House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the governments of Hong Kong and China concerning the cessation of broadcasts on the BBC World Service.  HL1361

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government which countries have (1) reinstated flights to and from Sharm-el-Sheikh, and (2) not reinstated flights to and from Sharm-el-Sheikh; and what steps they are taking to develop satisfactory security arrangements with the Egyptian government.  HL1362

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are in a position to announce the mechanism for distributing the second year of funding from the Community House Fund.  HL1363

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the investigation by the German anti-trust authorities into German car manufacturers that are alleged to have operated a cartel and colluded to misrepresent diesel emissions; whether they intend to report those companies to the National Crime Agency to investigate whether any UK directors and manager… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, whether they intend to ban the importation of vehicles produced by those German car manufacturers that are being investigated by the German anti-trust authorities for alleged collusion to misrepresent diesel emissions until that investigation has concluded.  HL1365

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to consult on proposals for the introduction of new criminal offences related to causing death by reckless and dangerous cycling; and if so, whether the penalties for those offences would be the same as for the equivalent driving offences.  HL1366

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to restrict the (1) size, (2) weight, and (3) speed, of mobility scooters that are permitted to be used on pavements; and how many injuries have been caused to pedestrians by users of mobility scooters in each of the last five years.  HL1367

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to consult on a proposal to phase out the use of black plastic containers, in the light of the inability of some automatic recycling sorting machines to recognise black plastic.  HL1368

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to introduce legislation to require councils to accept polystyrene for recycling; and if not, whether they intend to ban the use of polystyrene as a packaging material once the UK has left the EU.  HL1369

Lord Fink to ask Her Majesty's Government how many times in the last 12 months a commercial aircraft runway in England and Wales has had to close temporarily due to a drone sighting.  HL1370

Lord Green of Deddington to ask Her Majesty's Government who has held office since 1 January 2000 as (1) Home Secretary and (2) minister responsible for immigration; and what were the dates of their appointment.  HL1371

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the consultation exercise being undertaken by the Epsom and St Helier Trust about the future of local acute hospital provision is consistent with the Cabinet Office’s consultation principles.  HL1372

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the proposal from the Epsom and St Helier Trust to downgrade or close services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals to make way for a new acute hospital in Sutton, whether any such proposal has been included in the Surrey Heartlands Sustainability and Transformation Plan.  HL1373

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of proposals to close acute hospitals at (1) one in five sites in South West London, and (2) one in three sites in Leicestershire.  HL1374

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with NHS England over the funding of a proposed new hospital in South West London.  HL1375

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of business appointment rules for former ministers and senior civil servants in ensuring public confidence in the work of government.  HL1376

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that government departments meet their obligations to publish transparency data in a timely fashion.  HL1377

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the completion of scheduled works to the US Airbase Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island, the RAF will resume their use of that airfield.  HL1378

Lord Jopling to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Nash on 27 July (HL733) and 9 August (HL734), whether they will now answer the question and list those establishments which were eligible to apply to participate in the Teaching Excellence Framework, but which declined to join this voluntary process.  HL1379

Lord Jopling to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker on 31 July (HL1160), what is the price of the two English wines offered in the House of Lords; and how this compares in each case with the standard House wine on offer.  HL1380

Lord Jopling to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 February (HL5295), what steps they have taken to minimise the risk of a repeat escalation of costs by 83 per cent to £13.6 million for the improvements to the A1 road near Gamston Airfield; and what admonishments to individuals or decisions to terminate or decline future co… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Jopling to ask Her Majesty's Government where the proceeds from speeding fines for motoring offences are directed; and to what activities and whose budgets they are directed.  HL1382

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are planning to take against private parking companies that have access to the DVLA database and impose large fines for minor traffic infringements.  HL1383

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) deaths, and (2) serious injuries, (a) on farms, and (b) in the agricultural sector, have occurred in each year since 1990 until the last year for which records are available.  HL1384

Lord Laird to ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid (1) by the UK to each EU member state for healthcare provided to (a) UK citizens, and (b) UK pensioners resident in of those states in the last year; and (2) by each EU member state to the UK for healthcare provided to (a) their citizens, and (b) pensioners resident in the UK.  HL1385

Lord Laird to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of arrangements for the payment of healthcare costs for EU pensioners living in the UK and UK pensioners living in the EU after the UK leaves the EU.  HL1386

Lord Laird to ask Her Majesty's Government (1) which EU states have not complied with the conventional cage ban for hens, (2) what steps they have taken in relation to any non-compliance, and (3) whether the UK still allows eggs to be imported from non-compliant countries.  HL1387

Lord Laird to ask Her Majesty's Government (1) which EU states have not complied with the sow stall ban under EU Directive 2008/120/EC, (2) what steps they have taken in relation to any non-compliance, and (3) whether the UK allows pork to be imported from non-compliant countries.  HL1388

Lord Lea of Crondall to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, if the UK were to remain in the EEA by joining EFTA after leaving the EU, the annual cost to the UK in terms of liabilities to the EU would remain the same as if the UK had remained in the EU; and if not, what is their estimate of the reduction or increase in that cost.  HL1389

Lord Lea of Crondall to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure that the pound sterling does not fall below parity with the euro.  HL1390

The the Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of President Bashar al-Assad in the future of Syria; and whether they intend to make any change to their policy.  HL1391

The the Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the announcement by President Trump on 21 August of his Afghan strategy, what assessment they have made of the impact of that strategy on the number of British military personnel in Afghanistan.  HL1392

The the Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Yemeni civilians were killed by air strikes in July and August; and which countries were responsible for those air strikes.  HL1393

The the Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the 1st State Counsellor of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, regarding the persecution of the Rohingya people.  HL1394

The the Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the decline since 2012 in UK native ladybird species as a result of the invasive Harlequin ladybird, and (2) the impact of this decline on the resilience of ecosystems; and what steps they are taking to address this  HL1395

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government how they will put in place a negotiated UK framework for agricultural trade and policies between the nations and regions of the UK once the UK has left the European Union.  HL1396

Lord Pendry to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expenditure per head of population for each NHS England clinical commissioning group.  HL1397

Baroness Primarolo to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are planning to amend the Race Relations Act 1965 and subsequent related legislation to clarify the extent to which that legislation applies to the activities outside the UK of UK-based (1) companies, and (2) directors.  HL1398

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to offer additional compensation to South Western Railway season ticket holders who purchased their tickets before the announcement of disruption to services using Waterloo Station.  HL1399

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the recording of road traffic accidents as serious rather than fatal when death occurs at a later stage.  HL1400

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the four airports rated in the Civil Aviation Authority's Airport Accessibility Report published in August as poor for the assistance they provide to passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility.  HL1401

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total amount of fines for failure to pay the Dartford Crossing Charge that have been written off in the last 12 months; and what are the reasons those fines could not be collected.  HL1402

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to offer individuals relief from persistent debt; and whether they intend to introduce a statutory breathing space scheme.  HL1403

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce measures to prevent the automatic increase of credit card limits.  HL1404

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to incorporate a review of online gambling into the Triennial Review of Gaming Machine Stake and Prize Limits.  HL1405

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to regulate the use of electronic data by betting firms and their affiliates to target online advertising at specific groups.  HL1406

Baroness Stowell of Beeston to ask Her Majesty's Government what powers currently exist to prevent the operators of rickshaws and pedicabs playing loud music on London's highways.  HL1407

Baroness Stowell of Beeston to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to regulate rickshaws and pedicabs in London.  HL1408

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether payments to GPs in England in respect of long-acting reversible contraception cover the full cost of administering those treatments; and, if not, why not.  HL1409

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government how many specialised Sexual and Reproductive Health Services there were in England in (1) 2000, (2) 2005, (3) 2010, (4) 2015, and (5) 2017.  HL1410

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to improve the streamlining of commissioning services for family planning and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in England.  HL1411

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the public health budget for family planning or Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in England in (1) 2000, (2) 2005, (3) 2010, (4) 2015, and (5) 2017.  HL1412

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Israeli government in the light of reports that the Israeli military has instituted a ban on food, toiletries, and electronic devices for Palestinians leaving the Gaza strip.  HL1413

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they intend to make of the relationship between the exposure of pregnant women to military attacks in Gaza in 2014 and the levels of heavy metal contaminants in the hair of mothers and newborn children in Gaza.  HL1414

Lord Tope to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to make an announcement on mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector.  HL1415

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have issued any guidance to the Crown Prosecution Service concerning the extent to which insults constitute hate crimes.  HL1416

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of servicing the UK's external debt (1) in total, and (2) expressed as an amount per UK taxpayer.  HL1417

Baroness Walmsley to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the Home Office public consultation, Reporting and Acting on Child Abuse and Neglect.  HL1418

Lord Watson of Richmond to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional costs to the NHS as a consequence of the fall in the value of the pound since the EU referendum.  HL1419