This week in the House of Lords

Future items of business (especially those more than a week in advance) may be provisional, and are subject to change.

Main Chamber

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Oral questions

Expanding the electrification of public transport networks to meet their net-zero emissions target

19 May 2025 -

Lord Teverson

Liberal Democrat, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Announcement on the awarding of contracts for small modular nuclear reactors

19 May 2025

Lord Spellar

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Strengthening science and innovation following reports that the Alan Turing Institute is cutting research projects

19 May 2025

Lord Clement-Jones

Liberal Democrat, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Discussions with Sports England on the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010, following the Supreme Court decision in "For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16"

19 May 2025

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Urgent Question Repeat

Public safety implications of the Government’s plan to set a 28-day limit on prison sentences for recalled offenders

19 May 2025

Lord Timpson

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Legislation

Data (Use and Access) Bill - consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons

19 May 2025

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Legislation

Employment Rights Bill - committee stage (day 4) - part one

19 May 2025

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Orders and regulations

Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 - motion to approve (around 7.30pm)

19 May 2025

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Orders and regulations

Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 - motion to regret

19 May 2025

Lord Moylan

Conservative, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Legislation

Employment Rights Bill - committee stage (day 4) - part two

19 May 2025

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Estimated rising time

19 May 2025 -

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Long-term plan to use assistive technology throughout an individual’s education and adult life

20 May 2025 -

Lord Addington

Liberal Democrat, Excepted Hereditary

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Reversing recent declines in healthy life expectancy, and addressing poverty-related inequalities in life expectancy

20 May 2025

Baroness Alexander of Cleveden

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Establishing a contact group for Sudan ceasefire talks

20 May 2025

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Conservative, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Performance of the Criminal Cases Review Commission in dealing with miscarriages of justice, following the exoneration of Peter Sullivan after 38 years imprisonment

20 May 2025

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

Liberal Democrat, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Urgent Question Repeat

NHS Volunteer and Care Service

20 May 2025

Baroness Merron

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Legislation

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - committee stage (day 1)

20 May 2025

Baroness Smith of Malvern

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Statement

Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity Incident

20 May 2025

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Estimated rising time

20 May 2025 -

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Plans to expedite and streamline armed forces recruitment processes

21 May 2025 -

Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Challenges facing young people from online harms, as raised in the Netflix drama series 'Adolescence'

21 May 2025

Baroness Berger

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Following the declassification of files stating that the government 'turned a blind eye' to serious crimes of the IRA, referring murder cases to the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

21 May 2025

Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard

Ulster Unionist Party, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Cyber resilience of UK businesses, organisations and government systems

21 May 2025

The Lord Bishop of St Albans

Bishops

Main Chamber

Lords

Statement

Government response to the Infected Blood inquiry

21 May 2025

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Statement

UK-EU Summit

21 May 2025

Baroness Smith of Basildon

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Legislation

Employment Rights Bill - committee stage (day 5)

21 May 2025

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Introduction(s)

Lord Gove

22 May 2025 -

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Recent steps taken towards securing the release of Jimmy Lai

22 May 2025

The Lord Bishop of St Albans

Bishops

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Progress in cross-party talks on the reform of social care

22 May 2025

Baroness Pitkeathley

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Plans to improve young people’s media literacy by providing additional resources to schools, in terms of IT equipment, staffing, training and appropriate curriculum materials

22 May 2025

Baroness Blower

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Oral questions

Sutton Trust’s Opportunity Index and plans to increase opportunities for social mobility in the UK

22 May 2025

The Lord Bishop of Newcastle

Bishops

Main Chamber

Lords

Legislation

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - committee stage (day 2)

22 May 2025

Baroness Smith of Malvern

Labour, Life peer

Main Chamber

Lords

Grand Committee

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Legislation

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - committee stage

19 May 2025 -

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Labour, Life peer

Lords

Estimated rising time

19 May 2025 -

Lords

Debate

National policy statement for nuclear energy generation

21 May 2025 -

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Labour, Life peer

Speakers list published

Lords

Select & Joint Committees

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Oral evidence

Autism Act 2009

19 May 2025 -

Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Procedure and Privileges Committee - Private Meeting

19 May 2025 -

Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Lords

UK Engagement with Space Committee - Oral evidence

UK Engagement with Space

19 May 2025 -

Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Autism Act 2009 Committee - Private Meeting

19 May 2025 -

Westminster

Lords

Home-based Working Committee - Oral evidence

Home-based Working

19 May 2025 -

Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Lords

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence

Undersea cables

19 May 2025 -

Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

Joint

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee - Private Meeting

20 May 2025 -

Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Economic Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

20 May 2025 -

Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Lords

European Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

The UK-EU reset

20 May 2025 -

Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Lords

International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting

20 May 2025 -

Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Justice and Home Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

20 May 2025 -

Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Communications and Digital Committee - Oral evidence

Media literacy

20 May 2025 -

Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Industry and Regulators Committee - Private Meeting

20 May 2025 -

Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Built Environment Committee - Oral evidence

New Towns: Practical Delivery

20 May 2025 -

Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Science and Technology Committee - Oral evidence

Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry

20 May 2025 -

Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Restoration and Renewal Programme Board - Private Meeting

20 May 2025 -

Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

Joint

Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting

21 May 2025 -

Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Oral evidence

Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework

21 May 2025 -

Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Lords

International Relations and Defence Committee - Oral evidence

The UK’s future relationship with the US

21 May 2025 -

Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Finance Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting

21 May 2025 -

Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Public Services Committee - Private Meeting

Child Maintenance

21 May 2025 -

Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Constitution Committee - Oral evidence

Rule of Law

21 May 2025 -

Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting

21 May 2025 -

Virtual meeting

Joint

Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence

Transnational repression in the UK

21 May 2025 -

Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Joint

Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence

Nitrogen

22 May 2025 -

Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Lords

Social Mobility Policy Committee - Oral evidence

Social Mobility Policy

22 May 2025 -

Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Lords