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TODAY’S LISTS
MONDAY 11 DECEMBER 2023
[Notes about this document are set out at the end]
Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
Prayers by the Bishop of Durham (5 minutes)
Oral Questions (40 minutes)
* Baroness Sheehan to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the National Infrastructure Commission that there is no public policy case for hydrogen heating, set out in the Second National Infrastructure Assessment published in October. (Lord Callanan, DESNZ)
* Baroness Tyler of Enfield to ask His Majesty’s Government how many banking hubs have been established in response to bank branch closures since January 2022, and whether they are taking steps to facilitate the establishment of a national network of banking hubs. (Baroness Vere of Norbiton, HMT)
* Lord Aberdare to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in determining how to end the practice of cash retentions in the construction sector, and whether they plan to meet the 2025 target date for achieving zero retentions proposed by the Build UK Roadmap and endorsed by the Construction Leadership Council in 2019. (Lord Offord of Garvel, DBT)
* Lord Leong to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ending of local enterprise partnerships’ funding and the impact on local economic development. (Baroness Penn, DLUHC)
Business expected to be brief
Statutory Instrument approval motion – Lord Davies of Gower
Statutory Instrument approval motion – Lord Benyon
Main Business
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill – Committee (day 1 of 2) – Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Target for the day: to complete the group beginning with Cl 16 S/P
Grouping of amendments:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
20, Cl 13 S/P, Sch S/P, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Cl 16 S/P, 27, 28, Cl 17 S/P, 29, 30, 31, 32, g33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, g40, g41, g42, Cl 20 S/P
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51A, 52, 53, 54, 55, 55A
g56, 57, 58, g59, g60
At a convenient time around 6.45pm
Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Thursday 7 December
‘Cyber Democratic Interference’ – Lord Benyon (FCDO)
Followed by Last business
Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. (Time-limited to 1½ hours)
Speakers:
B Anelay of St Johns
B Chakrabarti
B Falkner of Margravine
Bp Durham
5 B Helic
L Alton of Liverpool
B Fox of Buckley
L Herbert of South Downs
L Harries of Pentregarth
10 L Thomas of Gresford
L Collins of Highbury
B Swinburne
Except for Baroness Anelay (10 minutes) and Baroness Swinburne (12 minutes), all speeches are limited to 6 minutes.
Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise at around 9pm.
Business in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.45pm
Pedicabs (London) Bill – Committee – Lord Davies of Gower
Target for the day: to complete Committee stage
Grouping of amendments:
1, 2, 6, 10, 13, 15, 27, 29, 30, 37, 41, g44, 45, g46, Cl 6 S/P
3, 4, 5, 8, 42, g43, g50
7, 9, Cl 1 S/P, 12, 14, 16, 31, 47, 48, 52
11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34, 51
28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 49
Estimated Rising Time
The Grand Committee is expected to rise at around 7.45pm.
Notes:
Estimated Rising Time:
Chamber:
The House is expected to rise at around 9pm.
Grand Committee:
The Grand Committee is expected to rise at around 7.45pm.
Questions on an Oral Statement:
‘Cyber Democratic Interference’ – Lord Benyon (FCDO)