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Order Paper for 1 September 2026

Chamber at 2:30pm

Baroness Lowe of Armley, and
Lord Macintosh of Eastwood will be introduced.

The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Smith of Basildon) to move that an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to return to His Majesty the thanks of this House for His Majesty’s most gracious Message, and to assure His Majesty that this House, always desirous of availing itself of every opportunity to manifest its dutiful attachment to His Majesty’s Royal Person and Family, will… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Oral questions (40 minutes)
†*Lord Balfe to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to curtail the cost of the working-age welfare system.
†*Lord Lamont of Lerwick to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States of America about their proposal to help the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia develop a nuclear power programme.
†*Baroness Meyer to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cumulative impact of tax measures introduced since July 2024 on the competitiveness of the United Kingdom as a place to do business.
Topical oral question. Ballot opens at 3pm on Wednesday 26 August, to be drawn at 1pm on Friday 28 August.
Financial Services and Markets Bill Lord Pitt-Watson to move that the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clause 1 Schedule 1 Clauses 2 to 13 Schedule 2 Clauses 14 to 31 Schedule 3 Clauses 32 to 53 Title.
Social Housing Bill [HL] Third Reading [Baroness Taylor of Stevenage]

Grand Committee at 3:45pm

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