Today's List(s)

 

TODAY’S LISTS

TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2025

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

 

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm

Prayers by the Bishop of Sheffield (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

*Lord Harries of Pentregarth to ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to limit deforestation internationally, in particular in West Papua.  (Lord Lemos, FCDO)

* The Lord Bishop of Sheffield to ask His Majesty’s Government, following the temporary suspension of new applications to a refugee family reunion scheme, what is the timeline for introducing a new route.  (Lord Hanson of Flint, HO)

* Lord Hain to ask His Majesty’s Government what policy changes they are considering to prevent released prisoners from reoffending.  (Lord Timpson, MoJ)

* Lord Fox to ask His Majesty’s Government what lessons they have learned following the Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack.  (Lord Leong, DBT)

 

Business of the House

Business of the House Motion – The Lord Privy Seal

• motion to amend the above motion – Lord True

 

Senior Deputy Speaker’s Business

Select Committee appointment motion - Lord Gardiner of Kimble

 

Business expected to be brief

Tobacco and Vapes Bill - motion to discharge the order of commitment and commit the Bill to a Grand Committee– Baroness Merron

Planning and Infrastructure Bill – order of consideration motion – Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

 

Main Business

Renters’ Rights Bill – Lords Consideration of Commons Reasons and Amendments – 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.
• No member may speak more than once to an amendment except the mover of the amendment, or a member who has leave of the House.
• 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.

Grouping of amendments:

A, A1, E, F, G, G1, L

B, C, C1, D, D1

H, H1, J, K, K1

 

Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Monday 13 October (40 minutes)

‘Digital ID’ – Lord Vallance of Balham (DSIT)

 

Followed by Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Monday 13 October (40 minutes)

‘Security Update - Official Secrets Act Case’ – Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (CO)

 

Last business

Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill – Second Reading – Lord Hanson of Flint

Advisory backbench speaking time:  10 minutes

Speakers:

L Hanson of Flint

L Davies of Gower

L German

L Anderson of Ipswich

5          L Verdirame

L Carlile of Berriew

L Jay of Ewelme

B Bennett of Manor Castle

B D'Souza

 

10        B Hamwee

L Keen of Elie

L Hanson of Flint

 

• commitment motion – Lord Hanson of Flint

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at around 10pm

Business in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.45pm

 

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to move that the Grand Committee takes note of the initial proposal for an amended National Policy Statement for Ports

There is no official time limit for this debate.  However, as stated in the Companion, backbench contributions should be kept to within 15 minutes

Speakers:

L Hendy of Richmond Hill

L Moynihan

B Scott of Needham Market

L Mountevans

5          B Redfern

L Fuller

B Maclean of Redditch

 

B Pidgeon

L Moylan

10        L Hendy of Richmond Hill

 

Estimated Rising Time

The Grand Committee is expected to rise at around 5.45pm

 

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).