House of Lords Business

Financial Services Regulation The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Naming and shaming: how not to regulate. (1st Report, HL Paper 76)

Thames, Yorkshire and Northumbrian Water: Ofwat proposed fines A question was asked by Lord Sikka and answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock. (at 15:06)

Syrian asylum applications A question was asked by Baroness Hamwee and answered by Lord Hanson of Flint. (at 15:16)

Future Homes Standard A question was asked by Baroness Hayman and answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage. (at 15:26)

Embassy of China: proposed new site A question was asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough and answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington. (at 15:37)

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 15:49)

Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] The bill was returned from the Commons with amendments. It was ordered that the Commons amendments be printed. (HL Bill 66)

Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] The bill was read a third time. The amendment was agreed to (see division 1). Then the bill was passed and sent to the Commons. (at 15:50)

Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 Baroness Taylor of Stevenage moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 26 November 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 17:31)

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2025 Baroness Taylor of Stevenage moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 4 December 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 17:31)

Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 Baroness Taylor of Stevenage moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 December 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 17:31)

Lancashire Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 Baroness Taylor of Stevenage moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 26 November 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 17:31)

Extremism review Lord Hanson of Flint answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Tuesday 28 January. (at 17:31)

ECO4 and insulation schemes Lord Hunt of Kings Heath answered questions on a statement made in the House of Commons on Thursday 23 January. (at 17:43)

Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, on behalf of Lord Khan of Burnley, 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 18:08)

Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Baroness Hayman of Ullock moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 November 2024 be approved. Then Baroness Hoey moved, as an amendment to the motion, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations further distance Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and embed it further under Europea… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 20:26)