Lords
Proceedings
26 March 2026
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, as a pre-recess treat, I will update the House on planned recess dates. I have already announced most recess dates until Christmas this year. I will now add those for the short November weekend, when the plan is to rise at the conclusion of business on Wednesday 4 November and return on Mo…
Lords
Oral Questions
26 March 2026
Golders Green Ambulance Attack
My Lords, I absolutely agree with the Minister’s assessment that this was a vile attack on the Jewish community. As a Christian, I stand in solidarity with that Jewish community today. Does the Minister agree with me that the growth of extremism and indeed the continued glorification and normalisati…
Lords
Oral Questions
26 March 2026
Antisemitism in International Human Rights Bodies
My Lords, does the Minister accept that the UN Human Rights Council has placed a disproportionate focus on Israel over the years? If she does accept that, what will the Government do to genuinely combat the institutional antisemitism that that can entrench?
Lords
Debate
25 March 2026
2 contributions
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to your Lordships’ House for the contributions that have been made on the Bill. We have spent over 88 hours in Committee, we have had a full day’s Second Reading and 44 hours on Report, and we have spent an hour on the Bill now—all of which is good, rigorous scrutiny, and a c…
My Lords, I should have preferred that this particular clause had not been passed, but it was passed and we have to accept it. Following on very closely from what the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has said, in my view it is time we moved on.
Lords
Oral Questions
24 March 2026
Reducing Government Spending
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that the Question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Leigh, and the reaction of the Opposition Front Bench illustrate three things—first, the folly of criticising a medium-term policy of stability on the basis of one month’s figures; secondly, a failure to understand …
Lords
Debate
20 March 2026
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I have noticed that the time now is 5.18 pm. We have no intention of moving on to another group. When this group is finished, I will seek to adjourn the House. I say to any colleagues waiting for another debate that it will not be happening this week.
Lords
Proceedings
20 March 2026
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, before we begin, I will make my usual brief remarks. First, I reiterate the thanks, on behalf of the whole House, to all staff across the House for supporting this Sitting today. I know that noble Lords will be aware of the huge amount of work that takes place to enable us to sit today, at…
Lords
Oral Questions
19 March 2026
2 contributions
UK Energy Sources and Cost of Energy
My Lords, I am sure that the Minister will agree that the cleanest, greenest, cheapest and most secure energy is the energy that you do not need to use. France, for example, is far ahead of us in avoiding wasteful use of energy, with measures such as switching off the lighting for shops, ensuring th…
My Lords, the crisis is immediate. What assessment have the Government made about the essential products that rely on gas—ammonia, CO 2 , aniline, soda ash, ethylene and sulphuric acid—without which a modern economy cannot exist and without which factories will close?
Lords
Oral Questions
19 March 2026
4 contributions
Refugee Movements: Lebanon
My Lords, the Minister did not mention a joint statement last week by a number of middle-ranking powers, including the UK, calling for an end to the hostilities in the south of Lebanon and Beirut. That was very welcome. But what is that group of countries doing collectively, in addition to what they…
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests; I am supported by the RAMP organisation. Based on yesterday’s figures, one million people are displaced in a country that already takes more displaced people than any other country in the world. We are talking about a massive humanitarian problem. The Unit…
+2 more contributions in this session
Lords
Debate
18 March 2026
6 contributions
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, views on both sides of the debate are sincerely held. We should all respect each other for that. We had a long debate in Committee. This is Report. Members should make their points. Repeated interventions do not help us at this stage. We need to take the temperature down. The House can mak…
My Lords, can we please take the temperature down and respect the Clock? There are 10 minutes for Back-Bench contributions. Of course, many people want to get in, but please take the temperature down—there is no need to constantly interrupt others. Everyone can speak. We will come to the Cross Bench…
+4 more contributions in this session
Lords
Oral Questions
17 March 2026
Fujitsu: Post Office Horizon Case
My Lords, I think the Prime Minister should personally ring the Prime Minister of Japan, who had an amazingly successful outcome in the election, and suggest that she lean—this is my word—on Fujitsu, as it is in our interests to trade with them. I know that it is a bit late to ring tonight but, firs…
Lords
Proceedings
17 March 2026
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, following on from the questions I was asked yesterday, I thought today, before Oral Questions, was a good time to remind all noble Lords that at Question Time the House wants short, sharp, crisp, clear questions, not speeches. Ministers responding have an equal duty to be short, sharp, cri…
Lords
Proceedings
16 March 2026
3 contributions
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, I advise the House that one of our colleagues has been taken ill. I thank the usual channels and all Members for coming together in order to do the Statement an hour early. Our friend and colleague has now been moved to hospital, so the Lobbies are now open. Before we adjourned, we were ab…
I thank the noble Lord for those comments. Obviously, I am happy to chat to him outside the Chamber, but we have allocated the proper time of 40 minutes—20 for the Front Benches and 20 for the Back Benches—which is quite normal for these Statements.
