House of Lords debates

Thursday, 31 March 2022

  • Royal Assent

    The following Acts were given Royal Assent: Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Act, Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Act, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act,...

  • Retirement of a Member: Lord Tebbit - Announcement

    1 speech

    My Lords, I should like to notify the House of the retirement with effect from today of the noble Lord, Lord Tebbit, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the...

  • Exports: Support for Businesses - Question

    20 speeches

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent assessment they have made of the effectiveness of their support for businesses to increase exports.

  • Behaviour Change for Net Zero - Question

    22 speeches

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they disbanded the Behaviour Change for Net Zero working group; and what they have replaced it with.

  • Government Business: Messaging Services - Question

    21 speeches

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what security assessment they have made, if any, of the use by Government ministers of messaging services on personal communications devices for official...

  • Chelsea Football Club - Question

    24 speeches

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they have set for granting a new licence that would permit the sale of Chelsea Football Club.

  • Elections Bill - Order of Consideration Motion

    2 speeches

    Baroness Scott of Bybrook: Moved by Baroness Scott of Bybrook That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clause 1, Schedule 1, Clause 2,...

  • Constitution Committee - Membership Motion

    1 speech

    The Senior Deputy Speaker: Moved by The Senior Deputy Speaker That Lord Howard of Lympne and Lord Thomas of Gresford be appointed members of the Select Committee, in place of Baroness Doocey and...

  • Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Commons Amendments

    • Motion A

      17 speeches

      Baroness Williams of Trafford: Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford That this House do not insist on its Amendment 58 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 58C, 58D and 58E in...

    • Motion B

      1 speech

      Baroness Williams of Trafford: Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford That this House do not insist on its Amendment 72B and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 72C and 72D in lieu....

      Motion C

      2 speeches

      Baroness Williams of Trafford: Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford That this House do not insist on its Amendment 73, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 73A; do not insist...

      Motion C1 (as an amendment to Motion C)

      2 speeches

      Lord Coaker: Moved by Lord Coaker Leave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendments 73, 74B, 74C, 74D, 74E, 74F, 74G and 87, do insist on its disagreement...

      Motion D

      2 speeches

      Baroness Williams of Trafford: Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford That this House do not insist on its Amendment 80, do not insist on its disagreement with the Commons in their Amendments...

      Motion D1 (as an amendment to Motion D)

      2 speeches

      Lord Paddick: Moved by Lord Paddick Leave out from “House” and insert “do insist on its Amendment 80 and on its disagreement with the Commons in their Amendments 80A, 80B, 80C,...

  • Judicial Review and Courts Bill - Report

    Relevant documents: 20th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee, 12th Report from the Constitution Committee, 10th Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights Clause 1: Quashing orders

    • Amendment 1

      10 speeches

      Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames: Moved by Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames 1: Clause 1, page 1, leave out line 9Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment, and others in the name of Lord...

    • Amendments 2 and 3

      1 speech

      Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames: Moved by Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames 2: Clause 1, page 1, leave out lines 15 to 18Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment, and others in the name of...

      Amendment 4

      2 speeches

      Lord Etherton: Moved by Lord Etherton 4: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 24 to 32Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would remove the presumption that where a suspended or...

      Amendment 5

      7 speeches

      Lord Etherton: Moved by Lord Etherton 5: Clause 2, leave out Clause 2 and insert the following new Clause—“Limitation of review of Upper Tribunal’s permission-to-appeal...

      Amendment 7

      10 speeches

      Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede: Moved by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede 7: Clause 3, page 5, line 37, at end insert “and(b) it is not a recordable offence, as specified in the Schedule to the...

      Amendment 16

      1 speech

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 16: Clause 13, page 34, line 24, leave out “by section 224(1A)(b)” and insert “in respect of the offence by section...

      Amendment 19

      8 speeches

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 19: Clause 39, page 53, line 27, leave out “follows” and insert “set out in subsections (2) and...

      Amendment 20

      1 speech

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 20: Clause 39, page 53, line 33, at end insert—“(4) In the following provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act...

      Amendment 25

      7 speeches

      Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede: Moved by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede 25: After Clause 44, insert the following new Clause—“Publicly funded legal representation for bereaved people at...

      Amendment 29

      7 speeches

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 29: After Clause 47, insert the following new Clause—“Payments in respect of pro bono representation(1) In section 194 of...

      Amendments 30 and 31

      1 speech

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 30: Clause 49, page 58, line 24, leave out “and” and insert “to”Member’s explanatory statementThis...

      Amendments 32 to 36

      1 speech

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 32: Clause 50, page 59, line 3, at end insert—“(za) section 11;”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment...

      Amendment 38

      1 speech

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 38: Clause 50, page 59, line 21, at end insert—“(5A) The coming into force of paragraph 20(b) of Schedule 2 results in the...

      Amendment 39

      3 speeches

      Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar 39: Schedule 2, page 76, line 4, at end insert—“19A_ In section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005 (offence of cheating at...

  • Ukraine Refugee Visas - Commons Urgent Question

    16 speeches

    My Lords, with the leave of the House I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question given in the other place by my honourable friend the Minister for Safe and...

  • Homes for Ukraine Scheme - Commons Urgent Question

    16 speeches

    I will do my best not to duplicate the previous Statement and to read as quickly as possible. I will not repeat that “President Putin’s bloody invasion is a barbaric and unprovoked...

  • Health and Care Bill - Returned from the Commons

    The Bill was returned from the Commons with amendments and reasons. House adjourned at 5.37 pm.

What is this?

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.

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