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14 July 2026

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Combined oral questions cover employment and parliamentary security following the Widdecombe murder, then shift to land use, farming pressures, solar siting and integration of climate objectives into wider legislation and the green transition.

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Oral questions — security, land use and climate

37:03

Oral questions and parliamentary security response

37:03

Oral Questions — employment, autism, retail crime, party funding

37:03

Oral Question 1 — Hiring intentions, youth employment and regional pressures

37:03

Q — Lord Hunt: hiring intentions, employment rights and youth jobs

37:03

Q — Peer: graduate labour market and AI recruitment

40:08

Q — Government benches: Manpower survey and worker protections

41:42

Q — Crossbench: 80% employment target and job creation

43:17

Regional devolution, hospitality pressures and business rate relief

44:27

Q — Government benches: Milburn Review and NEET youth support

46:39

Q2 — Post‑diagnosis autism support and system gaps

47:58

Q2 introduction: post‑diagnosis autism support and data gaps

47:58

Autism assessments — waiting lists and interim support

49:48

Peer support and charities in post‑diagnosis care

51:09

Specialist workforce capacity and autism understanding

52:14

Inclusive schooling vs special schools — parental concerns

53:21

Support for mothers and transition into employment

55:13

Data, ICB responsibilities and broken support system

57:23

Q3 — Violence against retail workers and new offence

58:36

Q3 introduction — new offence for assaulting retail workers

58:36

Prioritising retail violence and economic impact

01:02:17

Online threats, doxxing and persistent offenders

01:03:42

Illicit vape shops, money laundering and enforcement

01:05:22

Retail crime — hotspot policing and early intervention

01:06:44

Q4 — SARs, Reform Party funding and party finance rules

01:10:16

Q4 — Lord Bassam: SARs, Reform Party and party funding

01:10:16

Formal business and Home Office statement on Ann Widdecombe

01:20:45

Legislative business and statement opening

01:20:45

Local Bill and Main Estimates — rapid passage stages

01:20:45

Statement opening — condemnation of murder and hate in politics

01:22:39

Murder investigation, Lords’ security and CT policing lead

01:25:57

Questions to Minister — investigation, Lords’ security and police communications

01:25:57

Liberal Democrat benches — cross‑party condolences and call for civility

01:28:03

Ministerial response — tribute, investigation status and CT policing lead

01:31:14

Minister — murdered politicians, security responsibilities and Operation Bridger

01:34:15

Parliamentarian security, Operation Bridger and Widdecombe case

01:36:30

Operation Bridger, Buckland review and parliamentary protection

01:36:30

Crossbench tribute — civility, tolerance and Operation Bridger

01:36:30

Peer security — threat assessment, Bridger network and online toxicity

01:39:42

Underinvestment concerns, default to act and Buckland review

01:44:17

Personal recollections, police handling and home address data

01:49:21

Widdecombe murder — free speech, tributes and transition

01:54:55

Baroness Fox — free speech and Widdecombe legacy

01:54:55

Land use, farming pressures and climate integration

01:59:39

Land use, farming policy and energy security

01:59:39

Lord Moynihan — farming, solar siting and energy security

01:59:39

Lord Moynihan — farmers, solar farms and North Sea gas

01:59:39

Lord Moynihan — global supply chains and ‘clean’ energy claims

02:03:57

Climate impacts, nature targets and farming policy

02:07:13

Opposition response — climate impacts, nature gap and adaptation

02:07:13

Minister’s reply — green investment, solar power and adaptation

02:12:13

Baroness McIntosh — productive farmland, BESS safety and farming roadmap

02:21:38

Climate policy integration and climate emergency

02:25:24

Climate mainstreaming, heat‑resilient buildings and energy costs

02:25:24

Peer challenge — mainstreaming climate into all legislation

02:25:24

Baroness Ritchie — heatwave deaths and climate‑resilient buildings

02:28:10

Energy bills, gas dependence and renewables costs

02:30:32

Climate emergency, land use and green transition

02:32:09

Marine protected areas and ending bottom trawling

02:32:09

Polarised climate politics and need for restored consensus

02:33:38

Integrated land use, climate and nature trade‑offs

02:37:09

Lord Redwood — jobs, deindustrialisation and green transition

02:39:53

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill and shift to Cyber Bill

02:42:21

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill — second reading debate

02:42:21

Second Reading context and bill’s main tax measures

02:42:21

Minister — Second Reading: Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill

