Tuesday, 21 October 2025
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards their target of building 1.5 million new homes.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what work is under way to develop a rolling stock strategy for Great British Railways.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in negotiations with the European Union for the UK to rejoin Erasmus+.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons A review of work and training provision in adult prisons,...
Lord Harris of Haringey: Asked by Lord Harris of Haringey To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the outage affecting Amazon Web Services.
The Bill was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill: Moved by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 July be approved. Relevant document: 34th Report from the Secondary...
Lord Trees: Moved by Lord Trees
The following Answer to an Urgent Question was given in the House of Commons on Monday 20 October. “I thank the shadow Home Secretary for the Question, and I thank you, Mr Speaker, for the...
Scottish legislative consent granted, Welsh legislative consent sought. Clause 67: Authorised officers
Baroness Finn: Moved by Baroness Finn 27: Clause 67, page 36, line 1, at end insert—“(A1) Investigatory and enforcement powers under sections 3 (information notices), 7 (Police and...
Baroness Finn: Moved by Baroness Finn 28: Clause 67, page 36, line 13, at end insert—“(1A) The exercise of the following powers by an authorised officer requires explicit...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 29: Clause 68, page 36, line 25, leave out “processing” and insert “disclosure or obtaining” Member's explanatory...
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent: Moved by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent 34: Clause 70, page 37, line 28, leave out from “provision” to end of line 31 and insert...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 36: Schedule 2, page 70, line 18, at end insert—“Part A1Powers to establish the PSFA and transfer functionsMain powersA1 (1) The...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 41: Leave out Clause 73 and insert the following new Clause—“Information notices(1) The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 42: Clause 74, page 42, line 38, leave out subsections (2), (3) and (4) and insert—“(2) In section 3 (code of practice about use of...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 45: Clause 75, page 43, line 31, after “of” insert “assisting in”Member’s explanatory statementSee the explanatory...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 46: Schedule 3, page 77, line 12, leave out “identifying, or”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment, together with my...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 51: Schedule 3, page 80, line 23, leave out “identify, or”Member’s explanatory statementSee the explanatory statement for my...
Lord Vaux of Harrowden: Moved by Lord Vaux of Harrowden 52: Schedule 3, page 80, line 26, at end insert—“Reasonable suspicion and appropriate review of EVM information5A (1) The...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 53: Schedule 3, page 80, line 27, leave out “processing and data protection” and insert “disclosure”Member's explanatory...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 61: Schedule 3, page 84, line 35, leave out “7” and insert “14”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment extends the...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 63: Schedule 3, page 89, leave out lines 34 and 35Member's explanatory statementSee the explanatory statement for my amendment to Schedule 3, page...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 66: Clause 76, page 44, line 30, leave out “identifying, or”Member's explanatory statementSee the explanatory statement for my amendment...
Lord Vaux of Harrowden: Moved by Lord Vaux of Harrowden 67: Clause 76, page 44, line 32, at end insert—“(d) the costs incurred by the Secretary of State and by those who have...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 68: Clause 76, page 44, line 36, leave out “may” and insert “must”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment,...
Lord Vaux of Harrowden: Moved by Lord Vaux of Harrowden 75: Clause 77, page 46, leave out line 6Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would remove the ability for DWP authorised...
Lord Vaux of Harrowden: Moved by Lord Vaux of Harrowden 76: Schedule 4, page 94, line 11, at end insert—“(4A) Section 117 (reasonable use of force) is to be read as if at the end...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 78: Clause 83, page 50, leave out lines 19 to 21Member's explanatory statementThis amendment, and my amendment to clause 83, page 50, lines 25 and...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 80: Clause 85, page 51, leave out lines 37 and 38Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential on my amendment replacing clause 101....
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 81: Clause 87, page 52, line 18, leave out “processing” and insert “disclosure or obtaining”Member's explanatory...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: Moved by Viscount Younger of Leckie 86: Clause 89, page 54, leave out lines 18 to 20Member's explanatory statementThis amendment would ensure that the Secretary of...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: Moved by Viscount Younger of Leckie 87: Clause 89, page 54, line 23, leave out “may” and insert “must” Member’s explanatory...
Clause 1: Deprivation of citizenship order to continue to have effect during appeal
Lord Verdirame: Moved by Lord Verdirame 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 25, at end insert—“(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the citizenship, during the appeal period, of a child of...
Lord Hanson of Flint: Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint That the Bill do now pass.
Clause 91: Recovery and enforcement mechanisms
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 89: Clause 91, page 57, line 25, at end insert—“(aa) section 80AA (restrictions on use of further methods),”Member's explanatory...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 90: Clause 91, page 58, line 2, leave out from “2016” to end of line 12Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment prevents the...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 93: Schedule 5, page 106, line 21, at beginning insert “Subject to sub-paragraph (9A),” Member’s explanatory statementSee the...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 101: Schedule 6, page 123, line 23, at end insert “, or(b) about procedure relating to applications to, or appeals from, a magistrates’...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 102: Clause 94, page 60, line 37, after “processing” insert “(within the meaning of section 3(4) of the Data Protection Act...
Lord Palmer of Childs Hill: Moved by Lord Palmer of Childs Hill 103: After Clause 96, insert the following new Clause—“Recovery of overpayments of Carer’s AllowanceThe...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 104: Clause 97, page 62, line 5, leave out “processing” and insert “disclosure or obtaining”Member's explanatory...
Lord Verdirame: Moved by Lord Verdirame 109: After Clause 97, insert the following new Clause—“Overpayment recovery(1) Section 71ZB of the Social Security Administration Act 1992...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: Moved by Viscount Younger of Leckie 110: After Clause 99, insert the following new Clause—“Offence of facilitating fraud through dissemination of...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 111: Leave out Clause 101 and insert the following new Clause—“Powers of Scottish Ministers(1) The following provisions of this Act have...
Baroness Sherlock: Moved by Baroness Sherlock 114: Clause 106, page 67, line 21, at end insert “or different areas”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would allow...
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