House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support birth registration activities in relation to Rohingya children born in Bangladesh to ensure that their rights are protected while they are refugees and when, or if, they return to Myanmar.  HL5557

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect the number of children in hostels and other temporary accommodation in England to rise; and what steps they are taking to reduce this number.  HL5558

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Westminster City Council about deaths and hospital admissions of homeless people sleeping rough in the borough.  HL5559

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government on average, each night, how many homeless people in England sleep outside; and whether they expect that number to increase in 2018, compared to 2017.  HL5560

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent report by Refugee Rights Europe A Hostile Environment on the challenges facing asylum-seekers currently residing in asylum accommodation in the UK, particularly with regard to concerns about (1) safety, (2) welfare, and (3) sanitary conditions.  HL5561

Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government how many British nationals serve as EU Ambassadors or heads of mission in the European External Action Service; and how many of them are employed (1) directly, and (2) on secondment, from Her Majesty’s Government.  HL5562

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to close the projected £2.3 billion funding gap in adult social care by 2020 as forecast by the Local Government Association.  HL5563

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on adults receiving social care of the projected £2.3 billion shortfall in funding for adult social care by 2020 as forecast by the Local Government Association.  HL5564

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs to local authorities of children referred to children's services in each of the last five years.  HL5565

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that local authorities are properly funded to deal with all children referred to children's services.  HL5566

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on service users of the projected £2 billion funding shortfall in children’s services by 2020 as forecast by the Local Government Association.  HL5567

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 8 February (HL5130), whether they will now set out which private sector contracts with Carillion have been either suspended or curtailed; and whether they will provide details of the value of those contracts.  HL5568

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have responded to a letter sent to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation on 17 January by the Prisoner Learning Alliance in relation to their decision not to extend its contract for in-custody provision.  HL5569

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so with whom, any consultation took place on the decision not to extend the National Career Services contract in prisons in England; and if so, whether that consultation requested information on the provision of an alternative service.  HL5570

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether suicide awareness training for prison officers is specifically designed for prisons and the special circumstances which prevail in them.  HL5571

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any public transport is available for visitors to (1) HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, and (2) the Oakwood, Brinsford, and Featherstone group of prisons; and if so, what.  HL5572

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff have been deployed on detached duty to each of the London prisons each month in the past year.  HL5573

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to ensure the continuing operation of Eurostar and rail freight through the Channel Tunnel after the UK leaves the EU; and to ensure that the necessary licences, approvals and permissions are available for the rolling stock, the services and crews to be able to operate both in the UK and on the continent… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government when HS2 phase one construction plans and timetables for the Chilterns will be published.  HL5575

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have set aside for HS2 phase one enabling works, design and pre-construction activity; and how much of that funding has already been spent and on what.  HL5576

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the collapse of Carillion Construction Limited on the timetable and budget for HS2 phase one enabling works, design and pre-construction activity.  HL5577

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of any additional expenditure on HS2 phase one enabling works, design and pre-construction activity required because of the collapse of Carillion Construction Limited.  HL5578

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what additional costs have been incurred by HS2 phase one contractors working on the C2 North Portal Chiltern Tunnels to Brackley section because of the collapse of Carillion Construction Limited.  HL5579

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 12 December 2017 (HL3812), which (1) ministers, (2) departments, (3) agencies, and (4) arm’s length government bodies, including non-ministerial departments, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and public corporations, have responsibility for poverty, and issues relating… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of their preventative approach with regard to addressing the root causes of poverty in the long term.  HL5581

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were living in poverty in working families in each year since 2010.  HL5582

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will establish a specific funding stream within the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund to focus on tackling child poverty and providing opportunities to disadvantaged young people, as exists under the current European Social Fund programme.  HL5583

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government whether there will be a full and public consultation on the detail of the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and whether they will engage with young people currently benefiting from projects supported by EU funds.  HL5584

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments made by Robert Chote, Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, in the New Statesman on 24 January, that most of the work that trade economists have done shows that the costs of leaving the single market and the customs union are greater than the benefits.  HL5585

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of (1) the potential impact on the UK economy if Japanese companies decided to relocate away from the UK following the UK’s exit from the EU, and (2) any comments by the Japanese Ambassador on this issue.  HL5586

