Today's List(s)

 

TODAY’S LISTS

WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2025

[Notes about this document are set out at the end]

 

Business in the Chamber at 3pm

Prayers by the Bishop of Lichfield (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Lord Vaux of Harrowden to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to ensure that technology and telecommunication firms contribute to the cost of fraud prevention and the reimbursement of victims of fraud that arises on their platforms.  (Lord Hanson of Flint, HO)

* Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the insurance sector about the cost of illegally operated e‑scooters.  (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, DfT)

* Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the BBC about its decision to deny access to BBC Sounds for people travelling or living abroad; and what the outcome of any such discussions was.  (Baroness Twycross, DCMS)

* Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure sufficient supply of water, and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of water infrastructure in this regard.  (Lord Katz, DEFRA)

 

Business expected to be brief

Two Statutory Instrument approval motions en bloc – Lord Hanson of Flint

Two Statutory Instrument approval motions en bloc – Baroness Chapman of Darlington

 

Questions on an Urgent Question made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 13 May (10 minutes)

‘To ask His Majesty’s Government if they will make a statement on the Mansion House Accord.’  Lord Livermore (HMT)

 

Main Business

Renters’ Rights Bill – Committee (day 6 of 6) – Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

• All members opening or winding are expected to keep remarks within 15 minutes, with the exception of ministers winding up who are expected to keep within 20 minutes.
• Other speakers within each group are expected to keep within 10 minutes.
• Members' speeches should not summarise or repeat at length points made by others, and if speaking more than once a Member should not repeat points they have already made.
• Members pressing or withdrawing an amendment should normally be brief.

Target for the day:   to complete Committee stage

Grouping of amendments:

206A, 206B, 262, 271, 275A

206C

207, 208, g209, 210, 210A, 210B, Cl 65 S/P, g211, g212, 212A, g213, 214, 215, 216, 218

217 - already debated

219, 220, 225, 226A, 231, 232, 233, 243, 243A, 224A, 228A, 228B, 228D, 228H, 228I, 230A

221, 222, 224, 227, 228, 229, 230,

223, g234, 235, 236, 237, 237A, 238, 239, 240, 228C, 228E, 228F, 228G

226, g244, 244A, g245, g246, g247, g248, 257

241, 242 - already debated

249, 250, 251, 252, 252A

253, 254, 267, 268, 269

g255, g256 - already debated

258

259, 274

260

261 - already debated

263, 270, 273

264, 265, 266, g276, g277 - already debated

275B

275C

278, 281, 282, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291

279, 280, 283, 284, 285, g290, g292, 293, 294, g295, g296, g297, g299, g298, g300, g301 - already debated

 

Dinner break business – at a convenient time around 7.30pm

Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Thursday 8 May (40 minutes)

‘Trade Negotiations’ - Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (DBT)

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to sit late

 

Notes:

• This document sets out the matters for the day’s business which the Government Whips’ Office coordinates: Speakers’ Lists (Companion 4.26), ministerial statements (Companion 6.02) and the grouping of amendments (Companion 8.70). It is not the formal order paper, which is produced by the Clerk of the Parliaments and is available from the Printed Paper Office and https://lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/
• Time estimates are best endeavours: there is no certainty other than for formally time-limited business. It is the duty of individual members to observe the rules on attendance at debate (Companion 4.32) and, in particular, to ensure that they are present for the start of business in which they wish to take part.
• The number of sessions shown for a stage of a bill represents the Government’s assessment of reasonable time given the balance of bills and remaining days to the likely end of the session. Progress remains in the hands of the House. Report stage is usually half the length of Committee.
• “g” before an amendment indicates a Government amendment.
• Speaking in debates (Companion 4.34): A member of the House who is taking part in a debate (including general debates and debates on amendments or motions) should attend the start, end and greater part of that debate. In addition, it is considered discourteous for members not to be present for at least the opening speeches, the speeches before and after their own, and for the winding-up speeches.  Ministers may decide not to answer, orally or in writing, points made by a speaker who does not stay to hear the Minister's closing speech. Members who believe that they are unlikely to be able to stay until the end of a debate should not seek to participate in it (and if the debate has a speakers' list, should remove their names from the list).