Wednesday, 23 November 2022
To ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States of America about the suspension of United Kingdom government contracts with Bain...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking (1) to strengthen civil society, and (2) to improve protection for human rights defenders, internationally.
To ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish their Tobacco Control Plan; and whether it is still their intention that England shall be smoke-free by 2030.
To ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the letter from senior police officers to the Prime Minister on 21 November calling for the introduction of “Martyn’s Law”,...
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist: Moved by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist That the Regulations laid before the House on 31 October be approved. Special attention drawn to the...
Baroness Stedman-Scott: Moved by Baroness Stedman-Scott That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 18 and 20 October be approved. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Secondary...
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist: Moved by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 October be approved. Considered in Grand Committee...
Report received.
The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Tuesday 22 November. “Let me begin by saying that my thoughts are with the loved ones of Raneem Oudeh and...
Clause 1: Additional Counsellors of State
Viscount Stansgate: Moved by Viscount Stansgate 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, at end insert—“(c) on the death of a person named in paragraph (a) or (b), any person named by His...
Lord Berkeley: Moved by Lord Berkeley 2: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, at end insert—“and as if they excluded—(c) His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,(d) His Royal Highness the...
Lord Caine: Moved by Lord Caine That the Bill be now read a second time.
Baroness Smith of Basildon: Moved by Baroness Smith of Basildon At the end to insert “but that this House regrets that the provisions contained in the bill do not command the confidence or...
Report received.
Lord True: Moved by Lord True That the Bill do now pass.
My Lords, I acknowledge and applaud the integrity with which the Minister introduced the Bill, and the way he articulated the problems that exist. Given the range of amendments apparently to be...
Lord Caine: Moved by Lord Caine That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the Bill in the...
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