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Henley on 12 February (HL5215 and HL5281), what role they played in commissioning and approving the legal opinion provided by Martin Moore QC, in the light of a Freedom of Information request (BEIS/FOI2016/15803) recording a Department for Business and Industrial Strategy (BIS) o… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 12 February (HL5281) which stated that “the FRC has to form its own view, for the fulfilment of its regulatory functions, of what it considers the law to be. The statement above is an example of the Government and the FRC working together to confirm such an interpretatio… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 12 February (HL5212) which stated that “The Financial Reporting Council published a statement in June 2014 confirming that the true and fair requirement remains of fundamental importance in the preparation of accounts”, whether they have identified any mistakes in the de… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 12 February (HL5280) which stated that “the Government has stated previously that it does not consider that the Companies Act requires the accounts of the company to state the company’s distributable profits”, what assessment they have made of the Financial Reporting Cou… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 12 February (HL5215), whether any member of the Financial Reporting Council board acted as an instructing solicitor when Michael Moore QC was asked to provide a legal opinion; and if so, which board member acted in this capacity; what remuneration they received; and on h… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Henley on 1 February (HL4991 and HL4993), on what basis were members of the Financial Reporting Review Panel omitted from the Financial Reporting Council Register of Interests; which members of the Panel have previously served as Financial Reporting Council employees; which membe… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will consider and respond to relevant parts of the (1) Clean Growth Strategy, (2) Industrial Strategy, and (3) Hendry Review, in order that a decision is reached on progressing the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.  HL5593

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government, in carrying out the analysis for the report Evaluation of concessionary bus travel: the impacts of the free bus pass published on 20 December 2017, what consideration they gave to the social benefits of concessionary bus travel including (1) access to services, (2) isolation, and (3) the de-congestion effects of encouraging b… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, The Dependency Trap—are we fit to face the future, published in January, in particular its proposal that working partners should be able to contribute to the pension funds of non-working partners in order to help tackl… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal in the Cridland review, published in March 2017, that couples should be able to combine their pension savings.  HL5596

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to encourage employers to continue contributing to an individual’s automatic enrolment pension fund during maternity leave and carer's leave.  HL5597

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in reducing rates of economic inactivity due to disability caused by preventable chronic conditions among those aged over 50.  HL5598

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are in receipt of working age disability benefits; and what is their estimate of the number of people who will be in receipt of such benefits following the introduction of planned increases to the state pension age from 65 to (1) 66, (2) 67, and (3) 68.  HL5599

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty's Government how the number of women in receipt of working age disability benefits has been affected by the rise in the state pension age from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2018.  HL5600

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on personal budget holders as a consequence of the retrospective implementation of the change in guidance on the national minimum wage and national living wage for sleep-in shifts for care workers.  HL5601

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to announce the dates for digital television transmitter changes that will take place after 2018.  HL5602

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask Her Majesty's Government when their strategy covering freedom of religion or belief will be published.  HL5603

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the details of the £600,000 worth of projects funded by the Magna Carta Fund in 2016–17 which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated have directly led to positive freedom of religion or belief outcomes in 20 countries; and what are those outcomes.  HL5604

Lord Crisp to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Clinical Commissioning Groups are allocating the additional investment promised by Her Majesty's Government for mental health to mental health services.  HL5605

Lord Crisp to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that 50 per cent of Clinical Commissioning Groups in England are planning to reduce the proportion of their budgets spent on mental health support in 2017–18, compared to 2016–17.  HL5606

Lord Crisp to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in ensuring that mental health has parity of esteem with physical health with regard to funding.  HL5607

Lord Crisp to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider ring-fencing existing levels of funding for mental health services in 2018–19.  HL5608

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian National Authority regarding the incidence of "honour killings" and domestic violence in the Palestinian Territories reported by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences in 2017.  HL5609

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian National Authority regarding the reported banning of a new women's television station in Gaza by the Ministry of Information there.  HL5610

Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government why reverse charge VAT has been applied to products such as mobile phones and gold, but not to scrap metal.  HL5611

Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps HMRC is taking to tackle carousel or missing trader intra-community fraud in the scrap metal sector.  HL5612

Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with scrap metal trade bodies about reverse charge VAT.  HL5613

Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government how much potential revenue they estimate the Government is losing each year through carousel or missing trader intra-community fraud.  HL5614

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the potential benefits of implementing a regulatory definition of electricity storage based upon the definition currently used for interconnector capacity.  HL5615

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government how many gigawatts of large scale long duration electricity storage, of over four hours, was on the National Grid last year; and what assessment they have made of the total requirement for this year.  HL5616

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any estimates of the potential cost savings that could be made by securing a greater supply of large scale, long duration electricity storage.  HL5617

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the findings and recommendations of the Service Complaint Ombudsman are legally binding on the Ministry of Defence; and if not, what further recourse is open to service personnel with a grievance.  HL5618

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government following the issuing of a section 114 notice by Northamptonshire County Council, what information they have about the likelihood of other councils issuing such notices; and with which councils they have had discussions on the possible issuing of such notices.  HL5619

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the announcement of a study into the possible reopening of the railway line between Colne and Skipton and related matters, when, where and by whom the announcement was made; what was the text of that announcement; and who was invited to attend the announcement.  HL5620

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government, in relation to the study into the possible reopening of the railway line between Colne and Skipton and related matters, what are the terms of reference of the study; what is its estimated cost; which are the commissioning bodies; what is the expected timetable for the study; whom it will report to; what consultations will take place as… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy in relation to the integration of health and social care in England.  HL5622

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the standards of passenger comfort in newly ordered and delivered rolling stock, particularly in Thameslink Class 700 trains, in Class 707 and 717 trains, and in IEP Classes 80X.  HL5623

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the total numbers of EU nationals working in the occupational sectors of (1) agriculture, forestry and fishing, (2) human health and social work activities, (3) residential care, and (4) accommodation and food services activities; and in each case, what proportion of the total workforce of each sector those… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia about the detention without charge of Noha al-Balawi; and whether they will press for her release.  HL5625

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to speed up the assessment for refugees and migrants arriving in Greece.  HL5626

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 7 February (HC Deb, col WH604), when they last discussed the detention of Ahed Tamimi with the government of Israel; and what assessment they have made of any progress being made to implement the recommendations of the report Children in Military Custody pub… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the report by various organisations Dangerous Ground: Syria's refugees face an uncertain future published on 5 February.  HL5628

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Egypt for the immediate release of Dr Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh following his arrest on 14 February.  HL5629

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to impose targeted sanctions against Major-General Maung Maung Soe in response to his role in the persecution and violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and other peoples, in Burma.  HL5630

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any assurances about access to markets and component supplies following the UK's departure from the EU were given by the Prime Minister to senior representatives of Japanese vehicle manufacturing companies and other commercial concerns in their meeting at 10 Downing Street on 8 February; and if so, what they were.  HL5631

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made, or are making, to ensure that the 75,000 UK road freight trucks which currently undertake commercial journeys within the other 27 member states of the EU are able to continue with their operations after Brexit, and are not limited by EU permit restrictions on third country operations.  HL5632

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 30 January (HC Deb, col 687) that civil service economic forecasts “are always wrong, and wrong for good reasons”, whether arrangements have been made for an alternative modelling and analysis of possible trade conditions after t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Foreign Secretary on 14 February, which current EU regulations or directives complicate planning and inhibit housebuilding in the UK.  HL5634

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Foreign Secretary on 14 February, which provisions in the current regulatory framework of the EU inhibit the development of new stem cell technology in the UK.  HL5635

Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to applying for a derogation from the European Aviation Safety Authority to allow pilots over the age of 65 to continue to fly commercial aircraft.  HL5636

Lord Lipsey to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken by customers to fill out the online application for people over 70 to renew their driving licence.  HL5637

Lord Lipsey to ask Her Majesty's Government how the online application system for people over 70 to renew their driving licences was piloted.  HL5638

Lord Lipsey to ask Her Majesty's Government what information they hold on the number of failed attempts by people over 70 to renew their driving licences online.  HL5639

Lord Lisvane to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the maximum acceptable (1) distance, and (2) travel time, for witnesses and parties to get to their nearest (a) Magistrates' Court, (b) County Court, and (c) Crown Court.  HL5640

