House of Lords Business

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government which countries are currently designated as Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative Champions alongside the UK; and which minister is the designated champion in each country.  HL4789

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have been held by representatives of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative Champion countries in 2017; what were the objectives of such meetings; what topics were discussed; and what was the outcome of those discussions.  HL4790

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Commonwealth Secretariat to ensure that preventing sexual violence in conflict and combatting sexual gender-based violence are discussed both at the Commonwealth Forums and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in April; and what was the outcome of those discussions… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 March 2015 (HLWS406), Prompt Payment – Implementing the Duty on Large Companies to Report on Payment Practices and Policies, whether payment practices and policies were incorporated into public sector contracts, including those relating to HS2, Network Rail and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 March 2015 (HLWS406), Prompt Payment – Implementing the Duty on Large Companies to Report on Payment Practices and Policies, whether Carillion, in respect of its public sector contracts, reported on (1) standard payment terms, including any changes to these in t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 16 January (HL4533), in cases where there is no evidence at all against an accused, whether the CPS intends to drop the wording recommended by Sir Richard Henriques that "the case failed to meet the evidential test", and to change the Code accordingly.  HL4794

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the settlement of a claim against Facebook in the High Court in Belfast concerning nude photos of a girl aged 14 placed on the Facebook website, whether they intend to assist people under 18 to pursue claims for similar abuses against social media companies.  HL4795

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what processes they use to review the performance of Parole Board psychologists; what actions they take to follow up instances of poor decision-making, judgment or performance; and whether they intend to conduct a study to assess the appropriateness of recommendations by Parole Board psychologists that sex offenders should be release… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take further action to encourage NHS users to accept greater responsibility for their health.  HL4797

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether retail banks are conducting sufficient checks on the credentials of people seeking to open an account.  HL4798

Lord Clark of Windermere to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 10 January (HL Deb, col 182), how many of the 10,000 extra nurses on wards are agency nurses.  HL4799

Lord Clark of Windermere to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 10 January (HL Deb, col 182), how many of the 10,000 extra nurses on wards are qualified, registered nurses.  HL4800

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of (1) China, (2) Laos, (3) the Philippines, (4) Russia, and (5) Vietnam, regarding the announcement on 16 January that Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to repatriate Rohingya people; and what was the outcome of those discussions.  HL4801

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a national minimum space standard for housing, especially in the private rented sector.  HL4802

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to act on the recommendations of the private rented sector Electrical Safety Working Group.  HL4803

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 June 2014 (HC 200265), what is their current estimate of the cash value of the income contingent student loan book in real terms for each year to 2050 before the sales of student loans.  HL4804

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 June 2014 (HC 200265), what is their current estimate of the cash value of the income contingent student loan book in real terms for each year to 2050 after the sales of student loans.  HL4805

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 June 2014 (HC 200265), what is their current estimate of the value of the income contingent student loan book in nominal terms for each year to 2050 before the sales of student loans.  HL4806

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 June 2014 (HC 200265), what is their current estimate of the value of the income contingent student loan book in nominal terms for each year to 2050 after the sales of student loans.  HL4807

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the ONS regarding the reasons for the disparity between the 2015 Pink Book, which stated that the gross UK contribution to the EU budget was £19.1 billion, and the 2016 Pink Book, which offered no equivalent figure.  HL4808

Baroness Gould of Potternewton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their decision to extend the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to give the public the right to ask for tougher sentences for nine further terror-related offences, whether they intend to extend that scheme to cases of other serious crime.  HL4809

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned any further research into the pyrolysis of waste plastics into fuels and hydrogen cells since the publication of the report Air quality impacts of the use of Pyrolysis liquid fuels in February 2012.  HL4810

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential overall cost effectiveness and environmental impact, including carbon footprint, of the process of pyrolysis of waste plastics into synthetic gas and oil within a closed system.  HL4811

Baroness Helic to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Russian-trained mercenaries are helping to establish a paramilitary unit in the entity of Republika Sprska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  HL4812

Baroness Helic to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the report of the two civilian experts deployed to Bangladesh to report on crimes of sexual violence committed against Rohingya people during the recent violence in Myanmar.  HL4813

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact on patients of the long-term use of benzodiazepines by NHS patients.  HL4814

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of trends in the use of dependence-forming medicines prescribed in primary care.  HL4815

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to discourage the use of dependence-forming medicines prescribed in primary care.  HL4816

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a national helpline for people affected by dependence on prescribed drugs.  HL4817

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to commission specific guidelines for the NHS that cover withdrawal from prescription drugs.  HL4818

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to provide favourable tax treatment for developers and builders of affordable housing, both for rent and for sale.  HL4819

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what methods they are using to enable Local Housing Authorities to multiply their annual production of affordable dwellings.  HL4820

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they are making to popularise and to promote discussion within Bosnia-Herzegovina of (1) the April Package of 2006, and (2) the Prud Process of 2008.  HL4821

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what recent information they have about the official registration of state properties in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as a pre-requisite of progress towards NATO membership.  HL4822

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the European Commission has yet submitted an opinion on the application of Bosnia-Herzegovina for EU membership; and if not, when this is expected.  HL4823

Lord Inglewood to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are proposing to seek an exemption from the provisions of the proposed EU Regulation on the import of cultural goods in respect of domestic personal effects of those proposing to live and work in the EU post-Brexit.  HL4824

Baroness Jolly to ask Her Majesty's Government how many beds there were in English hospitals in each of the last five years.  HL4825

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made, or are making, for the UK to continue full participation in the European Maritime Safety Agency after departure of the UK from the EU.  HL4826

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of UK exports are to those countries with which the EU has existing free trade agreements, or with which the EU has concluded draft free trade agreements.  HL4827

