House of Lords Business

Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade solely on WTO terms without any (1) bilateral, or (2) regional, trade agreements.  HL15424

Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government how many countries the UK currently trades solely with on World Trade Organization terms without any additional bilateral or regional trade agreements.  HL15425

Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK trades with the United States of America solely on World Trade Organization terms; and if not, how many bilateral trade agreements are in place between the UK and the USA.  HL15426

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to maintain the serviceability of the UK fleet of Thales Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicles.  HL15427

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the (1) tactical, (2) strategic, and (3) procurement, objectives of the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the government of India.  HL15428

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how much they have paid, to date, out of the UK's commitment of £45.5 million under the Sandhurst Treaty; (2) to whom any such payments have been made; and (3) whether they made any such payments to young and vulnerable refugees and migrants in France.  HL15429

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education and Ofsted guidelines on spiritual, moral and cultural development will emphasise the contributions of pupils and staff to high-quality education.  HL15430

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 3 April (HL14966 and HL14967), whether they will answer the questions originally put instead of referring to a website.  HL15431

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the introduction by the government of Brunei of stoning as a punishment for gay sex, whether British military personnel proposed for secondment to British Forces Brunei are allowed to secure exemption from that secondment due to identifying as LBGT without financial or promotional penalty.  HL15432

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of knife crime offences in England and Wales in 2018.  HL15433

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reduction in the number of crimes solved by police.  HL15434

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any threat posed by beoutQ, a pirate TV and streaming service based in Saudi Arabia; and whether any retail outlets selling the beoutQ set up box have been (1) charged, and (2) prosecuted for such sales.  HL15435

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many secondary schools in England and Wales do not have their own playing fields.  HL15436

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to increase the number of marine enforcement officers in the UK fishing industry after Brexit.  HL15437

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to invest in projects to improve the development of artificial intelligence in the UK.  HL15438

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 29 April (HL15269), what existing forums they were engaged with on the design of the feasibility test for a single assessment for Employment and Support Allowance/Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment.  HL15439

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance to contraceptive and family planning services reaches clients free of charge at the point of delivery (1) bilaterally, (2) multilaterally through UN bodies, (3) through non-governmental organisations, and (4) in total.  HL15440

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about Palestinian Christians in Gaza being denied permits to travel to worship in Bethlehem or Jerusalem; and what action they will take to preserve religious freedom in the Palestinian Occupied Territory.  HL15441

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israel's Supreme Court is allowing the demolition of 60 buildings housing 500 Palestinian families in Silwan, East Jerusalem.  HL15442

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that political operatives working for the Likud-National Liberal Movement have claimed to have decreased voter turnout among Arab-Israelis by illegally hiding 1,300 cameras inside Arab polling stations during the recent elections in Israel.  HL15443

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about reports that Israeli forces use live fire in situations where there is no risk to those forces.  HL15444

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 5 February (HL Deb, col 1428), whether they have conducted a full security assessment of the implications of siting the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens; if so, by whom; and whether any such assessment is available for scrutiny.  HL15445

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government when the legislation implementing civil partnerships for opposite sex couples will come into effect.  HL15446

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to address the findings in the Children’s Rights Alliance for England report on the State of Children’s Rights in England in 2018, in particular in respect of the proportion of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children deprived in three or more dimensions of deprivation compared to the proportion of all other chi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text