This year's Lord High Commissioner, the Queen's representative at the General Assembly, is Lord Wilson of Tillyorn.
Labour's Lord Kennedy called unwanted offers of compensation payments, insurance and loans a "scandal".
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Labour's Lord Campbell-Savours told peers it was an "unnecessary" and "expensive" review which "no-one wants".
Scotland's new sectarian law is being used to good effect, according the country's lord advocate.
But Labour's Lord McKenzie of Luton said there was a "genuine local appetite" for unitary status.
The issue was raised at question time on 9 November 2011 by Labour's Lord Dubs.
Another cyclist, Labour's Lord Haskel, believed the biggest issue was the lack of separate road space for road users.
Labour's Lord Morgan called for university vice-chancellors to act on this "obvious injustice".
He also said that traders have asked for a meeting with Belfast's Lord Mayor Gavin Robinson to discuss the situation.
Labour's Lord Faulkner of Worcester focused on metal theft from war memorials, describing the situation as "almost out of control".
Meanwhile, Labour's Lord Janner of Braunstone said the government should introduce a national approach to deal with anti-Semitic incidents in universities.
The idea of a Tech Bacc has also been supported by former education ministers Labour's Lord Adonis and the Conservatives' Lord Baker.
Labour's Lord Lipsey branded it a "mistaken" policy, and told peers he feared its effect on the public perception of aid spending.
The government comfortably avoided another defeat on a motion from Plaid Cymru's Lord Wigley to widen exemptions to all industrial disease cases.
However, after considering the submissions Northern Ireland's Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan said a retrial was in the interest of justice.
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She is currently completing a degree in English literature studying, among other books, George Orwell's Animal Farm and William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
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Peers backed a motion by Labour's Lord Bach accusing ministers of failing to honour a previous commitment on access to help in welfare cases.
Northern Ireland's lord chief justice, Sir Declan Morgan, has said he wants the public to gain a better knowledge of the work of judges.
Lord Sassoon was responding to a question from Labour's Lord Barnett on what evidence the government has that their deficit reduction plan is working.
Following several comments from peers about Alex Salmond, Plaid Cymru's Lord Wigley rose to say he could not sit by and hear his friend "badmouthed".
Her body was never found and Scotland's Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland ordered cold case detectives to reopen the case as a murder earlier this year.
Her body was never found and Scotland's Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland, ordered cold case detectives to reopen the case as a murder investigation last year.
He is likely to be included in the squad for next week's Lord's Test when it is announced by chief selector Geoff Miller on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Labour's Lord Grenfell saw an opportunity to tease the government.
Then it's on to the main event - the third reading of the Defamation Bill - as amended at report stage, courtesy of Labour's Lord Puttnam.
Bozize was a strong supporter of African efforts to dismantle Kony's Lord's Resistance Army and allowed the creation of two anti-Kony military bases in his country.
Labour's Lord Kennedy of Southwark, who is vice-chair of the all-party group on credit unions, welcomed the changes but said mutual organisations could be helped further.
Labour's Lord Harris of Haringey told peers that because the Boundary Commission is independent of government he had "drawn the short straw" to respond to the debate.
To answer the concerns of England's Lord Chief Justice, Mr Straw has had to agree to allow those denied a jury trial to appeal against the decision.
In April last year, Scotland's Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland travelled to Tripoli with the director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, requesting co-operation after the fall of Gaddafi.
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