House of Lords Business

Lord Aberdare to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide advice and support to schools in order to minimise the burden on those schools of providing good-quality careers advice.  HL4724

Lord Aberdare to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to encourage more organisations that pay the apprenticeship levy to use the funds thereby available to them to offer apprenticeships themselves.  HL4725

Lord Aberdare to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the falling number of apprenticeship starts, according to the latest published statistics; and what action they plan to take to remedy this.  HL4726

Lord Aberdare to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress made towards meeting their target of three million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020; and what further action, if any, they plan to take to achieve that target.  HL4727

Lord Aberdare to ask Her Majesty's Government how they envisage that the funding committed for careers leaders in their new careers strategy will be allocated to schools; what schools will be able to use that funding for; and whether schools will be (1) expected, and (2) permitted, to take on new hires for these roles.  HL4728

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider reinstating touchdown-only flights from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the UK.  HL4729

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports from the Burma Human Rights Network of the discovery of mass graves of Rohingya in Inn Din village, Southern Maungdaw Township, and of BBC Burma reports that witnesses in Kanyin Tan village, southern Maungdaw Township, who reported that 28 bodies of Rohingya civilians had been discove… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the authorities in Burma concerning the arrest of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo along with five villagers from Inn Din village whom they had interviewed.  HL4731

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in securing full access to the Burmese districts of Rathedaung and southern Maungdaw to enable the UN fact-finding mission to assess reports from the Burma Human Rights Network of significant and lethal human rights violations.  HL4732

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government when Ministers first met with representatives of Carillion to discuss the implications of that company's financial position.  HL4733

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they commissioned impact assessments of the failure of Carillion; and if so, at what stage.  HL4734

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government when they most recently agreed a contract with Carillion; what contracts have been agreed in the last 12 months; and what are the details of those contracts.  HL4735

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what quantity of fish and fish products was (1) imported from, and (2) exported to, (a) the EU, and (b) elsewhere, in 2016; and what tonnages of quotas have been sold by the UK fishing industry to fishermen based in other EU member states to allow them to fish within UK waters.  HL4736

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to respond to the global scientific information contained in the television programme Blue Planet II by initiating immediate and effective global action to safeguard the wildlife and habitats of the world's oceans.  HL4737

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 15 January (HL4538), whether they will now answer the specific questions asked, namely (1) whether they have made any assessment of the finding of the report by Quilliam, Group Based Child Sexual Exploitation – Dissecting Grooming Gangs, published in December… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will put policies and procedures in place to ensure that female patients who want to be treated by female NHS staff are not treated by males who have self defined as female; and if so, what are those policies and procedures.  HL4739

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to set out the criteria, and tests they undertake, by which Parole Board psychologists and psychiatrists determine that a sex offender is fit for release.  HL4740

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, with respect to the advice of Parole Board psychologists and psychiatrists relating to a sex offender being considered for release, what level of risk of offending is considered suitable for release.  HL4741

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government which medicines and foods that are readily available over the counter, or in shops, can be prescribed by GPs, and whether they intend to ban all such prescriptions.  HL4742

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average waiting time at A&E departments in each hospital in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.  HL4743

Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 20 December 2017 (HL3994), what was the total number of fines issued for incorrectly claiming an exemption on NHS dental fees in the first six months of the financial year 2017–18.  HL4744

Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of (1) primary care courses of treatment that contained tooth extractions, and (2) teeth extracted in primary care, in each year from 2010–11 to 2016–17, for children aged 0–17.  HL4745

Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of (1) primary care courses of treatment that contained tooth extractions, and (2) teeth extracted in primary care, in each year from 2010–11 to 2016–17, for adults aged 18 and over.  HL4746

Baroness Corston to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the report in the Sunday Times on 14 January that the Ministry of Defence had stated that respected health bodies continued to recommend Lariam "as a safe and effective form of malaria prevention", which bodies provide such a recommendation.  HL4747

Lord Foster of Bath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, in a report published by bacta on 10 January, that if the maximum stake of fixed odds betting terminals were reduced from £100 to £2 the reduction in annual Gross Gambling Yield to high street betting shops would be £335 million; and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Holmes of Richmond to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will respond to the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation review into shared space; if so, when; and whether they will take steps to implement the recommendations of the review.  HL4749

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to address the alleged use of trail hunting as a cover to conduct illegal fox hunting.  HL4750

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of in-year Government cuts to flood defence budgets.  HL4751

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the effectiveness of the expansion of the badger cull across parts of England.  HL4752

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the high levels of campylobacter infection which are resistant to antibiotics in UK chickens.  HL4753

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 20 December 2017 (HL4048), what have been the annual funding levels per capita per universal credit claimant for delivery of universal support for each year since 2013–14 at constant prices.  HL4754

