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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering regularly uses her voice in the Lords to campaign for greater food security and support for British farming. Earlier this year, we heard about her question to the government on its top priorities for farming and food production.
Watch the full question to hear from other Lords members on the topic and see how the government responded. https://orlo.uk/R0XVW
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Will the government ban destructive fishing methods and protect natural marine environments?
Last year, we caught up with Baroness Sugg in this episode of Inside Lords Questions, when she pressed the government on whether it planned to ban bottom trawling and dredging in marine protected areas. Watch the full question to hear from other Lords members on the topic and see how the government responded https://orlo.uk/ChA5y
Bottom trawling is a fishing method that drags large nets along the seafloor. Sir David Attenborough drew attention to the impact of this practice on areas of seabed and marine life in his documentary ‘Ocean’.
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Lords members questioned the government on whether they plan to reduce the welfare budget to fund defence, in this question from Baroness Foster of Oxton on Thursday 17 September.
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What plans does the government have to review the decision to cut funding to creative and performing arts teaching grants in universities? Nicholas Trench, the Earl of Clancarty, is an artist and Crossbench member of the House Lords who regularly speaks on the arts and creative industries. We hear from him about his recent question to the government on funding cuts to creative and performing arts teaching grants.
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What is the government doing to tackle business rates avoidance? Members pressed government for action on shops and other businesses not paying in a question on Wednesday 16 September.
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Lords members will quiz the government on what assessment it has made of the government of China’s financial influence over UK water companies, in this question from Lord Blencathra.
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Lords members will quiz the government following a letter signed by more than 800 hospitality industry leaders calling for VAT on hospitality to be reduced from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. Members will press government on what assessment it has made of the impact of rising costs on hospitality businesses, investment, employment and opportunities for young people.
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The Representation of the People Bill is set to have its second reading in the House of Lords today, Monday 14 September. The bill aims to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in all elections, and change electoral law across the UK regarding electoral registration, voter identification, conduct of elections, political finance regulation and enforcement arrangements for the Electoral Commission.
Find out more about the debate and see who’s taking part https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2026/september-2026/representation-of-the-people-bill-has-lords-second-reading/
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What role should creativity play in education? Hear from Baroness Featherstone as she explains her Private Member’s Bill, the Creative Education Access Bill, which aims to establish minimum standards for access to creative and cultural education in state-funded schools in England and Wales.
Find out more about the bill and how Private Members’ Bills progress through Parliament https://orlo.uk/EosL3
