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Lord Blair of Boughton took the oath and Lord Lupton made the solemn affirmation, and both signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have made any decisions to pause expenditure on Ministry of Defence programmes; and, if so, on which programmes.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve confidence in government and to ensure Ministers are held to a high standard.
To ask His Majesty’s Government, in the light of threats to fundamental rights and the rule of law, what plans they have to promote greater public information and education in this area.
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent global IT outage.
A Bill to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961. The Bill was introduced by Lord Livermore, read a first time and ordered to be printed.
Baroness Smith of Basildon: Moved by Baroness Smith of Basildon That, until 24 January 2026, Standing Order 9(5) (Hereditary peers: by-elections) be amended as follows: leave out...
My Lords, before we resume the debate on the gracious Speech, I thought it would be helpful to the House to remind all Back-Bench speakers that the advisory time for today’s debate is five...
Principal topics for debate: Foreign affairs and defence
Debates in the House of Lords are an opportunity for Peers from all parties (and crossbench peers, and Bishops) to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