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Henley on 9 January (HL Deb, cols 109–110), when they expect to complete the evaluation of shared parental leave; and whether they will invite stakeholders, including interested voluntary organisations, to submit evidence to the evaluation.  HL4755

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 21 December 2017 (HL4321), what level of support they will provide for reconstruction in Dominica following the hurricane damage.  HL4756

Lord Lisvane to ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the timing of their consultation on means to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic straws; and when policy proposals are expected to follow.  HL4757

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Education will be representing HM Government at the meeting in Fiji of Commonwealth Education Ministers in mid February in preparation for the Commonwealth Summit in April 2018 in London; and whether the purpose of that meeting is to strengthen Commonwealth cooperation between universities and schools for… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Lord Lieutenants are being encouraged to help promote the Commonwealth in schools in their counties ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in April 2018 in London.  HL4759

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of the term “public sector contracts” which they are using in connection with employees of Carillion; and whether that definition includes (1) Private Finance Initiative contracts, (2) other types of public-private partnerships, and (3) work for non-departmental public bodies.  HL4760

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 13 November 2017 (HL2729), whether Greybull Capital made a profit from its investment in Monarch airlines.  HL4761

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 5 December 2017 (HL3455), whether they have now established a more refined figure for the costs of repatriation to the UK of customers of Monarch airlines.  HL4762

Lord Norton of Louth to ask Her Majesty's Government, what plans they have to increase funding for promoting campaigns to encourage students in overseas countries to study in the UK.  HL4763

Lord Norton of Louth to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the annual UK aid budget is devoted to funding students from developing nations to study at UK higher education institutions; and what plans there are to increase that proportion.  HL4764

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how they propose taking forward their policy paper Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents.  HL4765

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their guidance to council tax payers in cases where a monitoring officer has not intervened when councillors who have not paid their own council tax take part in the council's annual budget meeting.  HL4766

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the NHS budget has been spent on (1) clinical negligence payments, (2) insurance premiums, and (3) legal fees, for each of the last five years.  HL4767

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools currently use Gatsby Benchmarks to improve their careers provision.  HL4768

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made on the UK’s reliance on EU workers, and the effects of Brexit on industries that rely on these workers.  HL4769

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rights of UK expatriates after Brexit.  HL4770

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made regarding the impact of Brexit on energy trading with Europe.  HL4771

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the gender pay gap.  HL4772

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to safeguard businesses from the possibility of a "no deal" Brexit; and what is their assessment of the survey by the manufacturers' organisation EEF that only about one in three manufacturers have contingency plans for such an event.  HL4773

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on meeting their targets on work capability assessments for disabled people.  HL4774

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the recruitment of healthcare professionals by third party providers is sufficient to meet the current volume of work capability assessments for disabled people; and what are the minimum qualifications being sought as part of the recruitment process.  HL4775

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the quality of Work Capability Assessment assessors.  HL4776

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 16 November 2016 concerning future UK support to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, how much funding they provided to the Palestinian Authority in (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18; what was the reason for any significant change in the level of that funding; and whether there has been any shift in UK po… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they are taking through their international partners to protect Palestinian children in the Occupied Territories from being killed, injured or imprisoned by Israeli forces.  HL4778

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for applying relevant provisions of international law to persuade Palestinians back to the negotiating table in order to resolve the Palestinian refugee crisis.  HL4779

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support and resources will be provided to maintained schools, free schools and academies to ensure that they are able to comply fully with the General Data Protection Regulation rules when those rules come into force in May.  HL4780

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that care leavers' entitlement to a local authority bursary when attending university is extended to care leavers undertaking an apprenticeship.  HL4781

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that schools whose admission arrangements were found by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator to have contravened the School Admissions Code have now changed their arrangements so as to comply with the code.  HL4782

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether proposed changes to who can object to school admissions arrangements will have a disproportionate effect on parents from low income backgrounds.  HL4783

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prevent grammar schools opening annexes within another local authority area; and if so, what plans they have to do so.  HL4784

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prevent grammar schools opening within local authorities where grammar schools do not currently exist; and if so, what plans they have to do so.  HL4785

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to enable UK citizens who are resident in another EU member state and who have exchanged their UK driving licence for a licence in that state to exchange their current licence for a UK licence on the same conditions as their original UK licence.  HL4786

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been a reduction in road traffic deaths in the first year of operation of a 20mph limit in those London boroughs that have reduced their speed limit from 30mph.  HL4787

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken any research into the level of pollution produced by a new 20mph limit in the London boroughs that have reduced the speed limit from 30mph; and, if so, what that research shows.  HL4788