Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Baroness Howarth of Breckland took the oath, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.
My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the noble Lord, Lord Laird, on 10 July. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble Lord’s family and his friends.
My Lords, I should also like to notify the House of the retirement, with effect from today, of the noble Lord, Lord Fearn, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that every university in the United Kingdom is taking action to prevent contract cheating.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that disabled children are not unfairly excluded from school as a result of paragraph 4(1) of the Equality Act 2010...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when their Green Paper on the future funding of adult social care will be published; and whether the Green Paper will draw on the experience of other countries.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on establishing the new train timetables around the country.
The Bill was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
Moved by The Senior Deputy Speaker That the 5th Report from the Select Committee European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Sifting of proposed negative instruments by the Secondary Legislation...
Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford That the Bill be now read a second time.
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made earlier today in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence announcing an uplift to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of progress made in combating neglected tropical diseases following publication of the Fifth Progress Report on the London...
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