What's on in the Lords 12-14 February
9 February 2024
Questions
This week members question the government on support for special education needs in schools, prohibiting 'nudify' apps, self-employed workers in the music industry, pupil absence rates, oversupply of petrochemicals impacting plastic recycling, and the investment plan for Network North.
Questions to Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, are coming up on Tuesday. Topics cover reducing debt in the developing world, children in Gaza, AUKUS security partnership and recognising a Palestinian state.
Bills
The Lords begins detailed check and change of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill from Monday, and continues line by line check of the Victims and Prisoners Bill on Tuesday.
Committees
- The Preterm Birth Committee begins its inquiry into the prevention, and consequences, of preterm birth.
- The Statutory Inquiries Committee hears from Sir John Saunders, Chair of Manchester Arena Inquiry, Kate Eves, Chair of Brook House Inquiry,
and Brian Altman KC. - The Communications and Digital Committee hears from senior figures in the British press as part of its inquiry into the future of news.
Read on for more.
Catch up
Monday
From 2.30pm
Questions
The Lords pressed the government on:
- staffing in local planning authorities
- support for special educational needs in schools
- touring for self-employed workers in the music industry
- testing of computer systems.
Urgent question
Members also quizzed the government in an urgent question on the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers.
Legislation
The Lords began detailed check and change of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill at committee stage.
Tuesday
From 2.30pm
Questions
Members questioned the government on:
- combating disinformation
- oversupply of petrochemicals and plastic recycling
- reviewing pupil absence rates as part of Ofsted inspections
- prohibiting 'nudify' apps.
Members also asked four questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, on:
- reducing debt in the developing world
- security of the children of Gaza
- AUKUS security partnership
- recognising a Palestinian state.
Legislation
Members continued to check and change the Victims and Prisoners Bill and considered regulations on the Windsor Framework.
Regulations
From 4.15pm
In Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, members consider regulations on:
- occupational pension schemes
- sea fisheries
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
- money laundering.
Wednesday
From 11am
Questions
The Lords questioned the government on:
- financial difficulties for local authorities
- access to medicines for lung cancer patients
- Network North investment
- food imports.
Legislation
Members continued detailed check and change of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill at committee stage.
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