What's on in the Lords 18-21 September

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Questions

This week members quiz the government on preventing the spread of infections on migrant barges, manufacturing of semiconductors in the UK, a reduction of applications to nursing courses in England, train station ticket office closures and net zero challenges for British farmers.

Legislation

Members will consider Commons changes to the Online Safety Bill and continue to examine the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill and the Non-Domestic Rating Bill.

Debates

Look out for debates on the Justice and Home Affairs Committee report, 'All families matter', the European Affairs Committee report, 'The future UK-EU Relationship' and the Public Services Committee report, 'A response to the Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy'. The House will also have a general debate on the situation in Ukraine.

Committees

The Communications and Digital Committee continues its inquiry into large language models plus the Environment and Climate Change Committee continues to investigate electric vehicles.

Read on for more.

Wednesday

From 3pm

Questions

Members quiz the government on:

Debates

Members will debate:

Thursday

From 11am

Questions

Members will press the government on:

local authorities' house building targets
troop levels of the UK armed forces
abandonment of mandatory food waste reporting
fourth question to be determined.

Legislation

Members will complete final checks of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

Debates

Members will debate the situation in Ukraine.

Catch up

Monday

From 2.30pm

Questions

Members questioned the government on:

Legislation

Members considered the following private members' bills at third reading:

Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill
Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill
Firearms Bill

The House also concluded its further examination of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill at report stage.

Tuesday

From 2.30pm

Questions

Members quizzed the government on:

Legislation

Members considered Commons changes to the Online Safety Bill and continued further scrutiny of the Non-Domestic Rating Bill.

Statement

Members also quizzed the government following statements on the floods in Libya, RAAC in schools, West Coast Main Line, HS2, Tata Steel, Post Office compensation and Afghan resettlement.

Regulations

From 3.45pm

In Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, members debated regulations on:

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