Thursday, 19 January 2023
My Lords, I should like to notify the House of the retirement, with effect from today, of the noble Lord, Lord Soley, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, if any, in response to the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence software and its subsequent use by pupils in...
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to introduce PCR testing and an annual vaccination programme for young infants, children and older adults in relation to seasonal...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve rates of early detection of osteoporosis.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the establishment by the Times of the Times Health Commission on 15 January.
The Bill was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
My Lords, before I call the Statement on police conduct and David Carrick, I wish to remind noble Lords of the sub judice rule. One of the purposes of the rule is to prevent the House even...
The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 17 January. “With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a Statement on misconduct and vetting in the Metropolitan Police...
Lord Pickles: Moved by Lord Pickles That this House takes note of International Holocaust Memorial Day.
The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on Monday 16 January. “Mr Speaker, may I start by apologising for the way the information contained in the Statement has come out in...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush and the contribution made by Caribbean people to Britain.
My Lords, Lord Soley retired from the House today. He served this House for 17 years and, prior to that, had a distinguished career in the House of Commons for more than two decades. He always...
Baroness Verma: Moved by Baroness Verma To move that this House takes note of the importance of the relationship between the United Kingdom and India and the case for strengthening future...
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat an Answer to an Urgent Question in the other place on the ban on women aid workers in Afghanistan. The response is as follows: “I...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough took the oath. House adjourned at 7.26 pm.
My Lords, I really did not expect to be starting this speech; I had no idea what had happened until I came in this morning. I was going to start by saying that, after 44 years’ continuous...
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.