What's on in the Lords 24-28 March
28 March 2025
Questions
Members of the Lords draw attention to energy price controls, remediation of high-rise buildings with safety defects, prevalence of female genital mutilation nationally, the UK's future defence capability, USA developments on Ukraine and foreign investment in UK press.
Bills
The Lords 'tidies up' the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill and Football Governance Bill at third reading, plus continues line by line checks on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill at committee stage.
Debates
Members discuss the following Lords committee reports:
- 'Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system' by the Food, Diet and Obesity Committee
- 'The Modern Slavery Act 2015: becoming world-leading again' by the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee.
Committees
- The Science and Technology Committee hears from experts as part of its inquiry on financing and scaling UK science and technology, including innovation, investment, and industry.
- The Industry and Regulators Committee speaks to Michael Shanks MP,
Minister at Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, during its inquiry on the energy grid and grid connections. - UK-EU relations is on the agenda for the European Affairs Committee as it continues its inquiry.
Read on for more.
Friday
From 10am
Debates
Members debate committee reports:
- 'Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system' by the the Food, Diet and Obesity Committee
- 'The Modern Slavery Act 2015: becoming world-leading again' by the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee.
Catch up
Monday
From 2.30pm
Questions
Members pressed the government on:
- investors in UK-listed investment companies
- UK energy security
- correcting high-rise buildings with safety defects
- imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences.
Legislation
The Lords began to:
- check and change the Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill, followed by all remaining stages
- 'tidy up' the Non-Domestic Ratings (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
- consider Commons reasons and amendments to the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill.
From 3.45pm in Grand Committee, work away from the chamber, members continued detailed examination of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.
Orders and regulations
Members debated changes to certain local authority elections in England, in a 'motions to annul' put forward by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb and Baroness Pinnock, and 'motion to regret' from Baroness Scott of Bybrook.
Statement
Following a statement, members pressed the government on the conflict in Gaza.
Tuesday
From 2.30pm
Questions
The Lords brought attention to:
- suspension of arms exports to Israel
- female genital mutilation
- Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement with Cuba
- defence industry
Legislation
Members continued line by line checks on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill.
Orders and regulations
From 3.45pm in Grand Committee, members considered regulations on:
- Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025
- Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025
- Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025.
Wednesday
From 3pm
Questions
The Lords quizzed the government on:
- USA and recent developments in Ukraine
- UK's future defence capability
- energy price control
- Heathrow Airport closure.
Legislation
The Lords began further checks on the Bus Services (No.2) Bill, 'tidied up' the Football Governance Bill and considered Commons amendments to the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill.
From 4.15pm in Grand Committee, members continued line by line examination of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.
Orders and regulations
The Lords considered Lord Junt of King Heath's 'motion to approve' the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 and a motion to regret the regulations put forward by Baroness Hoey.
Commons urgent question
Following an urgent question in the House of Commons on Tuesday 25 March, members debated asylum hotels and illegal channel crossings.
Thursday
From 11am
Questions
The House of Lords pressed the government on:
- foreign investment in UK press
- setting a quota for refugee resettlement
- Official Development Assistance
- Grangemouth oil refinery.
Legislation
The Lords discussed the key principles and main purpose of the Employment Rights Bill.
From 1pm in Grand Committee, the Lords checked and changed the Holocaust Memorial Bill.
Statement
The Lords questioned the government on the the Spring Statement, following it's appearance in the House of Commons on Wednesday 26 March.
Get involved
Watch
Questions, debates and scrutiny of legislation are streamed live online for free. Watch chamber business and Lords committee meetings on Parliament TV.
Read
All business in the House of Lords chamber and in Grand Committee is transcribed and available to read from around three hours after it happens. Read it free online in Lords Hansard.
Follow on X
Visit @UKHouseofLords on X for highlights of each day’s work in the House.
Follow the hashtag #HouseOfLords for what’s happening, or #LordsQs for details of questions put to the government at the start of business Monday to Thursday.
Other social media
Follow the House of Lords on Bluesky, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Threads for highlights, photos and videos from the UK Parliament’s second chamber.
Subscribe to the House of Lords newsletter
Sign up and receive weekly updates on the latest news stories, draft law scrutiny, committee work and discussions happening in the Lords.
Image credit: House of Lords / Roger Harris
Latest in the Lords
