"Sport has such a strong power to influence society and bring about change, " the crossbench peer said.
The Muslim peer said in February that Europe needed to become "more confident and more comfortable in its Christianity".
The Conservative peer said the project had "a pretty good pedigree" and would "hopefully be on BBC screens" in 2014.
Also critical of checks on pilots and air crew, the peer said the public also had an important role to play.
The peer said that distinguished people including judges, aviation and computer experts former ministers and politicians of all parties had the gravest doubts.
"William Hague's usual good sense has deserted him, " the peer said in a letter to be published in The Spectator magazine this week.
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Resigning, the UUP peer said he had no regrets about making the remarks and claimed Mr Nesbitt's election of as leader had been a "mistake".
The crossbench peer said that the Jewish community "stood in solidarity" with Christians and was "shocked and appalled" that their plight was not widely known.
He wrote to the council asking "for further information" after hearing of the decision to appoint the former business secretary and European commissioner, the Labour peer said.
The peer said he knew of no complaints against him in his 27 years working for the party, but he has temporarily stood aside from the Lib Dems' group in the Lords to avoid "embarrassment" to the party.
The peer said he knew of no complaints against him in his 27 years working for the party but he has temporarily stood aside from the Lib Dem group in the Lords to avoid "embarrassment" to the party.
Lord Dear, a cross-bench peer, said the intention was for the individual appointed to have an independent role.
However, Lord Walton of Detchant, a crossbench peer, said he believed that only financial "incentives" for peers would work.
The UK is considering imposing an import ban on eggs from hens kept in battery cages to protect domestic producers, a peer has said.
The peer also said it would ensure that the boundary review was based on the new system of individual voter registration, to be brought in under the bill with all-party backing.
Chairman of English Nature Baroness Young of Old Scone, herself a Labour peer, said the bill "must not become a battleground for wider matters of town versus country, or simply spoiling tactics which jeopardise the bill's passage and risk sinking the first decent wildlife legislation for 20 years".
But Labour peer Maurice Glasman said the reason for increasing poverty in the UK goes back beyond the recession.
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Plaid Cymru peer Lord Wigley said the state should ensure that individuals have the means to hold it to account.
For the by-election of one Labour hereditary peer, he said there had been an "absurd" 11 candidates and just three electors.
Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott said he was not in favour of having referendums "on fundamental decisions that have already been taken".
Liberal Democrat peer Lord McNally said he would support an outright ban.
Labour peer Lord Ahmed said he would welcome a tougher approach.
Tory peer Lord McAlpine said it was "terrifying" to find himself "a figure of public hatred" after he was wrongly implicated in child abuse allegations.
But Labour peer Baroness Lister said it was a "blunt" instrument that "reflected badly" on a government which "claims to be the most family friend government ever".
Pro-hunt Labour peer Baroness Mallalieu said the parliamentary system had failed to protect a minority from "unfair legislation", so they would look to the courts to do so.
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Bradshaw said that both the ferry and the helicopter which served the islands were "running on borrowed time" and might not be replaced commercially.
Ulster Unionist peer Lord Empey said there was "widespread dismay" at the bail decision because "our own government and our own courts look powerless in our own country".
Tory peer Lord Howe said many "flaws" could be dealt with by the "ad hoc" committee being established to look at how a new regime could be established.
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