Today's List(s)

 

TODAY’S LISTS

MONDAY 26 OCTOBER 2026

[Notes about this document are set out at the end]

 

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm

Prayers by the Bishop of Hereford (5 minutes)

 

Introduction

The Lord Bishop of Durham will be introduced

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Lord Sharpe of Epsom to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in reforming environmental, social and governance rules to ensure that they are not used by financial institutions to deny banking services, including loans, to the UK defence sector.  (Lord Pitt-Watson, HMT)

* Baroness Berger to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish a single, government approved list of artificial intelligence tools that meet minimum safeguarding and data protection standards for use in schools.  (Baroness Smith of Malvern, DfE)

* Lord Redwood to ask His Majesty’s Government when they will publish a business plan for British Steel.  (Lord Leong, DBIST)

* Baroness Meyer to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of tax-free shopping on the economy.  (Lord Pitt-Watson, HMT)

 

Private Notice Question (15 minutes)

Baroness Goldie to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Russian shadow fleet vessel Leruo not being intercepted; and the potential implications of this for Russia’s on-going invasion of Ukraine.  (Lord Wood of Anfield, FCDO)

 

Questions on an Urgent Question made in the House of Commons on Thursday 22 October (10 minutes)

‘To ask His Majesty’s Government if they will make a statement on the deployment of RAF Typhoon aircraft to defend Saudi Arabia and the extension of air-to-air refuelling support for Saudi air operations, including those against Houthi targets in Yemen’ - Baroness Antrobus (MoD)

 

Main Business

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill – Report – Baroness Lloyd of Effra

• All members opening or winding are expected to keep remarks within 15 minutes, with the exception of ministers winding up who are expected to keep within 20 minutes.
• Other speakers within each group are expected to keep within 8 minutes.
• No member may speak more than once to an amendment except the mover of the amendment, or a member who has leave of the House.
• Arguments deployed at Committee should not be repeated at length on report.
• Members' speeches should not summarise or repeat at length points made by others, and if speaking more than once a Member should not repeat points they have already made.
• Members pressing or withdrawing an amendment must be brief and should not summarise the debate, nor revisit points made when moving the amendment

Target for the day:  to complete Report stage

Grouping of amendments:

g1, g91, g92, g93, g94, g95, g96, g97, g98, g99, g100, g101, g102, g103, g104, g106,
     g108, g109, g110, g111, g112, g113, g114, g115, g116, 117, 118, 119, g120, g121,
     g122, g123, g124, g125, g126, g127, g128, g129, g130, g131, g132, g133, g134,
     g135, g136, g137, g138, g139, g140, g141, g142, g143, g144, 145, 146, 147, g148,
     g149, g150, g151, g152, g153, g155, g156, g157, 164, 167

2, 3, 5, 58, 59, 60, 62, 64, 69, 78, g80, 81, g82, 83, 84, g85, 90, 105, 107, 160, 162

g4, g43, g44, g45, g46, g47, g48, g56, g57, g154

g6, 7, g8, 9, 10, 11, g12, g13, g14, g15, 16, g17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
     28, 29, g30, 31, 32, 33, 34, g35, 36, 37, 38, 39, g40, 42, g49, g50, g51, g52, g53,
     g54, g55, g63, 86, 159

41, 65, 66, 67, g68, g70, g71, g72, g73, g74, g75, g76, 79, g87, g88, g89

61, 158, 161, 165, 166

77, 163

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of Report stage on the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill

 

 

Business in Grand Committee in Committee Rooms 2A and 3A at 3.45pm

 

Railways Bill – Committee (day 7 of 7) – Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

• All members opening or winding are expected to keep remarks within 15 minutes, with the exception of ministers winding up who are expected to keep within 20 minutes.
• Other speakers within each group are expected to keep within 10 minutes.
• Members' speeches should not summarise or repeat at length points made by others, and if speaking more than once a Member should not repeat points they have already made.
• Members pressing or withdrawing an amendment must be brief and should not summarise the debate, nor revisit points made when moving the amendment

Target for the day:  to complete Committee stage

Grouping of amendments:

266, 267, 268, 268A, 269, 270, 271, Cl 71 S/P, 340 - adjourned debate

272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 280A, 281, 282, 283, Cl 72 S/P, 284, 285

283A, 283B, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, g293, 291, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299,
     300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305 - already debated

291A, 291B, 330JB, 330JC, 330JD

305ZA, Cl 95 S/P, 309, 310, 312, 321, 322, 323, 330A, 330B, 330H, 330JE, 330JF

305A, 305B, 306, 306A, 307, 308, 311, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 324,
     325 - already debated

326, 346, 347

327, 328, 329, 330, 330C, 330D, 330E, 330F, 330G, 330J, 330JA, 330K, 331, 332,
     333, 333A, 334, 334A, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345
     - already debated

 

Estimated Rising Time

The Grand Committee is expected to rise at around 8.45pm

 

 

Notes:

• This document sets out the matters for the day’s business which the Government Whips’ Office coordinates: Speakers’ Lists (Companion 4.26), ministerial statements (Companion 6.02) and the grouping of amendments (Companion 8.70). It is not the formal order paper, which is produced by the Clerk of the Parliaments and is available from the Printed Paper Office and https://lordsbusiness.parliament.uk/
• Time estimates are best endeavours: there is no certainty other than for formally time-limited business. It is the duty of individual members to observe the rules on attendance at debate (Companion 4.32) and, in particular, to ensure that they are present for the start of business in which they wish to take part.
• The number of sessions shown for a stage of a bill represents the Government’s assessment of reasonable time given the balance of bills and remaining days to the likely end of the session. Progress remains in the hands of the House. Report stage is usually half the length of Committee.
• The grouping of amendments is informal. Although every effort is made to secure agreement to groupings, any peer may speak to an amendment in its place on the Marshalled List. “g” before an amendment indicates a Government amendment.
• Speaking in debates (Companion 4.34): A member of the House who is taking part in a debate (including general debates and debates on amendments or motions) should attend the start, end and greater part of that debate. In addition, it is considered discourteous for members not to be present for at least the opening speeches, the speeches before and after their own, and for the winding-up speeches.  Ministers may decide not to answer, orally or in writing, points made by a speaker who does not stay to hear the Minister's closing speech. Members who believe that they are unlikely to be able to stay until the end of a debate should not seek to participate in it (and if the debate has a speakers' list, should remove their names from the list).