House of Lords Business

Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Report on certain statutory instruments, including the following affirmative instrument: Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies and Core Activities) (Amendment) Order 2018 and special attention drawn to the following instrument: Draft Single Sourc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Liaison The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Review of Investigative Select Committee activity in 2017–18. (3rd Report, HL Paper 166)

Human Rights The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Legislative Scrutiny: Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill. (9th Report, HL Paper 167)

Procedure The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: Sifting of proposed negative instruments by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee; Consideration of Commons Amendments; and Grand Committees on Questions for Short Debate. (5th Report, HL Paper 163)

Financial exclusion A question was asked by Baroness Tyler of Enfield and answered by Lord Bates. (at 15:06)

Western Balkans Summit A question was asked by Lord Wallace of Tankerness and answered by Baroness Goldie. (at 15:14)

European Union referendum A question was asked by Lord Strasburger and answered by Lord Young of Cookham. (at 15:22)

High street retailers A question was asked by Baroness Pinnock and answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth. (at 15:29)

Hereditary Peers' By-election The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the House that The Earl of Devon had been elected under Standing Order 10 (Hereditary peers: by-elections) to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley among the peers excepted from section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999. (at 15:36)

Khan al-Ahmar Baroness Goldie repeated as a ministerial statement the answer given to an Urgent Question in the House of Commons. (at 15:39)

Sustainable Fisheries for Future Generations Lord Gardiner of Kimble repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons. (at 15:53)

Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill [HL] The Commons Amendments were considered and agreed to. (at 16:36)

Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill The bill was read a third time. Then the bill was passed and returned to the Commons with an amendment. (at 16:51)

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill The report was received. Amendments were considered. (at 16:52)

South Sudan A question was asked by Lord Curry of Kirkharle and, after debate, answered by Lord Bates. (at 17:28)

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 117–EN)