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The House of Lords begins the week with the Social Housing Bill among the main items of legislation, as peers consider the purpose and key measures of the Government’s reforms. The Bill includes domestic abuse protections and significant changes to Right to Buy, making it one of the central housing measures of the new parliamentary session.
Peers are also due to consider the Civil Aviation Bill and the Sporting Events Bill later in the week. The Lords timetable includes questions on sovereign artificial intelligence, business hiring intentions, the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers and the newly elected Government of Wales.
The wider Lords programme also includes debates on fertility treatment regulation, atrocity crimes, electricity prices and cross-sector artificial intelligence regulation. The schedule gives ministers a busy legislative week as Parliament returns to scrutiny of the Government’s post-King’s Speech programme.