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HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, as I have previously, I will make a few remarks before we start today’s consideration in Committee. Last night, the House passed the Motion in the name of my noble and…09 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMay I ask noble Lords to focus more clearly on the Motion in front of us and not get into discussing the Bill? What is before us is very narrow and could be disposed of quite…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, can we just turn the temperature of the House down a bit, please? There is no need for this. We have a very narrow Motion before us. Let us stick to the Motion and make…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThat the House do now adjourn.08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillBefore the noble Baroness intervenes, can I just say that if we are having questions to the noble and learned Lord, they should be on the Motion and not on the wider issue of the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, before I move to adjourn the House, I wanted to touch on the impact of the Motion of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer. The House has agreed the Motion, and the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, happy new year. Before we start Oral Questions, I thought it would be useful again to remind colleagues of the importance of good discipline. Question Time is for…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTributesMy Lords, I am delighted to lead the customary and important tradition of giving thanks to staff across the House, especially those who have retired this year, as we head towards…18 Dec 2025HANSARDJobs Market: Wider Economic ImplicationsMy Lords, we will hear from the Lib Dems next, please.18 Dec 2025HANSARDLithuania: Balloon IncursionsWe have plenty of time. We will hear from the Lib Dem Benches next.18 Dec 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I expect the Employment Rights Bill to return to this House from the House of Commons this afternoon. I thought that it would assist the House to set out the…15 Dec 2025HANSARDBreast CancerIt is the turn of the Conservative Benches and then we will come to the Labour Benches.15 Dec 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessWhen the noble Baroness spoke, I remembered the Countess of Mar, who would regularly get up and correct noble Lords when they were getting things wrong. The noble Baroness is…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, before we proceed, I will just say that we are getting to the point where we should begin to think about Front-Bench replies to this group of amendments so we can finish…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we have completed four groups of amendments today, which in my opinion is still slow progress. It means that, in four days of Committee, we have completed only 10 groups…12 Dec 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI can confirm that I had never heard of the one and a half days figure until I saw the letter that arrived yesterday. We are a self-regulating House. There is no formal algorithm…12 Dec 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, before we move on to the fourth day of Committee, I will make a statement about proceedings, as I did on the previous three sitting Fridays. I hope again that this will…12 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy noble friend is coming to the end. We should hear her remarks and then we will go to the votes.10 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceMy Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.08 Dec 2025HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, as I have done on previous days, I will make a short statement about proceedings today before we start Committee. Everything I am about to say remains in line with how…05 Dec 2025