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Baroness O'Loan (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 January 2026

Debate

Arrangement of Business

Contribution

My Lords, I endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Empey, said. I know that many of our Scottish and north of England colleagues are very much affected by this. I want to draw the Chief Whip’s attention to one thing. The House normally rises around 7 pm on Thursday evenings. That is reflected by the fact that, for example, there is no dinner in the Peers’ Dining Room on Thursday evenings. Would it not be possible for the Lords instead to sit until 10 pm, say, and then release us at 3 pm on Fridays so that we do not incur extra expense, which the House has to pay, because of this change of business?

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