02:42:21

Second Reading opened — Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill

02:42:21

Electricity generator levy — higher rate and CfD reform

02:44:15

Mileage rates rise and 12‑month HGV VED holiday

02:46:38

Peers — fiscal risks, growth strategy and EU alignment

02:49:46

Baroness Neville‑Rolfe — fiscal risks, growth and EU links

02:49:46

Baroness Neville-Rolfe — mileage rates, HGV VED and generator levy

02:54:33

Lord Redwood — growth, EU alignment and ‘dear energy’ critique

03:00:13

Peers’ criticisms of levy and energy policy

03:08:18

Peers’ critiques of generator levy and energy strategy

03:08:18

Peer critique — Ofgem pricing, excess profits and foreign ownership

03:08:18

Peer warning — generator levy, blackout risk and grid stability

03:15:26

Opposition response — conflict context and wider energy package

03:23:11

Conservative benches — critique of windfall tax, welfare and North Sea supply

03:30:02

From Taxation Bill conclusion to Cyber Bill second reading

03:33:07

Taxation Bill conclusion and shift to Cyber Bill

03:33:07

Minister’s defence of bill and policy framework

03:33:07

Minister’s closing reply — levy design, mileage and HGV relief

03:33:07

Procedural close of Taxation Bill and opening of Cyber Bill

03:42:12

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill — remaining stages agreed

