House of Lords Business

Constitution The following Reports from the Select Committee were made and ordered to be printed: Space Industry Bill [HL]. (2nd Report, HL Paper 18) European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: interim report. (3rd Report, HL Paper 19)

Electoral spending limits: Wales A question was asked by Baroness Humphreys and answered by Lord Young of Cookham. (at 15:06)

Financial services: regulation A question was asked by Lord Leigh of Hurley and answered by Lord Bates. (at 15:14)

Prevent strategy A question was asked by Baroness Warsi and answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford. (at 15:22)

Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 A question was asked by Lord Howarth of Newport and answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford. (at 15:29)

Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill A bill to make provision enabling relief from non-domestic rates in England and Wales to be conferred in respect of hereditaments used for the purposes of facilitating the transmission of communications by any means involving the use of electrical or electromagnetic energy; and for connected purposes was brou… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 15:36)

Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Bill The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 65–EN)

Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Bill [HL] Lord Taylor of Holbeach, on behalf of Earl Howe, moved that the order of commitment of 11 July 2017 committing the bill to a Committee of the Whole House be discharged and that the bill be committed to a Grand Committee. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:36)

National Shipbuilding Strategy Baroness Goldie repeated a ministerial statement made in the House of Commons. (at 15:38)

Free childcare entitlements Lord Nash repeated as a ministerial statement the answer given to an Urgent Question in the House of Commons. (at 16:22)

National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017 Lord Hunt of Kings Heath moved that this House regrets that the National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017, and the associated Mandate to NHS England, do not require that in 2017–18 NHS England meets its obligation to ensure that 92 per cent of patients are treated within 18 weeks of referral; be… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 19:39)

Financial Guidance and Claims Bill [HL] The bill was further considered in Committee, beginning with amendment 42A. The House resumed after clause 4 was agreed to. (at 16:37)