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House of Lords Official Report Vol. 799 Monday No. 331 15 July 2019 PARLIAMENTARYDEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDEROFBUSINESS Questions Free Television Licences.....................................................................................................1 NHS: Automation..............................................................................................................4 Childhood Obesity .............................................................................................................6 Litter Strategy ....................................................................................................................9 Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee European Union Committee Membership Motions ........................................................................................................11 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill Committee ........................................................................................................................12 Space Science and Technology Question for Short Debate ................................................................................................81 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill Committee (Continued)....................................................................................................94 Grand Committee Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 Considered in Grand Committee...................................................................................GC 1 Environment (Legislative Functions from Directives) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Considered in Grand Committee...................................................................................GC 6 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2019 Considered in Grand Committee ................................................................................GC 18 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. No proofs of Daily Reports are provided. Corrections for the bound volume which Lords wish to suggest to the report of their speeches should be clearly indicated in a copy of the Daily Report, which, with the column numbers concerned shown on the front cover, should be sent to the Editor of Debates, House of Lords, within 14 days of the date of the Daily Report. This issue of the Official Report is also available on the Internet at https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2019-07-15 The first time a Member speaks to a new piece of parliamentary business, the following abbreviations are used to show their party affiliation: Abbreviation Party/Group CB Cross Bench Con Conservative DUP Democratic Unionist Party GP Green Party Ind Lab Independent Labour Ind LD Independent Liberal Democrat Ind SD Independent Social Democrat Ind UU Independent Ulster Unionist Lab Labour Lab Co-op Labour and Co-operative Party LD Liberal Democrat LD Ind Liberal Democrat Independent Non-afl Non-affiliated PC Plaid Cymru UKIP UK Independence Party UUP Ulster Unionist Party No party affiliation is given for Members serving the House in a formal capacity, the Lords spiritual, Members on leave of absence or Members who are otherwise disqualified from sitting in the House. © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2019, this publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF STATE THE CABINET PRIME MINISTER,FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY AND MINISTER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE—The Rt. Hon. Theresa May, MP CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER AND MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE—The Rt. Hon. David Lidington, MP CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER—The Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT—The Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS—The Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION—The Rt. Hon. Stephen Barclay, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND EQUALITIES—The Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt, MP LORD CHANCELLOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR JUSTICE—The Rt. Hon. David Gauke, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE—The Rt. Hon. Matt Hancock, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS,ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY—The Rt. Hon. Greg Clark, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE—The Rt. Hon. Liam Fox, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS—The Rt. Hon. Amber Rudd, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION—The Rt. Hon. Damian Hinds, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT,FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS—The Rt. Hon. Michael Gove, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOUSING,COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT—The Rt. Hon. James Brokenshire, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT—The Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling, MP LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND LORD PRIVY SEAL—Baroness Evans of Bowes Park SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SCOTLAND—The Rt. Hon. David Mundell, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES—The Rt. Hon. Alun Cairns, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND—The Rt. Hon. Karen Bradley, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT—The Rt. Hon. Rory Stewart, MP SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DIGITAL,CULTURE,MEDIA AND SPORT—The Rt. Hon. Jeremy Wright, MP MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO—The Rt. Hon. Brandon Lewis, MP ALSO ATTENDS CABINET CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY—The Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Truss, MP LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL—The Rt. Hon. Mel Stride, MP PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY AND CHIEF WHIP—The Rt. Hon. Julian Smith, MP ATTORNEY GENERAL—The Rt. Hon. Geoffrey Cox, QC, MP MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND CLEAN GROWTH—The Rt. Hon. Claire Perry, MP MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION—The Rt. Hon. Caroline Nokes, MP MINISTER FOR UNIVERSITIES,SCIENCE,RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (INTERIM MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND CLEAN GROWTH)—Chris Skidmore, MP DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND MINISTERS Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy— SECRETARY OF STATE—The Rt. Hon. Greg Clark, MP MINISTERS OF STATE— The Rt. Hon. Claire Perry, MP (Minister for Energy and Clean Growth) Chris Skidmore, MP (Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation; Interim Minister for Energy and Clean Growth) § PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE— Kelly Tolhurst, MP (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility) Jake Berry, MP (Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth) § Andrew Stephenson, MP (Minister for Business and Industry) The Rt. Hon. Lord Henley Cabinet Office— PRIME MINISTER,FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY AND MINISTER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE—The Rt. Hon. Theresa May, MP MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE AND CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER—The Rt. Hon. David Lidington, MP MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO—The Rt. Hon. Brandon Lewis, MP PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES— Oliver Dowden, MP (Minister for Implementation) Chloe Smith, MP (Minister for the Constitution) Kevin Foster, MP § CABINET OFFICE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE LORDS—The Rt. Hon. Lord Young of Cookham, CH § ii Defence— SECRETARY OF STATE AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN AND EQUALITIES—The Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt, MP MINISTERS OF STATE— The Rt. Hon. Earl Howe § The Rt. Hon. Mark Lancaster, TD, MP (Minister for the Armed Forces) PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE— The Rt. Hon. Tobias Ellwood, MP (Minister for Defence People and Veterans) Stuart Andrew, MP (Minister for Defence Procurement) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport— SECRETARY OF STATE—The Rt. Hon. Jeremy Wright, MP MINISTER OF STATE—Margot James, MP (Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries) PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE— Lord Ashton of Hyde Rebecca Pow, MP (Minister for the Arts, Heritage and Tourism) Mims Davies, MP (Minister for Sport and Civil Society) Education— SECRETARY OF STATE—The Rt. Hon. Damian Hinds, MP MINISTERS OF STATE— The Rt. Hon. Nick Gibb, MP (Minister for School Standards) The Rt. Hon. Anne Milton, MP (Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills) Chris Skidmore, MP (Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation) § PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE— Lord Agnew of Oulton, DL (Minister for the School System) Nadhim Zahawi, MP (Minister for Children and Families) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs— SECRETARY OF STATE—The Rt. Hon. Michael Gove, MP MINISTER OF STATE—Robert Goodwill, MP (Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE— Dr Thérèse Coffey, MP (Minister for the Environment) Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity) David Rutley, MP (Minister for Food and Animal Welfare) § Exiting the European Union— SECRETARY OF STATE—The Rt. Hon. Stephen Barclay, MP MINISTER OF STATE—Lord Callanan PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE— Robin Walker, MP James Cleverly, MP Kwasi Kwarteng, MP Foreign and Commonwealth Office— SECRETARY OF STATE—The Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt, MP MINISTERS OF STATE— The Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Duncan, KCMG, MP (Minister for Europe and the Americas) Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN) The Rt. Hon. Dr Andrew Murrison, MP (Minister for the Middle East) § The Rt. Hon. Mark Field, MP (Minister for Asia and the Pacific) Harriett Baldwin, MP (Minister for Africa) § Health and Social Care— SECRETARY OF STATE—The Rt. Hon. Matt Hancock, MP MINISTERS OF STATE— Stephen Hammond, MP (Minister for Health) Caroline Dinenage, MP (Minister for Care) PARLIAMENTARY
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