House of Lords Business

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Drawn to the special attention of the House: Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025 Includes information paragraphs on: Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 and one linked instrument Draft Hazar… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Justice and Home Affairs The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Better prisons: less crime. (1st Report, HL Paper 153)

ARIA: Scoping Our Planet programme A question was asked by Lord Clement-Jones and answered by Lord Vallance of Balham. (at 14:37)

Data centres: energy and water consumption A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of Oxford and answered by Lord Vallance of Balham. (at 14:45)

Forest risk commodities A question was asked by Baroness Sheehan and answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock. (at 14:56)

Companies House: filing of annual accounts by small companies A question was asked by Lord Sikka and answered by Lord Leong. (at 15:06)

Business of the House The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Smith of Basildon) moved that Standing Order 44 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with on 10 July to allow the Supply and Appropriation Bill (Main Estimates) (No. 2) Bill to be taken through its remaining stages that day. The motion was agreed to.

(at 15:18)

Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Lord Leong moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 2 June be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:18)

Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025 Baroness Hayman of Ullock moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 2 June be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:19)

Government performance against fiscal rules Lord Livermore answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Monday 7 July. (at 15:20)

Actions of Iranian regime: UK response Lord Collins of Highbury answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Monday 7 July. (at 15:29)

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 31. The House resumed after amendment 58. (at 15:48)

Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL] The bill was returned from the Commons agreed to. (at 21:57)

National Energy System Operator North Hyde Substation Review Report Lord Wilson of Sedgefield repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons on Wednesday 2 July. (at 19:40)

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 59. Amendments 70, 75 to 77, 79 to 83, 85 to 89 and 92 to 94 were agreed to. The House resumed after clause 27 was agreed to. (at 20:20)

Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 118–EN)