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Minutes for 18 March 2021

Chamber

The House met at 12 noon. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Winchester. (at 12:00)
Item number 1
Fixed-Term Parliaments Act The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Report (HL Paper 253)
Item number 2
International Agreements The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Scrutiny of international agreements: Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway concerning Air Services, reported for information. (7th Report, HL Paper 254)
Item number 3
Office of Communications: Chair A question was asked by Lord Foster of Bath and answered by Baroness Barran. (at 12:08)
Item number 4
Food prices: agricultural policy A question was asked by Lord Carrington and answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble. (at 12:18)
Item number 5
China: treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese airspace incursions A question was asked by Baroness D'Souza and answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay. (at 12:29)
Item number 6
United Kingdom–European Union Trade A question was asked by Lord Adonis and answered by Lord Frost. (at 12:41)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 12:52)
Item number 7
Levelling up Lord Greenhalgh answered questions on a Ministerial statement on Her Majesty’s Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda, made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 16 March. (at 13:01)
Item number 8
Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 Lord Wolfson of Tredegar moved that the Regulations laid before the House on 19 February 2021 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 13:40)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 14:57)
Item number 9
Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) Regulations 2021 Baroness Randerson moved that this House regrets that the Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/58) will have a detrimental impact on heavy goods vehicle drivers and the hours they will be required to work, and does not provide clarity for such drivers on how the tempo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:11)
Item number 10
Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) Regulations 2021 Lord Rosser moved that this House takes note of the Drivers’ Hours and Tachographs (Temporary Exceptions) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/58). The motion was agreed to. (at 16:08)
Item number 11
National Bus Strategy: England Baroness Vere of Norbiton answered questions on a Ministerial statement on the National Bus Strategy for England, made in the House of Commons on Monday 15 March. (at 16:10)
Item number 12
Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 Baroness Jones of Whitchurch moved that this House regrets that the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/158) do not provide a basis for significantly reducing the amount of peatland burning that occurs in England, in part because the restrictions extend only to certain areas of deep peat; not… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 16:50)
The House adjourned at 6.20pm until Friday 19 March at 11.00am.

Grand Committee

The Grand Committee met in the Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm.

Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 Lord True moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 14:31)
Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 Lord Greenhalgh moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 15:31)
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Change of Expiry Date) Regulations 2021 Lord Callanan moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Change of Expiry Date) Regulations 2021. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 16:31)
Financial Reporting Council (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2021 Lord Callanan moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Financial Reporting Council (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2021. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 17:31)
The Committee adjourned at 6.17pm.
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