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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.
†*The Earl of Clancarty to ask His Majesty's Government what action they plan to take in response to the report commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, The economic benefits of touring and impact of EU exit.
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]
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Second Reading [Lord Lemos]   If the bill is read a second time, Lord Lemos to move that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 and 2 Schedule 1 Clauses 3 to 11 Schedule 2 Clause 12 Schedu… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Lord Rooker to move, as an amendment to the above motion, after “Whole House,” insert “but that Committee stage will not commence until the Minister has made a statement setting out which clauses and schedules of the Bill, including amendments made to the Bill, the House of Commons did not have time to consider on the floor of the House;".

Grand Committee at 3:45pm

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