What's on in the Lords 24-28 October

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Highlights of what’s coming up this week:

Questions

Look out for questions on the impact of the value of the pound on food imports and food security, building new homes, tax rates and prohibiting private companies issuing penalties for public space protection orders.

Debates

Members will debate the 50^th anniversary of the expulsion of Asians from Uganda, freedom of expression in the digital age and representations to Iran following the recent demonstrations.

Read on for more.

Thursday 27 October

From 11am

Questions

Members will question the government for 40 minutes on:

Debates

Members of the House of Lords will debate the following topics:

Short Debate

For one hour, members will debate representations to the government of Iran concerning the recent demonstrations.

Friday 28 October

From 10am

Legislation

The House of Lords will debate the key principles and main purpose of the following private members' bills at second reading:

Catch up

Monday 24 October

Questions

Members pressed the government for 40 minutes on:

Regulations

Members considered regulations relating to Universal Credit with a motion to regret.

Legislation

The Lords conducted detailed checks of the Energy Prices Bill at committee stage and all remaining stages.

From 3.45pm

In Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, the House of Lords continued line by line examination of the Procurement Bill on day six of committee stage.

Statements

Members questioned the government following statements on:

Tuesday 25 October

Questions

Members quizzed the government on:

Legislation

Members ‘tidied up’ the Energy Prices Bill at third reading and began line by line scrutiny of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill at committee stage.

Regulations

In Grand Committee, the House of Lords considered the following orders and regulations:

Wednesday 26 October

Questions

Members questioned the government for 40 minutes on:

Short Debate

For one hour, the House of Lords debated granting an automatic right to a British Passport to people born in the Republic of Ireland who have lived in Northern Ireland for 50 years or more.

Legislation

Members made further changes to the Seafarers’ Wages Bill at report stage.

Later, the Lords continued line by line scrutiny of the Procurement Bill on day seven of committee stage.

Urgent questions

Members pressed the government on two urgent questions made in the House of Commons on:

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