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Baroness O’Loan (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 January 2026

Debate

Arrangement of Business

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My Lords, first, some of those groups have had nearly 100 amendments in them, which is quite a lot. Secondly, in this week when we remember the Holocaust, your Lordships’ House—which, in making laws for the whole country, is required to respect people’s rights, including their right to freedom of religion—is compelling us to sit until 6 pm. Our Jewish Members are unable to do so, and I have seen them very quietly leaving Friday after Friday. Members of the Muslim community are also adversely affected by the sitting arrangements, and those who have a disability and who cannot attend because of the current arrangements are also prejudiced against. We do not do ourselves a service when we discriminate on grounds of religion and disability.

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