03:42:12

Cyber Security and Resilience Bill — Second Reading opened

03:43:50

Cyber Bill — government case and initial parliamentary concerns

03:47:42

Cyber Bill — extended NIS scope and stronger regulators

03:47:42

Extending NIS scope — data centres, load controllers and MSPs

03:47:42

Stronger NIS regulators — reporting, fees and penalties

03:50:22

Delegated and emergency powers for future cyber threats

03:53:31

Opposition and crossbench peers — cyber strategy, scope and regulatory capacity

03:56:07

Opposition response — cyber strategy, AI threats and SME burden

03:56:07

Scope, strategy, skills shortages and multiple regulators

04:24:48

Bill scope, governance and NCSC remit

04:06:11

Bill scope, governance and AI-driven threats

04:06:11

Bill scope, governance and regulatory coverage

04:06:11

Peers — whole‑economy cyber scope and governance model

04:06:11

Liberal Democrat benches — EU alignment and whole‑economy cyber scope

04:06:11

Peer proposal — Office for Cyber Resilience and audits

04:16:14

Bill scope, insurance sector and regulatory model

04:32:46

Cyber insurance sector — access to incident data

04:32:46

Peer critique — scope, drafting and public‑private cyber partnership

04:41:12

Peer intervention — bill strengths and extended NIS coverage

04:51:59

Scope, workforce skills and multiple‑regulator risks

04:54:38

AI-driven cyber threats and digital sovereignty

04:57:19

AI‑driven cyber threats and institutional mandates

04:57:19

AI threats — integrating frontier models into NIS regime

04:57:19

Baroness Kidron — AI omission and AI Security Institute role

05:00:25

Kidron — AI‑enabled harms, systemic risk and digital sovereignty

05:04:50

Digital sovereignty risks in NHS data infrastructure

05:09:14

Baroness Bennett — digital sovereignty and big‑tech concentration

05:09:14

Baroness Bennett — digital sovereignty and anti‑repression safeguards

05:13:46

Bill purpose, NCSC remit and operator duties

05:17:34

Lords’ strategic framing and NCSC role in cyber bill

05:17:34

Peers — strategic framing and structural critiques of cyber bill

05:17:34

Peer intervention — cyber resilience as core national security

05:17:34

Baroness Ludford — personal cyberattack, scope gaps and skills

05:25:52

Peer critique — EU alignment, executive powers and bill scope

05:31:21

Peers: NCSC powers, state threats and supply chains

05:34:12

Former Cyber Minister — NCSC role, unified reporting and skills

05:34:12

Peer case studies — state threats, supply chains and board liability

05:42:47

Operators’ obligations and sector scope

05:51:33

Operators’ duties — suppliers, reporting and regulators

05:51:33

Chief engineer — critical suppliers, over‑reporting and quantum risk

05:51:33

Former TalkTalk CEO — mandatory reporting and sector scope

05:57:12

TalkTalk experience — 12 regulators and need for a lead authority

06:01:37

Sector scope, insurance and EU alignment

06:04:55

Peer questions — cyber insurance, retailers and AI regulation

06:04:55

Peer proposals — cross‑border alignment and common cyber standards

06:09:28

Final debate and ministerial assurances

06:13:00

Cyber Resilience Bill — peers’ concerns and ministerial reply

06:13:00

AI sovereignty, scope gaps and governance concerns

06:13:00

AI and digital sovereignty in public services

06:13:00

AI and digital sovereignty — lessons from European models

06:13:00

Peer proposals — AI in exams, electoral registers and cyber sovereignty

06:16:24

Peers — scope, governance and alignment issues

06:19:55

Viscount Colville — frontier AI models, retail scope and mandatory reporting

06:19:55

Peer critique — scope gaps, reporting and MSP burden

06:27:44

Consistency, EU NIS2 divergence and Computer Misuse Act

06:32:52

Peers’ closing positions on cyber resilience Bill

06:36:46

Global regulatory context and UK legislative urgency

06:36:46

Global regulatory context, encryption debates and legislative urgency

06:36:46

SMEs, public‑sector exclusion and dynamic scope

06:45:27

Mid‑market CEOs, SMEs and cyber support

06:49:22

Stakeholder closings — scope, AI and next steps for committee

06:51:51

Cyber insurance role and 72‑hour reporting concern

06:51:51

Liberal Democrat closing — scope gaps, AI and digital sovereignty

07:00:11

Opposition closing — strategy gap and AI omission

07:11:56

Strategic clarity, NAO warning and SME burden

07:15:47

Opposition — four key questions for committee

07:19:15

Minister’s response — scope, AI coverage and proportionality

07:20:45

Minister — scope rationale, public sector coverage and excluded sectors

07:20:45

Minister — scope rationale and delayed Action Plan

07:20:45

Minister — public sector coverage and excluding food and retail

07:24:24

Minister — AI security, reporting rules and technology‑agnostic standards

07:26:58

Minister — AI risks, AISI role and SoS powers

07:26:58

Minister — incident reporting, templates and cross‑border data

07:29:59

Minister — common security requirements and emerging tech

07:32:01

Minister — board accountability, SME exemptions and critical supplier test

07:34:11

Minister — board responsibility, reporting cycle and SME exemptions

07:34:11

Minister — defining small providers and critical suppliers

07:35:12

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House of Lords

14 July 2026

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 Actual start 14:00 House of Lords

37:02 - 37:05

Speaker 2

First oral question, Lord Hunt of Wirral.

37:05 - 37:10

Speaker 1

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

37:10 - 37:41

Speaker 3

The UK labour market and economy remain resilient despite geopolitical uncertainties.

The UK had the fastest growing economy in the G7 in the first quarter of this year. For the labor market, ONS data shows that there are 399,000 more people in work than a year ago, and their business insight survey shows that over 80% of businesses intend to either maintain or increase their staff levels in July this year.

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