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

Lords motion that the Standing Orders relating to public business be amended. 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...