The signatories, who include Aviva chairman Lord Sharman, Home Retail Group boss Terry Duddy and top corporate PR executive Roland Rudd, said they were speaking in a private capacity.
Note, for example, the letter in today's Times newspaper supporting the government's position, signed by Lord Reid, the former Labour home secretary, and Lord West, the former Labour security minister.
And two people who are always on the spot and in the centre of things are here in the studio - Leon Brittan, Lord Brittan, home secretary under Margaret Thatcher and of course a vice chairman of the European Commission, welcome.
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Shadow Home Office spokesman Lord Hunt of Kings Heath pointed to the fact Home Secretary Theresa May was keeping a draft emergency bill "in her back pocket" which could be used if the powers in the new legislation proved insufficient.
Among them was former local government official Tony Wrench who built the turf-covered roundhouse - resembling the home of Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings - as a home for himself and partner Jane.
Home Office minister Lord Henley repeated a statement made earlier on 7 November 2011 by Home Secretary Theresa May, who told MPs that ministers had not been aware of the situation.
Former Conservative home secretary Lord Howard said Labour support could allow Mrs May to squash a Lib Dem revolt.
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Plans to develop the former Surrey home of Lord Beaverbrook will damage an area of natural beauty, campaigners say.
It is the faith of a man with a fearful illness who waited on the Lord to call him home.
The film was rediscovered by the Welsh Film and Television Archive at the Hampshire home of Lord Tenby, Lloyd George's grandson, in 1994.
Burglars broke into the Hall Green home of Lord Peter Snape, a former MP for West Bromwich East, between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Labour must offer "solutions" to voters' problems if it is to be seen as an "effective party of government", ex-Home Secretary Lord Reid has said.
The plans for the 400-acre estate, the former home of Lord Beaverbrook, also include two restaurants and a cooking school with herb and vegetable gardens.
Earlier retired law lord Lord Steyn accused the Home Office of introducing the cards in stages as a way of "conditioning" and "softening up" public opinion.
Former home secretary Lord Reid, chairman of the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies at University College London, said checks should take place continuously, not just after an incident.
Several big hitters who had been tipped to return to the front bench, including the former lord chancellor Lord Falconer and former home secretary Alan Johnson, do not appear in the new line-up.
At question time on 15 March 2010, Conservative former home secretary Lord Waddington said it "would be grossly unjust if Britain finished up having to pay for the follies" of eurozone countries that suffered from poor economic management.
In 1990 yet another home secretary, Lord Waddington, decided to raise the tariff once again.
Home Office Minister Lord Howell of Guildford said the government understood Israel's "legitimate security concerns" over Gaza.
Home Office minister Lord Henley pointed out that T-Pims would be subject to review by the courts.
Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey will join the Home Office where Lord Williams is promoted to Minister of State.
Home Office minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach said no decision had been made on transferring responsibility for counter-terrorism from the Met.
But Home Office Minister Lord Henley insisted that police forces should be able to buy cars that best suit their needs.
Home Office Minister Lord Henley said the decision to call the strike on the eve of the Games was "opportunist and wholly unjustified".
Shadow home office minister Lord Hunt of Kings Heath condemned the measures as creating the potential for politicisation of the police to an "unprecedented extent".
Home office minister Lord Henley rebutted the criticism, saying "what's important is that police are visible", adding that police contact was "not just about stations".
Home Office minister Lord Henley opposed Lord Marlseford's "one-size-fits-all approach", arguing that the bill already contained provisions to review powers of entry and introduce further safeguards.
BBC: Freedoms Bill: Government defeated over powers of entry
Home Office minister Lord Wallace of Saltaire drew attention to the Metropolitan Police's announcement that there would be further investigation into the affair, in light of new revelations.
Home Office minister Lord West of Spithead warned of "problems" with the European Court of Human Rights if the proposals in the Crime and Security Bill are rejected.
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