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Minutes for 26 March 2025
Chamber
Select Committee Reports
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1
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform
The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Government Response. (19th Report, HL Paper 103)
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Statutory Instruments
The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed:
Draft Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations 2025
Draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Legal Aid: Domestic Abuse) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025
Draft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025
Draft Pensi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
Public Business
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Ukraine: UK–USA discussions A question was asked by Lord Campbell-Savours and answered by Lord Collins of Highbury.
(at 15:06)
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Future defence capability A question was asked by Lord Cryer and answered by Lord Coaker.
(at 15:17)
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Energy prices A question was asked by Lord Sikka and answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
(at 15:29)
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Heathrow Airport closure: resilience and security A question was asked by Lord Harris of Haringey and answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
(at 15:40)
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National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill The bill was returned from the Commons with Reasons. It was ordered that the Commons Reasons be printed. (HL Bill 87)
(at 22:47)
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Great British Energy Bill The bill was returned from the Commons with a Reason. It was ordered that the Commons Reason be printed. (HL Bill 88)
(at 22:47)
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Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill The bill was returned from the Commons with the amendments agreed to.
(at 22:47)
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Football Governance Bill [HL] The bill was read a third time. A privilege amendment was agreed to. Then, after debate, the bill was passed and sent to the Commons.
(at 15:53)
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Asylum hotels and illegal channel crossings Lord Hanson of Flint answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Tuesday 25 March.
(at 16:08)
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Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) The Commons Reasons were considered.
Motion A Lords amendment 1 was not insisted on and amendment 1B was agreed to in lieu (see division 1).
Motion B Lords amendment 2 was not insisted on and amendment 2B was agreed to in lieu (see division 2).
Motion C Lords amendme… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
(at 16:19)
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Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] The report was received. Amendments 1 (see division 5), 11, 17 (see division 8), 17A (see division 9), 18, 19, and 21 to 35 were agreed to. Amendments 12 (see division 6), 13 (see division 7) and 20 (see division 10) were disagreed to. The report stage was adjourned after amendment 35.
(at 18:05)
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Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 Lord Hunt of Kings Heath moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 4 March be approved. Then Baroness Hoey moved, as an amendment to the motion, at end to insert “but this House regrets that the draft Regulations treat Northern Ireland differently from the r… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
(at 21:20)
The House adjourned at 10.47pm until Thursday 27 March at 11.00am.
The House adjourned. The House resumed.
(at 17:21)
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