House of Lords Business

Holocaust Memorial Bill The Examiner certified that no further Standing Order is applicable.

Ministry of Defence: expenditure A question was asked by Baroness Goldie and answered by Lord Coaker. (at 11:07)

Government standards A question was asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town and answered by the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Smith of Basildon). (at 11:18)

Fundamental rights and the rule of law A question was asked by Baroness Chakrabarti and answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede. (at 11:29)

Global IT outage A question was asked by Lord Harris of Haringey and answered by Baroness Twycross. (at 11:39)

Crown Estate Bill [HL] Lord Livermore presented a bill to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961. It was read a first time and ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 5) (at 11:50)

Crown Estate Bill [HL] The Explanatory Notes on the bill were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 5–EN)

Business of the House The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Smith of Basildon) moved that, until 24 January 2026, Standing Order 9(5) (Hereditary peers: by-elections) be amended as follows: leave out “three” and insert “eighteen”. After debate, the motion was agreed to. (at 11:51)

King's Speech The debate was resumed on the motion that a Humble Address be presented to His Majesty as follows: "Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg leave to thank Your Majesty for the most gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament." After… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text (at 12:04)