sex and Relationship Education
Written PQ
5 Dec 2005
Baroness Northover & Baroness TongeHIV/AIDS: Children
Oral PQ
1 Dec 2005
Baroness Tonge Sexual Health
Oral PQ
28 Nov 2005
Baroness Seccombe Asylum Order Act 2005
Debate
24 Nov 2005
Baroness Tonge HIV/AIDS
Oral PQ
17 Nov 2005
Various APPG MembersEducation and Aid Programme
Debate
14 Oct 2005
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China: Family Planning Policy
Written PQ
23 June 2005
Baroness Northover Commission for Africa
Debate
20 June 2005
Lord ChanSexually Transmitted Diseases
PQ
23 Mar 2005
Baroness's Gould, Thomas and MasseyWorld Conference on Women
Debate
22 Mar 2005
Baroness Northover Commission for Africa
Debate
14 Mar 2005
Baroness Northover & Lord ReaHIV/AIDS
PQ
4 Feb 2005
Viscount Craigavon
United Nations and Conflict in Africa
Debate
2 Feb 2005
Various APPG MembersPoverty in Developing Countries
Debate
26 Jan 2005
Baroness Northover AIDS
PQ
01 Dec 2004
Various APPG MembersTeenage Pregnancy
Debate
17 Nov 2004
Baroness GouldHealth White Paper
Debate
16 Nov 2004
Baroness Whitaker HIV/AIDS
PQ
21 July 2004
Baroness Lockwood
Abortion
PQ
20 July 2004
Viscount Craigavon
HIV/AIDS
Oral Question
7 July 2004
Baroness Amos
Launching DfID Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights Position Paper
Ministerial Written Statement
6 July 2004
Baroness Gould
Public Healthcare
Debate
23 June 2004
Various APPG Members
Department for International Development Report 2004
Debate
9 June 2004
Baroness Gould
International Womens Day
Debate
9 March 2004
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Development Aid
Motion
21 Jan 2004

Viscount Craigavon

ICPD + 10

Debate

3 Dec 2003

Baroness Northover
HIV and AIDS - Generic Drugs
Oral Question
19 Nov 2003

FGM Bill

Third Reading

Debate

12 Sep 2003

Viscount Craigavon

Millennium Development Goals and RH

Oral Question

11 Jul 2003

Lord Alton

China Population

Question

4 Jun 2003

Baroness Northover

HIV and East Africa

Oral Question

7 Apr 2003

Baroness Gould

Trafficking Victims

Question

10 Mar 2003

Lord Fowler
HIV/AIDS
Debate
20 Feb 2003

Earl of Sandwich

Southern Africa, HIV/AIDS

Debate

19 Feb 2003

Baroness Cumberlege
Maternity Services
Debate
15 Jan 2003

Baroness Masham of Ilton

Marie Stopes, China and withdrawal of DfID funding

Written Answer

7 Jan 2003

Baroness Masham of Ilton

DfID RH funding by country

Written Answer

7 Jan 2003

Baroness Masham of Ilton

DfID funding Marie Stopes

Written Answer

7 Jan 2003

Baroness Masham of Ilton

DfID funding to Reproductive Health Organisations for purpose of abortion

Written Answer

7 Jan 2003

Baroness Flather

Population Development and Reproductive Health

Debate

14 Nov 2002

Viscount Craigavon

US Administration and UNFPA

Question

29 Jul 2002


Baroness Rawlings

Work of International Women's Health Care

Question

29 Jul 2002


Baroness Amos

ICPD and abortion

Question

29 Jul 2002


Baroness Whitaker and Lord Chan

Population, Development and Reproductive Health

Debate

8 Jul 2002

Lord Elton of Liverpool

Amendments to International Development Bill regarding coercive family planning

Debate

25 Oct 2001

Baroness Cox

Amendments to International Development Bill regarding coercive family planning

Debate

18 Oct 2001

Viscount Craigavon

China Human Rights

Debate

18 Jul 2001

Baroness Rawlings and Lord Alton of Liverpool

Amendments to International Development Bill - China

Debate

16 Jul 2001

Baroness Rendell of Babergh

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Question

12 Feb 2001

Baroness Massey of Darwen

Global Poverty - reproductive health programme funding

Debate

7 Feb 2001

Viscount Craigavon

Reproductive health funding

Question

10 Jul 2000

Baroness Rendell of Babergh

FGM

Question

23 Mar 2000

Baroness Massey of Darwen

Reproductive Health Education

Debate

15 Mar 2000

Baroness Massey of Darwen

Health and young people

Debate

24 Nov 1999

Viscount Craigavon

UN General Assembly Special Session on the five-year review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+5)

Question

8 Jul 1999

Baroness Lockwood

ICPD and International Women's Day

Question/Debate

8 Mar 1999

Baroness Gould of Potternewton

FGM

Debate

10 Nov 1998

Viscount Craigavon

Development Bill White Paper - Population

Debate

10 Nov 1997

Lord Rea

Environment and Population

Debate

5 Nov 1997

Viscount Craigavon

DfID and Reproductive Health

Questions

10 Jul 1997

Viscount Craigavon

China

Debate

18 Dec 1996

Baroness Gould of Potternewton

Population and Education

Debate

28 Oct 1996

Viscount Craigavon

ODA and Reproductive Health Programmes

Questions

15 Jul 1996