Today's List(s)

 

TODAY’S LISTS

WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2026

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

 

Business in the Chamber at 3pm

Prayers by the Bishop of Coventry (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask His Majesty’s Government how many investigations the Electoral Commission and the police have undertaken as a result of a suspicious activity report relating to suspected breaches of electoral finance law; and how many of these have resulted in accounts being frozen.  (Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, MHCLG)

* Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of new data centres on water resources.  (Baroness Hayman of Ullock, DEFRA)

* Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the ‘not seen, not heard’ mobile phone policy in schools.  (Baroness Smith of Malvern, DfE)

* Baroness Nargund to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the study published in the British Journal of General Practice which found that thousands of women have undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth every year.  (Baroness Merron, DHSC)

 

Main Business

Armed Forces Bill – Committee (day 1 of 2) – Lord Coaker

• 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 the group beginning with amendment 37

Grouping of amendments:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11

6, 7

12, 13, 14, 15

16, 19, 20

17, Cl 3 S/P, 18

21, 22, 23

24, 25, 26

27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, Cl 16 S/P

35, 36

37

g38, g39

Cl 38 S/P, Sch 6 S/P

40, 41, 45, 69, 70

42, 43, 44

46, 47, 49

48, 50, 51, 52,

53, 54, 55, 68

Cl 48 S/P

56, 57, 66, 67

58

59, 60

61, 62, 63

64, 65

 

At a convenient time around 6.15pm

Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 1 September (Frontbench 20 minutes, Backbench 40 minutes)

‘Government Direction’ – Baroness Smith of Basildon (LHoL)

 

Following the conclusion of the above statement

Dinner Break Business

Debate on the regret motion in the name of Lord Frost relating to the Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Plant Health) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.  (Time-limited to 1 hour)  

Speakers:

L Frost

L Lilley

L Bew

            L Empey

5            B Chapman of Darlington

B Hoey

L Redwood

L Morrow

            B Ritchie of Downpatrick

10          L Elliott of Ballinamallard

B Lawlor

L Weir of Ballyholme

L Moynihan of Chelsea

            L Hannan of Kingsclere

 

15          B Suttie

L Roborough

B Hayman of Ullock

L Frost

 

Except for Lord Frost (opening 8 minutes) and Baroness Hayman of Ullock (10 minutes), all speeches are limited to 2 minutes

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of the group beginning with amendment 37 on the Armed Forces Bill

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Room 2A and 3A at 4.15pm

 

Building Safety Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026 – Consideration in Grand Committee – Baroness Blake of Leeds

 

Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2026 – Consideration in Grand Committee – Baroness Lloyd of Effra

 

Licensing Act 2003 (Mandatory Licensing Conditions) (Amendment) Order 2026 – Consideration in Grand Committee – Lord Hanson of Flint

 

Building Societies Act 1986 (Assimilation to Company Law and Changes to Funding Limit) Order 2026 – Consideration in Grand Committee – Lord Pitt‑Watson

 

The following two motions are expected to be debated together:

Overseas Prudential Requirements Regime (Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) Regulations 2026 – Consideration in Grand Committee – Lord Pitt‑Watson

Over the Counter Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions) Regulations 2026 – Consideration in Grand Committee – Lord-Pitt‑Watson

 

Estimated Rising Time

The Grand Committee is expected to rise at around 6.30pm

 

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.
• The grouping of amendments is informal. Although every effort is made to secure agreement to groupings, any peer may speak to an amendment in its place on the Marshalled List. “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).