House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their assessment in the Department for International Development's Pakistan Report 2018 that there is a "significant modern slavery problem amongst the poor, minorities, women and children" in Pakistan and their policy to provide assistance to "target the poorest and most vulnerable", what steps they are taking to… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports of a rise in number of Pakistani Christian girls being targeted by traffickers for exploitation in China, what assessment they have made of how the AAWAZ II Programme is (1) working effectively to minimise this trafficking stream, especially within the Punjab region, and (2) measuring its efficacy in reduc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the treatment of the Principal of the Edwardes College, Peshawar, and his family and the attempts to intervene in the administration of the College by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor on religious minorities and educational opportunities in Pakistan.  HL15757

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government how many criminal justice placements have been (1) available, and (2) filled, in secure children's homes in each month in each of the last three years.  HL15758

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are  taking to increase the amount of trade between the UK and The Gambia.  HL15759

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) is spent in The Gambia; and how that ODA is spent in that country.  HL15760

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist the development of the tourism sector in The Gambia.  HL15761

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government when HS2 is (1) built to Birmingham, and (2) completed, what is their estimate of the tonnage of freight that could be diverted from the roads onto the existing south to north railways, over what period of years, and with what effect on air pollution and greenhouse gases.  HL15762

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the documentary film and report by the 2019 International Peace Delegation to Imrali, published on 25 March; and what conclusions, if any, they have drawn from that report and film.  HL15763

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the remarks made by Ögmundur Jónasson, former Minister of Justice in Iceland, at the 2019 International Peace Delegation to Imrali that serious human rights abuse in Turkey will not come to an end unless peace negotiations are resumed between Turkey and the leaders of the Kurds and other minority groups; and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take should the evidence of the torture of political detainees in Saudi Arabia continue.  HL15765

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take to secure the release of political detainees in Saudi Arabia.  HL15766

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to secure access by independent monitors to all political detainees currently held without charge in Saudi Arabia.  HL15767

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to obtain proof of life for all political detainees held in Saudi Arabia, including Prince Turki bin Abdullah.  HL15768

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to assess any negative impact on Palestinians of the policies of business operating in, or with, Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  HL15769

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to judge when the recognition of the state of Palestine would be appropriate.  HL15770

Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they are providing for the Indonesian police unit deployed in West Papua.  HL15771

Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Brunei about abrogating the laws under which homosexuals can be stoned to death.  HL15772

Lord Pendry to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) highlight the importance to the planet of bees and other pollinators such as butterflies and bats, and (2) protect pollinator species.  HL15773

Lord Pendry to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in 2002 and Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, published in 2015, what assessment they have made of the priority that teaching on climate change has been given in Catholic schools; and what steps they are taking to g… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the paper Impact of a ban on the open display of tobacco products in retail outlets on never smoking youth in the UK: findings from a repeat cross-sectional survey before, during and after implementation, published in the British Medical Journal in May; and whether they will consider… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation of Chinese Christians following reports that the government of China has labelled the expansion of Christianity a "grave harm to Chinese national security".  HL15776

Baroness Sherlock to ask Her Majesty's Government how many applicants for Universal Credit have made their application by means other than the online application system since its introduction; and what are the available methods for doing so.  HL15777

Lord Steel of Aikwood to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to bring the law on abortion in Northern Ireland into line with the rest of the UK while there is no functioning Assembly in Northern Ireland.  HL15778

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that a 20 per cent World Trade Organization tariff could have on the UK steel industry, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.  HL15779

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support projects to develop renewable electricity sources; and whether any plans to build electricity networks with other EU countries could be affected in the event of a no-deal Brexit.  HL15780

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any increase in complaints regarding short-term and payday lenders related to those suffering with problem debt.  HL15781

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of social media regulators in keeping up with innovation in large technology companies.  HL15782

Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to support processes that remove hard to recycle waste from the waste stream in order to help deliver low-carbon fuels through the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation.  HL15783

Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will take to ensure that the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation supports the sustainable fuels industry.  HL15784

Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for sustainable aviation fuels to decarbonise aviation.  HL15785

Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of Ofgem's Targeted Charging Review on (1) the deployment of energy storage, (2) the deployment of electric vehicles, and (3) the UK meeting the targets of the fourth and fifth carbon budgets.  HL15786

Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of Ofgem’s Targeted Charging Review on companies which have already undertaken energy efficiency measures.  HL15787

Lord Trefgarne to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) women, and (2) men, currently serving indeterminate prison sentences have exceeded the tariff relating to the crime for which they were originally convicted.  HL15788