Virtual and Hybrid Proceedings
Most types of business now have speakers' lists. Members who are on a speakers’ list to take part in a virtual proceeding or to take part in a hybrid proceeding remotely will be contacted directly with the link to join that proceeding.
In light of the current public health advice and the limited capacity in the Chamber, it will be assumed that Members will take part in hybrid proceedings remotely unless they indicate otherwise. If, after signing up to speak, Members wish to take part in a proceeding from the Chamber, they should email holgovernmentwhips@parliament.uk copying in their own Whips’/Convenor’s office. This must still be in advance of the speakers' list closing for that item of business. If there are more Members wishing to take part physically than there are spaces in the Chamber it will be for each individual party/group to determine which of their Members make the final speakers' list.
Speakers' lists for debates can be found here. Speakers' lists for oral questions, statements, PNQs and UQs can be found here. You can also click on the relevant section of the menu bar towards the top of this page.
The full Procedure Committee Guidance on virtual proceedings can be found here.
The closing times of speakers' lists for differing kinds of business are shown below:
1: Oral Parliamentary questions; 2: for Committee and Report Stage; 3: Private Notice Questions; 4: Urgent questions
Ministers, Spokespersons and Whips in the House of Lords:
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The Rt Hon. the Earl Howe
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Minister: Lord Callanan
Minister: Lord Grimstone
Cabinet Office
Minister: Lord True
Minister: Lord Agnew of Oulton DL
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Minister: Baroness Barran MBE
Ministry of Defence
Minister: Baroness Goldie DL
Department for Education
Minister: Baroness Berridge
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Minister: Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Minister: The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Minister: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister: The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Minister: Baroness Sugg CBE
Department of Health and Social Care
Minister: Lord Bethell
Home Office
Minister: Baroness Williams of Trafford
Minister: Lord Greenhalgh
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Spokesperson: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
Minister: Lord Greenhalgh
Department for International Development
Minister: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister: The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Minister: Baroness Sugg CBE
Department for International Trade
Spokesperson: Viscount Younger of Leckie
Minister: Lord Grimstone
Ministry of Justice
Spokesperson: The Rt Hon. the Lord Keen of Elie QC
Law Officers:
Advocate General for Scotland: The Rt Hon. the Lord Keen of Elie QC
Northern Ireland Office
Spokesperson: Viscount Younger of Leckie
Scotland Office
Spokesperson: Viscount Younger of Leckie
Department for Transport
Minister: Baroness Vere of Norbiton
HM Treasury
Spokesperson: Lord Agnew of Oulton DL
Wales Office
Spokesperson: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
Women and Equalities
Minister: Baroness Berridge
Department for Work and Pensions
Minister: Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE
House of Lords Government Whips:
Government Chief Whip and Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms
The Rt Hon. the Lord Ashton of Hyde
Government Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of The Queen's Bodyguard of the
Yeomen of the Guard
The Earl of Courtown
Government Whips (Baronesses and Lords in Waiting)
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Baroness Penn
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Thursday 28 May 2020
02:10:58The House is adjourned for Whitsun. It will return at 11am on Tuesday 2 June.
