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Minutes for 21 May 2025

Chamber

The House met at 3.00pm. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of St Albans. (at 15:00)
Item number 1
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. (25th Report, HL Paper 130)
Item number 2
Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Draft Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2025 Draft Casinos (Gaming Machines and Mandatory Conditions) Regulations 2025. (25th Report, HL Paper 131)
Item number 3
Industry and Regulators The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Power struggle: delivering Great Britain’s electricity grid infrastructure. (1st Report, HL Paper 132)
Item number 4
Financial Services Regulation The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Growing pains: clarity and culture change required. An examination of the secondary international competitiveness and growth objective. (2nd Report, HL Paper 133)
Item number 5
Armed forces recruitment A question was asked by Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill and answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent. (at 15:07)
Item number 6
Online harms: young people A question was asked by Baroness Berger and answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch. (at 15:17)
Item number 7
Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery A question was asked by Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard and answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent. (at 15:28)
Item number 8
Improving cyber resilience A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of St Albans and answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent. (at 15:38)
Item number 9
Infected blood inquiry: government response Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent answered questions on a statement made in the House of Commons on Wednesday 14 May. (at 15:52)
Item number 10
UK–EU summit Baroness Smith of Basildon repeated a statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 20 May. (at 16:31)
Item number 11
Employment Rights Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 99. Amendments were considered. The House resumed after amendment 128. (at 17:22)
The House adjourned at 10.04pm until Thursday 22 May at 11.00am.

Grand Committee

The Grand Committee met in the Moses Room at 4.15pm.

National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation Lord Hunt of Kings Heath moved that the Grand Committee takes note of the proposed National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 16:15)
The Committee adjourned at 6.18pm.
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