House of Lords Business

The Rt Hon Simon Case CVO will be introduced as a Baron.

Oral questions (40 minutes)

*Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government what impact they anticipate reallocating £2.5 billion of Great British Energy’s planned budget for nuclear energy generation development will have on its ability to deliver on its planned objectives.

*Lord Young of Cookham to ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care.

*Baroness Kramer to ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made in making givinostat available to boys living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to slow down degeneration particularly becoming unable to walk.

†Topical oral question. Ballot opens at 3pm on Wednesday 16 July, to be drawn at 1pm on Friday 18 July.

†Crown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL] Report [Lord Wigley]

†The following three motions and the amendments to the first motion are expected to be debated together:

†Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 Baroness Twycross to move that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 May be approved. Special attention drawn to the instrument by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, 27th Report

†Lord Fox to move, as an amendment to the above motion, to leave out from “that” and to insert “this House declines to approve the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025, as the proposal to allow foreign states to own up to 15 per cent of UK newspapers constitutes a direct threat to the freedom of the British press;… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

†Baroness Stowell of Beeston to move, as an amendment to the motion in the name of Baroness Twycross, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations do not distinguish between state investment funds that are directly or indirectly controlled by a foreign power; that the Secretary of State must be relied upon to intervene if a state investment fund does no… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

†Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 Baroness Twycross to move that the Order laid before the House on 26 June be approved. 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

†Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 Baroness Twycross to move that the draft Order laid before the House on 26 July be approved. 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

†Universal Credit Bill (Money Bill) Second Reading (and remaining stages) [Baroness Sherlock]

†Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to move, as an amendment to the motion that the bill be now read a second time, at end to insert "but regrets the impact of the Bill, particularly with regard to age discrimination, the impact on people with high levels of need and mental health conditions, and the overall impact on rates and severity of poverty among people with disabilities, and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text