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6 July 2026

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The sitting covers Lords oral questions on NHS and foreign policy issues and the formal approval of pre‑debated statutory instruments, before moving to scrutiny of the national maternity and neonatal investigation and the Government’s response on safety, staffing and accountability.

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Opening business — oral questions, SIs and maternity safety

37:10

Lords oral questions and statutory instruments

37:10

Oral questions — NHS fracture care, Israeli settlements, IPP sentences and high‑seas protection

37:10

NHS Fracture Liaison Services — 2030 pledge, inequalities and implementation

37:10

Fracture Liaison Services — Government commitment and feasibility

37:10

Health inequalities and pace of FLS rollout

40:23

Charities, clinical standards and joined-up care in fracture management

41:53

FLS universal coverage by 2030 — demand for milestones and accountability

46:07

UK policy on Israeli settlements — property purchases, sanctions and two‑state strategy

48:26

West Bank settlements — call to criminalise UK citizens’ property purchases

48:26

Disputed territories, sanctions and two‑state solution

51:05

Enforcement, comparators like Northern Cyprus and accusations of double standards

53:14

Two‑state solution, UK recognition of Palestine and limits of further measures

55:27

IPP sentences — government policy and unreleased prisoners

58:59

IPP sentences — government stance, scale of unreleased prisoners and action plan

58:59

IPP recalls, open conditions and transition towards release

01:01:11

IPP prisoners’ mental health, self‑harm, suicides and family support

01:03:38

IPP never‑released group — reduction targets and balance of risk

01:06:43

Preventing imprisonment — reoffending, poverty and housing on release

01:09:11

High‑seas protection, Sargasso Sea and Chagos/BIOT

01:10:14

Sargasso Sea protection and BBNJ oceans treaty implementation

01:10:14

Diego Garcia / BIOT MPA, Mauritius’ capacity and UK marine protection record

01:14:09

Chagos sovereignty negotiations, opposition responsibility and Commonwealth role

01:16:31

House of Lords — statutory instruments approvals

01:20:32

Statutory instruments — rapid House approvals

01:20:32

Conclusion of oral questions and swift approval of statutory instruments

01:20:32

National maternity investigation and service reforms

01:23:58

National maternity investigation — scrutiny and ministerial response

01:23:58

Opposition and LibDem peers — scrutiny of maternity investigation

01:23:58

National maternity investigation — opposition response and implementation demands

01:23:58

Baroness Pidgeon: independent commissioner, safe staffing and bereavement care

01:29:33

Minister — response to maternity and neonatal failings

01:33:08

Minister’s opening response — acknowledging trauma and outlining existing programmes

01:33:08

Minister — existing maternity safety programmes and local reviews

01:35:58

Workforce investment, commissioner role and ‘normal birth’ concerns

01:39:13

Bereavement care pathways and urgent taskforce timetable

01:41:21

Maternity services reforms — workforce, safety and culture

01:43:17

Workforce, leadership and midwifery training reforms

01:43:17

RCOG chair — burnout, skill mix and obstetric workforce tools

01:43:17

Ending review fatigue and expanding senior and specialist midwifery

01:46:04

Midwife training pathways, student employment and multidisciplinary teams

01:48:11

Maternity services reforms — safety, culture and standards

01:50:31

Local learning initiatives, Maternity Incentive Scheme and patient experience metrics

01:50:31

Maternity estate quality and protection of NHS capital budget

01:53:18

Maternity safety — bereaved families and leadership culture

01:54:37

Lord Winston — NHS culture, Caesarean safety and kindness

01:57:49

Lord Patel — mandatory standards, antenatal planning and audit

02:01:45

Armed Forces Bill — legal renewal and Covenant duties

02:05:13

Second reading context and party positions

02:05:13

Government — second reading introduction and bill framework

02:05:13

Procedural opening and Minister’s second reading case

02:05:13

Transition to legislation — calling the Armed Forces Bill second reading

02:05:13

Armed Forces Bill second reading — constitutional basis and four pillars

02:06:07

Minister — expanding Covenant legal duties and defence housing overhaul

02:08:59

Minister — service justice reforms, culture change and reserve forces

02:12:08

Minister — additional defence measures and conclusion of second reading speech

02:17:32

Parties’ overall stance on Bill and defence funding

02:18:40

Opposition frontbench response — overall support and defence funding

02:18:40

Opposition frontbench — support for bill and criticism of defence funding

02:18:40

Party positions — Covenant scope, ECHR and reserves

02:22:43

Opposition — Covenant costs, Defence Housing Service and alternative housing model

02:22:43

Conservative frontbench — ECHR derogation and reserve incentives

02:27:41

Lord Wallace — SDR vision, reserves and homeland defence

02:31:59

Armed Forces Covenant and family welfare

02:41:00

Armed Forces Covenant, housing and family welfare

02:41:00

Armed Forces Covenant in statute and Defence Housing Service

02:41:00

Covenant statutory evolution and due‑regard duties

02:41:00

Human rights gaps, legislative burden and Defence Housing Service powers

02:45:56

Bishops on Covenant duties, resilience and service police powers

02:49:27

Bishop — Covenant, gratitude and role of churches

02:49:27

Whole‑society defence resilience and service police powers

02:56:01

Personnel welfare, housing and family support

03:01:57

Baroness Penn — defence funding, paternity leave and ILR fees

03:01:57

Defence housing standards, Armed Forces Covenant and future skills

03:10:38

Lords scrutiny of service justice, reserves and family welfare

03:16:26

Service justice, victim protection and visiting forces

03:16:26

Military justice, victim protection and visiting forces

03:16:26

Victim protection, stalking and visiting forces jurisdiction

03:16:26

Baroness Brinton — victim protection clauses and stalking training

03:16:26

Baroness Brinton — visiting forces, Cambridge rape case and inter‑departmental protocols

