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Minutes for 14 October 2021

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The House met at 11.00am. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Oxford. (at 11:00)
Item number 1
Lord Offord of Garvel Malcolm Ian Offord, having been created Lord Offord of Garvel, of Greenock in Renfrewshire, for life by Letters Patent dated 13 October 2021, was introduced between Lord Forsyth of Drumlean and Lord Kirkham, took and subscribed the oath and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct. (at 11:07)
Item number 2
Notification of retirement The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the House that he had received written notice from Lord Hunt of Chesterton under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 stating that he would retire from the House on 30 October.
Item number 3
Iraqi interpreters A question was asked by Baroness Coussins and answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford. (at 11:12)
Item number 4
Royal Navy: ships and frigates A question was asked by Lord West of Spithead and answered by Baroness Goldie. (at 11:23)
Item number 5
Metal theft A question was asked by Lord Faulkner of Worcester and answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford. (at 11:34)
Item number 6
Culling of pigs A question was asked by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch and answered by Lord Benyon. (at 11:46)
Item number 7

Business of the House Lord Ashton of Hyde, on behalf of the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park), moved that Standing Order 44 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one day) be dispensed with on Tuesday 19 October 2021 to allow the Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill to be taken through its remaining stages that day… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 11:57)

Item number 8
Social care in England (3-hour debate) Baroness Pitkeathley moved that (1) this House takes note of the challenges facing Social Care in England following the pandemic, and (2) further notes the effect that (a) the Health and Social Care Levy, and (b) Her Majesty’s Government's Social Care plans, may have. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 11:58)
Item number 9
Gambling-related harms A question was asked by the Lord Bishop of St Albans and, after debate, answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay. (at 14:15)
Item number 10
Inequalities of region and place (2-hour debate) Lord Liddle moved that this House takes note of the case for producing a (1) coherent, (2) cost effective, and (3) longer-term, regional strategy to tackle inequalities of region and place. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 15:14)
Item number 11
Free Trade Agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway The Earl of Kinnoull moved that this House takes note of the Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, laid before the House on 16 July. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 17:10)
The House adjourned at 6.23pm until Monday 18 October at 2.30pm.
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