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Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Procedure and Privileges Committee
Date
21 July 2026
Reference
HL 43 2026-27
House
House of Lords

Order. I am setting an immediate time limit of two and a half minutes. The Front-Bench speeches will start at 10.28 am.

9.45 am

Member
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
14 July 2026
Reference
789 c278WH
House
House of Commons

Order. I am immediately dropping the time limit to two minutes.

10.11 am

Member
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
14 July 2026
Reference
789 c285WH
House
House of Commons

Order. I have to impose a two-minute formal time limit, and Wendy Morton will be the first to show us how to stick to that.

9.58 am

Member
Valerie Vaz (Labour)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
30 June 2026
Reference
788 c306WH
House
House of Commons

Order. Forgive me—there is a five-minute time limit, which is the only way that I can incorporate all the Back Benchers who wish to contribute.

Member
Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
23 June 2026
Reference
788 c270
House
House of Commons

Order. I remind hon. Members that if they want to participate in the debate, they should bob at the end of every speech. I will call the Front-Bench spokespeople at 10.30 am. Doing the simple arithmetic, that means there will be a time limit of four minutes on speeches.

9.50 am

Member
Graham Stringer (Labour)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
23 June 2026
Reference
788 c54WH
House
House of Commons

Lords motion to agree the seventh report of the Procedure and Privileges Committee on Changes relating to Grand Committee and delegated legislation debates; Procedural changes resulting from the coming into force of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026; Highlighting International Agreements Committee Reports in House of Lords Business...

Lead member
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Department
Senior Deputy Speaker (HL); Procedure and Privileges Committee
Type
Debates on select committee reports
Date
23 April 2026
Reference
855 cc766-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords, the first part of the report proposes changes to Grand Committee sittings and to debates on delegated legislation in order to increase the House’s capacity to scrutinise legislation before it and to give Peers more certainty around timings.

The committee recommends that the default maximum sitting length of Grand...

Member
Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 April 2026
Reference
855 cc766-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I speak as the chair of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, and I want to put on the record that I very much approve of the suggested additional day on Tuesdays specifically for delegated legislation. It is important that delegated legislation is given the stature that it deserves,...

Member
Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 April 2026
Reference
855 c768
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I rise to express some concern about paragraph 16 of the report, under “Proposals relating to Delegated Legislation”, on time-limiting debates to 60, or possibly 90, minutes. For the sake of clarity, I wish to know whether that also applies when there is a regret or fatal Motion—I...

Member
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 April 2026
Reference
855 c768
House
House of Lords

Mr Lords, those were two interesting comments. I would obviously also want to take this opportunity to thank the noble Lord, Lord Watson of Invergowrie, and his committee for undertaking a very key part of our committee work. I say to the noble Lord and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett...

Member
Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
23 April 2026
Reference
855 cc768-9
House
House of Lords

Lords motion that Standing Orders relating to public business be amended. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Department
Senior Deputy Speaker (HL)
Type
Non-legislative formal proceedings
Date
23 April 2026
Reference
855 c769
House
House of Lords
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Procedure and Privileges Committee
Date
15 April 2026
Reference
HL 288 2024-26
House
House of Lords

Order. Can everyone who wants to speak stand so that we can calculate the time limit? It is going to be three-minutes, I am afraid. I call Ed Argar to set an exemplary example.

9.45 am

Member
Rupa Huq (Labour)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
17 March 2026
Reference
782 c231WH
House
House of Commons

Order. I am imposing a formal six-minute time limit.

4.51 pm

Member
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
2 December 2025
Reference
776 cc353-966WH
House
House of Commons

Order. As so many Members wish to contribute, the speaking limit has now dropped to three minutes.

5.31 pm

Member
Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
2 December 2025
Reference
776 cc867-8
House
House of Commons

I draw the House’s attention to two minor corrections that have been made to the text of resolution 59 and the title of resolution 98. A revised version of the resolutions paper is available in the Vote Office and online. It includes a note setting out the corrections that have...

Member
Judith Cummins (Labour)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
2 December 2025
Reference
776 c909
House
House of Commons

I remind Members that if they wish to speak, they must bob. As you can see, a large number of colleagues are trying to take part. I shall impose an immediate three-minute limit on speeches. Bear in mind that if you make interventions on your colleagues, somebody may not get...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
25 November 2025
Reference
776 c45WH
House
House of Commons

Order. With an immediate five-minute time limit, I call Dr Ben Spencer.

Member
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
25 November 2025
Reference
776 c302
House
House of Commons

With an immediate four-minute time limit, I call Olivia Blake.

Member
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Type
Speaker's rulings
Date
25 November 2025
Reference
776 c310
House
House of Commons