House of Lords Business

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 13 March (HL14243), whether they will list the meetings conducted by the Secretary of State for Transport on 4 March with the times at which each such meeting took place.  HL14509

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 13 March (HL13776), how they will ensure that both Houses of Parliament and their relevant select committees are given timely information about the progress and details of the evaluation of "alternative arrangements" and "technologies"; and whether they will publish the joint… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that firefighters are adequately trained to tackle fires in the cladding of buildings.  HL14511

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the long-term impact on future generations is accounted for in their policy-making processes.  HL14512

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Social Mobility Pledge; and what steps they are taking to support its uptake by employers.  HL14513

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote and support bookshops to improve levels of literacy.  HL14514

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reinstate the deferred pensions of those women born in the 1950s who were meant to receive their pensions aged 60; and what assessment they have made of whether those women were given sufficient notice of the deferment.  HL14515

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government whether an order for bi-mode trains for the Midland Main Line has been placed.  HL14516

Baroness Brady to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to test the effectiveness of aid spending through the UK Official Development Assistance budget.  HL14517

Baroness Brady to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the gender pay gap; when they estimate that gap to close; and what steps they are taking to hasten the closure of that gap.  HL14518

Baroness Brady to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of girls aged between 14 and 18 years old who stop participating in sports in and outside school; and what steps they intend to take to actively encourage such girls' participation in sports.  HL14519

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government when the Crown Prosecution Service were first made aware of the omission in the report by Sir Richard Henriques, An Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published on 8 November 2016, to refer to exculpa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government whether a returning ISIS fighter from Syria, who is an Irish citizen, will be allowed to enter, settle and work in the UK under Common Travel Area rules.  HL14521

Lord Hannay of Chiswick to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Callanan on 27 February (HL Deb, col 242) that the legislation no longer exists on the UK statute book to hold European Parliament elections, what is the statutory basis for this.  HL14522

Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve leadership in the public services; and in particular whether they intend to establish the Centre for Public Services Leadership programme recommended by the Public Services Leadership Taskforce in October 2018.  HL14523

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to press for the publication of the names of candidates short listed for the post of President of the World Bank in advance of an appointment being made.  HL14524

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce the pending Law Commission Bill on charity regulation.  HL14525

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to ensure that the reduction in the availability of cash does not act to the detriment of the most disadvantaged in society.  HL14526

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government when the members of the UK International Financial Reporting Standards Endorsement Board will be announced.  HL14527

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make UK share registers more transparent.  HL14528

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the open letter of 25 June 2018 from nine British and French voluntary organisations, about the UK–France joint action plan on illegal migration across the Channel, published on 24 January, alleging that the plan ignored international law and asylum seekers' individual rights.  HL14529

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 11 March (HL13990), whether the inspection teams covering juveniles as covert human intelligence sources also examine how policy is set regarding (1) payments to, (2) inducement of, and (3) frequency of use of, each juvenile.  HL14530

The Earl of Listowel to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the recruitment of male mentors for boys and young men growing up without a father in the home in areas of high incidence of knife crime or gang membership.  HL14531

The Earl of Listowel to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of male mentors needed to befriend and support boys and young men growing up without a father in the home in areas with high prevalence of knife crime or gang membership.  HL14532

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask Her Majesty's Government whether chickens are still being killed commercially by electrocution, upside down, on a conveyor belt; if not, how they are killed commercially; and if so, what assessment they have made of the use of that method on the spread of campylobacter.  HL14533

Lord Palmer to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Westminster City Council about the reasons for Parliament Square being regularly obstructed by black cabs; and what action that are taking as a result of any such discussions.  HL14534

Lord Pendry to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the review of safe standing in football stadiums.  HL14535

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of Gambling disorder, increased mortality, suicidality, and associated comorbidity: A longitudinal nationwide register study, published in November 2018; and in particular its finding that problem gamblers are 15 times more likely to take their own lives.  HL14536

Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of using CCTV in detecting, preventing and deterring the incidence of violent crime with weapons in built-up areas.  HL14537

Baroness Sherlock to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were moved to contributory-based ESA from Incapacity Benefit who were eligible for Social Fund payments that they were then unable to claim as a result of that move; and what p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve data transparency amongst large tech companies in order to support competition in the digital services sector.  HL14539

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of the impact that no-deal Brexit tariff plans could have on possible price rises in the UK automotive sector.  HL14540

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit uncertainty on recent statistics suggesting slower growth and smaller investment in UK manufacturing and construction over the last three months.  HL14541

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure agreements with EU countries to work on reducing levels of air pollution after Brexit.  HL14542

Lord Touhig to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce psychiatric alternatives to prison, and other forms of sentences, for persons who have committed a crime because of their mental health condition; and if so, how.  HL14543

Lord Touhig to ask Her Majesty's Government why there has been a decline in community service sentences; and how they intend to reverse this decline.  HL14544

Lord Touhig to ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to address sentence inflation following the average increase of three months over the past six years.  HL14545

Lord Touhig to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of female offenders who have experienced traumas such as domestic and sexual abuse; and what steps they intend to take to prevent the victims of such experiences from committing crimes.  HL14546

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the consequences of the aging torpedo development and production workforce in the UK.  HL14547

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with Boeing to integrate Sting Ray Mod 1 with the P-8A Poseidon.  HL14548

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Mk54 torpedo is an insensitive munition.  HL14549

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Mk54 Otto Fuel II fuelled torpedoes are part of the P8-A Poseidon contract.  HL14550