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House of Lords

22 October 2026

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Ceremonial introduction of two new life peers, Lord Petterson and Baroness Garnham, including the reading of their letters patent and their oath or affirmation of allegiance.

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Introductions — Lord Petterson and Baroness Garnham

38:52

Clerk — Reading of letters patent for Lord Petterson

38:52

Lord Petterson — Oath of allegiance

41:17

Clerk — Reading of letters patent for Baroness Garnham

45:07

Clerk — Formal conclusion of Baroness Garnham’s letters patent

47:24

Baroness Garnham — Affirmation of allegiance

47:34

Oral question — Procedural flexibility in the House of Lords when developments occur after a Question or debate is tabled

49:54

Procedural flexibility for scrutiny of AI and emerging technology

49:54

Question of Lord Nagaraja on procedural flexibility after new developments — initial question and ministerial reply

49:54

Intervenant 4 — Proposal for a weekly protected AI scrutiny session

50:47

Intervenant 5 — Response on referring AI session proposal to Procedure and Privileges Committee

51:28

Intervenant 6 — Question on digital training in AI for members

52:10

Intervenant 5 — Response on AI training opportunities

52:37

Intervenant 7 — Question on House membership and future-facing expertise

53:35

Intervenant 5 — Response on expertise and composition of the House

54:11

The Rt Hon. the Lord Grocott — Question on earlier sitting times to improve scrutiny

54:39

Intervenant 5 — Response on consultation about sitting hours

55:19

Intervenant 9 — Question on cyber security response to PHP vulnerability

56:08

Intervenant 5 — Assurance on PHP security patching

56:41

The Lord Alton of Liverpool — Question on scheduling debate on JCHR AI and human rights report

57:01

Intervenant 5 — Response on debating committee reports before government replies

57:31

Intervenant 11 — Question on need for rapid international AI regulation

58:02

Intervenant 5 — Response comparing AI regulation to other international regimes

58:12

Intervenant 12 — Question proposing a joint committee with delegated AI legislative powers

58:53

Intervenant 5 — Response on legislative pace and referring joint AI committee idea to PPC

59:37

The Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town — Question on AI use by House staff

01:00:05

Intervenant 5 — Assurance on AI use and training for House staff and members

01:00:19

Oral question — Impact of WTO rules and EU regulations on prioritising British suppliers for public procurement

01:00:39

Impact of WTO rules and EU regulations on prioritising British suppliers

01:00:39

Question of Lord Spellar on prioritising British manufacturers within WTO and EU constraints

01:00:39

Intervenant 17 — Question on changing mindset to prioritise British industry and workers

01:01:10

Intervenant 18 — Response on using social value in procurement to support UK industry

01:02:08

The Baroness McIntosh of Pickering — Question on import standards and country of origin labelling

01:02:44

Intervenant 18 — Response on local and higher-standard food procurement

01:03:13

Intervenant 20 — Question on non-compliance with procurement transparency requirements

01:03:39

Intervenant 18 — Response on investigating transparency non-compliance

01:04:12

Intervenant 21 — Question on impact of WTO’s decline on UK trade

01:04:21

Intervenant 18 — Response on WTO value for UK procurement access

01:05:02

Intervenant 11 — Question on applying procurement guidance to local and regional government

01:05:34

Intervenant 18 — Response on engaging local government in the new procurement regime

01:05:52

Intervenant 22 — Question on monitoring local food purchasing by public bodies

01:06:16

Intervenant 18 — Conclusion of response on school food standards and local sourcing

01:07:00

Intervenant 23 — Question on contracting skills to support UK jobs and supply chains

01:07:20

Intervenant 18 — Response on social value model and guidance

01:07:59

The Baroness Finn — Question on national security and Great British Energy

01:08:32

Intervenant 18 — Response on Great British Energy and national security guidance

01:08:49

Intervenant 25 — Question on UK-built zero-emission buses and procurement rules

01:09:19

Intervenant 18 — Response on zero-emission buses pipeline

01:09:47

Intervenant 26 — Question on supporting SME growth via procurement

01:10:14

Intervenant 18 — Response on SME spend targets

01:10:33

Oral question — Ensuring the Cross-Government Carers Action Plan achieves lasting change for unpaid carers and their families

