Thursday, 19 July 2018
The Earl of Devon took the oath, following the by-election under Standing Order 10, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to appoint an Ambassador on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that people offering their properties for short-term or holiday lets have a legal right to do so under their freehold or...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to grant powers to Transport for the North to manage all Northern railway infrastructure.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom’s place in the annual ranking of global broadband speed and of the impact of low broadband speeds...
Moved by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park That Standing Order 46 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with on Tuesday 4 September to allow the Taxation (Cross-border Trade)...
Moved by The Senior Deputy Speaker That Lord Soley be appointed a member of the Select Committee, in place of Lord Woolmer of Leeds, resigned. That Viscount Chandos be appointed a member of the...
My Lords, by leave of the House, I shall repeat as a Statement an Answer given to an Urgent Question in another place by my honourable friend the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work....
Moved by Lord Norton of Louth That this House takes note of the value to the United Kingdom of higher education as an export.
Moved by Lord Higgins That this House takes note of the impact on parliamentary democracy in the United Kingdom of the use of referendums.
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat a Statement made in the other place earlier today by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education. The Statement is as...
Moved by Lord Henley That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 June be approved.
Moved by Lord Henley That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 June be approved.
The following Acts were given Royal Assent: Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act, Automated and Electric Vehicles Act, Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act, Northern Ireland...
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.