House of Lords Business

Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024 Draft Goods Vehicles (International Road Transport Permits and Haulage Within the EU) Regulations 2024    Draft Plant Health (Fees) (Eng… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Bill [HL]  The bill was returned from the Commons agreed to with an amendment.

Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill [HL] The Commons amendment was considered and agreed to.

Biomass: power generation A question was asked by Baroness Boycott and answered by Lord Callanan. (at 15:06)

COVID-19: lockdown costs and benefits A question was asked by Lord Robathan and answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe. (at 15:17)

Scottish Government: devolved competences A question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock and answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe. (at 15:28)

Earnings: mothers and fathers A question was asked by Lord Sikka and answered by Baroness Barran. (at 15:39)

Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill [HL] Lord Bird presented a bill to make provision for establishing a new government Ministry, the Ministry for Poverty Prevention; to make provision for the objectives and powers of that Ministry; to make provision that the Ministry can only be abolished or combined with another department by an Act of Parliament; to make provision for reportin… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:50)

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill The report stage was continued, beginning with amendment 64. Amendments 66, 70 to 90, 93 to 98, 102, 103, 107, 112 to 114, 116 and 117,119, 121 to 125, 128 to 130, 132, 136 to 139, 141 to 149, 150 (see division 1), 154 to 157, 159 to 161 were agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 53) (at 15:50)

National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill A bill to make provision for and in connection with reducing the main rates of primary Class 1 national insurance contributions and Class 4 national insurance contributions was brought from the Commons. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 54) (at 19:44)

National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 54–EN)

West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 Lord Sharpe of Epsom moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 7 February be approved. Then Lord Bach moved, as an amendment to the motion, at end to insert “but this House regrets that the draft Order entails the transfer of power being completed without the consent of othe… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 19:45)

Prisons and probation: foreign national offenders Lord Stewart of Dirleton answered questions on a statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 12 March. (at 20:55)