01:11:08

Cross-Government Carers Action Plan — implementation and coordination

01:11:08

Intervenant 29 (Baroness Pitkeathley) — Formal tabling of question on Carers Action Plan

01:11:08

Intervenant 27 — Initial government response on delivering lasting change for unpaid carers

01:11:19

Intervenant 29 (Baroness Pitkeathley) — Question on role of unpaid carers champion and coordination

01:11:49

Intervenant 27 — Response on unpaid carers champion role and coordination

01:12:28

The Baroness Pidgeon MBE — Question on statutory respite guarantee for unpaid carers

01:13:19

Intervenant 30 — Brief acknowledgement

01:13:45

Intervenant 27 — Response on respite duties and effectiveness of support

01:13:48

The Rt Hon. the Lord Young of Cookham CH — Question on identifying young carers in schools

01:14:23

Intervenant 27 — Response on young carers and cross-ministerial work

01:14:57

The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff — Question on champion’s powers and post-bereavement support

01:16:15

Intervenant 27 — Response on young carers’ rights and champion’s future role

01:16:58

Intervenant 34 — Question on abolition of NHS England and accountability for Carers Action Plan

01:18:03

Intervenant 27 — Response on NHS England reform and ministerial accountability

01:18:24

Intervenant 35 — Question on improving identification of carers by health professionals

01:18:46

Intervenant 27 — Response on recognise, refer, reach priorities for carers

01:19:22

The Baroness Tyler of Enfield — Question on modernising Carer’s Allowance and earnings taper

01:20:04

Intervenant 27 — Response on Carer’s Allowance changes and timeline

01:20:33

The Lord Jackson of Peterborough — Question on dementia care within Carers Action Plan

01:20:55

Intervenant 27 — Response on dementia tsar and integrating dementia into carers policy

01:21:46

Oral question — Impact on menopausal women of the hormone replacement therapy product shortage

01:22:20

HRT product shortages and impact on menopausal women

01:22:20

Intervenant inconnu (Baroness Nargund) — Formal tabling of question on HRT shortages

01:22:20

Intervenant inconnu — Initial government response on HRT product supply

01:22:29

Intervenant 38 — Question on strengthening HRT supply chain resilience

01:23:09

The Baroness Merron — Response on HRT supply chain resilience measures

01:23:49

The Baroness Pidgeon MBE — Question on treating medicine security as a national risk

01:24:43

The Baroness Merron — Response on medicine security priority and HRT alternatives

01:25:06

Intervenant 42 — Question on vaginal dryness treatments and affordability

01:26:06

The Baroness Merron — Response on prescribed oestrogen and HRT prepayment certificate

01:26:35

Intervenant 43 — Question on lower HRT uptake among Black and Asian women

01:27:36

The Baroness Merron — Response on research into ethnic disparities in HRT use

01:27:48

Intervenant 44 — Question on longstanding insecurity of HRT supply and gender bias

01:28:34

The Baroness Merron — Response on improvements since 2022 HRT supply pressures

01:28:55

The Baroness Hussein-Ece OBE — Question on regional variation and GP reluctance to prescribe HRT

01:29:48

The Baroness Merron — Response on upskilling clinicians and embedding menopause in health strategy

01:30:40

Intervenant 46 — Question on socioeconomic inequity in HRT prescribing

01:31:36

The Baroness Merron — Response on tackling inequalities in HRT access

01:31:56

Private notice question — Impact of PHP cybersecurity vulnerability on government digital services

01:32:43

Government response to PHP vulnerability incident

01:32:43

Lord Dixon of Jericho — Question on impact of PHP vulnerability on government digital services

01:32:43

Lord Dixon of Jericho — Follow-up on what worked well and challenges in PHP incident response

01:34:28

The Baroness Harding of Winscombe — Question on implications for Cyber Security and Resilience Bill

01:36:17

Question of The Baroness Ludford on extending Cyber Security Bill duties to the public sector

