House of Lords debates

Tuesday, 19 September 2023

  • Local Authorities: Budgets - Question

    26 speeches

    To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of inflation on local authorities’ budgets; and how many local authorities they estimate will issue...

  • Minoritised Women: Pay Inequality - Question

    22 speeches

    To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to address the pay inequality experienced by Black, Asian and other minoritised women as identified in a report by the Fawcett...

  • Nursing Courses: Reduction in Applications - Question

    20 speeches

    To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the causes of a reduction of 16 per cent in applications to nursing courses in England compared to last year, according to...

  • NATS: Staffing - Question

    14 speeches

    To ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had had with NATS (formerly National Air Traffic Services) regarding their staffing issues which resulted in delays and...

  • Libya Floods - Commons Urgent Question

    14 speeches

    The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Thursday 14 September. “The situation is very concerning, and I send sincere condolences on behalf of the...

  • Online Safety Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons

    • Motion A

      6 speeches

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do not insist on its Amendment 17 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 17A and 17B in lieu....

    • Motion B

      1 speech

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do not insist on its Amendment 20, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 20A. 20A: Because...

      Motion C

      1 speech

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do not insist on its Amendment 22, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 22A. 22A: Because...

      Motion D

      1 speech

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do not insist on its Amendment 81 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 81A, 81B and 81C in...

      Motion E

      1 speech

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do not insist on its Amendment 148 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 148A in lieu. 148A: Page...

      Motion F

      1 speech

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 182A. 182A (as an amendment to Amendment 182): Line 1, leave...

      Motion G

      1 speech

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 349A and 349B. 349A (as an amendment to Amendment 349): Line...

      Motion H

      1 speech

      Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 391A and 391B. 391A (as an amendment to Amendment 391): Line...

  • Non-Domestic Rating Bill - Report

    Welsh Legislative Consent granted. Clause 1: Local rating: liability and mandatory reliefs for occupied hereditaments

    • Amendment 1

      6 speeches

      Baroness Hayman of Ullock: Moved by Baroness Hayman of Ullock 1: Clause 1, page 2, line 25, at end insert—“(za) the chargeable day falls after the day on which qualifying energy...

    • Amendment 4

      6 speeches

      Lord Shipley: Moved by Lord Shipley 4: Clause 4, page 15, line 36, at end insert—“(4) Omit subsections (8A) and (9).”Member's explanatory statementThe intention of this...

      Amendment 5

      10 speeches

      Lord Shipley: Moved by Lord Shipley 5: Clause 5, page 16, line 4, leave out “third” and insert “second”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment would require central...

      Amendment 8

      9 speeches

      The Earl of Lytton: Moved by The Earl of Lytton 8: Clause 10, page 19, leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert—“(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), V must disclose the information to P if V...

      Amendments 12 and 13

      1 speech

      Baroness Swinburne: Moved by Baroness Swinburne 12: Clause 13, page 27, line 24, at end insert “(but see sub-paragraph (4)).(4)P’s total liability under sub-paragraph (3) may not...

      Amendment 14

      6 speeches

      The Earl of Lytton: Moved by The Earl of Lytton 14: Leave out Clause 14

      Amendment 20

      1 speech

      The Earl of Courtown: Moved by The Earl of Courtown 20: The Schedule, page 55, line 30, at end insert—“67A In section 140(2) of the Act (separate administration in England and...

  • Schools: RAAC - Commons Urgent Question

    12 speeches

    The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Tuesday 19 September. “Mr Speaker, as I said in my Statement to the House on 4 September, this Government...

  • West Coast Main Line - Commons Urgent Question

    19 speeches

    My Lords, with the leave of the House I shall now repeat the Answer to an Urgent Question in the other place given by my right honourable friend the Minister of State for Transport...

  • High Speed 2 - Commons Urgent Question

    14 speeches

    The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Monday 18 September. “Spades are already in the ground for HS2 and we remain focused on its delivery. The...

  • Tata Steel: Port Talbot - Statement

    21 speeches

    The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on Monday 18 September. “With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I shall make a statement about Tata Steel’s proposal, which...

  • Post Office Compensation - Statement

    16 speeches

    The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on Monday 18 September. “With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a Statement on the latest steps that the Government are...

  • Afghan Resettlement - Statement

    4 speeches

    With the permission of the House, I will repeat a Statement made today by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs: “Mr Speaker, since June 2021, around 24,600 people from Afghanistan have...

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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