Today's List(s)

TODAY’S LISTS

WEDNESDAY 21 MAY 2025

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

 

Business in the Chamber at 3pm

Prayers by the Bishop of St Albans (5 minutes)

 

Oral Questions (40 minutes)

* Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made on plans to expedite and streamline armed forces recruitment processes.  (Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, MoD)

* Baroness Berger to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the challenges facing young people from online harms, as raised in the Netflix drama series Adolescence.  (Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, DSIT)

* Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard to ask His Majesty’s Government, following the declassification of files which stated that the Government “turned a blind eye” to serious crimes of the IRA in 2001, whether they will refer any murder cases to the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.  (Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, NIO)

* The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the cyber resilience of UK businesses, organisations and government systems.  (Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, CO)

 

Questions on an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Wednesday 14 May (40 minutes)

‘Government Response to the Infected Blood Inquiry’ - Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (CO)

 

Followed by a repeat of an Oral Statement made in the House of Commons on Tuesday 20 May (40 minutes)

‘UK-EU Summit’ - Baroness Smith of Basildon (LHoL)

 

Main Business

Employment Rights Bill – Committee (day 5 of 7) – Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

• 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 132

Grouping of amendments:

99, 100

101, 101A - already debated

101B, 141A

101C - already debated

102

Cl 23 S/P, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 107A, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, Sch 3 S/P, 113, 123, 334

113ZA, 113A, 113B, 114, 115, 115A, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 120A, 120B, 121, 122

124, 125, 126, 127, 128 - already debated

129

130 - already debated

131, 297, 314

132, 137

133, 303, 304

134, 135, 136, 138, 139 - already debated

140

141

141B

141C, 141D, 141E, 141F, 142, 142A, 142B

143

143A, 143AA, 200AA, 200AB, 200ABA, 200AC, 200AD, 200AE, 200AF, 200AG, 200AH, 200AI, 200AJ, 200AK, g200B, g200C, 204A, 204B, 323A, 330A, 330B, 330C

143B

144 - already debated

Cl 31 S/P

145

146

147 - already debated

148, 149, 150, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 315, 316, 323B

151, 174, 175, 180

152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 179

181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, Cl 51 S/P

200A

201

203, 257, 260, 322

204C

205, 206, 207, 208, Cl 55 S/P

209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214

215, 332

Cl 57 S/P, g215A, g215B, g215C, g215D, g215E, g215F, g215G, g215H, g215I, g215J, g215K, 216, g216A, g216B, g216C, g216D, g216E, g216F, g216G, g216H, g216I, g216J, g216K, g216L, g216M, g216N, g216P, g216Q, g216R, g216S, g216T, g216U, g216V, g216W, g216X, 216Y, 216Z, 216Z1, Sch 6 S/P

217, 218, 218A, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, Cl 59 S/P

224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, Cl 62 S/P, 237, 333

238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 253, 261

244, 245, Cl 66 S/P, 246, Cl 69 S/P, 249, 251, Cl 71 S/P, Cl 72 S/P

247, 248, 250

252, 253A

254, 255

256

257A

258, 263, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, Cl 95 S/P, 272, 274, 277, 278, 279, 328, 330

259, 284, 285, 286, 288, 331

262

263A, 267A, 273, g279H, 323, 330ZA

264, 265, 324

g264A, g265A, g271A, g272A, g273M, g273P, g273S, g279A, g279B, g279C, g279D, g279E, g279F, g279G

267B, 267C, 268A, 271ZA, 271ZB, 271ZC, 271B, 271C, 272ZA

Cl 113 S/P, Cl 114 S/P

272B, 272C, 273A, 273B, 273C, 273D, 273E, 273F, 273G, 273H, 273I, 273J, 273K, 273L, 273N, 273PA, 273Q, 273R

275

276

279ZA, 279ZB

Cl 149 S/P, S12 S/P, 299, 300

280

281, 282, 283 - already debated

287, 301, 302

305, 306, 307, 308, 309

310, 311, 312, 319

313

317, 326, 329

318

320

321

Cl 151 S/P

325, 326A

327 - already debated

335

 

 

Estimated rising time

The House is expected to rise at around 10pm

Business in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 4.15pm

 

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to move to move that the Grand Committee takes note of the proposed National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation.

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:

L Hunt of Kings Heath

L Howell of Guildford

L Ravensdale

L Liddle

5          B Maclean of Redditch (Maiden)

B Coffey

L Wigley

L Browne of Ladyton

L Inglewood

 

E Russell

B Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist

L Hunt of Kings Heath

 

 

Estimated Rising Time

The Grand Committee is expected to rise by 8.15pm

 

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).