01:38:04

Question of Intervenant 52 on service delays and remedies for affected citizens

01:39:40

Question of The Rt Hon. the Baroness Northover on SME resilience and AI Security Institute powers

01:40:52

Question of Intervenant 54 on when government learned of the PHP vulnerability

01:42:56

Question of Intervenant 55 on accountability for national cyber resilience

01:43:58

Question of Intervenant 56 on risks to educational infrastructure and research data

01:45:07

Question of Intervenant 57 on making tech companies take full responsibility for harms

01:46:57

Statement — Sir David Bell review into antisemitism in schools and colleges

01:48:44

Implementation of Sir David Bell review recommendations and school responsibilities

01:48:44

The Baroness Cash — Concerns on antisemitism in schools, impartiality duties and enforcement

01:48:44

The Baroness Cash — Antisemitism as national security risk and call for termly data

01:54:39

M. Magid MAGID — Need for effective implementation, funding and accountability

01:55:38

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Government plans to implement all 27 recommendations

02:00:13

Intervenant 65 — IHRA definition as an educational tool and its monitoring

02:07:09

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Support for thoughtful use of IHRA definition in schools

02:08:17

The Baroness Deech DBE KC — Call to rethink Holocaust education and Westminster learning centre

02:08:40

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Holocaust education and wider understanding of Jewish life

02:09:58

The Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town — Call for mandatory antisemitism training for all teachers

02:10:33

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Support and standards for teachers on antisemitism

02:11:39

The Baroness Ludford — Recognition of antisemitism as racial hatred in hate crime data

02:12:47

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Cross-government follow‑up on equality aspects

02:13:44

Intervenant 67 — Ofsted curriculum scrutiny and politicisation risks

02:14:06

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Accountability and Ofsted’s role

02:14:37

The Baroness Blackstone — Inclusion of colleges and Jewish contributions in the curriculum

02:15:03

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Building understanding of Jewish life in schools and colleges

02:16:19

The Baroness Finn — "Should" versus "must" and statutory footing of recommendations

02:16:47

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Commitment to full implementation and review

02:17:16

Intervenant 69 — Distinction between antisemitism and government Islamophobia policy

02:17:42

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Reaffirming priority given to tackling antisemitism

02:19:08

The Baroness Altmann CBE — Clarifying guidance and consequences for antisemitic behaviour in schools

02:19:43

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Accountability mechanisms and follow‑up review

02:20:27

Intervenant 56 — Modern antisemitism cloaked as anti‑Zionism and classroom guidance

02:21:06

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Addressing anti‑Zionist antisemitism and Green Party motion

02:22:01

Intervenant 71 — NEU participation despite rejection of IHRA definition

02:22:38

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Government stance on NEU and support for families

02:23:11

Intervenant 72 — Empathy, free speech and safeguarding guidance timing

02:23:25

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Antisemitism as a core safeguarding issue

02:24:14

Intervenant 57 — Monitoring IHRA uptake before 2027–28 and interim teacher training

02:24:52

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Teacher training, guidance and rapid implementation

02:25:58

Intervenant 73 — Emphasis on practical support rather than blame

02:26:24

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern — Practical support for schools to tackle antisemitism

02:26:54

Debate — Effect of artificial intelligence, screen usage and social media on children

02:27:42

Presiding officer — Clearing of the chamber and introduction of AI and children debate

02:27:42

Impacts of AI, screen use and social media on children’s health, development and safety

02:28:44

The Lord Patel KT — Opening speech on AI, screen use and social media impacts on children

02:28:44

The Lord Patel KT — Online predators, dark web harms and call for stronger protections

02:42:09

Intervenant 71 — Precautionary principle and health-based regulation of children’s technology use

02:43:49

The Lord Addington — Assistive technology, special educational needs and equitable access

02:47:56

Intervenant 79 — Supporting schools to govern and use AI safely and humanely

02:52:12

The Baroness Wheatcroft — Limits on children’s access to AI and screens in schools

02:55:52

Intervenant 81 — Call for a Parliamentary Commission on AI

03:00:08

Intervenant 83 — Sovereign UK AI and supportive AI companions for children

03:04:46

Intervenant 84 — Commission and strategy for AI in schools

03:09:30

Intervenant 85 — Online radicalisation of children and psychological harms from violent content

