Procedure and Privileges Committee
First Report
1st Report of Session 2026-27 - published 22 July 2026 - HL Paper 43
Contents
Behaviour and courtesy in the Chamber
Question and answer length during Oral Questions
Interventions and interventions on interventions
Referring to other Noble Lords
Changes to speaking times at amending stages
Strengthening guidance on withdrawing or pressing amendments
Time limits for speeches at Report and subsequent stages
Reinforcing the existing guidance on speeches at ‘bill do now pass’
New edition of the Standing Orders relating to public business
Further amendment to reflect the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026
Standing Order 83 (Minor peers, etc., have no privilege)
Reappointment of the Leave of Absence Sub-Committee