House of Lords Business:Tuesday 11 February 2020
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Lords Chamber
2:30pm: Oral Questions
- Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con) to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to further their aims of (1) building 300,000 new homes each year for the next five years, and (2) making the planning system simpler.
- Lord Shipley (Lib Dem) to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of social homes for rent. [I]
- Baroness Pinnock (Lib Dem) to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring back into use empty Victorian mills in the Pennine area of the North of England.
- Topical Question
Main Business
Fisheries Bill – Second Reading
Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill (Law Commission Bill) – Second Reading
Grand Committee
Draft Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2019
Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun Freezing Order 2020
Draft Public Bodies (Abolition of Public Works Loan Commissioner) Order 2019
Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2020
Draft Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019
Lords Committees
Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (10:15am, Room 1)
Ageing: Science, Technology and Healthy Living
Witnesses: Professor Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, University of Oxford, Professor Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge, Professor Jane Raymond, Professor of Visual Cognition, University of Birmingham and Dr Sana Suri, Alzheimer's Society Research Fellow, University of OxfordProfessor Jane Raymond, Professor of Visual Cognition, University of Birmingham, Ms Catherine McClen, Founder and CEO, BuddyHub, Ms Sinead Mac Manus, Senior Programme Manager, Digital Health, NESTA, Dr Chris Blackmore, Lecturer in mental health, Sheffield University and Mr Simon Ommundsen, Head of User Experience, No Isolation
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee (10:15am, Room 2)
Democracy and Digital Technologies
Witnesses: Rasmus Nielsen, Director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Angie Pitt, Director, NewsWise, Elinor Carmi and Helen Milner, Group Chief Executive, Good Things Foundation,Ms Liz Moorse, CEO, Association for Citizenship Teaching, Mr Jonathan Baggaley, CEO, PSHE Association and Dr Bill Mitchell, Director of Policy, BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT
EU Justice Sub-Committee (10:30am, Room 3A)
Brexit: consumer protection rights
Witnesses: Mr Matthew Upton, Director of Policy, Citizens Advice and Ms Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Protection, Which?
Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee (10:30am, Room 2A)
Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment
Witnesses: Shirley Cramer, Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health, Louise Marshall, Senior Public Health Fellow, Health Foundation and Susan Jebb, Professor of diet and population health, University of Oxford
Gambling Industry Committee (3:15pm, Room 4)
Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry
Witnesses: Mr Neil McArthur, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission and Mr Bill Moyes, Chair, Gambling Commission
Economic Affairs Committee (3:30pm, Room 1)
Governor of the Bank of England 2020
Witnesses: Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England
Secondary Legislation Committee (3:45pm, Room 3A)
Witnesses: Esther McVey, Cathy Francis, Director for Housing Delivery, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Nick Walkley, Chief Executive, Homes England
European Union Committee (4:00pm, Room 3)
Protocol on Northern Ireland / Ireland
Witnesses: Dr Sylvia de Mars, Senior Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University, Mr Colin Murray, Reader in Public Law, Newcastle University and Mr David Henig, UK Director, European Centre for International Political Economy
