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Minutes for 3 April 2025

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The House met at 11.00am. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Southwark. (at 11:00)
Item number 1
Royal Assent The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith) notified the King's Assent to the following Acts and Measures: Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Act 2025 c 9 Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 c 10 National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2025 c 11 Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Act 2025 c 12 Chan… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 11:06)
Item number 2
Code of Conduct It was ordered that the 14th edition of the Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords and Guide to the Code of Conduct, Enforcement Procedure (General), Enforcement Procedure (Bullying, Harassment and Sexual Misconduct), and Code of Conduct for House of Lords Members’ Staff, be published. (HL Paper 109–I to 109–IV)
Item number 3
Democracy and unelected strong leaders A question was asked by Lord Harries of Pentregarth and answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent. (at 11:06)
Item number 4
Funerals: death certificate delays A question was asked by Viscount Stansgate and answered by Baroness Merron. (at 11:17)
Item number 5
Basel 3.1 A question was asked by Baroness Kramer and answered by Lord Livermore. (at 11:29)
Item number 6
Myanmar earthquake A question was asked by Lord Crisp and answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington. (at 11:36)
Item number 7
NHS pensions Baroness Merron answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Tuesday 1 April. (at 11:48)
Item number 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina Baroness Chapman of Darlington answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Monday 31 March. (at 11:59)
Item number 9

Sentencing Council guidelines Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede answered questions on a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 1 April.

(at 12:10)
Item number 10
Farming and rural communities (2½-hour debate) Lord Roborough moved that this House takes note of the impact of the Government’s economic and planning measures on farming and rural communities. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 12:46)
Item number 11
Landmines and cluster munitions A question was asked by Lord Verdirame and, after debate, answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington. (at 15:08)
Item number 12
Net-zero emissions target: affordability (2½-hour debate) Lord Offord of Garvel moved that this House takes note of the affordability of achieving the net-zero emissions target by 2050. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 15:57)
Item number 13
UK–US trade and tariffs Baroness Gustafsson repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons. (at 18:14)
The House adjourned at 7.08pm until Saturday 12 April at 12.00pm.
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