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House of Lords Business: Wednesday 26 February 2020

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Lords Chamber

3:00pm: Oral Questions

- Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Non-Afil) to ask Her Majesty's Government what financial assistance they have provided to businesses in the United Kingdom to deal with the ongoing costs of staff training and administration as a result of the new customs rules brought in due to the Unite Kingdom’s departure from the European Union

- Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab) to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the time limit on pre-charge police bail

- Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (Lab) to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the report ' A perverse and ominous enterprise: the death penalty and illegal executions in Saudi Arabia'

- Lord Lee of Trafford (Lib Dem) to ask Her Majesty's Government what the impact of Wuhan coronavirus on UK tourism

Main Business

NHS Funding Bill (Money Bill) – Second Reading (and remaining stages)

Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2020: Motion to Approve

Grand Committee

Pension Schemes Bill [HL] – Committee stage (day 2)

Lords Committees

EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (9:20am, Room 4A)
Witnesses: Sir Adrian Montague CBE, Chairman, Aviva and Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chairman, Lloyd's of London

International Relations and Defence Committee (10:30am, Room 4)
The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa
Witnesses: Samantha Job, Director, Defence and International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sarah Price, Head, Counter Proliferation and Arms Control Centre (CPACC), Foreign and Commonwealth Office and James Franklin, Head of Nuclear Policy, Ministry of Defence

EU Energy and Environment Sub Committee (10:30am, Room 2)
Access to UK fisheries post-Brexit
Witnesses: Chris Davies

Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee (4:00pm, Room 3)
Witnesses: tbc

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