Wednesday, 6 January 2021
The House met in a hybrid proceeding.
My Lords, Oral Questions will now commence. Please can those asking supplementary questions keep them short and confined to two points? I obviously ask that Ministers’ answers are also...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the research on the impact of divorce published by Resolution on 30 November, what steps they are taking (1) to improve the capacity of family...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Green Homes Grant scheme.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial support they have provided to religious groups in the United Kingdom during the Covid-19 pandemic.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom of (1) not having access to European Union databases for the...
My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask Members to respect social distancing.
Lord Watson of Invergowrie: Asked by Lord Watson of Invergowrie To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure exams which were originally scheduled to take place in...
Baroness Penn:: Moved by Baroness Penn: That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 29, Schedule 1, Clauses 30 to 39, Schedule 2,...
Baroness Penn:: Moved by Baroness Penn: That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule 1, Clauses 4 and 5, Schedule 2,...
The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on 17 December 2020. “Today I have written to all local authorities in England thanking their councillors, officers and employees...
My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask all Members to respect social distancing. I will call Members to speak in the order listed in the annexe to today’s list....
Relevant document: 15th Report from the Constitution Committee
Lord Hain: Moved by Lord Hain 17: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Trade agreement with the EU: compliance with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Any trade...
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb: Moved by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 20: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Ratification of international trade agreements (1) An...
Lord Grantchester: Moved by Lord Grantchester 22: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Standards affected by international trade agreements (1) The Secretary of State...
Baroness Kidron: Moved by Baroness Kidron 23: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Protection of children online(1) The United Kingdom may only become a signatory to an...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara: Moved by Lord Stevenson of Balmacara 24: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Consent of devolved authorities(1) No international trade...
Lord Hain: Moved by Lord Hain 26: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Northern Ireland: non-discrimination in goods and services(1) Any trade agreement between the...
Baroness Boycott: Moved by Baroness Boycott 26A: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—“Product standards: labelling (1) The Secretary of State must by regulations made by...
Baroness Kramer: Moved by Baroness Kramer 27: Clause 6, page 4, line 16, at end insert—“( ) In order to provide the Secretary of State with the advice, support and assistance under...
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 31: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—“PART 2ATHE TRADE AND AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONTrade and Agriculture...
Lord Grantchester: Moved by Lord Grantchester 31A: After Clause 6, after subsection (3)(d) insert—“(e) public health and health inequalities.”
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 34: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—“Trade and Agriculture Commission: advisory functions(1) Section...
Lord Grantchester: Moved by Lord Grantchester 34A: After Clause 6, in subsection (2), in inserted subsection (4A)(a), leave out “except insofar as they relate to human life or health”
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 35: After Clause 6, insert the following new Clause—“Trade and Agriculture Commission: further provision(1) Members of...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara: Moved by Lord Stevenson of Balmacara 36A: Clause 7, page 5, line 9, leave out subsection (4)
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 37: Clause 8, page 5, line 22, after “trade,” insert—“(ab) facilitating the exercise by a devolved...
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 39: Clause 9, page 7, line 6, after “2016” insert “(save that the powers conferred by this section are to be...
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 40: Clause 10, page 7, line 46, at end insert—“(5) In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of...
Lord Lansley: Moved by Lord Lansley 41: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—“International disputes In section 32 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018...
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 42: Clause 11, page 8, line 4, at end insert—““devolved authority” has the meaning given in section...
Lord Lennie: Moved by Lord Lennie 46: Schedule 2, page 13, line 26, leave out from “1(1)” to end of line 27 and insert “may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has...
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 49: After Schedule 5, insert the following new Schedule—“TRADE AND AGRICULTURE COMMISSION: PUBLIC AUTHORITIES...
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel 50: In the Title, line 2, after “it;” insert “to make provision about the Trade and Agriculture...
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