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Minutes for 6 July 2022
Chamber
The House met at 3.00pm.
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Manchester.
(at 15:00)
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Viscountcy of Rochdale and Barony of Rochdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Petition of Jonathan Hugo Durival Kemp claiming to have succeeded to the Viscountcy of Rochdale and Barony of Rochdale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and praying that the Clerk of the Parliaments might be directed to enter the petitioner as Viscount Rochdale on the register of hereditary p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Select Committee Reports
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Conduct
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
The conduct of Lord Lea of Crondall. (1st Report, HL Paper 36)
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Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
Remote Observation and Recording (Courts and Tribunals) Regulations 2022
Draft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Movement etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022
Draft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 2) Regulations 2022
Draft Merchant Shipping (… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Liaison
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
Review of House of Lords investigative and scrutiny committee activity in 2021–22. (1st Report, HL Paper 38)
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Liaison
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
The Licensing Act 2003: post-legislative scrutiny: Follow-up report. (2nd Report, HL Paper 39)
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Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL]: Sponsor Response. (7th Report, HL Paper 40)
Public Business
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Bread and Flour Regulations: folic acid A question was asked by Lord Rooker and answered by Lord Kamall.
(at 15:07)
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Thyroid patients: Liothyronine A question was asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and answered by Lord Kamall.
(at 15:18)
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Shortage of workers A question was asked by Lord Londesborough and answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott.
(at 15:25)
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Defence spending priorities: NATO summit A question was asked by Lord West of Spithead and answered by Baroness Goldie.
(at 15:36)
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Hereditary Peers' By-election The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the House that Lord Remnant and Lord Wrottesley had been elected under Standing Order 9 (Hereditary peers: by-elections) to fill the vacancies created by the retirement of Lord Brabazon of Tara and the death of Lord Swinfen among the peers excepted from section 1 of the House of Lords Act 1999.
(at 15:47)
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Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Viscount Younger of Leckie, on behalf of Baroness Vere of Norbiton, presented a bill to make provision in relation to the remuneration of seafarers who do not qualify for the national minimum wage. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 38)
(at 15:52)
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Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 38–EN)
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Energy Bill [HL] Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Callanan, presented a bill to make provision about energy production and security and the regulation of the energy market, including provision about the licensing of carbon dioxide transport and storage; about commercial arrangements for industrial carbon capture and storage and for hydrogen production; abo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
(at 15:53)
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Energy Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 39–EN)
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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Overseas Territories) Bill [HL] Lord Cashman presented a bill to make provision for the marriage of same sex couples in certain Overseas Territories, and for connected purposes. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 40)
(at 15:54)
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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Overseas Territories) Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 40–EN)
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High Speed Rail (Crewe–Manchester) Bill Baroness Vere of Norbiton moved—
1. That if—
(a) a High Speed Rail (Crewe–Manchester) Bill is first brought to this House from the House of Commons in this Session of Parliament (“the current session”), and
(b) the proceedings on the Bill in this House are not completed in the current session,
further proceedings on the Bill shall be sus… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
(at 15:54)
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Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL] The report was received. Amendments 2, 3, 6 to 9, 11, 23, 26, and 30 to 35 were agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 41)
(at 15:56)
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Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Baroness Lister of Burtersett moved that this House, while welcoming the provisions in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (1) to exempt children looked after by a local authority from the fee charged to register their right to citizenship, and (2) to introduce a discretionary waiver fo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
(at 18:27)
The House adjourned at 7.34pm until Thursday 7 July at 11.00am.
Grand Committee
The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 4.15pm.
Procurement Bill [HL] The Grand Committee further considered the bill, beginning with amendment 10. Amendments 10 to 18 and amendment 24 were agreed to. The Committee adjourned after clause 7 was agreed to.
(at 16:15)
The Committee adjourned at 8.10pm.
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