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Minutes for 8 July 2022

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The House met at 10.00am. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Durham. (at 10:00)
Item number 1
Notification of retirement The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the House that he had received written notice from Viscount Ullswater under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 stating that he would retire from the House on 20 July 2022.
Item number 2
Communications and Digital The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Licence to change: BBC future funding. (1st Report, HL Paper 44)
Item number 3
Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL] Lord Bird presented a bill to make provision for a public consultation to inform a set of national wellbeing goals; to require public bodies to act in pursuit of the United Kingdom’s environmental, social, economic and cultural wellbeing by meeting wellbeing objectives, publishing future generations impact assessments and accounting for pr… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 10:05)
Item number 4
Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 44–EN)
Item number 5
Certificate of Loss Bill [HL] Baroness Benjamin presented a bill to make provision for a certificate to be issued to mothers in respect of miscarried and still-born children not eligible for registration under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953; to establish a database for archiving the certificate and recording information about the miscarriage or still-birth; and for co… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 10:07)
Item number 6
Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill [HL] Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. (at 10:08)
Item number 7
Front-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL] Lord Farmer moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. (at 11:39)
Item number 8
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill [HL] The Lord Bishop of Durham moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. (at 12:34)
Item number 9
Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] Baroness Ludford moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. (at 13:25)
Item number 10
Local Authority (Housing Allocation) Bill [HL] Lord Mann moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole House. (at 14:35)
The House adjourned at 3.07pm until Monday 11 July at 2.30pm.
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