House of Lords Business

Procedure and Privileges The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Oral Questions to Secretaries of State and Oral Statements by Secretaries of State. (1st Report, HL Paper 14)

Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023    Draft Data Protection (Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) (Amendment) Regulations 2023  Draft Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Electricity network connection action plan A question was asked by Baroness Whitaker and answered by Lord Callanan. (at 15:06)

Climate and nature A question was asked by Baroness Walmsley and answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. (at 15:17)

Refugees and asylum seekers: safe routes A question was asked by Lord Dubs and answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom. (at 15:28)

Adult social care A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of London and answered by Lord Markham. (at 15:38)

Alternative Investment Fund Designation Bill [HL] Baroness Altmann presented a bill to amend the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013 to remove Listed Investment Companies from Alternative Investment Fund designation; to make related changes to other relevant legislation; and for connected purposes. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 10) (at 15:50)

Alternative Investment Fund Designation Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 10–EN)

Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] Lord Holmes of Richmond presented a bill to make provision for the regulation of artificial intelligence; and for connected purposes. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 11) (at 15:50)

Conduct Baroness Manningham-Buller moved that the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Skidelsky (1st Report, HL Paper 4) be agreed to. The motion was agreed to. Then Baroness Manningham-Buller moved to resolve that, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Skidelsky be suspended from the service of the House for a period of one month; and that, in ac… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:51)

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 Lord Evans of Rainow moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 19 September 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:55)

Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023 Lord Evans of Rainow moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 October 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:55)

Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023 Viscount Camrose moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 October 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:56)

Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 Viscount Camrose moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 16 October 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:56)

Levelling up Baroness Penn answered questions on a statement made in the House of Commons on Monday 20 November. (at 15:57)

Pedicabs (London) Bill [HL] Lord Davies of Gower moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Grand Committee. (at 16:37)

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill A bill to provide for the regulation of competition in digital markets; to amend the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 and to make other provision about competition law; to make provision relating to the protection of consumer rights and to confer further such rights; and for connected purposes was brought from the Com… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 18:28)

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 12–EN)

Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 Lord Clement-Jones moved that this House regrets the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1028) and regrets in particular (1) the absence of an Impact Assessment at the time it was laid; (2) the lack of any public consultation; and (3) that the explanatory material lai… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 18:29)

Veterans welfare services Baroness Neville-Rolfe repeated a statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 21 November. (at 19:17)