House of Lords Business

Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022    Energy Bill Relief Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2022 Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (H… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Human Rights The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Draft State Immunity Act 1978 (Remedial) Order 2022: Second Report. (7th Report, HL Paper 103)

Government contracts: Bain & Company A question was asked by Lord Hain and answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe. (at 15:07)

Civil society and human rights defenders A question was asked by Lord Collins of Highbury and answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. (at 15:15)

Tobacco Control Plan A question was asked by Lord Faulkner of Worcester and answered by Lord Markham. (at 15:26)

Counterterrorism: Martyn's Law A question was asked by Lord Harris of Haringey and answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom. (at 15:36)

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Callanan, moved that the Regulations laid before the House on 31 October 2022 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:46)

Energy Bills Support Scheme and Energy Price Guarantee Pass-through Requirement (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Callanan, moved that the Regulations laid before the House on 31 October 2022 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:46)

Energy Bill Relief Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2022 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Callanan, moved that the Regulations laid before the House on 31 October 2022 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:46)

Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Baroness Stedman-Scott moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 18 October 2022 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:47)

Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022 Baroness Stedman-Scott moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 October 2022 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:47)

Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) Regulations 2022 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 20 October 2022 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:47)

Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] The report was received. (at 15:48)

Solihull murders Lord Sharpe of Epsom answered questions on an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Tuesday 22 November. (at 15:49)

Counsellors of State Bill [HL] The bill was considered in Committee. Amendments were considered. The House resumed and the Bill was reported without amendment. (at 16:00)

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill Lord Caine moved that the bill be now read a second time. Then Baroness Smith of Basildon moved, as an amendment to the motion that the bill be read a second time, at the end to insert “but that this House regrets that the provisions contained in the bill do not command the confidence or support of groups and organisation… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 16:32)

Counsellors of State Bill [HL] The report was received. Then, Standing Order 44 having been dispensed with, after debate the bill was read a third time and passed and sent to the Commons. (at 19:43)

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill The debate on the amendment to the motion that the bill be read a second time was resumed. After debate, the amendment was withdrawn. Then the original motion was agreed to. Then Lord Caine moved that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee that they consider… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 20:15)