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Questions for Written Answer for 29 January 2018

Tabled on 26 January 2018 and due for answer by 9 February 2018.

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL4735), which Carillion contracts have had work suspended while an alternative provider contractor is found.  HL5130
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Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL4735), which Carillion contracts encountered problems with continuity and mitigation for service failures; and what estimate they have made of the additional and continuity costs to Her Majesty's Government.  HL5131
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Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 25 January (HL4734), which Carillion contracts had a contingency plan put in place; what were the dates when such contingency plans became operable; what was the additional cost to Her Majesty's Government of each contingency plan; and which contracts did not execute a… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their compliance with the UK’s human rights obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to housing under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ratified by the UK in 1976, in relation to (1) rough sleepers, (2) the hidden homeless, and (3) other homeless people.  HL513… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) assessment they have made, and (2) what representations they have received, concerning the access to legal redress of (a) rough sleepers, (b) the hidden homeless, and (c) other homeless people, in circumstances where their human rights have been infringed.  HL5134
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Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about that government's proposed purchase of the S-400 surface to air missile system from Russia.  HL5135
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Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to trial hot ground refuelling for F35 Lightning aircraft.  HL5136
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Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to retain the requirement in section 148 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, that pupils learn about the nature of marriage and importance for family life and the bringing up of children, when they lay regulations under section 34 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 which provide for all schools in England to t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which voluntary action by global companies will be sufficient to make the UK the safest place for young people online, further to the Prime Minister’s speech on 25 January.  HL5138
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