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Lords HLWS379
Publication of the Independent Expert’s Report on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Sir Chris Bryant) has today made the following statement:Everybody in Northern Ireland has a right to live free from fear and intimidat...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Lab
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Lords HLWS378
Flood Action Week 2026
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Water and Flooding (Emma Hardy MP) has made the following statement.As we enter Flood Action Week 2026 (12-18 October 2026), I am updating the House on the ste...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Lords HLWS377
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Consultation: Government Response
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation and Investment) (Chris McDonald MP) has today made the following Statement.Today I am publishing the Government's respon...
Made: 2026-10-13
Lord Leong
Lord Leong
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Enterprise)
Lab
Department: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
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Lords HLWS376
Competition and Market Authority's Heating Oil Market Study: Government Response
My hon. Friend the Minister for Energy Consumers (Polly Billington) made the following Statement today: Today, I am publishing the Government's response to the Competition and Markets Authority's (...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Curran
Baroness Curran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Lords HLWS375
Independent Immigration Appeals Authority preparatory spend – Contingencies fund advance
My right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum (Anna Turley) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I would like to notify the House that the Home Off...
Made: 2026-10-13
Lord Collins of Highbury
Lord Collins of Highbury
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Lords HLWS374
Transfer of Chiltern Railways’ Services into Public Ownership
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am confirming to the House that on Sunday 20 September 2026, Chilt...
Made: 2026-10-13
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Lords HLWS373
Health and care reviews, improvement and regulation
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Health (Karin Smyth MP) has made the following statement:I would like to inform the House of several updates from the Department of Health and Social ...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Merron
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women’s Health and Mental Health
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Lords HLWS372
Improving housing availability and affordability
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:Everyone deserves to live in a safe, secure, decent and affor...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Minister for Housing and Local Government
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Lords HLWS371
Launch of the National Taskforce for Tackling Misogyny
My Right Honourable friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities, the Rt Hon. Bridget Phillipson MP, has today made the following statement:Women and girls shouldn’t have to shrink their lives or ...
Made: 2026-10-12
Lord Collins of Highbury
Lord Collins of Highbury
Minister for Equalities
Lab
Department: Women and Equalities
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Lords HLWS370
Digital Waste Tracking: Mandatory Use of the Report Receipt of Waste Service
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Water and Flooding (Emma Hardy MP) has made the following statement.Today I am pleased to update the House of continued progress with the implementation of Dig...
Made: 2026-10-12
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Lords HLWS369
Government Response to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts
My Right Honourable Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Rt Hon Alex Norris MP) has made the following statement:"This Government inherited a criminal justice system in cr...
Made: 2026-10-12
Lord Lemos
Lord Lemos
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Lab
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Lords HLWS368
Continuity of supply of telecommunications services
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Spor...
Made: 2026-10-12
Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood
Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Lab
Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Lords HLWS367
National Museums to remain free for everyone
Museums and galleries tell the story of who we are as a country and foster pride in the places we come from. They educate, inspire and entertain people and drive growth in our towns and cities. Thi...
Made: 2026-10-12
Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood
Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Lab
Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Lords HLWS366
Correction to Oral Question: Gaelic Broadcasting
On 16 July 2026, I answered an Oral Question on BBC Royal Charter: Gaelic Broadcasting in the House of Lords Chamber. I said: “MG ALBA’s total budget stands at an estimated £420 per Gaelic speaker,...
Made: 2026-10-12
Baroness Twycross
Baroness Twycross
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Lab
Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Lords HLWS365
Artificial Intelligence Policy
My right honourable friend the Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today updating the House on the action the G...
Made: 2026-10-12
Baroness Twycross
Baroness Twycross
Parliamentary Secretary
Lab
Department: Cabinet Office
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