Monday, 25 January 2021
The House met in a hybrid proceeding.
My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now begin. Some Members are here in the Chamber, others are participating remotely, but all Members will be treated equally. I ask all Members to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the SolarWinds cyberattack, first reported on 13 December 2020; and what action they are taking in response.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy by the Prime Minister on 19 November 2020 (HC Deb,...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they are using to inform their plans to plant 30,000 hectares of trees per year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the report by the Office for National Statistics Social capital in the UK: 2020, published on 20 February 2020, what steps they are taking to...
My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask Members to respect social distancing.
Baroness Ludford: Asked by Baroness Ludford To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to grant full diplomatic status under the Vienna Convention to the European Union’s...
The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Thursday 21 January. “We are in the midst of one of the toughest periods of this pandemic. Yesterday saw...
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 documents: 21st and 28th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee Clause 1: Definition of “domestic abuse”
Baroness Hamwee: Moved by Baroness Hamwee 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—“(a) B is aged 16 or over and is personally connected to...
Baroness Meyer: Moved by Baroness Meyer 2: Clause 1, page 2, line 1, at end insert—“( ) parental alienation;”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment and the other...
Baroness Altmann: Moved by Baroness Altmann 3: Clause 1, page 2, line 1, at end insert—“(f) unreasonable prevention or threat of prevention of dissolution of a religious Jewish...
Baroness Butler-Sloss: Moved by Baroness Butler-Sloss 6: Clause 2, page 2, line 27, at end insert “or if one is the guardian of the other.”
Baroness Stroud: Moved by Baroness Stroud 15: Clause 3, page 3, line 9, at end insert “, including babies from conception onwards”
Baroness Hamwee: Moved by Baroness Hamwee 16: Clause 4, page 3, line 18, leave out “appoint” and insert “make a full-time appointment of”Member’s explanatory...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff: Moved by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff 21: Clause 7, page 4, line 20, at end insert “, including substance use, addictions and mental health...
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And sometimes to shout at each other.