Lord Lipsey to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 January (HL 4481), how many immigration detention estate Independent Monitoring Board reports for 2016 they have not yet replied to.  HL4828

The Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Surgeon General of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces recognises the chronic neurotoxic effects on members of the Armed Forces and Veterans from the administration of mefloquine (Lariam); and whether they will be addressing the problems caused by those effects in the near future.  HL4829

The Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend that an addendum should be added to the Defence Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Report 2017–2022 in order to address the effects of neurotoxicity from mefloquine; if so, when it will be published; and if not, why not.  HL4830

The Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government what remedy there is when a hospital trust persistently refuses to release full medical records to a patient or a GP for the patient under the Access to Medical Records Act 1990 and the Data Protection Act 1998 and may have destroyed some of those records despite their being protected on police advice.  HL4831

Lord Moonie to ask Her Majesty's Government what comparative safety data is available in respect of trains with guards, however designated, as against those without.  HL4832

Lord Moonie to ask Her Majesty's Government what policies they are pursuing to encourage the public provision of charging points for electric vehicles.  HL4833

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government how many contracts they awarded to Carillion over each of the last three years without open book processes; and what was the value of those contracts.  HL4834

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government how much they (1) have paid, and (2) are due to pay, PwC in connection with PwC advising HM Government on the consequences of the failure of Carillion.  HL4835

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will commit to publish the report of the Insolvency Service into the failure of Carillion.  HL4836

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to commission an independent review into the granting of government contracts to Carillion after that company declared itself to be in financial difficulty; what assessment they have made of the sufficiency of the attention given to the solvency and liquidity of the company before granting those contracts; and what co… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government by whose authority the Crown Representative was removed from Carillion in August 2017; and what assessment they have made of whether there were negative consequences in terms of insight or influence as a result of not having a designated Crown Representative.  HL4838

Lord Norton of Louth to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Young of Cookham on 16 January (HL4562) and by Lord McNally on 14 June 2010 (HL Deb col WA77), why it was possible for data on uncommenced provisions of Acts of Parliament to be provided for the period from 1997 to 2010 but not for the period since.  HL4839

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce the number of children at risk, following the finding by the Local Government Association that an average of 1,770 children are being referred each day to local authorities' children's services; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the resources for, and responses to, the needs of v… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of art which is in storage at any time in museums and galleries that receive public funding in England.  HL4841

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the net asset value of the art which is in storage at any time in museums and galleries that receive public funding.  HL4842

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of museums and galleries that receive public funding to make art from their display collections, but which is in storage, more widely available.  HL4843

Lord Radice to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 13 December 2017 (HL3776), what compensation arrangements they have entered into in respect of the early surrender of the Virgin-Stagecoach east coast rail franchise.  HL4844

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts are being made to organise safe routes for asylum seekers, avoiding dangerous sea crossings.  HL4845

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what co-operation on immigration matters exists between the UK and Greece.  HL4846

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they intend to put in place better to track displaced children across Europe.  HL4847

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what application fees, if any, give potential asylum seekers more rapid progress through the UK's asylum process.  HL4848

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to co-operate with the government of France in establishing an asylum processing centre in Calais.  HL4849

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to President Macron's new initiatives to tackle the refugee crisis.  HL4850

Lord Rooker to ask Her Majesty's Government how many ministerial visits have been made to the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in each of the past three years; and whether any are planned for 2018.  HL4851

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how they ensure that there is a consistent and professional level of external examiners appointed for degrees validated by universities but not delivered by those universities.  HL4852

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is clear guidance on the use of the plagiarism checker technology Turnitin by those universities that validate degrees from private and independent colleges.  HL4853

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Yeshiva schools there are in England.  HL4854

Baroness Stroud to ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children were transferred to local authority care under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in each quarter of 2017; what were the countries of origin of those children; and how many unaccompanied refugee children transferred to local authority care in this way (1) are still in local authority care,… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Stroud to ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children have been brought to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation in each quarter of 2017; and what were the countries of origin of those children.  HL4856

Baroness Stroud to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time from submission of application to arrival in the UK for unaccompanied refugee children whose asylum applications are lodged in (1) France, and (2) Greece.  HL4857

Baroness Stroud to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were resettled in the UK in each quarter of (1) 2016, and (2) 2017; and what were (a) the countries of origin, (b) the age, and (c) the gender of those children.  HL4858

Baroness Taylor of Bolton to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to recover the cost of NHS treatment from failed asylum seekers.  HL4859

Baroness Taylor of Bolton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the Safe Haven Projects, as operated by the Frimley Health Foundation Trust.  HL4860

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to safeguard the wider supply chain of businesses affected by the collapse of Carillion.  HL4861

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future of those individuals currently working on Carillion construction sites.  HL4862

Lord Temple-Morris to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering further devolution of powers to the Welsh Assembly; and if so, what.  HL4863

Lord Touhig to ask Her Majesty's Government what specific steps they are taking to ensure that refugee children in Greece are treated in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and enjoy the Convention rights to survival, protection and education.  HL4864

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident outside the UK, for the May 2015 General Election; and what proportion of them voted.  HL4865

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident in other EU Member States, for the May 2015 General Election; and what proportion of them voted.  HL4866

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident outside the UK, for the EU referendum on 23 June 2016; and what proportion of them voted.  HL4867

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident in other EU Member States, for the EU referendum on 23 June 2016; and what proportion of them voted.  HL4868

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident outside the UK, for the June 2017 General Election; and what proportion of them voted.  HL4869

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident in other EU Member States, for the June 2017 General Election; and what proportion of them voted.  HL4870