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30 June 2026

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The sitting covers Lords Oral Questions on pensions, Women, Peace and Security, student finance, and NHS heat resilience, followed by a Private Notice Question on Civil Service pensions and the House’s procedural move into committee stage on the National Security (State Threats) Bill, where peers begin with China, Hong Kong and AI‑related amendments on espionage, transnational repression and hostile superintelligent AI systems.

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Oral questions and opening of State Threats Bill committee

36:42

Oral Questions and PNQ before National Security Bill

36:42

Oral Questions — pensions, WPS, students, NHS heat

36:42

Private pensions access for terminally ill

36:42

Oral question introduced — pensions and terminal illness

36:42

Minister: outdated terminal illness rules and scheme variation

38:54

Tax, state pension loss and interaction with benefits

40:21

Scheme hurdles, adequacy concerns and financial education

41:24

Call for a single terminal illness definition and better support

44:05

Women, Peace and Security — UK policy and cases

46:35

Women, Peace and Security — UK commitments and outcomes

46:35

Sudan conflict — sexual violence and accountability efforts

48:18

Gaza peace process, inclusivity and UNSCR 1325

49:32

Women’s leadership, partner engagement and conflict sexual violence

51:25

Northern Ireland model, Yemeni women and WPS funding levels

53:36

Oral Question — student finance reform and university funding

56:55

Student finance reform — government measures and graduate tax debate

56:55

Defining and constraining ‘poor quality’ university courses

59:54

Tuition fee indexation, legislation and sector finances

01:00:56

Student finance — course value data and debt impacts

01:03:19

Oral Question — NHS estate and services under extreme heat

01:07:44

Oral question introduced — NHS estate resilience to extreme heat

01:07:44

Heatwave impacts on patients, care homes and workplaces

01:14:58

PNQ and shift to National Security Bill

01:18:33

PNQ — Civil Service pensions failures and Capita accountability

01:18:33

PNQ introduced — Civil Service Pension Scheme failures

01:18:33

Capita performance, debarment risks and contract management

01:21:27

Impact on pensioners, emergency loans and compensation

01:24:48

Outsourcing model, past performance and insourcing policy

01:28:53

Transition from PNQ to National Security Bill

01:32:03

PNQ concluded and transition to next business

01:32:03

Committee stage opened — National Security (State Threats) Bill

01:33:01

Committee stage — China, Hong Kong and AI amendments

01:37:47

Amendments on China threats and superintelligent AI

01:37:47

China-related threats — Hong Kong, transnational repression and United Front

01:37:47

Lord Alton: Hong Kong office espionage and enforcement capacity

01:37:47

Amendment 3 — defining and tracking transnational repression

01:43:21

Amendment 4 — China’s United Front and foreign power condition

01:47:05

Conservative support — warning against naivety on China

01:50:27

ISC perspective — China, United Front and limits of amendment 4

02:01:34

Amendment 5 — artificial superintelligence as foreign power threat

01:55:12

Amendment 5 — artificial superintelligence as a state threat

01:55:12

Amendment 5 — foreign ASI systems as state threats

01:58:11

China transnational repression and future national security legislation

02:05:54

Baroness Ludford — China repression and limited bill scope

02:05:54

Ludford — enforcement capacity gaps and super‑intelligent AI

02:11:11

Espionage, HKETO status and hostile regimes

02:13:15

Espionage threats and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

02:13:15

Amendment 1 — espionage and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

02:13:15

China espionage, Uyghurs and HKETO front

02:14:46

Hostile states — China, Russia, Iran and UK strategy

02:19:07

China, Russia and Iran as adversaries — need for firmer UK stance

02:19:07

Fast‑tracked bill, scrutiny limits and AI risks

02:22:06

Fast‑tracked state threats bill and limits on scrutiny

02:22:06

Fast‑tracked state threats bill and limits on scrutiny

02:22:06

AI‑driven cyber threats and Amendment 5

02:25:15

Amendment 5 — hostile foreign AI systems and cyber risk

02:25:15

State Threats Bill committee — powers, AI and IRGC issues

02:29:29

Minister and peers — bill rationale and emerging threats

02:29:29

Minister and Opposition — bill scope, gaps and process

02:29:29

Opposition support for designations and criticism of gaps

02:29:29

Opposition criticism of government engagement and backing for amendments 2 and 3

02:29:29

Bill fast‑tracking, mandate and existing security law

02:33:32

Minister defends fast‑tracking and engagement on bill

02:33:32

Future National Security Bill and response to China concerns

02:36:25

Foreign power condition, China and AI risks

02:39:48

China, FIRS designations and foreign power condition

