Thursday, 25 May 2023
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the rise in food prices on low-income families.
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether the NHS National Health Inequalities Improvement Programme plans to review and improve the nutrition of free school meals.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what proportion of Parole Board recommendations for prisoners to be transferred to open conditions were accepted by the Secretary of State for Justice from...
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to advise franchise train operators to discontinue the provision of Wi-Fi for passengers on their trains.
My Lords, I bring good news. I am delighted to announce the current plan for recess dates for the rest of the year. To save noble Lords from rushing to write them down, or trying to remember...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23 March be approved. Relevant document: 36th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee...
Baroness Scott of Bybrook: Moved by Baroness Scott of Bybrook That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 March be approved. Relevant document: 37th Report from the Secondary...
Relevant document: 28th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee Clause 49: “Regulated user-generated content”, “user-generated content”, “news publisher content”
Baroness Harding of Winscombe: Moved by Baroness Harding of Winscombe 125: Clause 49, page 47, line 22, at end insert—“(c) machine-generated content is to be regarded as...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 126A: Clause 50, page 48, line 31, at end insert “, and(iii) is not a sanctioned entity (see subsection...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 127A: Clause 50, page 49, line 9, at end insert—“(3A) A “sanctioned entity” is an entity...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 127B: Clause 52, page 50, line 23, after second “the” insert “voluntary”Member’s explanatory...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Moved by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath That this House regrets that the Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 propose a 27.5 per cent claw...
Schedule 7: Priority offences
Baroness Merron: Moved by Baroness Merron 134: Schedule 7, page 202, line 9, at end insert—“Animal crueltyA1_ An offence under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (unnecessary...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 135A: Schedule 7, page 203, line 14, at end insert— “10A_ An offence under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 136A: Schedule 7, page 204, line 31, leave out from “under” to end of line 32 and insert “any of the...
The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Tuesday 23 May. “The Ministerial Code sets out the standards of conduct expected of Ministers in how they...
The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Wednesday 24 May. “Net migration is too high, and the Government are committed to bringing it down to...
My Lords, I shall now repeat an Answer given to an Urgent Question in another place. The Answer is as follows: “Net migration to the UK is far too high. That was already clear from the...
Clause 68: Transparency reports about certain Part 3 services
Lord Knight of Weymouth: Moved by Lord Knight of Weymouth 160A: Clause 68, page 62, line 23, leave out paragraph (d) and insert—“(d) be made publicly available, subject to...
Lord Bassam of Brighton: Moved by Lord Bassam of Brighton 185A: After Clause 73, insert the following new Clause—“Duties on providers of online marketplace services(1) This section...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 186A: Clause 79, page 71, line 20, leave out paragraph (b)Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment omits a...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 186B: Clause 80, page 71, line 26, leave out from “incurred” to end of line 27 and insert “before the...
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay 186C: Schedule 10, page 212, line 37, leave out from “before” to end of line 39 and insert “the first day...
Baroness Morgan of Cotes: Moved by Baroness Morgan of Cotes 192: Schedule 11, page 216, line 30, after “service” insert “, including significant risk of...
My Lords, I will repeat a Statement made today in another place on the new hospital programme. The Statement is as follows: “As we celebrate 75 years of the NHS this summer, we must...
The Bill was returned from the Commons with reasons and amendments. House adjourned at 7.43 pm.
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