Mercher, 25 Ionawr 2023
To ask His Majesty’s Government, given the impact of current levels of inflation on budget planning for local councils for 2023–24, what support they are providing to councils in...
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to change the accountability arrangements for Police and Crime Commissioners.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what is their latest estimate of expenditure incurred in purchasing faulty personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic; how much had...
To ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish their official transgender guidance for schools.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: Moved by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon That the Regulations laid before the House on 15 December 2022 be approved. Relevant document: 25th Report from the Secondary...
Baroness Scott of Bybrook: Moved by Baroness Scott of Bybrook That the draft Order laid before the House on 12 December 2022 be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 23 January. Motion agreed.
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 and 20 December 2022 be approved. Relevant document: 25th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny...
Report received.
Relevant documents: 19th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee and 8th Report from the Constitution Committee Clause 1: Precision bred organism
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: Moved by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out “or a precision bred animal”Member's explanatory statementThis...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 3: Clause 1, page 1, line 11, leave out from “genome” to end of line 14 and insert “that results from the application of modern biotechnology...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 5: Clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end insert “and (d) its genome does not contain any feature that results from the application of any artificial...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 8: Clause 1, page 2, line 25, at end insert—“(7A) An “artificial modification technique” means any technique by which genes or other...
Baroness Hayman of Ullock: Moved by Baroness Hayman of Ullock 11: Clause 3, page 3, line 24, after “unless” insert “, in relation to a precision bred animal, the date condition...
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: Moved by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle 12: Clause 3, page 3, line 30, at end insert—“(iv) the details of the gene editing event, and the record...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 14: Clause 4, page 4, line 24, leave out “this section” and insert “subsection (1)(b)”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 16: Clause 6, page 5, line 31, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment would provide...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 17: Clause 11, page 8, line 24, at end insert—“(9A) Regulations under subsection (5) are subject to the affirmative procedure.”Member's...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 18: Clause 11, page 8, line 25, leave out “this section” and insert “subsection (9)”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: Moved by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch 21: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—“Additional factors to be considered in relation to a...
Baroness Parminter: Moved by Baroness Parminter 22: Leave out Clause 14 and insert the following new Clause—“Precision bred animal marketing authorisations: reporting obligations(1)...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 24: Clause 18, page 13, line 16, at end insert—“(6A) Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the affirmative procedure.”Member’s...
Lord Benyon: Moved by Lord Benyon 26: Clause 22, page 15, line 27, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would...
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: Moved by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle 28: Clause 48, page 30, line 22, leave out subsections (2) to (5) and insert— “(2) This section comes...
Lord Markham: Moved by Lord Markham That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 December 2022 be approved. Relevant document: 25th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Moved by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath At end insert “but that this House regrets that (1) the consultation on the statutory guidance that will direct NHS...
Lord Harlech: Moved by Lord Harlech That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 December 2022 be approved. Relevant document: 25th Report by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny...
Baroness Young of Old Scone: Moved by Baroness Young of Old Scone At end insert “but that this House regrets that the Regulations fail to set a target for terrestrial protected sites...
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