Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee

Thursday 6th June 2019 Lords Chamber

Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee

Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee

Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment Committee

Motions to Approve

11:38

Moved by

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013

That it is desirable that a Select Committee be appointed to consider post-legislative scrutiny of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, and that the Committee do report by 31 March 2020.

Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry

That it is desirable that a Select Committee be appointed to consider the social and economic impact of the gambling industry, and that the Committee do report by 31 March 2020.

Democracy and Digital Technologies

That it is desirable that a Select Committee be appointed to consider democracy and digital technologies, and that the Committee do report by 31 March 2020.

Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment

That it is desirable that a Select Committee be appointed to consider the links between inequality, public health and food sustainability, and that the Committee do report by 31 March 2020.

[Lord Rooker (Lab)]

Can I ask a question about this? I am constantly reading rumours from the other place that various candidates to be Prime Minister intend to prorogue Parliament to get Brexit through. If that is allowed to happen, is there any flexibility in changing the dates for these four Select Committees to report, or to allow them to sit during Prorogation?

[The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) (Con)]

I have been reliably informed that we cannot sit during Prorogation, but we can change the dates.

Motions agreed.