Tuesday, 23 March 2021
The House met in a hybrid proceeding. A minute’s silence was observed in memory of those who have died and those who have been bereaved as a result of coronavirus.
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. Oral Questions will now...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply from Lord Bethell on 3 September 2020 (HL Deb, cols 444–5), whether they have reached a conclusion on the findings of their...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enable children who commit offences to be tried and sentenced according to the youth justice system, and in particular, those...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are planning to take to remove anonymity from persons who post racist and other similarly offensive material attacking (1) sportspeople, and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether their proposals in Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance, published on 18 March, conflict with those...
The Bill was returned from the Commons on Monday 22 March with a reason. The Commons reason was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 185)
The Bill was returned from the Commons on Monday 22 March with amendments. The Commons amendments were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 186) Sitting suspended.
My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask Members to respect social distancing.
The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on Monday 22 March. “With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a Statement about the treatment of the Uighur Muslims in...
My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask Members to respect social distancing. I will call Members to speak in the order listed. As there is a counterproposition, any...
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel: Moved by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel That this House do not insist on its disagreement with Commons Amendments 3C and 3D, on which the Commons have insisted for their...
Lord Adonis: Moved by Lord Adonis At end insert, “, and do propose Amendment 3G as an amendment to Commons Amendment 3C— 3G: In subsection (6), at end insert “within reasonable...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 22 February be approved. Relevant document: 48th Report from the...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford That the draft Order laid before the House on 22 February be approved. Relevant document: 48th Report from the Secondary...
Lord Callanan: Moved by Lord Callanan That the draft Order laid before the House on 3 February be approved.
The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on Monday 22 March. “As a young officer, 30 years ago almost to the day, I was summoned to the drill square to have read aloud key...
The Bill was returned from the Commons with reasons. The Commons reasons were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 187)
The Bill was returned from the Commons agreed to with an amendment and with a privilege amendment. It was ordered that the Commons amendments be printed. (HL Bill 188) House adjourned at 6.19 pm.
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