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Minutes for 10 November 2020

Chamber

The House met at 12 noon. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Durham. (at 12:00)
Item number 1
Personal statement Lord Inglewood made a personal statement. (at 12:07)
Item number 2
Public Services The following Report from the Select Committee was made and ordered to be printed: A critical juncture for public services: lessons from COVID-19. (1st Report, HL Paper 167)
Item number 3
Gender-based violence A question was asked by Baroness Anelay of St Johns and answered by Baroness Sugg. (at 12:09)
Item number 4
COVID-19: dental services A question was asked by Baroness Walmsley and answered by Lord Bethell. (at 12:20)
Item number 5
Waste Prevention Programme A question was asked by Baroness Parminter and answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park. (at 12:32)
Item number 6
COVID-19: Football League A question was asked by Lord Clark of Windermere and answered by Baroness Barran. (at 12:42)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 12:53)
Item number 7
COVID-19: Vaccine Taskforce A private notice question was asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town and answered by Lord Callanan. (at 13:00)
Item number 8
Blood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Bethell, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 13:09)
Item number 9
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Bethell, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 13:09)
Item number 10
Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Bethell, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 October 2020 be approved en bloc. The motion was agreed to. (at 13:09)
Item number 11
Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Bethell, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 13:09)
Item number 12
Environment and Wildlife (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 12 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 13:10)
Item number 13
Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 13:10)
Item number 14
Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, on behalf of Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to en bloc. (at 13:10)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 13:11)
Item number 15
COVID-19 regulations: assisted deaths abroad Lord Bethell answered questions on an answer to an Urgent Question on Coronavirus Regulations and Assisted Deaths Abroad, asked in the House of Commons on Thursday 5 November. (at 13:21)
Item number 16
Jonathan Taylor: SBM Offshore Baroness Sugg answered questions on an answer to an Urgent Question on Jonathan Taylor and SBM Offshore, asked in the House of Commons on Monday 9 November. (at 13:32)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 13:38)
Item number 17
United Kingdom Terrorism Threat Level Baroness Williams of Trafford answered questions on a Ministerial statement on the United Kingdom Terrorism Threat Level, made in the House of Commons on Thursday 5 November. (at 13:41)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 14:12)
Item number 18
Organic Products (Production and Control) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Lord Gardiner of Kimble moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 October 2020 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 14:20)
Item number 19
Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Lord Gardiner of Kimble moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 12 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 15:08)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 15:08)
Item number 20
Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Lord Greenhalgh moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 October 2020 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 15:20)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 17:04)
Item number 21
Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Penn moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 October 2020 be approved. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 16:21)
Item number 22
Securities Financing Transactions, Securitisation and Miscellaneous Amendments (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Penn moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 17:03)
Item number 23
Financial Holding Companies (Approval etc.) and Capital Requirements (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Penn moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 October 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 17:03)
Item number 24
Bearer Certificates (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations 2020 Baroness Penn moved that the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 September 2020 be approved. The motion was agreed to. (at 17:04)
The House adjourned. The House resumed. (at 15:34)
Item number 25
Economy update Lord Agnew of Oulton answered questions on a Ministerial statement on Economy Update, made in the House of Commons on Thursday 5 November. (at 17:20)
The House adjourned at 5.52pm until Wednesday 11 November at 12.00pm.

Grand Committee

The Grand Committee met in the Committee Room 2A at 2.30pm.

Communications Act (e-Commerce) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Barran moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Communications Act (e-Commerce) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 14:31)
Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Baroness Barran moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 15:46)
Common Rules for Exports (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Lord Grimstone of Boscobel moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Common Rules for Exports (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 17:00)
Prevention of Trade Diversion (Key Medicines) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 Lord Grimstone of Boscobel moved that the Grand Committee do consider the draft Prevention of Trade Diversion (Key Medicines) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 18:15)
The Committee adjourned at 6.40pm.
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