Today's List(s)

 

TODAY’S LISTS

TUESDAY 20 MAY 2025

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

 

Business in the Chamber at 2.30pm

Prayers by the Bishop of Gloucester (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Lord Addington to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have a plan to support the use of assistive technology throughout an individual’s education and adult life.   (Baroness Smith of Malvern, DfE)

* Baroness Alexander of Cleveden to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reverse recent declines in healthy life expectancy, and to address poverty-related inequalities in life expectancy.  (Baroness Merron, DHSC)

* Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in establishing a Contact Group for Sudan ceasefire talks.  (Lord Collins of Highbury, FCDO)

* Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames to ask His Majesty’s Government, following the exoneration of Peter Sullivan after 38 years in prison, what assessment they have made of performance of the Criminal Cases Review Commission in dealing with cases of miscarriage of justice quickly and decisively.  (Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, MoJ)

 

Questions on an Urgent Question made in the House of Commons on Monday 19 May (10 minutes)

‘To ask His Majesty’s Government if they will make a statement regarding the NHS Volunteer and Care Service’.  Baroness Merron (DHSC)

 

Main Business

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – Committee (day 1 of 7) – Baroness Smith of Malvern

• 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 should normally be brief.

Target for the day:   to complete the group beginning with amendment 34

Grouping of amendments:

1

2, 15, 16

3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19

4, 6, 17

5

20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, Cl 2 S/P 

29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 40

30, 37

33, Cl 3 S/P, 508, 509

34, 38

41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 49,52, 53, 61 

44, 47, 48

50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63

51, 64

65

66

67, 173, 505 

68, 69, 167, 169, 171, 172

70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 104, 146

77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83

84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 164 

95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 106, 130, 153

101, 102, 103

105, 134, 143, 178

107, 145

108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117

118, 119, 129, 144, 165, 170

120, 121, 122, 123, 124, g125, 126, 127, g128, 131, 132, 133

135, 136, 137, 138, 139

140, 141, 142, 174 

147, g148, g149, g150, 151, 152 

154, 155, 156, g157, g158, 168, 176, 228, 376, 377, g503, g506, g507, g510, g511,
     g512, g513, g514

159, 160

161, 175, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 194

162, 163

166

177, 458

179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 486

188, 189, 191, 192, 193 

195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 484 

203, 204, 207, 211, 213, 214, 215, 219, 221, 289, 361, 364

205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 212, 216, 217, 218, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 381, 403, 418

226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 254, 279, 286, 318, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326,
     327, Cl 31 S/P, 332, 333, 385

234, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252,
     253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283,
     284, 285, 287, 331, 353

235, 236, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 275, 297, 305, 307, 308, 319,
     328, 375, 379, 394, 504

270, 380, 382, 388, 389, 395, 397, 400, 415, 420, 421, 424 

274, 276, 320, 329, 330, 425

288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304

306, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 383, 390, 396, 401, 402, 407, 408,
     410, 411, 412, 413, 419, 422, 478

334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 356,
     357, 358, 359, 360, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, Cl 32 S/P, 372,
     373, 374, 386, 391, 392, 405

350, 351, 352, 354, 355, 406

378, 384, 387, 393, 398, 399, 404, 409, 414, 416, 417, 423, 468, 473, 476, 477

426, 427, Cl 36 S/P, 428, 429, 430, g431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436

437, Cl 46 S/P, 438, 439, 495 

440, 441, 442, 443, Cl 47 S/P, 444, 460, 474, 492, 497

445, Cl 49 S/P, 446, Cl 50 S/P, 447, 448

449, 450, 451, 452, Cl 55 S/P, 453, 454, Cl 56 S/P, 455, 456, 457, Cl 57 S/P, 475, 480 

459, 464, 501

461, 491, 498

462, 472, 479, 500

463, 465, 466, 467, 471, 496

469, 470

481, 483, 499

482, 490, 502

485, 487, 488, 489

493, 494

 

Dinner Break Business - at a convenient point around 7.30pm

Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Monday 19 May (40 minutes)

‘Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity Incident’ - Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (MoJ)

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at around 10pm

 

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.
• “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).