Vol. 760 Monday No. 110 2 March 2015 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDER OF BUSINESS Questions Parliament: Conventions ...........................................................................................................................................1 Defence: Strategic Defence and Security Review.................................................................................................5 Tehran: British Embassy..........................................................................................................................................7 Astute-class Submarines............................................................................................................................................9 Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Bill First Reading ...........................................................................................................................................................12 Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 Motion to Approve..................................................................................................................................................12 Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2015.......................................................................................................12 Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2015..........................................................................................................................................................12 Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2015..........................................................................................................................................................12 Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2015 ............................................................................................12 Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2015 Motions to Approve ................................................................................................................................................13 Employment Allowance (Care and Support Workers) Regulations 2015 Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Funds Payments) Order 2015 Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015 Motions to Approve ................................................................................................................................................13 Shared Parental Leave and Leave Curtailment (Amendment) Regulations 2015 Companies Act 2006 (Amendment of Part 17) Regulations 2015 Motions to Approve ................................................................................................................................................13 Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2015 Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2015 Motions to Approve ................................................................................................................................................14 Recall of MPs Bill Third Reading ..........................................................................................................................................................14 Counterterrorism Policy: Syria and Iraq Statement ..................................................................................................................................................................40 Serious Crime Bill [HL] Commons Amendments ............................................................................................................................................44 Grand Committee National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015......................................................................................................GC 1 Groceries Code Adjudicator (Permitted Maximum Financial Penalty) Order 2015....................................GC 4 Electronic Commerce Directive (Financial Services and Markets) (Amendment) Order 2015...................GC 8 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 ..................................GC 13 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Banking Reform) (Pensions) Regulations 2015....................GC 14 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 Motions to Consider..........................................................................................................................................GC 17 £4·00 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. 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HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF STATE THE CABINET PRIME MINISTER,FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY AND MINISTER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE—The Rt. Hon. David Cameron, MP DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL—The Rt. Hon. Nick Clegg, MP FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE AND LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS—The Rt. Hon. William Hague, MP CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER—The Rt. Hon. George Osborne, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT—The Rt. Hon. Theresa May, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS—The Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, MP LORD CHANCELLOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR JUSTICE—The Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE—The Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS,INNOVATION AND SKILLS AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE—The Rt. Hon. Vince Cable, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS—The Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH—The Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT—The Rt. Hon. Eric Pickles, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND EQUALITIES—The Rt. Hon. Nicky Morgan, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT—The Rt. Hon. Justine Greening, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE—The Rt. Hon. Edward Davey, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT—The Rt. Hon. Patrick McLoughlin, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND—The Rt. Hon. Alistair Carmichael, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND—The Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES—The Rt. Hon. Stephen Crabb, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CULTURE,MEDIA AND SPORT—The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT,FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS—The Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Truss, MP CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY—The Rt. Hon. Danny Alexander, MP DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND MINISTERS Business, Innovation and Skills— SECRETARY OF STATE AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE—The Rt. Hon. Vince Cable, MP MINISTERS OF STATE— The Rt. Hon. Greg Clark, MP (Minister for Universities, Science and Cities) Nick Boles, MP (Minister for Skills and Equalities) The Rt. Hon. Matthew Hancock, MP (Minister for Business and Enterprise) Edward Vaizey, MP (Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy) Lord Livingston of Parkhead (Minister for Trade and Investment) PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE— George Freeman, MP Jo Swinson, MP Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE, CMG Cabinet Office— MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE AND PAYMASTER-GENERAL—The Rt. Hon. Francis Maude, MP MINISTER FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY AND CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER—The Rt. Hon. Oliver Letwin, MP MINISTERS OF