House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 15 October (HL Deb, cols 282–3), whether the Home Office will now reclassify the systematic attacks on religious minorities in Pakistan as persecution rather than discrimination.  HL10707

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government how many claims for asylum in the UK were successful in respect of religious minorities from Pakistan over the past five years.  HL10708

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Pakistan to ensure that Pakistan’s quota system for jobs is not used to place workers from religious minorities in menial occupations.  HL10709

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what training programmes in Pakistan they support to help illiterate and impoverished members of minority communities to qualify for jobs.  HL10710

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Minister of State for the Home Office and Security on 10 October (167956) and Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 October (HL9860 and HL9890), in respect of the two occasions cited, whether the individuals concerned; their families; or their lawyers were informed of the decision to provid… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Minister of State for the Home Office and Security on 10 October (167956) and Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 October (HL9860 and HL9890), whether there are UK criminal investigations or prosecutions ongoing regarding the individuals in respect of whom they failed to require a death p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 September (HL9906), what are the cost, extent and purpose of the current building works, including refurbishment and routine maintenance, taking place at the residence of the UK's Permanent Representative to the EU.  HL10713

Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government what training they provide to officials drafting responses to parliamentary written questions in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  HL10714

Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government what quality assurance process is followed in approving draft responses to parliamentary questions for written answer in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  HL10715

Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 September (HL9903), whether they will now answer the question asked, namely how many separate cases of detention in Turkey have been raised with the government of Turkey; and on how many occasions each of those cases of detention have been raised.  HL10716

Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 September (HL9905), whether they will now answer the question asked, namely how many cases of persons held in detention in Turkey have been raised with the government of Turkey as a result of discussions and decisions taken by the EU member states acting in political co-opera… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 September (HL9904), what factors, in addition to the charge and length of detention, they take into account when deciding whether to raise cases of persons in detention with the government of Turkey; whether those factors include the profession of those detained; and if so, w… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the results of the Modernising Defence Programme.  HL10719

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government when they anticipate placing the first order for the Type 31e frigate.  HL10720

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in delivering the Dreadnought submarine programme; and when they estimate that programme will complete.  HL10721

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in delivering the maritime patrol aircraft programme.  HL10722

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 15 October (HL10413), whether they will encourage all museums and galleries to publish annually their net operating costs in relation to income generation from image licensing to assure the public that, “the total income for the accounting period must not exceed the cost of colle… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 15 October (HL10413), what advice, if any, they plan to give museums and galleries who regularly fail to monitor and apply the standard cost of capital in relation to income generation from image licensing as set out in the Guidance on the implementation of the Re-use of Publ… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 15 October, what assessment they have made of whether a notice by the Information Commissioner’s Office in relation to image fees would apply to national museums and galleries.  HL10725

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government what independent body is responsible for advising on the exception to marginal cost pricing procedure to provide assurance to the re-user of public sector information (PSI) and to demonstrate that the public sector bodies are complying with PSI Policy and trading fairly.  HL10726

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 15 October (HL10413), what assessment they have made of whether the sum of money that a museum charges for image fees should be calculated in relation to their costs for complying with that particular image request, and not based on the proposed re-use.  HL10727

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government which five countries had the most overseas nationals being allocated National Insurance numbers in each of the last three years for which records are available.  HL10728

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether NHS guidelines require periodic reviews to be conducted in cases of patients with severe mental ill-health; and if so, whether both physical and mental health issues are reviewed at the same time.  HL10729

Baroness Jolly to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of community prescriptions for mental health conditions were issued to people (1) who were entitled to free NHS prescriptions, and (2) who had certificates that entitle them to free NHS prescriptions in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, and (c) 2017.  HL10730

Baroness Jolly to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the heart age test on the NHS website.  HL10731

Baroness Jolly to ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they provide to those under 40 years old about blood pressure and cholesterol tests.  HL10732

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current total value of their defence contracts with the government of Saudi Arabia.  HL10733

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Chinese authorities about the case of Meng Hongwei, the former President of Interpol; and what assessment they have made of whether the manner of his resignation has any implications for their confidence in the government of China in multilateral organisations.  HL10734

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are planning to take to prevent the extinction of the brown hare in the UK because of a mutated version of the myxomatosis virus.  HL10735

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they are pursuing to broker a ceasefire in Yemen and prevent famine in that country.  HL10736

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken in the case of Matthew Hedges, who is currently detained in the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of spying.  HL10737

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the most recent annual figures for the amount of money estimated to be laundered in the UK; and whether those figures present an increase on previous years.  HL10738

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House (1) the overview of outcomes agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018, and (2) the overview of projects announced by the UK in support of the outcome from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018.  HL10739

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the timescales and resources allocated to each of the projects announced by the UK in support of the outcomes from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018.  HL10740

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the operation of the arrangements under section 46 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 for Returning Officers to correct mistakes made in the counting process after a result has been declared; and how many instances there have been of such corrections being made by Returning Officers since the Act… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the incorrect election result declarations in three wards of the London Borough of Newham in May, what assessment they have made of the requirement to list election candidates on ballot papers in alphabetical order of commonly used surnames whilst requiring the results to be declared in order of legal surnames.  HL10742

The Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty's Government, following their response to the International Development Committee’s report Definition and administration of ODA (HC 1011), whether any middle-income country on the World Bank’s list may be eligible for UK Official Development Assistance (ODA); and which of those countries are currently in receipt of UK ODA.  HL10743

The Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK Official Development Assistance has been directed to India in each of the last five years; through what channels such assistance was directed; in which states it was directed; and how many staff worked at the Department for International Development in New Delhi in each of those years.  HL10744

Baroness Smith of Newnham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possible security implications for the UK of the privatisation of the ZTMC Titanium Mine in Ukraine.  HL10745

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage other countries to send ministers to the UN Commission on Population and Development in 2019.  HL10746

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent International Conference on Population and Development +25 review process; and whether a minister will attend the UN Commission on Population and Development in 2019.  HL10747