What’s on in the Lords 6-10 March
3 March 2023
Questions
Topics this week include employing disabled workers, social mobility for the creative and cultural sector and addressing the gender pay gap.
Bills
Members continue committee stage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and further examination of the National Security Bill continues.
Debates
Look out for the House of Lords annual International Women’s Day debate on Friday.
Read on for more.
Thursday
From 11am
Questions
The House will question the government on:
- the report by the Cabinet Secretary on ultra vires expenditure by the Scottish Government
- methane flaring
- Theatre Tax Relief
- use of toxic chemicals against Iranian schoolgirls.
Legislation
Members will begin committee stage of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.
Friday
From 10am
Debate
The House will debate International Women’s Day and steps to support the education of women and girls in the UK and worldwide.
Catch up
Monday
From 2.30pm
Questions
Members quizzed the government for 40 minutes on:
- employing disabled workers
- carers in England and their contribution to the economy
- reviewing safety and reliability of USA and UK nuclear weapons
- workers’ rights.
Legislation
The Lords continued line by line check (committee stage) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
Urgent question repeat
Members pressed the government on testing of care home residents during the covid pandemic.
Statement
Members quizzed the government following a statement on Turkey and Syria earthquakes.
Regulations
Away from the chamber in Grand Committee, members considered regulations on:
- lump sum payments for those with Mesothelioma
- compensation for workers with Pneumoconiosis
- the National Minimum Wage
- the allocation of slots at congested airports.
Tuesday
From 2.30pm
Questions
The Lords quizzed the government on:
- preventing the leakage of future green investment from the UK
- social mobility in the creative and cultural sector
- support for health workers in Myanmar
- disapplied EU laws as a result of the Windsor Framework.
Urgent question repeat
Members pressed the government on impartiality in the civil service.
Legislation
Report stage of the National Security Bill continued with further examination of the bill.
In Grand Committee, the Lords continued committee stage of the Financial Services and Markets Bill.
Debate
Members debated the UKs collaboration with international partners to calm the violence and build lasting peace between the government of Israel and the Palestinian people.
Wednesday
From 3pm
Questions
Members pressed the government for 40 minutes on:
- financial provision on divorce
- addressing the gender pay gap
- improving women’s safety
- ministerial WhatsApp communications.
Legislation
The House concluded detailed checks of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill at committee stage.
Statement
Members questioned the government following a statement on the Illegal Immigration Bill.
Motion to regret
Members debated a ‘motion to regret’ school teachers qualifications and induction arrangements regulations. Put forward by Baroness Twycross, the motion regrets that the regulations will not prevent the continued fall in the number of overseas teachers qualifying to work in England over recent years and that the regulations demonstrate the government lack a coherent, holistic plan for the teaching workforce in England.
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