Lord Loomba to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 January (HL4647), what steps they are taking to ensure that widows' rights are a focus of the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.  HL5641

Lord Loomba to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 January (HL4791), what steps they are taking to ensure any discussions on preventing sexual violence in conflict at the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will also address the specific issues that affect widows and their children.  HL5642

Lord Loomba to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure women's participation in, and that the views of the women are adequately heard at, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April.  HL5643

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for pupils who have done most of their schoolwork on a laptop, not for reasons of disability, to be permitted to use a laptop for (1) GCSE, and (2) A-level examinations.  HL5644

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of pupils who have done most of their schoolwork on a laptop, not for reasons of disability, are permitted to use a laptop for (1) GCSE and (2) A-level examinations.  HL5645

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comprehensiveness of the data gathered by the police about online fraud and attempted online fraud.  HL5646

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to prescription opioids.  HL5647

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths in England over the past five years were caused by or linked to the use of over the counter opioids.  HL5648

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in England they estimate are currently addicted to prescription opioids, excluding cancer patients.  HL5649

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government, in view of the consumption of codeine for pain relief, whether they have any plans to extend the remit of the Public Health England inquiry into prescription drug addiction and dependence to include over the counter painkillers.  HL5650

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of opioids dispensed for pain relief contain a warning on the package that the medication may cause dependence or addiction.  HL5651

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government whether GPs are being advised to carry out regular medication reviews for patients who are prescribed painkillers for chronic pain, in particular patients who are prescribed opioids; and if not, why not.  HL5652

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to celebrate World Encephalitis Day on 22 February.  HL5653

Lord Mawson to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 8 February (HL5380), what percentage of mental health patients in England are referred to money advice services.  HL5654

Lord Mawson to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 8 February (HL5380), whether they have considered trialling the integration of money advice in mental health settings in England.  HL5655

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government whether assessments produced by HM Treasury economists concur with the Bank of England’s assessment of the impact of Brexit on capital investment.  HL5656

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Transport has the capacity to restrict or ban (1) companies, (2) individuals, and (3) associates, from bidding for rail franchises.  HL5657

Baroness Northover to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Technical Mission to the State of Qatar's December 2017 report on the impact of the Gulf Crisis on human rights, particularly with regard to that report's conclusions on the impact of the crisis on (1) freedom of expression, (2) f… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Northover to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help resolve the Gulf Crisis.  HL5659

Lord Patel of Bradford to ask Her Majesty's Government how NHS-led Sustainability and Transformation Plans, including accountable care systems of integrated health and social care, will work with local authority procured substance misuse services to ensure vulnerable service users are given the right priority of access to treatment and care.  HL5660

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the value of the UK's powdered milk stockpile; what other products they are stockpiling under the Common Agricultural Policy; and in what quantity and value; and what they expect to be the final destination and selling price of the stockpiled products.  HL5661

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to consider the views of fire service and governance experts when reviewing the independent assessments relating to Police and Crime Commissioners taking over responsibility from fire and rescue authorities.  HL5662

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the principle that the governance of fire and rescue services should be determined by residents within the area served will continue in the light of proposals to make these services subject to governance by Police and Crime Commissioners.  HL5663

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede to ask Her Majesty's Government which magistrates’ courts in each of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service regions in England and Wales are, in terms of their access arrangements for people with disabilities, (1) compliant with the Equality Act 2010, and (2) not compliant with the Equality Act 2010.  HL5664

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans are in place to ensure that magistrates’ courts in England and Wales are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 in terms of access arrangements for people with disabilities.  HL5665

Baroness Quin to ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to ensure that no region of the UK will see economic growth reduce as a result of Brexit.  HL5666

Baroness Quin to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions members of the Cabinet have held on the impact of Brexit with (1) business, and (2) local government, representatives of the north east of England in the last three months.  HL5667

Baroness Quin to ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings are planned to discuss the impact of Brexit on the north east of England between Ministers and representatives of (1) business, and (2) local government.  HL5668

Lord Radice to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of nationals of other EU states who will leave the UK between now and the end of the Brexit transition period; and what are the principal skills categories expected to be affected by their departure, if any.  HL5669

