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Minutes for 21 March 2019

Chamber

Item number 1
War criminals: international mechanisms for prosecution A question was asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool, on behalf of Lord Hylton, and answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. (at 11:06)
Item number 2
Sibling couples A question was asked by Lord Lexden and answered by Lord Bates. (at 11:14)
Item number 3
Yoga A question was asked by Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe and answered by the Earl of Courtown. (at 11:22)
Item number 4
Housing: Future Homes Standard A question was asked by Baroness Thomas of Winchester and answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth. (at 11:30)
Item number 5
Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Manzoor moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 5 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:37)
Item number 6
Genetically Modified Food and Feed (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Manzoor moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 5 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:37)
Item number 7
Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Manzoor moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 5 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:37)
Item number 8
Novel Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Manzoor moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 4 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:37)
Item number 9
Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Sugg moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:37)
Item number 10
Aviation Noise (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Sugg moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:37)
Item number 11
Aviation Statistics (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Sugg moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:37)
Item number 12
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications and Repeals and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Lord Callanan moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 January 2019 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 11:38)
Item number 13
Common Agricultural Policy and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Vere of Norbiton, on behalf of Lord Gardiner of Kimble, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 21 January 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:43)
Item number 14
Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Vere of Norbiton, on behalf of Lord Gardiner of Kimble, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:43)
Item number 15
Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Vere of Norbiton, on behalf of Lord Gardiner of Kimble, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:43)
Item number 16
Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Vere of Norbiton, on behalf of Lord Gardiner of Kimble, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 4 March 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:43)
Item number 17
State Aid (Agriculture and Fisheries) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Vere of Norbiton, on behalf of Lord Gardiner of Kimble, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 March 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:43)
Item number 18
Food and Drink, Veterinary Medicines and Residues (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Vere of Norbiton moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:43)
Item number 19
Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Vere of Norbiton moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 11:43)
Item number 20
Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Sugg moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 25 February 2019 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 11:44)
Item number 21
Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Sugg moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 12:31)
Item number 22
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 Viscount Younger of Leckie repeated as a ministerial statement the answer given to an Urgent Question in the House of Commons. (at 12:32)
Item number 23
Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Lord Berkeley moved that this House regrets that the Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/345), laid before the House on 26 February, will cost United Kingdom businesses excessively in operating a potentially diverging range of safety and other railway standards from those of… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 12:45)
Item number 24
Common Rules for Access to the International Market for Coach and Bus Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Sugg moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 26 February 2019 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 13:48)
Item number 25
Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Lord Bates moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 25 February 2019 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 14:21)
Item number 26
Electronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Lord Bates moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 25 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 14:47)
Item number 27
Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Manzoor moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 January 2019 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 14:47)
Item number 28
Health Services (Cross-Border Health Care and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Manzoor moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 February 2019 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 15:19)
Item number 29
Social Security Coordination (Reciprocal Healthcare) (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Manzoor moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 11 February 2019 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 16:02)
Item number 30
Chemicals (Health and Safety) and Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Baroness Buscombe moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 18 February 2019 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 16:03)
The House adjourned at 4.54pm until Monday 25 March at 2.30pm.
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