House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Bates on 14 November (HL Deb, col 1882), how much of the development funding spent in Pakistan has been spent each year on education of young girls in the last 20 years; which agencies have been supported to further the education of young girls in Pakistan; and in which (1) states, and (2) school… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply of Lord Bates on 14 November (HL Deb, col 1882), how much of the development funding to support the education of young girls in Pakistan has been spent on girls from minority communities in the last 20 years.  HL11514

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply of Lord Bates on 14 November (HL Deb, col 1882), what assessment they have made of the (1) discrimination against religious minorities in Pakistan, and (2) case for prioritising development funding for such religious minorities.  HL11515

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Egypt about the forced repatriation of the Sudanese journalist, Mohamed Boshi.  HL11516

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the function and remit of the BEIS External Stakeholder Group.  HL11517

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 24 October (HL10986), who are the current members of the BEIS External Stakeholder Group dealing with accounting law relating to International Accounting Standards; who each member (1) currently works for, (2) represents as stakeholder, and (3) was nominated for appointm… 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 24 October (HL10986), who has been a member of the BEIS External Stakeholder Group dealing with accounting law relating to International Accounting Standards; who each member (1) worked for at the time they were members of the group, (2) represented as stakeholder, and (… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government how many objections to fracking they have received in 2018 to date.  HL11520

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the introduction of "pot-hole spotter systems".  HL11521

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they made any representations to the government of Turkey about the petition arranged in 2015 by the International Initiative as part of its Peace in Kurdistan Campaign calling for the release of Abdullah Öcalan; and if so, what response they received from the government of that country.  HL11522

Lord Hylton to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the disruption caused by the media’s use of College Green; and what consideration, if any, is being given to the establishment of a permanent media centre elsewhere on the Parliamentary Estate.  HL11523

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will be represented at the forthcoming meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.  HL11524

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help to manage the recent Ebola outbreak in that country.  HL11525

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to combat the threat to biodiversity from biological invaders.  HL11526

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of work being undertaken to create synthetic cells.  HL11527

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing for (1) vaccine research, and (2) the development of cheaper versions of existing vaccines.  HL11528

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to help tackle mosquito-borne diseases.  HL11529

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the (1) Domestic and (2) Non-Domestic, Renewable Heat Incentive schemes.  HL11530

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government, what legislation from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and its predecessor department, has been passed into law since 1 June 2010 but is still waiting to be brought into force.  HL11531

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government, what legislation from the Home Office has been passed into law since 1 June 2010 but is still waiting to be brought into force.  HL11532

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many children learn to play a musical instrument in school; and whether the number has risen or fallen since 1997.  HL11533

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the new metro mayors have made use of the bus franchising powers granted to them by the Bus Services Act 2017.  HL11534

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have refused an application for asylum from Asia Bibi; and if so, why.  HL11535

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the UK is a safe place to offer asylum to those being persecuted for their Christian faith.  HL11536

Lord Trefgarne to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their aviation strategy Green Paper.  HL11537