Arrangement of Business

Lord Kennedy of Southwark Excerpts

Wednesday 26th March 2025 Lords Chamber

[Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)]

My Lords, I promised yesterday to update the House on how proceedings would run today. I want to do so now, before the Chamber empties. As colleagues will have seen, we have received a message from the House of Commons on the non-domestic ratings Bill, and a Motion has now been tabled. We will consider those after Third Reading of the Football Governance Bill, which should be brief, and Questions on an Urgent Question taken in the House of Commons yesterday.

We will then proceed to the Report stage of the buses Bill, with a target to complete 10 of the 14 groups. I am certain that, with the usual discipline applied to Report, we can maintain high-quality debate while getting to votes in a timely manner. I particularly remind Members that this is not an opportunity to rehearse at length arguments made at earlier stages, and I therefore certainly hope that we can have all the anticipated votes in today’s sitting. Given the number of groups on the buses Bill, I have scheduled an additional day to complete the remaining four groups next Wednesday.

The debate on the statutory instrument and related amendment to the Motion in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, will take place as last business. I would hope that this will be at a reasonable hour, but it will depend on progress when completing proceedings on the buses Bill. We will keep Members informed in the usual way through party groups and on the annunciator.