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Procedure and Privileges The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park), on behalf of the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble), moved that the Report from the Select Committee Procedural adaptations arising from the hybrid House; Interim option of voting using PeerHub; Ongoing virtual participation by disabled members (1st Report, HL Paper 41) be agreed to. Then Lord Adonis moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of the Senior Deputy Speaker, at end insert "but that this House believes it should sit from 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays." After debate, the amendment was disagreed to (see division 1). Then Lord Balfe moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of the Senior Deputy Speaker, at end insert "but that this House believes that the Lord Speaker should call members during oral questions, in a manner similar to that which pertains in the House of Commons; and calls on the Procedure and Privileges Committee to consider this matter and report by 31 October at the latest." The amendment was disagreed to (see division 2). Then the original motion was agreed to.

Tuesday 13 July 2021 between 13:17 and 17:51

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Procedure and Privileges The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park), on behalf of the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble), moved that the Report from the Select Committee Procedural adaptations arising from the hybrid House; Interim option of voting using PeerHub; Ongoing virtual participation by disabled members (1st Report, HL Paper 41) be agreed to. Then Lord Adonis moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of the Senior Deputy Speaker, at end insert "but that this House believes it should sit from 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays." After debate, the amendment was disagreed to (see division 1). Then Lord Balfe moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of the Senior Deputy Speaker, at end insert "but that this House believes that the Lord Speaker should call members during oral questions, in a manner similar to that which pertains in the House of Commons; and calls on the Procedure and Privileges Committee to consider this matter and report by 31 October at the latest." The amendment was disagreed to (see division 2). Then the original motion was agreed to.

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