Tuesday, 8 July 2025
My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the noble Lord, Lord Tebbit, on 7 July. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble Lord’s family and friends.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s handling of an Environmental Information Regulations request regarding...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have (1) to measure, and (2) to regulate, the amount of (a) energy, and (b) water, consumed by data centres in the United Kingdom.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make regulations under Schedule 17 to the Environment Act 2021 to ban the import of forest risk commodities.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have for implementing, modifying, or repealing any part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 dealing with the filing of...
Baroness Smith of Basildon: Moved by Baroness Smith of Basildon That Standing Order 44 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with on 10 July to allow the Supply and...
Lord Leong: Moved by Lord Leong That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 2 June be approved. Relevant document: 28th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee....
Baroness Hayman of Ullock: Moved by Baroness Hayman of Ullock That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 2 June be approved. Relevant document: 28th Report from the Secondary...
The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Monday 7 July. “As the shadow Chancellor knows, it is a long-standing convention of this and previous...
The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Monday 7 July. “We have long had concerns over Iran’s malign activity. Iran’s continued support...
My Lords, in order to fix our current technological challenges, we require a temporary adjournment. The House will therefore adjourn during pleasure for five minutes. We will resume at 3.45 pm....
Relevant documents: 4th Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, 10th Report from the Constitution Committee. Scottish and Northern Ireland legislative consent granted, Welsh legislative...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool 31: Clause 13, page 7, line 9, leave out “knows or suspects that” and insert “intends that, or is reckless as to...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool 33: Clause 13, page 7, line 12, at end insert “, and(c) P derives a financial or material benefit, directly or indirectly, from...
Lord German: Moved by Lord German 46: Clause 14, page 8, line 21, at end insert—“(c) their action was—(i) solely as part of their own journey, and(ii) they did not gain...
Baroness May of Maidenhead: Moved by Baroness May of Maidenhead 47: Clause 14, page 8, line 21, at end insert—“(c) they were acting under the duress of slavery.”Member’s...
My Lords, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place. The Statement is as follows: “With permission, I would like to make a Statement on the publication of the report from the...
Baroness Hamwee: Moved by Baroness Hamwee 59: Clause 16, page 10, line 18, after “care” insert “, humanitarian support”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is...
Lord Davies of Gower: Moved by Lord Davies of Gower 63: Clause 18, page 11, line 23, leave out “France, Belgium or the Netherlands” and insert “any other country”
Baroness Hamwee: Moved by Baroness Hamwee 68: Clause 19, page 13, line 7, leave out “before or after” and insert “in the case of subsection (3)(b) before or after, or in any...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint 70: Clause 19, page 13, line 32, at end insert—“(c) a constable of the Police Service of Scotland,(d) a constable of the Police...
Lord Davies of Gower: Moved by Lord Davies of Gower 72: Clause 20, page 14, line 1, leave out subsection (2)Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would remove the requirement that a...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint 75: Clause 20, page 14, line 36, at end insert—“(8A) An NCA officer may exercise a power to search under this section only if the...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint 79: Clause 21, page 15, line 8, at end insert—“(3A) An NCA officer may seize a relevant article under subsection (1) only if the...
Baroness May of Maidenhead: Moved by Baroness May of Maidenhead 84: Clause 21, page 15, line 21, at end insert—“(6A) A relevant article seized under subsection (1) or given under...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint 85: Clause 21, page 15, line 28, leave out “or (10)” and insert “, (10), (11) or (13)” Member's explanatory...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint 92: Clause 23, page 18, line 10, at end insert—“(4) An NCA officer may access, examine, copy, retain or use information under...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint 93: Clause 24, page 18, line 14, leave out “(10)” and insert “(13)”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint 94: Clause 26, page 19, line 23, at end insert—““NCA officer” means National Crime Agency officer;”Member's...
The Bill was returned from the Commons agreed to. House adjourned at 9.57 pm.
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