House of Lords Business

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement made by the Home Secretary on 24 July (HC Deb, col 908), whether they plan to publish more data on the number of LGBTQI+ immigration detainees.  HL11922

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for extending the £400 million of extra capital funding for schools, announced in this year's autumn statement, to further education colleges; and whether they have any plans to provide such funding in future.  HL11923

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 27 November (HL11428), what steps they are taking to ensure the relevant enforcement agencies are taking action to prevent the open sale of low-cost GPS jammers on services such as eBay.  HL11924

Lord Boateng to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Cameroon about the killing of Father Cosmas Ondari; and what steps they are taking with that government to end the violence in English-speaking Cameroon.  HL11925

Lord Boateng to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) response of the government of Cameroon to the initiative by leaders of the Catholic and Presbyterian churches in that country, and the Central mosques of Bamenda and Buea for an Anglophone General Conference, and (2) prospects of a peaceful settlement to the conflict between anglophone and franc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are providing a subsidy to Great Western Railway; if so, why; and what lessons they have learned.  HL11927

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) Belgium's decision to ban loot boxes in online games, and (2) the social impact adopting a similar policy would have on reducing gambling related harm in the UK.  HL11928

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to ask the Competition and Markets Authority to consider conducting an inquiry into passenger air services linking Scotland to London City Airport.  HL11929

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of NHS England's estimate that 600 stillbirths could be prevented annually as a result of implementation of the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle; and whether any such assessment has taken account of the failure to include within the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle a specific element on twin… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current assessment of the situation in Idlib Province, Syria.  HL11931

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what prospects they foresee for successful international and local ceasefire negotiations leading to arms control, safe passage for internally displaced people and access for humanitarian personnel and supplies in Idlib Province, Syria.  HL11932

Lord Ramsbotham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to bring England into line with the rest of the UK by removing the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax.  HL11933

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have made to address the issue of overcrowding in prisons.  HL11934

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure sentencing of offenders is cost-effective and provides value for money for taxpayers.  HL11935

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their response to the House of Commons Justice Committee report, Cutting crime: the case for justice reinvestment, published in March 2010 (Cm 7819), what steps they have taken to make sentencing more evidence-based and non-partisan.  HL11936

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the lack of secure NHS facilities for offenders who are suffering from mental illness.  HL11937

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the care needs of the increasing number of older prisoners held in high security facilities.  HL11938

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the conditions of immigration detainees who are being detained for indeterminate lengths of time due to a lack of appropriate alternative accommodation.  HL11939

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make representations to the government of Madagascar about contraceptive stocks in that country; and whether they will consider supplying Madagascar with contraceptives as a matter of urgency.  HL11940

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to send representatives to the 2019 meeting of the UN Commission on Population and Development.  HL11941

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the (1) basing, and (2) manning plans for HM Ships Severn, Mersey and Tyne.  HL11942

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the EU flag is recognised by the UK; and which of the other member states of the EU recognise that flag.  HL11943