Ministers, Spokespersons and Whips in the House of Lords:

Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Collins of Highbury

Department for Business and Trade
Minister:  Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Cabinet Office
Spokesperson:  Baroness Twycross

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Minister:  Baroness Twycross

Ministry of Defence
Minister:  Lord Coaker

Department for Education
Minister: Baroness Smith of Malvern

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Minister: Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Minister:  Baroness Hayman of Ullock

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Minister:  Lord Collins of Highbury
Minister:  Baroness Chapman of Darlington

Government Equalities Office
Spokesperson:  Baroness Smith of Malvern
Spokesperson:  Lord Colllins of Highbury

Department of Health and Social Care
Minister:  Baroness Merron

Home Office
Minister:  Lord Hanson of Flint

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government 
Minister:  Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Minister:  Lord Khan of Burnley

Ministry of Justice
Minister:  Lord Timpson
Minister:  Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Law Officers:
Attorney General:  Lord Hermer
Advocate General for Scotland:  Catherine Smith KC

Northern Ireland Office
Spokesperson:  Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Minister: Lord Vallance of Balham
Minister:  Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Scotland Office
Spokesperson:  Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

Department for Transport
Minister:  Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE

HM Treasury
​Minister:  Lord Livermore

Wales Office
Spokesperson:  Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

Department for Work and Pensions
Minister:  Baroness Sherlock OBE


House of Lords Government Whips:

Government Chief Whip and Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms
Rt Hon Lord Kennedy of Southwark
 

Government Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of The King's Bodyguard of the
Yeomen of the Guard

Baroness Wheeler MBE

Government Whips (Baronesses and Lords in Waiting)
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Baroness Blake of Leeds
Lord Cryer
Lord Leong
Baroness Twycross

 

Wednesday 30 October 2024

06:50:12


Estimate Rising Time:

The House is expected to rise at around 9pm.

 

Questions on an Urgent Question:

‘To ask His Majesty’s Government if they will make a statement on his recent visit to China and what steps he took to raise China’s widely reported human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the case of British Citizen Jimmy Lai, and the lifting of sanctions on British Parliamentarians.’  Baroness Chapman of Darlington, (FCDO)

 

Questions on an Oral Statement:

‘Independent Water Commission’ - Baroness Hayman of Ullock (DEFRA)

 

A Repeat of an Oral Statement:

‘Middle East’ – Lord Collins of Highbury (FCDO)

 

Questions on an Oral Statement:

‘Fiscal Rules’ – Lord Livermore (HMT)