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Live Commons Data - 09:37:32

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BUSINESS QUESTION
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STATEMENT TO FOLLOW:- POST OFFICE:
COMPENSATION FOR HORIZON SCANDAL.
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Live Lords Data - 09:37:32

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1ST ORAL QUESTION ANSWERING:

Current Speaker

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
(Conservative - Life peer)
Lord Sharpe of Epsom Portrait
Began speaking 1 month, 1 week ago
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FOLLOWING THE DEBATE IN THE NAME OF LORD FARMER, A STATEMENT REPEAT:
POST OFFICE:
COMPENSATION FOR HORIZON SCANDAL.
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Thursday 21st July in the Commons Chamber

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Prayers

Business before Questions

Speaker's Statement
(1 Speeches)

Oral Answers to Questions (Department for International Trade)
(131 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade
 Penny Mordaunt - Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
 Andrew Griffith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade)
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Net Zero Strategy: High Court Ruling (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
(39 Speeches)
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Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Urgent Question

Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre (Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities)
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Paul Scully - Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Business of the House (Leader of the House)
(73 Speeches)
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Mark Spencer - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

Points of Order (Home Office)
(9 Speeches)
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Kevin Foster - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

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Human Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK Sanctions (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
(45 Speeches)
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Rehman Chishti - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment (Leader of the House)
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Peter Bone - Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

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David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

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Serious Fraud Office and the Unaoil Case: Independent review (Attorney General)
(1 Speeches)
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Suella Braverman - Attorney General

UK Commission on Covid Commemoration (Cabinet Office)
(1 Speeches)
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Michael Ellis - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Attends Cabinet)

Annual European Union Finances Statement (HM Treasury)
(1 Speeches)
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Simon Clarke - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Military Support to Ukraine (Ministry of Defence)
(1 Speeches)
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Ben Wallace - Secretary of State for Defence

Academy Trust and Local Government Pension (Department for Education)
(1 Speeches)
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James Cleverly - Secretary of State for Education

Further Education Funding and Accountability: Consultation (Department for Education)
(1 Speeches)
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Andrea Jenkyns - Assistant Whip

NHS Covid Travel Pass for Children (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
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Maggie Throup - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Department for International Trade)
(1 Speeches)
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Mexico Trade Negotiations (Department for International Trade)
(1 Speeches)
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade

UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (Department for International Trade)
(1 Speeches)
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade

Intergovernmental Relations Quarterly Report: Quarter 2 2022 (Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities)
(1 Speeches)
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Greg Clark - Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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Boris Johnson - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union

Active Travel England: Framework Document (Department for Transport)
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Thursday 21st July in the Lords Chamber

House of Lords
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Introduction: Baroness Willis of Summertown
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Retirements of Members
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Crypto Asset Technology
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Primary Care: Quality and Access Improvements
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House of Lords Appointments Commission (Cabinet Office)
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Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
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