Today's List(s)

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TODAY’S LISTS

MONDAY 7 OCTOBER 2024

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

 

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm
Prayers by the Bishop of Oxford (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Lord Balfe to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to build a closer relationship with the European Union.  (Baroness Twycross, CO)

* Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to continue the national £2 cap on bus fares, which is scheduled to end on 31 December.  (Baroness Blake of Leeds, DfT)

* Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of diplomatic tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia, and the implications for regional stability.  (Baroness Chapman of Darlington, FCDO)

* Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement the recommendations of the report of the Commission on Justice in Wales, chaired by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd.  (Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, MoJ)

 

Main Business

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill – Second Reading – Baroness Blake of Leeds

There is no official time limit for this debate.  However, as stated in the Companion, backbench contributions should be kept to within 15 minutes

Speakers:

B Blake of Leeds

E Effingham

L Bradshaw

L Liddle

5          L Young of Cookham

L Faulkner of Worcester

L Grayling  (Maiden)

L McLoughlin

L Tunnicliffe

10        B Pidgeon  (Maiden)

B Scott of Needham Market

L Moynihan

L Berkeley

B Jones of Moulsecoomb

15        L Browne of Ladyton

L Balfe

L Cryer  (Maiden)

L Snape

L Inglewood

20        L Sikka

B Brinton

V Hanworth

L Fairfax of Cameron

L Whitty

 

25        B Randerson

L Moylan

B Blake of Leeds

 

  • commitment motion – Baroness Blake of Leeds

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at around 7.30pm.

 

 

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.
  • 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).