Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood, and

Lord Sarwar will be introduced.

Oral questions (40 minutes)

*Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reverse the effect on opt-out collective court actions and connected litigation funding resulting from the Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others; and, if so, when it is intended that the necessary legislation will come into f… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

*Lord Young of Acton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will consider giving the Office for Students power to investigate serious allegations of academic misconduct where a university has declined to commission an independent inquiry.

*Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the means whereby Australia has achieved far greater voter registration and general election turnout levels than the UK, and (2) compulsory voting and automatic voter registration schemes in the UK.

*Lord John of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from this summer’s drought; and what plans they have to ensure that water companies minimise future supply disruption.

†Baroness Morgan of Huyton to move that this House takes note of the action needed on skills, vocational training, and further and higher education to improve outcomes for those from deprived and disadvantaged communities and strengthen regional growth. (2½ hours)

†Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to move that this House takes note of the Government's political priorities and legislative agenda.  (2½ hours)

Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026 Baroness Taylor of Stevenage to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 18 June be approved. Special attention drawn to the instrument by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, 8th Report (1 hour)

Lord Roborough to move, as an amendment to the above motion, at end insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations will not require Natural England to take into consideration the financial viability of development and in particular other requirements for affordable housing, education, health and infrastructure contributions placed on the developer."

Lord Pack to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the quality and reliability of parcel delivery services, particularly in relation to their impact on small businesses and vulnerable consumers. (To be taken after the motion in the name of Baroness Morgan of Huyton, 1 hour)

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Committee (day 2) [Baroness Lloyd of Effra] (Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Legislative Consent sought) 3rd Report from the Constitution Committee, 7th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee