Lords motions to appoint Baroness Barran and Lord Ravensdale to the Built Environment Committee; Viscount Colville of Culross to the Communications and Digital Committee; Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee in place of Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath; and that he be appointed Chair of the Committee; Viscount Colville of Culross to Deputy Chairmen of Committee; Baroness Coffey and Lord Redwood to the Environment and Climate Change Committee; Lord Grantchester to the European Affairs Committee; Baroness Scott of Bybrook to the Finance Committee; Lord Grantchester to the Hybrid Instruments Committee; Lord Camoys to the Industry and Regulators Committee; Baroness Berridge and Lord Empey to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee; Baroness Paul of Shepherd's Bush to the National Resilience Committee in place of Baroness Curran; Lord Ravensdale to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST); Lord Swire to the Procedure and Privileges Committee and that Lord Harlech be appointed an alternate member; Lord Johnson of Marylebone and Baroness Redfern to the Public Services Committee in place of Baroness Coffey and Baroness O’Neill of Bexley; Lord Blackwater and Lord Evans of Guisborough to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee; Viscount Goschen to the Services Committee in place of Baroness Stedman-Scott. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to appoint Baroness Barran and Lord Ravensdale to the Built Environment Committee; Viscount Colville of Culross to the Communications and Digital Committee; Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee in place of Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath; and that he be appointed...

Lords motions to appoint Lord Strathclyde to the Constitution Committee, and that Lord Strathclyde be appointed Chair of the Committee, in place of Baroness Laing of Elderslie; the Duke of Wellington to the European Affairs Committee; Viscount Stansgate to the Numeracy for Life Committee; Viscount Stansgate to the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST); and Lord Strathclyde to the Retirement and Participation Committee. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to appoint Lord Strathclyde to the Constitution Committee, and that Lord Strathclyde be appointed Chair of the Committee, in place of Baroness Laing of Elderslie; the Duke of Wellington to the European Affairs Committee; Viscount Stansgate to the Numeracy for Life Committee; Viscount Stansgate to the Board of...

Lords motions to appoint Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon to the Built Environment Committee; Baroness Gill to the Consolidation etc. Bills Committee; panel of members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees; Baroness Hyde of Bemerton to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee; Baroness Rafferty to the Environment and Climate Change Committee; Lord Lisvane to the Hybrid Instruments Committee; Baroness Gill to the Liaison Committee in place of Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon; Lord Mair and Baroness Nargund to the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST); Lord Barber of Chittlehampton to the Public Services Committee; and Lord John of Southwark to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to appoint Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon to the Built Environment Committee; Baroness Gill to the Consolidation etc. Bills Committee; panel of members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees; Baroness Hyde of Bemerton to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee; Baroness Rafferty to the Environment and Climate Change...

Lords motion to appoint Lord Mair to the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), in place of Baroness Brown of Cambridge. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to appoint Lord Mair to the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), in place of Baroness Brown of Cambridge. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, these Motions appoint the Select Committees, and noble Lords to Select Committees, the panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees, and the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in this new Parliament. I beg to move.

My Lords, these Motions appoint the Select Committees, and noble Lords to Select Committees, the panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees, and the Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in this new Parliament. I beg to move.

Lords motions to appoint panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees; Built Environment Committee; Communications and Digital Committee; Constitution Committee; Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee; Economic Affairs Committee; Environment and Climate Change Committee; European Affairs Committee; Financial Services Regulation Committee; Food, Diet and Obesity Committee; Hybrid Instruments Committee; Industry and Regulators Committee; International Agreements Committee; International Relations and Defence Committee; Justice and Home Affairs Committee; Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee; Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST); Preterm Birth Committee; Public Services Committee; Science and Technology Committee; Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and Statutory Inquiries Committee, with proposed membership and powers. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to appoint panel of Deputy Chairmen of Committees; Built Environment Committee; Communications and Digital Committee; Constitution Committee; Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee; Economic Affairs Committee; Environment and Climate Change Committee; European Affairs Committee; Financial Services Regulation Committee; Food, Diet and Obesity Committee; Hybrid Instruments Committee; Industry and...

Lords motion to appoint Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), with proposed membership. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to appoint Board of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), with proposed membership. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to appoint panel of members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, with proposed membership. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to appoint panel of members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees and Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, with proposed membership. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to appoint Committee of Selection, Built Environment Committee, Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee, Communications and Digital Committee, Conduct Committee, Constitution Committee, Covid-19 Committee, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Economic Affairs Committee, Environment and Climate Change Committee, European Affairs Committee, Finance Committee, House of Lords Commission, Hybrid Instruments Committee, Industry and Regulators Committee, International Agreements Committee, International Relations and Defence Committee, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, Liaison Committee, National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), Procedure and Privileges Committee, Public Services Committee, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee, Science and Technology Committee, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, Services Committee, Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee, Youth Unemployment Committee, Joint Committee on Consolidation etc. Bills, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, and Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, with proposed membership and powers. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to appoint Committee of Selection, Built Environment Committee, Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee, Communications and Digital Committee, Conduct Committee, Constitution Committee, Covid-19 Committee, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Economic Affairs Committee, Environment and Climate Change Committee, European Affairs Committee, Finance Committee, House of Lords Commission, Hybrid Instruments Committee,...

Moved by

The Senior Deputy Speaker

Moved by

The Senior Deputy Speaker

My Lords, I beg to move the Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper en bloc.

My Lords, I beg to move the Motions standing in my name on the Order Paper en bloc.

This is a great exercise in lack of transparency. We are appointing committees that will run virtually every aspect of the House’s policy-making functions. I am told that we do have some transparency and that an email was sent out in March. To me, that is not a very transparent...

This is a great exercise in lack of transparency. We are appointing committees that will run virtually every aspect of the House’s policy-making functions. I am told that we do have some transparency and that an email was sent out in March. To me, that is not a very transparent...

My Lords, first, I thank you, Lord Speaker, for all the work that you did as the first Senior Deputy Speaker. The whole House is very much in your debt.

Secondly, I welcome my noble friend Lord Gardiner to his new responsibilities. I hope that he can develop the role, building...

My Lords, first, I thank you, Lord Speaker, for all the work that you did as the first Senior Deputy Speaker. The whole House is very much in your debt.

Secondly, I welcome my noble friend Lord Gardiner to his new responsibilities. I hope that he can develop the role, building...

My Lords, I do not wish to detain the House by repeating the arguments that my noble friend Lord Cormack has made and with which I agree completely. I certainly do not want to make any difficulty for my noble friend Lord Gardiner on his first day out, but I...

My Lords, I do not wish to detain the House by repeating the arguments that my noble friend Lord Cormack has made and with which I agree completely. I certainly do not want to make any difficulty for my noble friend Lord Gardiner on his first day out, but I...

I note my thanks to the Lord Speaker for the part that he played in his previous role and the support that he gave to chairs and members of committees. I welcome my noble friend to his new role, which I am sure he will perform with aplomb.

It is a...

I note my thanks to the Lord Speaker for the part that he played in his previous role and the support that he gave to chairs and members of committees. I welcome my noble friend to his new role, which I am sure he will perform with aplomb.

It is a...

My Lords, let me say first that I am very clear about my function, which is that I am a servant of this House. Therefore, I entirely take on board, and am very interested in, what the noble Lords and the noble Baroness—as I must now call them, rather than...

My Lords, let me say first that I am very clear about my function, which is that I am a servant of this House. Therefore, I entirely take on board, and am very interested in, what the noble Lords and the noble Baroness—as I must now call them, rather than...

Lords motions to appoint Deputy Chairmen of Committees, House of Lords Commission, Communications and Digital Committee, Conduct Committee, Constitution Committee, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Economic Affairs Committee, European Union Committee, Finance Committee, Hybrid Instruments Committee, International Relations and Defence Committee, Liaison Committee, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) Board, Procedure Committee, Science and Technology Committee, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, Services Committee and Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee, with proposed membership and powers. Agreed to on question.

Lords motions to appoint Deputy Chairmen of Committees, House of Lords Commission, Communications and Digital Committee, Conduct Committee, Constitution Committee, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, Economic Affairs Committee, European Union Committee, Finance Committee, Hybrid Instruments Committee, International Relations and Defence Committee, Liaison Committee, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology...