Business of the House - Motion on Standing Orders

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:21 pm ar 5 Medi 2023.

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Photo of Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Llafur 3:21, 5 Medi 2023

My Lords, I cannot let this go through without some explanation. I have raised this every time the business is changed. Havoc arises, Select Committees have to be changed, people have to cancel engagements already made and there is no explanation except that the Government’s legislative programme is in total disarray. Is it not about time that the Leader of the House and his retinue got the legislative programme properly organised? When I raised it before, the Leader of the House said, “Well, this is unlikely to happen again. We will try to organise things better”, but he has not. What has gone wrong? Why are we having this chaos now?