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House of Lords

3 November 2026

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Plenary sitting of the House of Lords on 3 November 2026, including introductions of new members, oral questions and legislation.

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House of Lords sitting

39:36

Introductions of new members

39:36

Introduction of Baroness Ashley of Lambeth

39:36

Introduction of Baroness Ashley of Lambeth

39:36

Introduction of Lord Lehrfreund

46:34

Introduction of Lord Lehrfreund

46:34

Oral questions — Current business hiring intentions

51:30

Question of Lord Hunt of Wirral on business hiring intentions and the Employment Rights Act 2025

51:30

Question on impact of National Insurance rise on SMEs and jobs

54:05

Question of Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick on positivity and food export jobs

55:10

Question on support for graduates struggling to find work

56:15

Question on Chief Secretary’s comment that employers are not working people

57:19

Question on experience requirements and youth labour market dysfunction

58:35

Question of Lord Harper on youth mobility scheme and UK youth unemployment

59:53

Question on AI jobs, inner-city women and UKAI report

01:00:57

Oral questions — Proposals for the permanent return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece

01:02:10

Primary question of the Earl of Clancarty on return of Parthenon sculptures

01:02:10

Supplementary question on aesthetic case and amending British Museum Act

01:02:34

Question on precedent of returning artifacts acquired abroad

01:03:55

Question of Lord Dubs on whether existing law allows return of sculptures

01:04:44

Question of Lord Addington on legislative time if a Parthenon agreement is reached

01:05:53

Question of Baroness Chakrabarti on amending the British Museum Act

01:06:55

Question on visitor levy and impact on tourism and jobs

01:07:47

Question on return of the Bayeux Tapestry after UK exhibition

01:09:17

Question on returning the Koh-i-Noor diamond to the Sikh community

01:10:07

Question from a former archaeologist on arguments for returning the sculptures

01:11:13

Question of Baroness Hussein-Ece on cultural heritage and British Museum holdings

01:12:13

Oral questions — Appointing a national lead for brain cancer

01:13:23

Primary question on appointing a national brain tumour lead

01:13:23

Question on accelerating brain tumour clinical trials

01:13:58

Question of Baroness Pidgeon on powers and accountability of the brain cancer lead

01:15:35

Question of Baroness Finlay on A&E diagnoses and tissue freezing capacity

01:16:39

Question on patient voice and speed of appointing the lead

01:17:48

Question on supporting novel treatments for brain tumours

01:19:18

Question on publishing measurable objectives for the national brain cancer lead

01:20:52

Question of Intervenant 39 on recruitment to brain cancer clinical trials

01:21:40

Oral questions — Exposure of customers to security breach at Binance

01:23:33

Primary question of Lord Nagarajan on the Binance security breach

01:23:33

Follow-up question of Lord Nagarajan on interim protections and regulatory timetable

01:24:22

Question of Baroness Kramer on bank stability and crypto-related heists

01:25:44

Question of Lord Ranger of Northwood on international regulatory cooperation and G20 priorities

01:27:06

Question of Lord Alton on North Korean hacking and sanctions evasion

01:28:15

Question of Baroness Neville-Rolfe on fraud prevention in financial education

01:29:48

Question on lessons for security of digital gilt instruments (DIGIT)

01:30:28

Clarificatory question on liability for future authorised exchange thefts

01:31:12

Question on US findings of North Korean responsibility and UK cooperation

01:32:11

Question on wider international cooperation against North Korean financial cyberattacks

01:33:00

Conclusion of oral questions and request for orderly exit from the Chamber

01:34:01

Orders and regulations — Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Specified Purposes Relating to Policing) Regulations 2026

01:35:15

Motion to approve the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (Specified Purposes Relating to Policing) Regulations 2026

01:35:15

Health Bill — Committee stage (day 2)

01:36:02

Reminder on adjourned debate arrangements for Amendment 21

01:36:02

Clause 5

01:37:01

The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath ". recap of carers and health and care partner amendments

01:37:01

Intervenant 54 ". support for young carers, respite care and voluntary sector involvement

01:39:39

Intervenant 58 ". identification of unpaid carers and women’s health strategy

01:41:47

The Baroness Pidgeon MBE ". support for amendments on identifying and supporting unpaid carers and health and care partners

01:44:34

Intervenant 59 ". response on carers’ rights, privacy and support within future care structures

01:47:54

The Baroness Merron ". government response on carers, health and care partners and unpaid carers amendments

01:52:40

The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff ". question on assessing and training principal carers on discharge

02:02:00

The Baroness Merron ". reply on discharge processes and carers’ capabilities

02:02:54

The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE ". response to debate and withdrawal of Amendment 21

02:03:25

Amendments 22, 23, 24, 67 and 68 — patient choice and community services — withdrawn

