House of Lords Business

Lord Beamish, and

Lord Grayling will be introduced.

Oral questions (40 minutes)

*Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998.

*Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people with diagnosed HIV in England who are not accessing HIV care.

*Lord Snape to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to continue with the Road Investment Strategy 2: 2020–2025; and what are their plans for the road network.

†*Lord Moynihan to ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the selling of Oasis concert tickets, what action they plan to take against (1) dynamic pricing, and (2) other ticket sale practices.

Arbitration Bill [HL] Committee [Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede]

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] Committee [Lord Collins of Highbury]

The following three motions are expected to be debated together:

Baroness Altmann to move that an Humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/869), laid before the House on 22 August, be annulled because they would significantly reduce state support for pensioners without sufficient warning and without a proper impact assessment, and because they present a significant ris… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Stedman-Scott to move that this House regrets (1) that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (SI 2024/869), laid before the House on 22 August, will leave pensioners worse off in winter; (2) the decision to prioritise above-inflation pay rises for unionised public sector professionals over the needs of the elderly, including many households that are eligible for… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill to move that this House regrets that the Social Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/869), laid before the House on 22 August, will remove support from many of the poorest pensioners at the same time as the energy price cap is being lifted; and calls on the Government (1) to take steps to identify those who are eligible for pension credit but do… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Parminter to move that the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Environment and Climate Change Committee An extraordinary challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our land and sea by 2030 (2nd Report, Session 2022–23, HL Paper 234).