House of Lords Business

Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Draft Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2025 Draft Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 Draft Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments, National Insurance… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Renters’ Rights Bill. (14th Report, HL Paper 79)

Armed forces personnel: school fees A question was asked by Baroness Goldie and answered by Lord Coaker. (at 15:07)

Schools: citizenship education A question was asked by Lord Wallace of Saltaire and answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern. (at 15:16)

Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner A question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock and answered by Lord Livermore. (at 15:27)

Care homes: safety ratings A question was asked by Baroness Pitkeathley and answered by Baroness Merron. (at 15:37)

Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025 Lord Hunt of Kings Heath moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 November 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:51)

Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025 Baroness Hayman of Ullock moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 3 December 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:52)

Armed Forces (Court Martial) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024 Lord Coaker moved that the draft Rules laid before the House on 5 December 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:52)

Community Radio Order 2025 Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, on behalf of Baroness Twycross, moved that the draft Order laid before the House on 10 December 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:53)

Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] Lord Vallance of Balham, on behalf of Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, made a statement on Legislative Consent. Then the bill was read a third time. Amendment 1 was agreed to. Amendments 3, 4, 5 (see division 1), 6 (see division 2) and 7 were agreed to as amendments to amendment 2. Amendments 2 (as amended) and 8 were agreed to. Amendment 10, as an ame… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:53)

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] The report was received. Amendments 3, 6, 7 and 15 (see division 3) were agreed to. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 68) (at 17:47)

Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] The Commons Amendments were considered. Commons amendment 1 was disagreed to and amendment 1B to the words so restored to the bill was agreed to (see division 4). Commons amendment 2 was disagreed to (see division 5). A Committee was appointed to propose a reason. The Committee proposed the following reason: “Because the Lords wish the Commons to… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 20:13)

Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 20A. The House resumed after amendment 20A. (at 21:26)