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Order Paper for 3 November 2026

Chamber at 2:30pm

Baroness Ashley of Lambeth, and
Lord Lehrfreund will be introduced.
Oral questions (40 minutes)
*Lord Hunt of Wirral to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current business hiring intentions and their impact on the wider economy.
*The Earl of Clancarty to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals for the permanent return of the Parthenon sculptures held by the British Museum to Greece.
*Baroness Paul of Shepherd's Bush to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards appointing a national lead for brain cancer, and what measures are in place to ensure that the role supports improvements in research funding, clinical care, treatment pathways and patient outcomes across the United Kingdom.
†*Lord Nagaraju to ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the security breach at Binance, what assessment they have made of the exposure of UK consumers to that incident; and what interim cybersecurity safeguards they plan to introduce before the new cryptoasset regulatory regime takes effect in October 2027.
†Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Specified Purposes Related to Policing) Regulations 2026 Lord Collins of Highbury to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 2 September be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 28 October
Health Bill Committee (day 2) [Baroness Merron] (Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Legislative Consent sought) 12th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee
Lord Farmer to move that this House regrets that the Prison (Governor’s and Adjudicators’ Punishments) (Amendment) Rules 2026 remove and restrict social visits as a punishment despite (1) the potential effects on rehabilitation, prisoner behaviour and family relationships, (2) prison governors’ hesitancy, and (3) the lack of an assessment of likely impacts. Special attention d… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Grand Committee

The Grand Committee is meeting in Committee Rooms 2A and 3A at 3.45pm.

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