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Minutes for 22 January 2024

Chamber

Item number 3
Regulatory approval for new products and services A question was asked by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch and answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston. (at 14:37)
Item number 4
Non-custodial sentences: public confidence A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and answered by Lord Bellamy. (at 14:49)
Item number 5
Environmental policies: timeliness and effectiveness A question was asked by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, on behalf of Baroness Hayman of Ullock, and answered by Lord Benyon. (at 14:59)
Item number 6
Female domestic homicides: Black, Asian and ethnic-minority overrepresentation A question was asked by Baroness Gohir and answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom. (at 15:11)
Item number 7
Measles cases A private notice question was asked by Baroness Merron and answered by Lord Evans of Rainow. (at 15:21)
Item number 8
Online Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024 Viscount Camrose moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 November 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:36)
Item number 9
Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 Lord Harlech moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 4 December 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:37)
Item number 10
Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2023 Baroness Swinburne moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 November 2023 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:37)
Item number 11
Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement Lord Goldsmith moved that this House takes note of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership Agreement to Strengthen Shared International Commitments on the Protection of Refugees and Migrants. After debate, the… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:37)
Item number 12
Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement Lord Goldsmith moved that this House resolves, in accordance with section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, that His Majesty’s Government should not ratify the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership until the protections it provides have been fully implemented, since Parliament is being asked to make a judgement, based on th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 19:25)
Item number 13
Childcare Baroness Barran repeated as a statement the answer to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons. (at 19:38)
The House adjourned at 7.52pm until Tuesday 23 January at 2.30pm.

Grand Committee

The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 3.45pm.

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