Lords Hansard for 27 October 2026 shows no amendment refusing the Courts and Tribunals Bill a second reading; the only amendment, by Lord Rooker, was to the later committal motion and was withdrawn.
Hunch. Labour has 233 of the 795 members of the Lords on 14 October, and since 2000 peers moved to block two of three bills like this.
The blocking market resolves on the Lords Hansard and Lords order papers for 27 October: YES if by the end of that sitting any peer has tabled an amendment that refuses the bill a second reading, such as leave out "now" or "this day six months", even if it is later withdrawn, and NO if there is none. A regret amendment does not count, and BBC News and The Guardian settle it if the official pages are silent.
We looked for cases where peers had their first big debate, the second reading, on a government bill that for the first time took away jury trials for some crimes, after MPs had passed it. We found seven such bills from 1914 to 2007. Peers let five of them pass that day, and voted to stop two.