House of Lords Business

The Lord Bishop of Peterborough will be introduced, and

Alison Levitt KC will be introduced as a Baroness.

Oral questions (40 minutes)

*Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve musculoskeletal health.

*Baroness Royall of Blaisdon to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with international partners about the Taliban’s restrictions on women in Afghanistan, including a ban on women attending medical schools.

*Lord Evans of Rainow to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to involve schools in the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II.

†Topical oral question. Ballot opens at 3pm on Friday 24 January, to be drawn at 1pm on Tuesday 28 January.

Lord Sikka to move that this House takes note of the tax implications of corporations shifting profits to low and no-tax jurisdictions. (Balloted debate)

†Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of the United States regarding its decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. (Topical Question for Short Debate, 1 hour)

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to move that this House takes note of the case for a new youth mobility scheme with European countries. (Balloted debate)

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government what are the main factors that have led to decades of low levels of rape cases being prosecuted, and continue to prevent such prosecutions, and what steps are they taking to resolve this. Balloted Question for Short Debate (1 hour)

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on creators and the creative industries of the rights reservation model proposed in their consultation paper “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence” published on 17 December 2024. Balloted Question for Short Debate (1 hour)

Lord Willetts to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Office for Students about (1) its strategy for 2025 to 2030, and (2) its decision to pause applications regarding registering institutions, degree-awarding powers and university titles to allow greater focus on the financial sustainability of the sector. Balloted Question for Short Debate (1… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to deal with the glorification of terrorism and terrorists in the United Kingdom. Balloted Question for Short Debate (1 hour)