House of Lords debates

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (9th Day)

    Relevant documents: 21st Report from the Delegated Powers Committee. Scottish legislative consent granted, Welsh legislative consent sought. Clause 31: Registration

    • Amendment 231

      9 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 231: Clause 31, page 54, line 18, at end insert—“(6A) A child is not required to be registered under this section if the parent has submitted a...

    • Amendment 235

      8 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 235: Clause 31, page 54, line 38, at end insert “, except where the collection of such information would be incompatible with the rights guaranteed by the...

      Amendment 235A (in substitution for Amendment 237)

      29 speeches

      Lord Hacking: Moved by Lord Hacking 235A: Clause 31, page 54, leave out lines 40 to 44 and insert— “(b) the names and home addresses of the parent or parents who are taking...

  • Civil Service: Interns - Question

    16 speeches

    To ask His Majesty’s Government how they will assess whether young people are from a lower socio-economic background when recruiting to the Civil Service fast stream summer internship programme.

  • Friendly Wifi Certification - Question

    18 speeches

    To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans Parliament has, if any, to apply for Friendly WiFi certification.

  • Public Order Legislation - Question

    17 speeches

    To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the legislation around public order to consider its clarity, efficacy and compliance with fundamental rights and freedoms.

  • Gilt Yields - Question

    22 speeches

    To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent rise in gilt yields, and what contingency plans they have in place to manage any further rise.

  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (9th Day) (Continued)

    • Amendment 255

      5 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 255: Clause 31, page 55, leave out lines 20 and 21Member's explanatory statementThis amendment seeks to probe whether the wording of this paragraph is compatible...

    • Amendment 270

      9 speeches

      Lord Wei: Tabled by Lord Wei 270: Clause 31, page 57, line 9, at end insert—“(6) Each local authority must establish a parental advisory board, composed primarily of home-educating...

      Amendment 271

      6 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 271: Clause 31, page 57, line 9, at end insert—“(6) The register of children not in school created under section 436B must be maintained solely by the...

      Amendment 274

      11 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 274: Clause 31, page 57, line 9, at end insert— “(6) The register established under section 436B shall expire two years after its creation unless the...

      Amendment 288

      18 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 288: Clause 31, page 58, leave out from beginning of line 17 to end of line 30 on page 59Member's explanatory statementThis amendment would enable discussion...

      Amendment 306

      12 speeches

      Baroness Barran: Moved by Baroness Barran 306: Clause 31, page 60, line 43, at end insert—“(9) The Secretary of State must publish annually the GCSE results of children listed on the...

      Amendment 309

      11 speeches

      Baroness Whitaker: Moved by Baroness Whitaker 309: Clause 31, page 61, line 2, leave out from beginning to “provide” on line 3 and insert “A local authority must offer...

      Amendment 333ZA

      9 speeches

      Lord Hampton: Moved by Lord Hampton 333ZA: After Clause 31, insert the following new Clause—“Review of safeguarding protections in private tuition settings(1) Within 12 months of the...

      Amendment 333A

      13 speeches

      Lord Hacking: Moved by Lord Hacking 333A: Clause 32, page 64, line 28, leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 66.

      Amendment 348

      10 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 348: Clause 32, page 66, line 4, leave out from beginning to end of line 36 on page 67Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment seeks to facilitate...

      Amendment 353

      10 speeches

      Lord Wei: Tabled by Lord Wei 353: Clause 32, page 66, line 42, leave out from beginning to end of line 2 on page 67Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment seeks to remove the local...

      Amendment 359A

      6 speeches

      Lord Storey: Moved by Lord Storey 359A: Clause 32, page 67, leave out from line 37 to line 19 on page 68Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is connected to another in the name of Lord...

      Amendment 378

      5 speeches

      Lord Lucas: Moved by Lord Lucas 378: After Clause 35, insert the following new Clause—“Protection of home education rights during emergency or authoritarian rule(1) In the event of a...

  • Borders and Asylum - Statement

    24 speeches

    The following Statement was made in the House of Commons on Monday 1 September. “With permission, I will update the House on the actions we are taking with France to strengthen our border...

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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