Lords Oral Questions: 19 October 2009
20 October 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
During Oral Questions on 19 October, Members of the Lords questioned the Government on the Government response to a paper on the future of energy security for the UK, affordable house building, progress by aircraft manufacturers in developing a "green aircraft" and the contribution of the British military presence in Afghanistan to preventing terrorism in the UK.
- Lords Hansard: Energy: security
- Lords Hansard: Housing: affordability
- Lords Hansard: Airports: Heathrow
- Lords Hansard: Afghanistan
- Video & Audio: Lords Oral Questions
Oral Questions take place at the start of business on Monday to Thursday and last for 30 minutes.
Questions are directed at the Government as a whole - not at specific government departments on set days (as in the Commons). They enable Members of the Lords to:
- check on government activities
- raise issues of concern about government policy, and
- seek information.
Questions are tabled in advance and printed on the Order Paper ( House of Lords Business).