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Minutes for 9 February 2021

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Item number 4
Personal statement Lord Freud made a personal statement. (at 12:17)
Item number 5
COVID-19: over 75s A question was asked by Baroness Hodgson of Abinger and answered by Lord Bethell. (at 12:18)
Item number 6
Osteoporosis: treatment A question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood and answered by Lord Bethell. (at 12:29)
Item number 7
Overseas Territories: humanitarian and disaster relief A question was asked by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton and answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. (at 12:40)
Item number 8
Online gambling: stake limits A question was asked by Lord Foster of Bath and answered by Baroness Barran. (at 12:52)
Item number 9
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill Lord Ashton of Hyde, on behalf of the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park), moved that the order of commitment of 18 January 2021 committing the bill to a Grand Committee be discharged and that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House. The motion was agreed to. (at 13:03)
Item number 10
Business of the House Lord Ashton of Hyde, on behalf of the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park), moved that with effect from 18 February until further Order debates on motions for general debate, whether taken in the hybrid House or hybrid Grand Committee, shall be time limited to one of 1½, 3 or 5 hours, and that this time limit may be varied in accordance with this O… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 13:03)
Item number 11

Business of the House Lord Ashton of Hyde, on behalf of the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park), moved that, in the event of the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill having been brought from the House of Commons: (1) Standing Order 46 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with on Thursday 25 February 2021 to allow more t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 13:04)

Item number 12
United Kingdom shellfish exports Lord Gardiner of Kimble answered questions on an answer to an Urgent Question on the ban on shellfish exports from the United Kingdom to the European Union, asked in the House of Commons on Monday 8 February. (at 13:07)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 13:19)
Item number 13
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill The Commons Reasons and Amendment were considered. Motion A Lords Amendment 1 was not insisted on. Motion B Lords Amendment 2 was not insisted on (see division 1). Motion C Lords Amendment 3 was not insisted on, and Amendment 3B in lieu was agreed to. Motion D Lords Amendment 4 was not insisted on, and Amendments 4B,… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 13:33)
Item number 14
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 16. Amendments 17 and 18, 21 to 26 and 41 to 76 were agreed to. Clauses 33 to 35 were disagreed to. The House resumed and the bill was reported with amendments. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 169) (at 15:51)
The House adjourned at 10.40pm until Wednesday 10 February at 12 noon.
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