Speakers' Lists for Debates

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Week beginning Monday 5 January 2026
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Tuesday 6 January 2026

Baroness Sheehan to move that this House takes note of the Report from the Environment and Climate Change Committee Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse (2nd Report, HL Paper 161).  (To be taken in Grand Committee)

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Physical Speakers (9) in alphabetical order:
  • L Ashcombe
  • B Bennett of Manor Castle
  • L Fuller
  • B Hayman of Ullock (Minister)
  • 5 L Jay of Ewelme
  • L Krebs
  • E Leicester
  • B Sheehan
  • B Young of Old Scone
Thursday 8 January 2026

Lord Fowler to move that this House takes note of recent developments in relation to broadcasting in the United Kingdom.

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Physical Speakers (23) in alphabetical order:
  • L Bailey of Paddington
  • L Black of Brentwood
  • B Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
  • V Chandos
  • 5 V Colville of Culross
  • L Fowler
  • L Hall of Birkenhead
  • L Hampton
  • L Hannay of Chiswick
  • 10 L Hastings of Scarisbrick
  • L Inglewood
  • B Kidron
  • B Lane-Fox of Soho
  • L Londesborough
  • 15 L McNally
  • L Morse
  • L Parkinson of Whitley Bay
  • B Prashar
  • B Stowell of Beeston
  • 20 L Taylor of Warwick
  • B Twycross (Minister)
  • L Vaizey of Didcot
  • L Young of Old Windsor
Thursday 8 January 2026

Lord Oates to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom’s responsibility to ensure that mining companies which operated in former British colonies during colonial rule address pollution that their activities caused in those countries.  (Question for short debate, 1 hour)

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Physical Speakers (5) in alphabetical order:
  • B Bennett of Manor Castle
  • B Chapman of Darlington (Minister)
  • L Hain
  • Bp Norwich
  • 5 L Oates
Thursday 8 January 2026

Baroness Coussins to move that this House takes note of of measures, such as visa waivers, to improve the supply chain of qualified modern foreign language teachers and the sustainability of language learning in schools and universities.

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Physical Speakers (17) in alphabetical order:
  • L Chartres
  • B Coussins
  • E Effingham
  • B Finlay of Llandaff
  • 5 L Freyberg
  • L Hampton
  • L Hannay of Chiswick
  • B Hooper
  • L Janvrin
  • 10 B Lane-Fox of Soho
  • L Mohammed of Tinsley
  • B Murphy
  • B Prashar
  • L Sherbourne of Didsbury
  • 15 B Smith of Malvern (Minister)
  • B Stuart of Edgbaston
  • L Willetts
Thursday 8 January 2026

Lord Fairfax of Cameron to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that advanced AI development remains safe and controllable, given the recent threat update warning from the Director General of MI5 that there are “potential future risks from non-human, autonomous AI systems which may evade human oversight and control”.  (Question for short debate to be taken in Grand Committee, 1 hour)

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Physical Speakers (11) in alphabetical order:
  • B Bennett of Manor Castle
  • B Browning
  • L Clement-Jones
  • L Fairfax of Cameron
  • 5 B Foster of Aghadrumsee
  • L Goldsmith of Richmond Park
  • L Griffiths of Burry Port
  • B Harding of Winscombe
  • B Kidron
  • 10 B Ritchie of Downpatrick
  • L Taylor of Warwick
Thursday 8 January 2026

Lord Krebs to ask His Majesty's Government how the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 will deliver the targets of the Environment Act 2021.  (Question for short debate to be taken in Grand Committee, 1 hour)

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Physical Speakers (7) in alphabetical order:
  • B Grender
  • B Hayman of Ullock (Minister)
  • B Jones of Moulsecoomb
  • L Krebs
  • 5 B McIntosh of Pickering
  • Bp Norwich
  • B Young of Old Scone
Thursday 8 January 2026

Lord Austin of Dudley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution that trade with Israel makes to the United Kingdom economy. (Question for short debate to be taken in Grand Committee, 1 hour)

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Physical Speakers (6) in alphabetical order:
  • B Altmann
  • L Austin of Dudley
  • L Gascoigne
  • L Livingston of Parkhead
  • 5 L Stevens of Birmingham
  • L Stockwood (Minister)
Thursday 8 January 2026

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include wider societal and economic benefits within the vaccine health technology assessment, rather than limiting evaluation solely to clinical outcomes. (Question for short debate to be taken in Grand Committee, 1 hour)

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Physical Speakers (3) in alphabetical order:
  • B Goudie
  • B Merron (Minister)
  • B Ritchie of Downpatrick

Week beginning Monday 5 January 2026

Sunday 28 December 2025

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