Lord Radice to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the decrease in net EU migration to the UK as a result of Brexit, if any.  HL5670

Lord Radice to ask Her Majesty's Government what additional skills training they plan to replace any skills lost to the UK economy through any departure of nationals from other EU countries due to Brexit.  HL5671

Lord Radice to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to provide any additional help to any regions that experience negative economic impacts due to Brexit.  HL5672

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States on behalf of Kris Maharaj, a British citizen held in prison in Florida.  HL5673

Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask Her Majesty's Government whether a decision has been made on whether the £1 million received by the UK Overseas Territories per year from the EU’s Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of Europe Overseas Fund will be replaced after the UK leaves the EU.  HL5674

Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the replacement for the EU’s Financial Instrument for the Environment will allow Overseas Territories to access funding for large scale environmental projects which smaller instruments cannot address.  HL5675

Lord Temple-Morris to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to participate in international defence exercises with allies during 2018–19; and at what scale.  HL5676

Lord Temple-Morris to ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of unidentified submarines close to the north west coast of the UK were recorded during (1) 2016, and (2) 2017.  HL5677

Lord Temple-Morris to ask Her Majesty's Government how many approaches to UK airspace by Russian military aircraft were detected during (1) 2016, and (2) 2017.  HL5678

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government why VAT is payable on the provision of British Sign Language interpreters for deaf people and people with hearing loss in full-time employment.  HL5679

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government why VAT is payable on the provision of palantypists for deaf people and people with hearing loss in full time employment.  HL5680

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Yesh Din's December 2017 annual data sheet on law enforcement on Israeli civilians suspected of ideologically motivated crime against Palestinians in the West Bank, particularly with regard to the finding that only three per cent of investigations of such crimes have resulted in a conviction.  HL5681

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding the payment of compensation to Palestinians whose homes were officially demolished in 2017.  HL5682

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding the demolition of two classrooms in the school of the Abu al-Nawwar Bedouin community in East Jerusalem.  HL5683

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the criteria necessary to achieve a two-state solution with a contiguous, economically viable, and independent Palestinian state.  HL5684

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what military and crowd control equipment they purchased from Israel in 2017.  HL5685

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government with regard to human rights and international law violations, under what circumstances they would consider imposing selective trade sanctions on Israel.  HL5686

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to extending the existing renewable energy subsidy for offshore wind beyond October.  HL5687

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government which state actors they originally identified to have levied cyber-attacks against UK institutions in the past five years; and whether their assessment of the origins of those attacks has subsequently altered.  HL5688

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to determine whether cyber aggression constitutes an act of war; and in such cases, what plans they have to allow for Parliamentary scrutiny of any evidence.  HL5689

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have given to UK institutions and companies to minimise their being a victim of cyber-attacks in the event of cyber warfare.  HL5690

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the speech of the Prime Minister at the Security Conference in Munich on 17 February, they plan to cooperate with the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) after Brexit; and if so, what form any such cooperation would take; and whether they consider that ENISA's programme of implementation of EU… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia extended an invitation to the UK Foreign Secretary during the bilateral meeting on 22 December 2017 in Moscow for respective state cyber agencies to meet to address areas of concern; and if so, how the Foreign Secretary responded and if he has not responded, when he will.  HL5692

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made formal representations to the government of Russia regarding recent accusations by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of cyber-attacks originating in Russia; whether they plan to present evidence in support of their accusations; and whether they consider that the government of Russia was instrumental in thes… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by  Earl Howe on 1 February (HL4977), on what grounds any changes were made to the privileges accorded to previous Heads of Service; and whether the Chief of Defence Staff or Defence Services Secretary discussed such changes with previous Heads of Service prior to the changes being made.  HL5694

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 30 November 2017 (HL3468), whether any Long Service and Good Conduct Medals for retired Heads of Service were produced but have not subsequently been issued.  HL5695

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 1 February (HL5091), whether they have produced any estimates of the difference in cost per ship if long-lead items had been ordered for all eight Type 26 Frigates, rather than for an initial batch of three ships.  HL5696

Lord Willoughby de Broke to ask Her Majesty's Government how much foreign aid money was provided to the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Department for International Development in each year since 2010.  HL5697