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HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, before we start Oral Questions today, I thought it would be a good opportunity to remind the House that supplementary questions are to be short, sharp, succinct and to…18 May 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, we have now concluded our parliamentary business for the day and for this parliamentary Session. I will shortly adjourn the House and we will return tomorrow at 1.15 pm…28 Apr 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I thought it would be useful to update noble Lords on the plan for business for today. After consideration of a number of statutory instrument approval Motions, the…28 Apr 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I now expect that we will receive the messages from the House of Commons on the Pension Schemes and English devolution Bills later than originally thought. To ensure…27 Apr 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I thought it would be useful to update noble Lords on the plan for business today and tomorrow. Today, after the brief business in the name of the Senior Deputy Speaker,…27 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I am conscious that many noble Lords wish to speak in this debate. If we work together, everybody standing up will get the chance to speak. If we follow the wise words…24 Apr 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, before we begin, I will make my usual brief remarks on how proceedings will run today. First, on the final Friday of the Session, I give huge thanks on behalf of the…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we have now been debating this issue for just short of four and a half hours. It is my intention to bring proceedings to a close at around 3 pm. Both the Government and…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we can all get all Members who are standing in if their speeches are kept short, sharp and to the point. We will hear from my noble friend Lady Hayter, then we will go…24 Apr 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we have had over four and a half hours of debate, and I want to begin to close as soon as we can after 3 pm. I will call three more speakers from the Back Benches and…24 Apr 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I was hoping for a larger audience. Before we commence today’s next business, I want to briefly update the House on the plan for tomorrow. After Oral Questions, the…21 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingMy Lords, we now move on to up to 20 minutes of Back-Bench questions. This is set out in the Companion , in chapter 6, pages 86 and 87—paragraphs 6.7 and 6.8 . The first question…20 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWe have wound the debate up, and apparently the noble Viscount was not present at the start of the debate. We have had the wind-up by the Minister. We now need to proceed to…16 Apr 2026HANSARDZimbabwe: ConstitutionMy Lords, this is Question Time, not speech time.15 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, we will hear from the Labour Benches, then the Conservative Benches and then the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey.14 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWe will hear next from the Cross Benches. Can we have short, sharp, succinct questions, please, not speeches?14 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.14 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle EastMy Lords, we now move on to up to 20 minutes of questions from Back-Bench Members but not speeches. This is set out in chapter 6 of the Companion , paragraphs 6.7 and 6.8, on…14 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, we will now have up to 20 minutes of questions, but not speeches, from Back-Bench Members. This is set out in chapter 6 of the Companion , at pages 86 and 87, in points…14 Apr 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, before we begin, I will make my usual brief remarks. First, I reiterate our thanks, on behalf of the whole House, to all staff across the House for supporting this…27 Mar 2026