Today's List(s)

 

TODAY’S LISTS

WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2024

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

 

Business in the Chamber at 3pm

Prayers by the Bishop of Derby (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Lord Dubs to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to assist family reunion under the existing visa rules for persons in Gaza.  (Lord Sharpe of Epsom, HO)

* Baroness Wilcox of Newport to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for stronger consultation and co-operation with the Welsh Government on energy policy to manage overlapping responsibilities in that area.  (Lord Callanan, DESNZ)

* Baroness Fox of Buckley to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to issue guidance on data to be collected throughout the criminal justice system by sex, as registered at birth, not gender identity, to ensure consistency of crime statistics across England and Wales.  (Lord Roborough, MoJ)

* Lord Liddle to ask His Majesty’s Government, following the announcement of the resignation of the Director of the BBC World Service, what assessment they have made of the Service’s finances.  (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, FCDO)

 

Business expected to be brief

Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill – Committee – Lord Holmes of Richmond

• motion to discharge the order of commitment – Lord Holmes of Richmond

 

Questions on an Urgent Question made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 23 April (10 minutes)

To ask His Majesty’s Government if they will make a statement on the evidence uncovered of experiments on children in the contaminated blood scandal and update the House on the action the Government are taking on the Second Interim Report from Sir Brian Langstaff.  Earl Howe (CO)

 

Main Business

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill – Committee (day 2 of 7) – Baroness Scott of Bybrook

• 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 amendment 63

Grouping of amendments:

23, 24

g25 - already debated

26, 27, 29

28, 46

g30, g31, g32, g33, g34, g35, g36, g37, g38, g39, g40 - already debated

41, 42, 43, 44, 45

47, 48

g49, g50, g51, g52, g53 - already debated

54, g83, 93A, 106

55, 95, Cl 111 S/P

g56 - already debated

57, g58, g59

Cl 47 S/P, 60, 61, 62, 65A, 65B

63, 65

64, 86, 87, 91, 93

g66, 67, g68, 69, g70, g71, g72, g73, g74, g75, 76, 77, 78, 78A, 78B, 81, 81A

76A

79, 80, 82

84

85

g88, g89, g90 - already debated

92

94

96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 105B

105A - already debated

 

Dinner Break Business - at a convenient point around 7.30pm

Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 23 April (40 minutes)

‘Delivery of the Government's expansion of childcare entitlements’ – Baroness Barran (DfE)

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at around 10pm.

Business in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 4.15pm

 

Data Protection and Digital Information Bill – Committee (day 7 of 8) – Viscount Camrose

• 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:

225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233

234, 235 – already debated

g236, g237

238 – already debated

239, 250

g240, 240A, 240B, g241, 241A, g242, g243, g244, g245, g246, Cl 138 S/P, g247, Sch 13 S/P, g248, g249, Cl 139 S/P, Cl 140 S/P, Cl 141 S/P, 249A, g298, 299A

251

252, g253 – already debated

254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 284

g283, g285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290 – already debated

291

292 – already debated

293, 294, 295, 295A, 295B, 295C, 295D, 295E, 295F

295G

296, g297, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303 – already debated

 

Estimated Rising Time

The Grand Committee is expected to rise at around 8.15pm.

 

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).