02:06:05

Palliative and end-of-life care — Amendments 26, 45, 78, 230, 242 and 279B

02:52:22

Amendments 26, 45, 78, 230, 242 and 279B — palliative and end-of-life care — withdrawn

02:52:22

Clause 6 stand part — agreed

04:04:55

After Clause 6 — Amendment 27 — Single innovation front door for the NHS

04:05:06

Amendment 27 — NHS innovation single front door — withdrawn

04:05:06

Clause 7 — NHS workforce planning duties

04:21:05

Amendment 28 and related amendments — NHS workforce and mental health workforce planning — in committee

04:21:05

After Clause 7 — Amendment 240 on sexual misconduct by health professionals

04:55:56

Amendment 240 — sexual misconduct by health professionals — in committee

04:55:56

Clause 7 — NHS workforce planning duties (cont.)

05:02:40

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Coffey DBE — intervention on NHS workforce planning, training and vacancies

05:02:40

Intervenant 75 — intervention on NHS workforce planning for mental health and primary care

05:12:54

Intervenant 94 — intervention on district nursing and community care workforce

05:18:43

Intervenant 79 — intervention on overseas district nurses and ICB workforce uncertainty

05:24:14

The Baroness Pidgeon MBE — case for a statutory health and care workforce strategy (Amendment 253)

05:26:14

The Lord Kamall — concerns on NHS workforce plan, primary care pressure and role of independent providers

05:29:24

The Baroness Merron — government response on NHS workforce plan and related amendments

05:35:30

The Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson — winding up on Amendment 253 and decision to withdraw

05:50:08

House resumed and dinner break business announced

05:51:45

Prison (Governor’s and Adjudicators’ Punishments) (Amendment) Rules 2026 — Regret motion

05:52:31

The Lord Farmer — moving regret motion on Prison (Governor’s and Adjudicators’ Punishments) (Amendment) Rules 2026

05:52:31

Intervenant 101 — opposition to regret motion and support for visit restrictions

06:01:15

Intervenant 102 — call for evidence-based review of worsening prison indiscipline

06:04:36

Intervenant 103 — concern that visit sanctions punish innocent family members

06:07:33

The Baroness Fox of Buckley — criticism of extending visit restrictions via secondary legislation

06:10:10

Intervenant 106 — evidence that family contact underpins rehabilitation

06:12:58

Intervenant 27 — reliance on government evidence against visit restrictions

06:15:07

Intervenant 107 — criticism of inconsistent justifications and prison conditions

06:17:53

The Baroness Wheatcroft — impact on homelessness and fragile family ties

06:21:22

Intervenant 109 — family networks and reducing reoffending

06:24:47

The Lord Foster of Bath — Liberal Democrat support for regret motion

06:27:46

The Lord Keen of Elie — conditional support for statutory instrument

06:30:58

Intervenant 52 — Government response on visit restriction powers and safeguards

06:33:40

The Lord Farmer — Closing remarks and decision to press regret motion to a vote

06:44:01

Division on Lord Farmer’s regret motion on the Prison (Governor’s and Adjudicators’ Punishments) (Amendment) Rules 2026 — not agreed

06:45:16

Health Bill — Committee stage (day 2) (cont.)

06:56:03

Return to committee on the Health Bill

06:56:03

Antisemitism and racism in the NHS — Amendments 29, 79, 258, 259 and 279C

06:57:17

Amendments 29, 79, 258 and 259 on antisemitism and racism in the NHS — moved by Baroness Gerada

06:57:17

Amendment 279C moved by Lord Polak — mandatory erasure from registers for antisemitic healthcare professionals

07:14:26

The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath — tougher regulation and NHS staff neutrality

07:22:09

The Baroness Manzoor — racism across the NHS and strengthening equality enforcement

07:26:03

Intervenant 65 — leadership objectives and protection for those reporting racism

07:29:13

The Lord Scriven — adding staff neutrality to the NHS Constitution

07:30:55

The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff — fears about disclosure and need for neutrality

07:31:45

The Baroness Pidgeon — stamping out antisemitism, racism and uniform creep

07:33:07

The Baroness Cash — systemic antisemitism in the NHS and need for urgent action

07:35:07

The Baroness Cash — statistics on antisemitism and concerns about equality training

07:36:54

The Baroness Merron — government response on antisemitism and racism amendments

07:42:25

The Lord Scriven — neutrality as a core NHS value

07:49:43

The Baroness Merron — legal duties, performers list and response to Amendment 279C

07:50:28

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House of Lords

3 November 2026

Tue, 3 Nov 2026 Actual start 16:00 House of Lords

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Charles III,

39:37 - 41:40

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Charles III, 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,

of our special 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 Catherine Helen Ashley, Officer of our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, to the state, degree, style, dignity, title and honour of Baroness Ashley of Lambeth in our London Borough of Lambeth. 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 Ashley of Lambeth, 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.

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