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Minutes for 28 April 2025

Chamber

The House met at 2.30pm. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Derby. (at 14:30)
Item number 1
House of Lords Commission The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed on Friday 25 April: Supplementary Daily Allowance for non-salaried domestic committee chairs. (1st Report, HL Paper 113)
Item number 2
Self-harm: young people A question was asked by Lord Lemos and answered by Baroness Merron. (at 14:38)
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Tackling violence against women and girls: funding A question was asked by Baroness Gohir and answered by Lord Hanson of Flint. (at 14:49)
Item number 4
Farming: 25-year roadmap A question was asked by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick and answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock. (at 15:00)
Item number 5
Thames Water: bids A question was asked by Lord Sikka and answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock. (at 15:11)
Item number 6
London Sudan conference Baroness Chapman of Darlington answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Thursday 24 April. (at 15:23)
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Ukraine war: London talks Baroness Chapman of Darlington answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Thursday 24 April. (at 15:34)
Item number 8
Renters’ Rights Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 69. The House resumed after clause 11 was agreed to. (at 15:46)
The House adjourned at 10.26pm until Tuesday 29 April at 2.30pm.

Grand Committee

The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 3.45pm.

Governance of the Union (Constitution Report) Baroness Drake moved that the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Constitution Committee The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent (1st Report, HL Paper 13). After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 15:45)
Engineering Biology (Science and Technology Report) Baroness Brown of Cambridge moved that the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Science and Technology Committee Don’t fail to scale: seizing the opportunity of engineering biology (1st Report, HL Paper 55). After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 17:16)
The Committee adjourned at 7.34pm.
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