Thursday, 1 November 2018
The following Acts were given Royal Assent: Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act, Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Act, Mental Health Units (Use of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they will provide to United Kingdom residents planning to book holidays in European Union member states commencing after the end of March 2019...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will promote an architectural competition to design a standard prefabricated council house to current standards of insulation, energy saving and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of deployment of the Royal Navy in the South China Sea for efforts to develop trade relations with China.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to respond to the concerns raised by the Faculty of Pain Medicine in their Faculty Position Statement on the Medicinal use of...
Tabled by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park That the debates on the motions in the names of Baroness Massey of Darwen and Lord Bassam of Brighton set down for today shall each be limited to two and a...
Moved by Baroness Massey of Darwen That this House takes note of initiatives in early intervention in children’s lives that would improve the welfare, life chances and social mobility of...
My Lords, with the leave of the House I will repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State in the other place: “The Government do not have a new approach to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to (1) reduce the number of problem gamblers hospitalised each year, and (2) protect vulnerable people from gambling addiction.
Moved by Lord Bassam of Brighton That this House takes note of the impact on family life of multiple reductions in welfare benefits, universal credit, tax credits, housing benefits and child benefit.
Moved by Baroness Buscombe That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 12 September be approved. Relevant document: 41st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee....
Tabled by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth That the draft Order laid before the House on 24 July be approved. Relevant document: 40th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee....
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.
