House of Lords Business

Conduct The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Review of the Code of Conduct and the Guide to the Code of Conduct. (4th Report, HL Paper 66)

Statutory Instruments The following Report from the Joint Committee was made and ordered to be printed: Draft Community Radio Order 2025 Draft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority Regulations 2025 Draft Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Gam… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Holocaust Memorial Bill Lord Etherton, Chair of the Select Committee, reported that the right to be heard of the petitions of Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (HMB-004), Lord Russell of Liverpool (HMB-005), Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (HMB-007), Lord Inglewood (HMB-009) and Jardentome Ltd (HMB-016) were disallowed. The Bill was reported from the Select Committee without amendment.… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Political parties: funding A question was asked by Lord Blunkett and answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage. (at 15:06)

State schools: creative education A question was asked by Baroness Keeley and answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern. (at 15:17)

Courts: backlogs A question was asked by Baroness Hazarika and answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede. (at 15:27)

Gaza: peace talks A question was asked by Lord Hain and answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington. (at 15:38)

Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] Lord Vallance of Balham, on behalf of Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, moved that the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 56 Schedule 1 Clauses 57 and 58 Schedule 2 Clauses 59 to 65 Schedule 3 Clauses 66 to 70 Schedule 4 Clause 71 Schedule 5 Clauses 72 to 80 Schedule 6 Clause… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:51)

Registrar (Identity Verification and Authorised Corporate Service Providers) Regulations 2024 Lord Leong moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 22 May 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:51)

Unique Identifiers (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 Lord Leong moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 31 October 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 15:51)

Free-Range Egg Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 Baroness Hayman of Ullock moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 21 November 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:52)

Combined Authorities (Borrowing) and East Midlands Combined County Authority (Borrowing and Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Baroness Taylor of Stevenage moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 November 2024 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:52)

Drones: high-security prisons Lord Timpson answered questions on the answer given to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons on Tuesday 14 January. (at 15:53)

Financial Assistance to Ukraine Bill Lord Livermore moved that the bill be now read a second time. Then Lord Blencathra moved, as an amendment to the motion that the bill be now read a second time, at end insert “but regrets that the Bill as introduced does not include provisions to allow immobilised Russian state assets, reserves, or any other property to be used to fund financia… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 16:04)

Football Governance Bill [HL] The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 295A. Amendments 320 and 330 were agreed to. The House resumed and the bill was reported with amendments. The bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 59) (at 18:20)

Renters’ Rights Bill A bill to make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes, was brought from the Commons. It was read a first time and orde… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 23:27)

Renters’ Rights Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 60–EN)