Oral questions (40 minutes)

*Lord Young of Cookham to ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made in enabling access to Child Trust Funds on behalf of adults who lack mental capacity.

*Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government what empirical evidence underpins the Secretary of State for Education’s assertion that the introduction of vocational GCSEs will not lead to disadvantaged pupils being disproportionately steered towards vocational or non-academic pathways; and what measures they will take to safeguard against any perception of lowered expectations.

*Lord Davidson of Glen Clova to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the developing science on the adverse health effects of LED lighting.

*Lord Harlech to ask His Majesty's Government what oversight they intend to exercise over the budget of the Independent Football Regulator following its proposal for a levy of £20.3 million a year, around double the amount originally estimated. 

†Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2026 Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 12 October be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 27 October. Special attention drawn to the instrument by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, 13th Report

Health Bill Committee [Baroness Merron] (Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Legislative Consent sought) 12th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee

Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 June be approved. 9th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (Dinner break business, 1 hour)

Baroness Hoey to move, as an amendment to the above motion, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations were not subject to a public consultation on the proposed divergence in rail regulations between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”

The following two motions are expected to be debated together:

Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 Consideration in Grand Committee [Baroness Sherlock]

Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 Consideration in Grand Committee [Baroness Sherlock]

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Specified Purposes Related to Policing) Regulations 2026 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Collins of Highbury]

Licensing Act 2003 (Permitted Temporary Activities) (Amendment) Order 2026 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Collins of Highbury] 13th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Renewables Obligation and Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme Excluded Electricity) Regulations 2026 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Leong] 13th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 Consideration in Grand Committee [Baroness Taylor of Stevenage] Special attention drawn to the instrument by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, 13th Report 

Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order 2026 Consideration in Grand Committee [Lord Lemos] 1st Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights