House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the letter from Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, that was sent to the Prime Minister on 6 September concerning the conditions faced by people detained in Libya.  HL1508

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary discussed reports that the Libyan Coastguard threatened and fired upon search and rescue vessels.  HL1509

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary visited detention centres for refugees; and what information they have collected about conditions in those centres.  HL1510

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary addressed conditions inside Libyan detention centres; and what assessment they have made of criticisms by Médecins Sans Frontières regarding the impact of UK policies on detainees in that country.  HL1511

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary was made aware of the case of a 12-year-old boy from Mali who was picked up by the Libyan Coastguard following the death of his parents in the Mediterranean, and who was returned by that coastguard into a detention centre intended for adult males; and if so, wha… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much investment has been made in the last five years in (1) St Mary's harbour, (2) Penzance harbour, (3) Land's End Airport, and (4) St Mary's airport, for transport to and from the Isles of Scilly; and what amounts within those total investments were from (a) HM Government, (b) European funds, and (c) the private sector.  HL1490

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government why the question for written answer on whether they have any plans to commemorate in October the many millions who have died since the October Revolution 1917 which was asked on 13 July (HL791) has not yet been answered; and when they expect to answer that question.  HL1486

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government who made the decision to replace the lightbulb classification system from watts to lumens; and whether they intend to review that classification system once the UK leaves the EU.  HL1526

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to take steps to ensure licence payers are able to access BBC iPlayer when outside the UK; and if so, when.  HL1496

Lord Condon to ask Her Majesty's Government how many British emergency services personnel are being deployed to assist in the aftermath of hurricane Irma; where those personnel will be deployed; and what range of assistance they will provide.  HL1487

Baroness Hamwee to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of the reasons for the deportation of EU nationals in (1) the first quarter of 2016, and (2) the first quarter of this year.  HL1495

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings they have held with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute with regard to Brexit over the past six months, particularly in respect of their undertaking to "continue to engage with...consumer organisations", as set out in their position paper published in August, Continuity in the availability of g… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adverse consequences for patients of restricting the use of blue-light filtering intraocular lenses, as laid out in the NICE draft guideline Cataracts in adults: management.  HL1492

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the exceptional circumstances that led to the addition of a review question on blue-light filtering intraocular lenses in the final scope of the NICE guideline Cataracts in adults: management.  HL1493

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what investigation they have conducted into evidence reporting lower incidence of age-related macular degeneration in patients with blue-light filtering intraocular lenses; and what account was taken of that evidence in the preparation of the NICE draft guideline Cataracts in adults: management.  HL1494

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the publication in June by the European Council on Foreign Relations of Israel's unlawfully prolonged occupation: consequences under an integrated legal framework.  HL1514

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the Supreme Court Order of 2014 requiring the establishment of a task force and a national council of minority rights; and what explanation they have received, if any, regarding the lack of progress and their disestablishment.  HL1515

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) the International Committee of the Red Cross, and (2) the Inter-Agency Standing Committee of the UN have been consulted about unaccompanied refugee children in Europe; if so, with what result; and if not, why not.  HL1516

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been reunited with family members in the UK under Article 8.2 of the Dublin Regulation.  HL1517

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 July (HL980), how many grants of discretionary leave to remain have been made to persons unable to leave the country through no fault of their own and where there is no prospect of enforced removal, in (1) the current year, and (2) each of the two previous years.  HL15… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government when they propose to put guidance on school uniform supply on a statutory basis as set out in the HM Treasury 2015 report A Better Deal.  HL1491

Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help British nationals stranded on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten.  HL1488

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by Amnesty International on 22 August concerning conditions imposed on political prisoners in Gohardasht and other Iranian prisons, particularly the finding that around 20 such political prisoners are on hunger-strike; and what representations they have made, or diplomatic pr… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of relations between the UK and Venezuela.  HL1520

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government whether in their bilateral discussions with the government of Venezuela they have raised ways of combating anti-semitism.  HL1521

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what help they can offer to Turkey to assist in the cultural preservation of damaged historical buildings in the Suriçi neighbourhood.  HL1522

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to raise at the United Nations the allegations of torture used in Turkey.  HL1523

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ask the Council of Europe to make public their report concerning allegations of ill-treatment in Turkish prisons, prepared by its Committee for the Prevention of Torture.  HL1524

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the welfare of the Kurdish people in Syria, Turkey and Iraq.  HL1525

Viscount Ridley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many hen harrier nests in the UK were located in areas where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017; how many of those nests failed to have any chicks fledge; and what were the known causes of those nest failures.  HL1502

Viscount Ridley to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish (1) the assessments, and (2) the correspondence, held by Public Health England regarding the toxicology of the smoking substitute snus, including any communication with government scientists.  HL1503

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take in the light of the remarks by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that the government of Bahrain's restrictions on human rights since June 2016 mean that "democratic space in the country has essentially been shut down".  HL1519

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding the detention of Palestinian legislative council members.  HL1497

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports that Israeli forces have demolished a kindergarten in the Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba.  HL1498

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports of the confiscation of solar panels that had been donated to the village of Jubbet Al-Dhib.  HL1499

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports of the demolition by Israeli forces of school buildings which were built using EU funds from the village of Jub-Ad Dhib.  HL1500

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking following reports that British armaments have been used by Saudi Arabia in the Yemen to target innocent civilians.  HL1501

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what was DFID's (1) core, and (2) non-core, expenditure in (a) 2015–16, and (b) 2016–17, to (i) UNFPA, (ii) UNAIDS, (iii) UN Women, (iv) the WHO, (v) The Global Fund, (vi) the IPPF, and (vii) Women and Children First (UK).  HL1507

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the statements in the National Shipbuilding Strategy about their intention to grow the Royal Navy fleet, what is their aspiration for the number of frigates for the Royal Navy by 2040.  HL1504

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the involvement of HMS Ocean in hurricane relief operations in the Caribbean, whether they will review plans to dispose of her at the end of the year.  HL1505

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government how long they anticipate it will take BAE Systems to build a Type 26 frigate; and what assessment they have made of that timescale.  HL1506