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Order Paper for 20 October 2026

Chamber at 2:30pm

Oral questions (40 minutes)
*Lord Wills to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues in fulfilling the remit of that role; and what plans they have to deliver on every part of that remit by the end of 2026.
*Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the financial sector about the decline in acceptance of cash payments and the pending reduction in availability of card payments in favour of payment by smart devices.
*Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on their commitment to end corridor care.
†*Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of drought statuses in England; and what policies they plan to implement, if any, to reduce the likelihood and impact of future droughts.
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Baroness Lloyd of Effra to move that the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 22 Schedule 1 Clause 23 Schedule 2 Clauses 24 to 61 Title.
†Commercial Payments Bill [HL] Third Reading [Lord Leong] (King’s and Prince of Wales’s consent to be signified) (Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh Legislative Consent sought) 2nd and 10th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee
Armed Forces Bill Report [Lord Coaker] (Scottish and Welsh Legislative Consent granted, Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought) 7th and 11th Reports from the Delegated Powers Committee

Grand Committee at 3:45pm

Lord Barrow, on behalf of Lord Stirrup, to move that the Grand Committee takes note of the agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of the one part, and the United Kingdom, of the other part Special attention drawn by the European Affairs Committee, 2nd Report
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