Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)

My Lords, I thought it would be useful to update noble Lords on the plan for business for today. After consideration of a number of statutory instrument approval Motions, the House will consider the message from the House of Commons on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. We will then move on to four Statements on today’s list. During the afternoon or evening, we will receive messages from the Commons on the Pension Schemes Bill and the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. After each message has arrived and the Bill is available in the Printed Paper Office, noble Lords will have 30 minutes to table any Motions. The precise deadlines for tabling will be advertised on the annunciator and via the usual channels in the usual way. I would, however, strongly encourage any noble Lords considering tabling to discuss this in advance with the Public Bill Office. After the tabling deadlines have passed and all the necessary papers are ready, we will consider the pensions Bill and the devolution Bill. I expect that we will need to adjourn the House after the Statements and resume once we are ready to consider the Bills, but I will update the House via the annunciator and usual channels once the timings are clear. Once the consideration of both Bills is complete this evening, the House will adjourn and not sit to consider further messages from the Commons this evening.