03:24:27

Baroness Bennett — defence posture, housing and justice

03:58:52

Baroness Bennett — defence realism, housing, VAWG and visiting forces jurisdiction

03:58:52

Reserves reform, defence funding and family welfare

03:28:41

Reserves reform, defence funding and welfare

03:28:41

Reserves reform and whole‑society defence model

03:28:41

Senior reservist — strategic and active reserve reforms

03:28:41

Whole‑society defence, NATO comparators and national conversation

03:34:41

Conservative peers — defence funding, Covenant and legacy issues

03:39:14

Conservative peer — attack on Labour defence funding and NATO pledge

03:39:14

Support for Covenant, housing funding protection and veterans commissioner

03:42:58

Protection of military wrecks and NI legacy cases

03:46:34

Personnel welfare, housing and reserve recruitment

03:49:21

Supportive Conservative peer — people, pay, housing and recruitment

03:49:21

Employers, Covenant signatories and value of reservists

03:53:04

Active reserve — recruitment streamlining and SDR 20% target

03:57:05

Family welfare, Covenant duties and service housing

03:58:52

Baroness Bennett — realism, justice and family welfare

03:58:52

Baroness Bennett — defence realism, housing and visiting forces rape case

03:58:52

Baroness Bennett — paternity leave, under‑18 recruitment and abuse inquiries

04:03:21

Covenant scope, data gaps and service housing

04:09:12

Peer — reserve data, employment conditions and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ineligibility for Covenant

04:09:12

Covenant due‑regard duty and advocacy gaps

04:17:21

Defence housing strategy, Annington legacy and standards

04:21:26

Armed Forces Bill — justice reforms and Covenant duty

04:25:38

Armed Forces Bill — service justice and Covenant duties

04:25:38

Armed Forces Bill — courts martial and Covenant duties

04:25:38

Military justice reforms, ECHR influence and visiting forces cases

04:25:38

Lord Thomas — evolution of courts martial and ECHR role

04:25:38

Visiting forces rape case, jurisdiction transparency and sentencing reform

04:30:02

Armed Forces Covenant duties, NI gaps and cadet forces

04:35:09

Armed Forces Covenant — consistency and veteran employment

04:35:09

Northern Ireland — Covenant gaps and Operation Banner veterans

04:40:33

Cadet forces — recognition, funding and Covenant role

04:45:55

Armed Forces Covenant scope and housing duties

04:51:43

Covenant scope, new defence technologies and public engagement

04:51:43

Lord Stevens — Covenant scope, drone powers and hybrid navy risks

04:51:43

Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme and need for a wider public defence conversation

04:59:14

Covenant statutory duties and defence housing models

05:03:43

Extending Covenant duties to government and resourced local delivery

05:03:43

Liberal Democrat response — Defence Housing Service scrutiny and defence bonds

05:06:26

Opposition winding‑up — Defence Housing Service model, duplication risks and housing investment

05:09:46

Opposition scrutiny, reserves policy and Covenant implementation

05:14:38

Opposition scrutiny — service justice, ECHR and reserves

05:14:38

Service justice, ECHR constraints and reserves policy

05:14:38

ECHR in conflict, service justice and Covenant statutory scope

05:14:38

Reserves incentives, national conversation and Opposition stance on bill

05:19:17

Minister — housing, visas, reserves and veterans

05:21:25

Minister’s reply — defence housing, DIO role and ECHR flexibility

05:21:25

Visas, paternity leave and visiting forces rape case review

05:27:48

Reserves, under‑18 recruitment, RFA commissioner and NI veterans

05:33:48

Cadet forces and Northern Ireland Covenant implementation

05:36:54

Cadet forces and Northern Ireland Covenant gaps

05:36:54

Cadet forces — inclusion, volunteers and societal role

05:36:54

Northern Ireland councils — Covenant implementation gap

05:38:20

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House of Lords

6 July 2026

Mon, 6 Jul 2026 Actual start 14:00 House of Lords

35:20 - 35:20

My Lords, the time allowed for oral questions has elapsed.

37:10 - 37:16

Speaker 2

First oral question, Lord Black of Brentwood.

37:16 - 37:21

Speaker 1

Lords, I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the order paper.

37:21 - 38:02

Speaker 3

My Lords, our 10-year health plan committed to rolling out fracture liaison services nationwide by 2030, and it outlines our vision for a more devolved health service. We have cut the numbers of NHS planning guidance targets from 130 in 2022 to 18 in 2025. That has given local leaders greater flexibility to adapt and serve local needs. Through the new women's health strategy, expectations have been set that ICBs do prioritize community-based models when commissioning new fracture prevention services.

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