To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the total cost to public funds to date for Members of the House of Lords undertaking Valuing Everyone training.

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the total cost to public funds to date for Members of the House of Lords undertaking Valuing Everyone training.

Lords motion to agree the eleventh report from the Conduct Committee on Lords office-holders' interests (HL 274). Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to agree the eleventh report from the Conduct Committee on Lords office-holders' interests (HL 274). Agreed to on question.

Indeed, people on this course called people “girls”. We cannot say to a woman, “Gosh, that’s a nice new hairdo you’ve got”, or, “I really like the dress you are wearing”, because that is inappropriate as well.

This course is a complete expensive farce and we should never have embarked on...

Indeed, people on this course called people “girls”. We cannot say to a woman, “Gosh, that’s a nice new hairdo you’ve got”, or, “I really like the dress you are wearing”, because that is inappropriate as well.

This course is a complete expensive farce and we should never have embarked on...

My Lords, I am grateful for the support this report has received. The comments on Valuing Everyone training will be taken back to the Conduct Committee at our next meeting. Not all of them were made for the first time. We have had some concerns expressed about the nature of...

My Lords, I am grateful for the support this report has received. The comments on Valuing Everyone training will be taken back to the Conduct Committee at our next meeting. Not all of them were made for the first time. We have had some concerns expressed about the nature of...

I hesitate to intervene on the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, but I think we need to agree his perfectly sensible Motion to approve the 11th report from the Select Committee. He has made it clear that he has noted the views of the Members opposite.

I hesitate to intervene on the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mance, but I think we need to agree his perfectly sensible Motion to approve the 11th report from the Select Committee. He has made it clear that he has noted the views of the Members opposite.

I am much obliged. I therefore ask the House to accept the report.

I am much obliged. I therefore ask the House to accept the report.

My Lords, this report proposes a change to the rules governing the interests of the three officeholders of the House of Lords—that is, the Lord Speaker, the Senior Deputy Speaker and the Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees. The rules at present state that officeholders must give up most financial interests....

My Lords, this report proposes a change to the rules governing the interests of the three officeholders of the House of Lords—that is, the Lord Speaker, the Senior Deputy Speaker and the Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees. The rules at present state that officeholders must give up most financial interests....

I do not oppose this reasonable, generous and timely report, but I am very concerned about another recent, and much less generous, report from the Conduct Committee, one that is in danger of making your Lordships’ House a laughing stock. I refer to the decision sprung upon us at short...

I do not oppose this reasonable, generous and timely report, but I am very concerned about another recent, and much less generous, report from the Conduct Committee, one that is in danger of making your Lordships’ House a laughing stock. I refer to the decision sprung upon us at short...

I congratulate my noble friend Lord Cormack because he was not asleep at the switch, as I was when this order was put in front of the House. Of course, we were not given an awful lot of notice; I gather the order was published on a Wednesday and placed...

I congratulate my noble friend Lord Cormack because he was not asleep at the switch, as I was when this order was put in front of the House. Of course, we were not given an awful lot of notice; I gather the order was published on a Wednesday and placed...

But the noble Lord did.

But the noble Lord did.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidelines the Department for Education (1) has, and (2) follows, for the time taken in responding to communications from members of the House of Lords.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidelines the Department for Education (1) has, and (2) follows, for the time taken in responding to communications from members of the House of Lords.

Leave of absence was granted to the following members of the House for the remainder of this Session: Lord Lawson of Blaby and Lord Hanningfield.

Leave of absence was granted to the following members of the House for the remainder of this Session: Lord Lawson of Blaby and Lord Hanningfield.

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith) on 6 April (HL14454), whether, when the Commissioner for Standards decides that a breach of the Code of Conduct has been committed, (1) the decision, and (2) any relevant penalty, are...

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith) on 6 April (HL14454), whether, when the Commissioner for Standards decides that a breach of the Code of Conduct has been committed, (1) the decision, and (2) any relevant penalty, are...

Lords announcement of the death of Baroness O'Cathain on 23 April 2021.

Lords announcement of the death of Baroness O'Cathain on 23 April 2021.

Lords announcement of the retirement of Lord Denham on 26 April 2021 and tribute.

Lords announcement of the retirement of Lord Denham on 26 April 2021 and tribute.

My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of our very good and valued friend the noble Baroness, Lady O’Cathain—Detta O’Cathain—on 23 April. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble Baroness’s family and all her friends.

My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of our very good and valued friend the noble Baroness, Lady O’Cathain—Detta O’Cathain—on 23 April. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble Baroness’s family and all her friends.

My Lords, I should like to notify the House of the retirement, with effect from today, of another good friend, the noble Lord, Lord Denham, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the House, I thank the noble Lord for his long...

My Lords, I should like to notify the House of the retirement, with effect from today, of another good friend, the noble Lord, Lord Denham, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the House, I thank the noble Lord for his long...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I want briefly to acknowledge what the Lord Speaker has just announced and pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Denham on the notification of his retirement from this House.

Lord Denham became a Member of this House in 1949 and has served...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I want briefly to acknowledge what the Lord Speaker has just announced and pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Denham on the notification of his retirement from this House.

Lord Denham became a Member of this House in 1949 and has served...

Hear, hear!

Hear, hear!

The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the House that he had received written notice from Lord Denham under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 stating that he would retire from the House on 26 April.

The Clerk of the Parliaments informed the House that he had received written notice from Lord Denham under section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 stating that he would retire from the House on 26 April.