Emergency debate ( Standing Order No. 24)
Emergency debate ( Standing Order No. 24)
Sarah Newton I beg to move, That this House has considered drugs policy. I am pleased to have the opportunity to open this debate on drugs policy because, as many Members will know, the Government have just...
Justine Greening This Government believe that all children should have an education that unlocks their potential and allows them to go as far as their talent and hard work will take them. That is key to improving...
Valerie Vaz Will the Leader of the House please give us the forthcoming business?
Chris Grayling I am grateful to you for allowing this statement, Mr Speaker. I am pleased to be here in front of the House tonight. As you know, sometimes these things can happen as a result of cock-up rather...
Andrea Leadsom With permission, I should like to make a statement about the business for the week commencing 4 September. Monday 4 September—The House will not be sitting. Tuesday 5...
Geoffrey Robinson If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 19 July.
Michael Fallon With permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to update the House on the counter-Daesh campaign in Iraq and Syria and the UK’s involvement in this collective effort by some 68 coalition...
Eleanor Laing We now come to the general debate on the commemoration of Passchendaele—[Interruption.] I trust, as we are about to consider such a sombre and serious matter as those who gave their lives a...
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Chris Stephens I beg to move, That this House has considered job centres and the Department for Work and Pensions estate. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Evans. This is a very serious issue, and I...
Jo Stevens I beg to move, That this House has considered Wales and the Queen’s Speech. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth. I am delighted to see so many Welsh Labour...
Tulip Siddiq I beg to move, That this House has considered British prisoners in Iran. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. Many hon. Members, and many people watching the debate...
[Phil Wilson in the Chair]
[Sir Roger Gale in the Chair]
Daniel Kawczynski I beg to move, That this House has considered Anglo-Polish relations. I am grateful to be speaking in this important debate. My family and I left Poland and came to the United Kingdom in 1978,...
John Redwood I beg to move, That this House has considered the supply of homes and affordable homes to buy. Home ownership has been people’s preferred way of living and enjoying their home comforts for...
[Mr Adrian Bailey in the Chair]
Mike Kane I beg to move, That this House has considered Government proposals for better combat compensation. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gapes, in the last Westminster Hall...
Ian Liddell-Grainger I beg to move, That this House has considered the strategic road network in the South West. First, I welcome the welcome the Minister to his place. As you are aware, Mr Howarth, I worked with him...
Opened in December 1999, Westminster Hall is aimed at fostering a new style of debate. Sessions are open to all MPs, who sit in a horseshoe arrangement which is meant to encourage constructive rather than confrontational debate.
The meetings are presided over by a Deputy Speaker and there are no votes.
Relevant document: 1st Report from the Delegated Powers Committee Clause 1: The single financial guidance body
Clause 2: Functions and objectives
Lord Nash My Lords, My Lords, with the leave of the House I will now repeat a Statement being made in the other place by my right honourable friend Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Education....
Moved by Baroness Andrews That this House takes note of the impact of deregulation on, and the role of regulatory enforcement in delivering, public services and health and safety.
Moved by Baroness Verma That this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee Brexit: trade in goods (16th Report, Session 2016–17, HL Paper 129).
Lord Eames My Lords, I join those who have paid tribute to the work of the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar, and her colleagues for an excellent report, which has dealt with some grey areas that troubled us all...
Lord Beith To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions Ministers have had with the Governments of the Crown Dependencies since the 2017 general election about the negotiations for the United...
Baroness Boothroyd To ask Her Majesty’s Government what clinical evidence they have that the proposed closure of congenital heart disease services at the Royal Brompton Hospital will lead to improved patient...
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to bring forward proposals to reform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services as outlined in their 2017 manifesto.
Lord Farmer To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that local authorities put an action plan in place for all children in need that will improve their family relationships...
Debates in the House of Lords are an opportunity for Peers from all parties (and crossbench peers, and Bishops) to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.