Today's List(s)

 

TODAY’S LISTS

TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2025

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

 

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm

Prayers by the Bishop of Chelmsford (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Lord Pack to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, as amended by the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.  (Baroness Merron, DHSC)

* Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they are monitoring the escalating tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and what steps they are taking to reduce the risk of renewed crossborder conflict and protect civilians in the region.  (Lord Lemos, FCDO)

* Lord Massey of Hampstead to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the specific factors driving the increase in the number of undocumented migrants leaving France to enter the United Kingdom.  (Lord Hanson of Flint, HO)

* Lord Leigh of Hurley to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the growth figures for July 2025.  (Lord Livermore, HMT)

 

Main Business

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – Committee (day 11) – Baroness Smith of Malvern

• 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 469

Grouping of amendments:

449, 452A, 452B, 455, 456, 457, 475

450, 452ZA, 452, Cl 55 S/P, 453, 453A, 453B, 454, 457A, 457B, Cl 56 S/P, 502YC

451 - already debated

Cl 57 S/P, 480, 481, 502A

458, 458A - already debated

459, 464, 501, 502E, 502N, 502YF, 502YV, 502YW, 502YX, 502YY, 502YYA

460, 482, 490

461, 491, 498, 502Q, 502R, 502S, 502T, 502U, 502V, 502W

462, 472, 479, 496, 500, 502B, 502Y, 502YG

463, 465, 471

466, 467, 474, 502YE, 504B

468 - already debated

469, 470, 502F, 502YP

473, 477, 478 - already debated

483, 483A

484 - already debated

485, 487, 488, 489, 502YM

486 - already debated

492, 502H, 502J

493, 494, 502K, 502YI, 502YS, 502YT, 502YU

495, 497, 499 - already debated

502C, 502G, 502YN, 502YQ, 502YR, 505C

502D - already debated

502M, 502P, 502YA, 502YB, 502YK

502Y, 502YD - already debated

502YH

502YL, 502X, g503, 504, 504A, 505, 505A, 505B, g506, 506A, 506B, 506C, 506D,
     g507, 508, 509, g510, g511, g512, g513, g514 - already debated

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at the completion of the group beginning with amendment 469 on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

 

 

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).