The crossbencher, Lady Cox, wants ministers' assessment ofthe recent escalation of violence in Nigeria, and the former lawlord, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, asks when the Chilcot committee's verdict on the admissibility of intercept evidence in court is expected.
Proceedings began with the swearing in of non-affiliated peer Lord Collins of Mapesbury, a former LawLord whose position as Justice ofthe Supreme Court disqualified him from participation in the Lords between 2009 and 2011.
His views were backed by legal practitioners including Liberal Democrat Lord Goodhart, a former chair ofthelaw reform group JUSTICE, and Lord Pannick, a crossbench peer and human rights lawyer, among others.