03:12:48

Intervenant 86 — Nuanced approach to social media bans and harnessing AI for education

03:16:38

The Lord Alton of Liverpool — Human rights, AI regulation and protection of vulnerable children

03:20:51

The Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle — Systemic critique of toxic tech economy and listening to children

03:25:18

Intervenant 88 — Neuroscientific perspective on screen addiction and adolescent brain development

03:29:56

Intervenant 89 — Ensuring AI and digital tools expand educational opportunity

03:34:22

Intervenant 90 — Digital exclusion, inequality and the limits of social media bans

03:38:13

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Prashar CBE — AI literacy, proportional regulation and empowering children to self-regulate

03:43:01

Intervenant 4 — Design of online services, addictive features and safeguards for AI chatbots

03:47:41

Intervenant 93 — Offline harms of excessive screen use and need for teacher and parent AI education

03:51:45

Intervenant 94 — Domestic AI use, educational tools and risks of cognitive offloading

03:56:09

Intervenant 72 — Working teacher on mobile phones, AI and offline life for children

04:00:11

The Lord Clement-Jones CBE — Liberal Democrat response: safety by design, AI chatbots and regulatory gaps

04:03:08

Intervenant 34 \u2014 Risks of untested EdTech, AI overuse and call for tighter regulation

04:14:12

Feryal Clark MP — Government response on AI, screen use, social media and child safety

04:23:17

The Lord Patel KT — Closing remarks and withdrawal of motion

04:35:58

Vote on motion — Effect of AI, screen usage and social media on children — agreed

04:38:32

Organisation of business before short debate on puberty blockers

04:38:39

Short debate — Age of consent for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones

04:39:52

Age of consent for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones — ethical, legal and clinical issues

04:39:52

The Baroness Deech DBE KC — Opening of short debate on age of consent for puberty blockers and hormones

04:39:52

The Baroness Deech DBE KC — Critique of puberty blocker trial design and consent

04:44:18

The Lord Winston — Epigenetics, diagnosis and ethical conduct of trials

04:48:04

Intervenant 100 — Opposition to puberty blocker trials and safeguarding concerns

04:53:22

The Baroness Cass OBE FRCP FRCPCH — Legal framework for consent and limits of government’s role

04:58:40

The Baroness Cass OBE FRCP FRCPCH — Clinical operation of gender services and safeguards in puberty blocker trial

04:59:43

The Rt Hon. the Lord Frost CMG — Opposition to puberty blocker trial on ethical and consent grounds

05:04:16

Intervenant 93 — Support for tightly regulated trials and holistic care for lifelong transsexuals

05:09:04

Intervenant 103 — Concerns over age threshold, consent and safeguarding in puberty blocker trial

05:14:02

Intervenant 105 — Defence of Cass research and warning against anti‑trans campaigns

05:19:28

Intervenant 100 — Clarification that opposition to trials is not opposition to trans people

05:24:14

The Baroness Cash — Call for inquiry into gender‑related prescribing and consent failures

05:25:15

The Baroness Merron — Government response on Cass Review implementation and Pathways trial

05:30:58

Debate — Proposals for a written constitution

05:40:52

Introduction of debate on proposals for a written constitution

05:40:52

Arguments for and against adopting a written constitution

05:42:07

Intervenant 106 — Arguments for incremental constitutional reform over a codified constitution

05:42:07

Intervenant 110 — Defence of the uncodified constitution and focus on devolution and populist threats

05:56:48

Intervenant 112 — Opposition to written constitution and judicial supremacy

06:03:17

Intervenant 113 — Skepticism about feasibility and value of a written constitution

06:08:43

Intervenant 85 — Defence of judicial independence within an unwritten constitution

06:14:58

Intervenant 114 — Emphasis on constitutional norms over a formal written text

06:18:32

Intervenant 114 — Political culture, US example and threats to constitutional values

06:20:43

The Lord Griffiths of Burry Port — Theological analogies against written constitutions

