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Minutes for 1 March 2023
Chamber
The House met at 3.00pm.
Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Oxford.
(at 15:00)
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Oath Peter Henry Lord Goldsmith took and subscribed the oath.
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Select Committee Reports
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Human Rights
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Legislative Scrutiny: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. (10th Report, HL Paper 157)
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Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023
Draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Green Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft Electricity Supplier Obligations (Excluded Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft Treas… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
The following Reports from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Energy Bill: Government Response
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
Carer’s Leave Bill
Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill (27th Repor… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Public Business
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Eating disorder services: men A question was asked by Baroness Parminter and answered by Lord Evans of Rainow.
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Prisoners: Imprisonment for Public Protection A question was asked by Lord Moylan and answered by Lord Bellamy.
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Homeless people and rough sleeping A question was asked by Lord Bird and answered by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist.
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Water companies: water pollution A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of St Albans and answered by Lord Benyon.
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Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 Lord Evans of Rainow moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 17 January 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to.
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Code of Practice for the Forensic Science Regulator Lord Sharpe of Epsom moved that the draft Code of Practice laid before the House on 26 January 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to.
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Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 The Earl of Courtown, on behalf of Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 9 February 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to.
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National Security Bill The report was received. Amendments 1, 7, 9 to 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 30, 31, 35 to 37, 40 to 44, 47 to 50, 51 (see division list 4), 52 to 64, 66, 71, 76 to 78, 81 to 86 were agreed to. Amendments 4, 18, 18A and 80 were disagreed to (see divisions 1 to 3 and 5). The report stage was adjourned after amendment 86.
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Official Controls (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 Lord Dodds of Duncairn moved that an Humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that the Official Controls (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/17), made on 11 January and laid before the House on 12 January 2023, be annulled because (1) they are injurious to the integrity of the United Kingdom’s Internal Market… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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The House adjourned at 11.27pm until Thursday 2 March at 11.00am.
Grand Committee
The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 4.15pm.
Financial Services and Markets Bill The Grand Committee further considered the bill, beginning with amendment 160. The Committee adjourned after the debate on amendment 168 was adjourned.
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The Committee adjourned at 8.21pm.
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