What's on in the Lords 13-16 June
10 June 2022
Highlights of what happened from 13-16 June:
Questions
Lords questions on households in food poverty, unpaid leave for those with caring responsibilities, preventing the use of fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic and UK aid money allocated to Ukraine and neighbouring countries since the Russian invasion.
Bills
Members continued line by line examination of the Schools Bill, the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill and the Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill at committee stage.
Debates
The House raised concerns on nursing staffing levels across the UK, and the impact on nurses and the people they are caring for.
Read on for more.
Catch up
Monday 13 June
Questions
Members pressed the government on:
- banning Bain & Co public sector contacts
- effects on food security of corporations purchasing arable land to offset carbon emissions
- number of households in fuel poverty
- the Sewel Convention.
Legislation
Members of the House of Lords examined the Schools Bill on day 2 of 5 of committee stage.
Regulations
In Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, members debated new regulations on:
- smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
- Terrorism Act 2000 and code of practice for examining officers
- motor vehicles (international circulation)
- Contracts for Difference and electricity market reform
- construction contracts.
Statement
Members questioned the government following a statement on the Government Food Strategy.
Tuesday 14 June
Questions
Members questioned the government on:
- unpaid leave for those with caring responsibilities
- ban on the import and sale of fur
- election fraud
- unused Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Legislation
Members started line by line examination of the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill at committee stage.
Urgent question repeat
Members quizzed the government's response to an urgent question on the planned removals of asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Wednesday 15 June
Questions
Members questioned the government on:
- uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations in the UK and plans to increase vaccination rates for other conditions
- fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic
- availability of defibrillators
- the impact of reducing the number of civil servants.
Statement
Members questioned a government statement on its migration and economic partnership with Rwanda.
Legislation
Members of the House of Lords examined the Schools Bill on day 3 of 5 of committee stage.
Short Debate
Members debated the International Energy Agency's report on net zero.
Regulations
In Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, members debated the following:
Thursday 16 June
Questions
Members questioned the government on:
- the apprenticeship levy scheme being 'not fit for purpose'
- prison officers claiming full occupational pension
- aid money allocated to Ukraine and neighbouring countries
- Ukraine: weapons supply.
Debates
Members of the House of Lords debated the following:
- location of both Houses of Parliament
- report by the Royal College of Nursing: 'Nursing Under Unsustainable Pressure: Staffing for Safe and Effective Care'
- the pig farming industry in England.
Legislation
In Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, members will began line by line check of the Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill at committee stage.
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