House of Lords Business

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the use of long-acting reversible contraception in general practice.  HL10046

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Public Health England’s document, A consensus statement: reproductive health is a public issue, published on 26 June, what steps they are taking to improve universal access to the full range of contraception choices.  HL10047

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Public Health England’s document, A consensus statement: reproductive health is a public issue, published on 26 June, what steps they are taking to ensure that reproductive health decision-making is directly informed by women’s voices.  HL10048

Baroness Berridge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security situation in Bangladesh following recent security forces' responses to the road safety protests in Dhaka.  HL10049

Baroness Berridge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to Bangladeshi authorities about the arrest of Shahidul Alam following comments he made about the road safety protests in Dhaka.  HL10050

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 11 April 2017 (HL6378), what steps they are planning to take to secure Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's permanent release and return to the UK, in the light of continued concerns for her health and reports that she collapsed in prison.  HL10051

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 2 May (HL7044), whether any request had been made by the Metropolitan Police Service to extend the funding for Operation Grange beyond the end of September 2018; and if so, by how much, over what further period, and for what purpose; and what has been the tota… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any funding requests other than Operation Grange have been received from the Metropolitan Police Service in the last year relating to the search for missing children; and if so, how much funding has been made available.  HL10053

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury to ask Her Majesty's Government how many key stage 4 (1) art and design, (2) music, (3) drama, (4) design and technology, (5) history, and (6) geography teachers there were in state secondary schools in England for each year from 2010 to 2017.  HL10054

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the annual percentage change in the number of key stage 4 (1) art and design, (2) music, (3) drama, (4) design and technology, (5) history, and (6) geography teachers in state secondary schools in England for each year from 2010 to 2017.  HL10055

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury to ask Her Majesty's Government how many key stage 3 (1) art and design, (2) music, (3) drama, (4) design and technology, (5) history, and (6) geography teachers there were in state secondary schools in England for each year from 2010 to 2017.  HL10056

Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the annual percentage change in the number of key stage 3 (1) art and design, (2) music, (3) drama, (4) design and technology, (5) history, and (6) geography teachers in state secondary schools in England for each year from 2010 to 2017.  HL10057

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) police officers, and (2) police community support officers, were employed in Greater Manchester in each of the last ten years.  HL10058

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) costs or (2) savings to the NHS of restricting the availability of gluten-free foods on prescription.  HL10059

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the reduction in the prescribing of gluten-free foods on low income families where a member of the family suffers from coeliac disease.  HL10060

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are giving to Clinical Commissioning Groups on the funding of gluten-free prescribing.  HL10061

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government how much financial support they provide to the BRICS/Wasafiri countering violent extremism programme in Kenya; and what assessment they have made of (1) the programme’s effect on Al-Shabaab, (2) its effect on the national security of the UK and Kenya respectively, and (3) its value for money in the context of UK overseas comm… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider Khartoum to be a safe place to which to deport non-Arab Sudanese migrants.  HL10063

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government when they last raised issues of freedom of religion for Christians in Sudan with their Sudanese counterparts.  HL10064

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the United States State Department, International Religious Freedom Report for 2017, published in May; and what steps they are taking to urge the government of Sudan to respect freedom of religion or belief.  HL10065

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the rights of Christians in Sudan were raised by officials as part of the latest round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue in May.  HL10066

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Department for Work and Pensions policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.  HL10067

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Department of Health and Social Care policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.  HL10068

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many HM Treasury policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.  HL10069

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Home Office policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.  HL10070

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Ministry of Defence policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.  HL10071

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.  HL10072

Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have temporarily to return health powers from the Northern Ireland Assembly to Westminster to avoid any winter health crisis.  HL10073

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of active National Insurance numbers at the latest date for which records are available.  HL10074

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government by what single mechanism a family may exercise their right to dissent from data being used for purposes beyond direct care following the planned removal of the GP "type-2" extract process in October.  HL10075

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government in the event of a no-deal outcome to the Brexit discussions whether they intend to inspect each container of food imported from the EU to ensure that food safety standards are upheld.  HL10076

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the staffing requirements and costs of maintaining safety inspections of EU imported food products at UK borders once the UK has left the EU.  HL10077

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether it will be possible to import hormone-reared beef after Brexit.  HL10078

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions, and when, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Public Health have met the Chief Executive and Chair of the Food Standards Agency since 2015.  HL10079

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether scenario planning in relation to Brexit has included the option of suspending food regulations and inspections should delays occur at UK borders after Brexit.  HL10080

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure an agreement to replace Euratom in order to guarantee the seamless continuation of research and development work with the remaining EU member states and other relevant countries.  HL10081

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to expedite an increase in the number of people in the Office for Nuclear Regulation and to fulfil the agreements recently reached with the International Atomic Energy Agency during and following withdrawal by the UK from Euratom.  HL10082