We should now move on to the next business, but a…
+1 more contribution in this session
Lords
Oral Questions
16 March 2026
UK Domestic Visitor Levy
Does my noble friend the Minister agree that one of the key achievements of the last Labour Government was free entry into museums, which had a huge effect on boosting tourism? Can she assure me that this Labour Government will continue to do all they can to boost tourism in that way and keep free e…
Lords
Debate
13 March 2026
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, for the benefit of the Committee, I will let noble Lords know that when we have heard from my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer of Thoroton, I intend to bring the Committee to a conclusion. It would be wiser to wait to start the next group next week, rather than to get half way throug…
Lords
Proceedings
13 March 2026
2 contributions
Arrangement of Business
My Lords—
I did not want to disappoint noble Lords. Before we begin this day in Committee, I shall make my usual brief remarks. First, I reiterate my thanks, on behalf of the whole House, to all the staff across the House who are facilitating this Sitting. I know that noble Lords are aware of the huge amount …
Lords
Oral Questions
11 March 2026
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Small Farms
My Lords, can the Minister confirm that, in the first round of SFI26, the maximum per farm will be capped at £100,000? According to my mathematics, these aspirant billionaires with 50 hectares cannot possibly fit enough options in there to get to £100,000. Would it not be better to reduce the cap—ma…
Lords
Proceedings
10 March 2026
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, before we start Questions, I point out that the clocks are broken. Thankfully, the Lord Speaker will call the next Question after 10 minutes.
Lords
Oral Questions
9 March 2026
Iran and the Middle East
Could the Minister comment on the emerging evidence from BBC Verify that a US Tomahawk missile hit an Iranian primary school in Minab, where more than 168 people, mostly children, were killed? Are the Government liaising with the United States on this case and the issues that may arise from it?
Lords
Oral Questions
3 March 2026
Defence Industrial Strategy 2025: Economic Growth and Job Creation
My Lords, may I press the Minister a little on the point that the noble and gallant Lord just raised about the defence investment plan? When I asked him about this in January, he referred to the comments of the Secretary of State at the beginning of January that the Government were working flat out …
Lords
Oral Questions
3 March 2026
Carbon Budget 6
My Lords, I am very pleased to hear that the Government continually reassess carbon budget 6, but I would like to hear the Minister’s response to the concerns of Ofgem, which has said that the volume of grid connection applications
“exceeds even the most ambitious demand forecasts”.
Further, last …
Lords
Proceedings
2 March 2026
2 contributions
Middle East
My Lords, we now have 20 minutes of Back-Bench questions. In order that we can get as many noble Lords in as possible, I remind noble Lords that their contributions should be questions, not speeches.
We will hear from the Cross Benches next and then from the Conservative Benches.
Lords
Oral Questions
2 March 2026
UK Streaming and Cinema Sector
My Lords, I declare an interest as a television producer. The Media Act set up prominence for public service broadcasters in the digital space, but it does not cover video-sharing platforms such as YouTube, which is where increasing numbers of young people are watching their content. Now that the BB…
Lords
Debate
27 February 2026
2 contributions
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am conscious of the time; it is now nearly quarter to six. So, it quite clear that this debate is not going to finish tonight and we are going to have to adjourn mid-group. This is absolutely fine, but we will take the intervention from the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, and maybe one other contributio…
My Lords, the Clerk of the Parliaments has confirmed to me that the clerks have recorded the names of every noble Lord who was here at the start of this debate. They will be circulated to the Chief Whips, including me, and the Convenor of the Cross Benches next week.
Lords
Proceedings
27 February 2026
2 contributions
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, before we begin debate in Committee today, I have a few brief remarks to make. First, I reiterate my thanks, on behalf of the whole House, to all staff across the House for their work facilitating this sitting. A huge amount of work takes place during the day of the sitting, and in the day…
My Lords, my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer gave some very useful statistics to the House. I do not intend to comment on them further. I will make the list the noble Lord, Lord Harper, asked for available; I do so very happily. The noble Lord, Lord Lansley, made very good points about how we…