06:24:56

Intervenant 116 — Vulnerabilities of the uncodified constitution and transparency concerns

06:31:03

Intervenant 116 — Parliamentary procedures, German constitutional model and self-restraint of the executive

06:35:08

Intervenant 118 — Defence of parliamentary sovereignty and opposition to a written constitution

06:38:00

The Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle — Case for a modern, democratic written constitution and a people’s convention

06:43:53

Intervenant 119 — Parliamentary constitutional committee and incremental reform

06:50:11

Intervenant 120 — Defence of orthodox parliamentary sovereignty and reflections on appointments bodies

06:56:11

Intervenant 122 — Lessons from drafting the EU Constitutional Treaty and support for evolutionary reform

07:03:07

Intervenant 121 — Self-deprecating aside on a failed treaty

07:03:53

Intervenant 122 — EU Constitutional Treaty, rejection of a German-style Basic Law and devolution

07:06:01

The Viscount Stansgate — Defence of evolutionary change and parliamentary sovereignty

07:10:47

The Baroness Prashar — Strengthening the uncodified constitution and creating a cross-party commission

07:17:18

The Baroness Prashar — Devolution, community-building and refreshing the uncodified constitution

07:22:23

The Lord Hannay of Chiswick — Pros and cons of moving to a written constitution

07:23:11

Intervenant 20 — Case for a written constitution as democratic "+grit in the system"

07:28:45

The Baroness Finn — Defence of constitutional flexibility and opposition to a codified constitution

07:35:41

Intervenant 18 — Government response on a written constitution and targeted constitutional reforms

07:45:59

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House of Lords

22 October 2026

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 Actual start 10:30 House of Lords

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38:52 - 41:17

Speaker 1

Charles the Third, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of our other realms and territories King, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith.

To all Lords Spiritual and Temporal and all other Our subjects whatsoever to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye that We of Our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 and of all other powers in that behalf Us enabling, do by these presents advance, create and prefer Our trusty and well-beloved Mark Edward Petterson to the state, degree, style, dignity, title and honour of Baron Petterson of Shenington in Our County of Oxfordshire.

And for us, our heirs and successors, do appoint, give and grant unto him the said name, state, degree, style, dignity, title and honor of Baron Petterson to have and to hold unto him for his life. Willing and by these presents granting for us, our heirs and successors that he may have, hold and possess a seat, place and voice in the parliaments and public assemblies and councils of us, our heirs and successors within our United Kingdom amongst the barons.

And also that he may enjoy and use all the rights, privileges, pre-eminences, immunities and advantages to the degree of a baron duly and of right belonging, which barons of our United Kingdom have heretofore used and enjoyed, or as they do at present use and enjoy. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourselves at Westminster, in the forenoon of the 28th day of August, in the fourth year of our reign. By warrant under the King's sign manual.

41:17 - 41:17

I, Mark, Lord Petterson, do swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors according to law, so help me God.

45:07 - 47:24

Speaker 1

Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. To all Lords Spiritual and Temporal and all other Our subjects whatsoever to whom these presents shall come, Greeting.

Know ye that we of our especial grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958 and of all other powers in that behalf us enabling, do by these presents advance, create and prefer our trusty and well-beloved Alison Esther Garnham to the state, degree, style, dignity, title and honour of Baroness Garnham of Stoke Newington in our London Borough of Hackney. And for us, our heirs and successors, do appoint, give and grant unto her the said name, state, degree, style, dignity, title and honour of Baroness Garnham, to have and to hold unto her for her life.

Willing and by these presents granting for us, our heirs and successors, that she may have, hold and possess a seat, place and voice in the parliaments and public assemblies and councils of us, our heirs and successors within our United Kingdom amongst the barons. And also that she may enjoy and use all the rights, privileges, pre-eminences, immunities and advantages to the degree of a baron duly and of right belonging, which barons of our United Kingdom have heretofore used and enjoyed or as they do at present use and enjoy. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster in the forenoon of the first day of September in the fourth year of our reign.

47:24 - 47:34

Speaker 2

By warrant under the King's sign manual.

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I, Alison, Baroness Garnham, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law.

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