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they are taking to ensure that during and after the withdrawal of the UK from Euratom there will be seamless access to nuclear technology, decommissioning skills, and intellectual property as currently provided by membership of Euratom.  HL10083

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they are making to ensure that nuclear issues specifically relevant to the UK's relationship with the Republic of Ireland are reviewed before the UK withdrawal from Euratom is completed.  HL10084

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that UK nuclear regulators retain at least associate status at European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group meetings in order to maintain alignment with EU nuclear regulatory developments and to continue to influence decisions that may affect the UK; and if so, how.  HL10085

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they are taking to establish a state system of accountancy for safeguarded nuclear materials which will match that applied by Euratom.  HL10086

Lord Kilclooney to ask Her Majesty's Government whether air passenger duty is applied to flights from Northern Ireland to other parts of the UK; and if so, what plans they have to introduce a rate of 0 per cent.  HL10087

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have agreed to the proposed relocation of the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst from Victoria Tower Gardens to Regent’s University London; if so, why; and if not, what steps they are taking to ensure that it stays where it is.  HL10088

The Earl of Lytton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure prompt repayment of VAT to small building contractors where zero-rated supplies are made in connection with constructing new housing; and whether they will ensure that HMRC adheres to the 30 day target for refunds unless it has first provided compelling reasons for not doing so.  HL10089 … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Morrow to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 18 July (HL Deb, Col 1259), when they intend to provide a written reply about abortion and abortion services in Northern Ireland.  HL10090

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Local Government Association’s conclusion that only a small number of eligible teenagers take part in the National Citizen Service; whether they plan to reallocate their youth service funding in the light of this; and if not, why not.  HL10091

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional resources to support bus services in England so that some of the routes stopped since 2010 can be restored.  HL10092

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government how they will assess the impact of the £2 million funding scheme to help disadvantaged children to benefit from healthy meals and enriching activities during the summer of 2018 to determine (1) whether the funding benefited a range of disadvantaged families, (2) whether there was any shortfall in the funding required to support the pilo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what formula they use to determine the funding to be provided for integration initiatives in areas with higher levels of migration.  HL10094

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any correlation between the reductions in youth services provision and police numbers and the levels of gun and knife crime in the UK.  HL10095

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in the number of children in care; and how they will ensure that sufficient funding is in place to support the provision of care places.  HL10096

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the road network between Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford.  HL10097

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the railway network between Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford.  HL10098

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the social and economic benefits to the Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford corridor of improved transport links between them.  HL10099

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will invite the NHS and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to re-consider their decision not to offer Orkambi to cystic fibrosis sufferers in England and Wales.  HL10100

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum who have applied for exceptional case funding for legal aid since 2012 have been successful.  HL10101

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to discuss with the BBC the possibility of increasing the number of English language tuition programmes it broadcasts.  HL10102

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to compensate the 17 people who received decisions from the Home Office last year on asylum claims that they had submitted more than 15 years ago.  HL10103

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take any action to compensate those British-born children of EU citizens settled in the UK who were turned down for passports following an administrative error.  HL10104

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of asylum decisions concerning people from Yemen that have been overturned on appeal.  HL10105

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide assistance to students paying over six per cent in interest on their tuition fees and maintenance loans.  HL10106

The Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty's Government how much humanitarian assistance they have given to the Yazidis in northern Iraq in each year since 2014; and what form this assistance takes within the current UK humanitarian programme in Iraq.  HL10107

The Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with other EU and US aid administrations, and the Iraqi Kurdish authorities, about the rehabilitation of Yazidi families in Sinjar and the possibility of the creation of a cemetery and memorial to the victims of genocide.  HL10108

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government what projects the Office for Disability Issues are currently working on.  HL10109

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they made, if any, to the (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding of the UN Population Fund in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.  HL10110

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they made, if any, to the (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.  HL10111

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they made, if any, to the (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding of Women and Children First UK in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.  HL10112

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they made, if any, to the (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding of the World Health Organisation in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.  HL10113

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they made, if any, to the (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding of UN Women in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.  HL10114

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they made, if any, to the (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding of UNICEF in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016–17, and (c) 2017–18.  HL10115

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the planned date for HMS Prince of Wales to leave Rosyth for sea trials.  HL10116

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the planned date for HMS Prince of Wales' first entry into Portsmouth.  HL10117

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the planned date for HMS Prince of Wales' commissioning ceremony.  HL10118

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is planned for the first Type 31e to replace HMS Argyll when she leaves service; and how long she will have been in commission at that date.  HL10119

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government how many frigates will be operational in the Royal Navy in (1) 2024, (2) 2025, (3) 2026, and (4) 2027.  HL10120