House of Lords Business

Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Draft National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2025 Draft Police Act 1997 (Authorisations to Interfere with Property: Relevant Offence) Regulations 2025 Draft Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment)… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Communications and Digital The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: The future of news. (1st Report, HL Paper 39)

Holocaust Memorial Bill Lord Etherton, Chair of the Select Committee, reported that the Committee had adjourned until Tuesday 19 November being the next date that the Committee will meet.

Journalists detained or killed overseas A question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood and answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington. (at 15:07)

Sharia-compliant student finance A question was asked by Lord Sharkey and answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern. (at 15:18)

West Papua A question was asked by Lord Harries of Pentregarth and answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington. (at 15:28)

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill A bill to remove the remaining connection between hereditary peerage and membership of the House of Lords; to abolish the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in relation to claims to hereditary peerages; and for connected purposes was brought from the Commons. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 49) (at 15:39)

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 49–EN)

Barnsley and Sheffield (Boundary Change) Order 2024 Baroness Taylor of Stevenage moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 7 October 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:41)

Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede moved that the bill be now read a second time. The motion was agreed to and the bill was committed to a Special Public Bill Committee. (at 15:42)

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill The bill was read a third time and, after debate, passed and returned to the Commons with amendments. (at 15:43)

Small boat crossings Lord Hanson of Flint answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Wednesday 6 November. (at 15:57)

Rail performance Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill answered questions on a statement made in the House of Commons on Monday 11 November. (at 16:08)

Football Governance Bill [HL] Baroness Twycross moved that the bill be now read a second time. After debate, the motion was agreed to. Then Baroness Twycross moved that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3 Schedule 1 Clauses 4 to 5 Schedule 2… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 16:40)