02:39:48

China and FIRS — Alton presses for enhanced‑tier designation

02:39:48

Amendment 4 — foreign power condition and United Front activity

02:42:33

AI national security risks and legal review

02:45:15

Amendment 5 — AI, artificial superintelligence and security review

02:45:15

Clarifying coverage of amendments 3 and 5 under the 2023 Act

02:48:11

Closing debate on AI risks and JCHR role

02:51:38

National Security Bill — offences, exemptions and IRGC debate

02:55:22

Clause 2 offences — beneficial ownership and humanitarian defences

02:55:22

Clause 1 concluded; Amendment 9 on beneficial ownership

02:55:22

Clause 1 agreed; shift to clause 2 and Amendment 9

02:55:22

Support for Amendment 9 — transparency and beneficial ownership

03:01:47

Minister: Amendment 9 and Walney proposals already covered

03:04:08

Humanitarian and information defences — proponents and government response

03:09:39

Baroness Northover — humanitarian activities exemptions and defences

03:09:39

Anderson’s Amendment 17A — information, conflict mediation and journalism

03:17:24

Minister: accepting humanitarian and information defences

03:22:33

Humanitarian and media protections in designation offences

03:27:03

Lord Alton’s Amendment 22 — ICRC and journalists’ protection

03:27:03

Opposition queries government role in humanitarian defences

03:33:33

Minister justifies narrow bill scope and accepts targeted NGO and media protections

03:38:12

National Security Bill — IRGC offences and committee conclusion

03:48:59

Amendments 20–23 — IRGC uniforms, propaganda and passport powers

03:48:59

Opposition amendments 20, 21 and 23 — uniforms, passports and propaganda

03:48:59

Amendment 20 — uniforms and insignia offence debated

04:01:45

Minister rejects Amendments 20, 21 and 23

04:17:18

National Security Bill — IRGC amendments, division and timetable

04:26:45

Proponent insists on uniforms, propaganda and passport powers

04:26:45

Division on Amendment 20 — uniforms and insignia

04:31:37

Committee stage concluded and bill reported with amendments

04:43:04

Business statement — timetable for remaining state threats bill stages

04:45:09

Secondary legislation, trade remedies and closing procedure

04:47:53

Planning delegation regulations 2026 — scrutiny and approval

04:47:53

Planning delegation regulations 2026 — debate and approval

04:47:53

Planning delegation regulations — government case and regret motion

04:47:53

Planning regulations 2026 — national delegation scheme and committee limits

04:47:53

Lord Jamieson’s regret motion — loss of local planning accountability

04:52:57

Planning delegation regulations — peers’ objections

04:59:56

LGA perspective — call‑in powers, gateway test and committee cap

04:59:56

Former planning chair — devolution rhetoric versus Whitehall control

05:03:57

Peers: transparency, committee access and ‘developer’s charter’

05:08:37

Minister’s defence — gateway test, thresholds and committee caps

05:19:03

Minister defends delegation scheme and gateway test

05:19:03

Committee size cap, call‑ins and impact on housing delivery

05:24:45

Reserved matters, non‑plan applications and local ‘significance’

05:27:09

Planning delegation regulations — conclusion and approval

05:34:17

Jamieson withdraws regret motion; regulations approved

05:34:17

Steel safeguard regime — peers’ concerns and ministerial reply

05:38:50

Steel safeguard regime — criticisms and concerns

05:38:50

Steel safeguard regime — opposition and crossbench criticisms

05:38:50

Opposition front bench — core flaws in new steel tariff regime

05:38:50

Opposition questions — energy prices, carbon costs and Northern Ireland

05:43:02

Liberal Democrat response — Sheffield perspective and specialist grades

05:46:18

Government steel strategy and trade defence rationale

05:51:09

Government steel strategy and trade defence

05:51:09

Minister’s statement — steel strategy, global overcapacity and WTO expiry

05:51:09

Steel tariffs — sovereignty, fairness and review

05:55:31

Liberal Democrat: ESG reporting burden on steel

06:00:31

Minister: industry feedback and CBAM/ETS obligations

06:02:03

Steel Industry Nationalisation Bill and domestic supply

06:03:16

House procedure — adjournment and State Threats Bill report

06:05:02

Procedural adjournment and move to State Threats Bill

06:05:02

Procedural adjournment and move to State Threats Bill

06:05:02

Adjournment on pleasure and pause in business

06:05:02

Report received and third reading — State Threats Bill

06:16:36

House of Lords

30 June 2026

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 Actual start 14:00 House of Lords

35:37 - 35:42

Speaker 3

My Lords, the first question is in the name of the Lord Laming. Lord Laming.

35:42 - 35:47

Speaker 2

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

36:42 - 36:45

Speaker 4

First oral question, Baroness Martin of Brockley.

36:45 - 36:51

Speaker 5

My Lords, I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name in the Order Paper.

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