Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask all Members to respect social distancing. I will call Members to speak in the order listed. Short questions of elucidation after the Minister’s response are discouraged. Any Member wishing to ask such a question must email the clerk. The groupings are binding. A participant who might wish to press an amendment other than the...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: Does the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, want to repeat the last part of her question?
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, I regret that the time allowed for this Question has elapsed, and I apologise to the noble Baroness and other Peers who were unable to get in.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask Members to respect social distancing.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: I am not sure whether the next speaker, the noble Lord, Lord Dobbs, is able to join us.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, I am not able to call the noble Lord, Lord Bhatia, because he was not on the call when the Minister made her opening speech.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask Members to respect social distancing.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now resume. I ask all Members to respect social distancing. For the Committe on the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill. I will call Members to speak in the order listed. During the debate on each group, I invite Members, including Members in the Chamber, to email the clerk if they wish to speak after the Minister. I will call Members to...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, I congratulate the Senior Deputy Speaker on the way in which he introduced the sixth report from the Procedure and Privileges Committee. Although I am listed as a member of the committee, I shall not attend my first meeting of it until next Tuesday, 2 March, so I can claim no part in the authorship of this report—although I am 100% supportive of the proposals in it. I will...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Aberavon, is not available at the moment, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Empey.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the time allowed for questions on the Statement has now elapsed.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: The noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, has withdrawn. I call the noble Lord, Lord Hayward.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed, and I apologise to the noble Lords it was not possible to call. We now come to the fourth Oral Question.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed and I apologise to the two noble Lords who were not able to be called.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, the Hybrid Sitting of the House will now begin. Some Members are here in the Chamber and others are participating remotely, but all Members will be treated equally. I ask all Members to respect social distancing. If the capacity of the House is exceeded, I will immediately adjourn the House. Oral Questions will now commence. Please can those asking supplementary questions keep them...
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: The noble Baroness, Lady Stuart of Edgbaston, does not appear to be on the call, so I call the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay of St Johns.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, all supplementary questions have been asked, and we now move to the next Question.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: In place of the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, I call the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 121. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister should email the clerk during the debate. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a Division must make that clear in the debate.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester: We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 114. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to speak after the Minister should email the clerk during the debate. Anyone wishing to press this or anything else in this group to a Division must make that clear in the debate. Clause 63: Prohibition of cross-examination in person in family proceedings