House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 9 October 2013 (HL2237), what assessment the Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has made of the regulation of embryoid bodies following the publication of research (1) by Lancaster et al. Cerebral organoids… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 13 June (HL16129), what scientific studies, if any, were the basis for determining that the maximum safe life of a tyre on a heavy goods vehicle or coach is 10 years.  HL16936

Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statistical risk of a heavy goods vehicle or coach tyre having a "blow out" for each of the first 20 years after manufacture; whether that assessment is based on any scientific study; and if so, what study.  HL16937

Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty's Government how many heavy goods vehicles that are less than 10 years old have suffered a tyre failure incident on the M25 motorway in the last six-month period for which data are available.  HL16938

Lord Collins of Highbury to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to include the presence of survivors of sexual violence from conflict zones at the Preventing Sexual Violence In Conflict Initiative Conference in November; and whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will liaise with the Home Office to ensure that such people are not prevented from enterin… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote investment by the insurance industry into applied research, new technologies, and infrastructure; whether information about any such investments will be published on an annual basis; and if so, where.  HL16940

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce noise both in the internal environment, in particular, with regard to underground trains, and the external environment, with greater use of noise barriers.  HL16941

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Lord Heseltine Empowering English Cities, published on 2 July; and whether they intend to provide a response.  HL16942

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Care Quality Commission Smiling matters: oral health care in care homes, published on 24 June; and how they intend to respond.  HL16943

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that access to dental provision in care homes is improved.  HL16944

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they take to deal with dentists who are unwilling to visit care homes.  HL16945

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to ensure that care home services are made aware of NICE guideline NG48 Oral health for adults in care homes, published in July 2016.  HL16946

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the reasons for the recent fall in sales of low-emission vehicles.  HL16947

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce long-term incentives to increase sales of low-emission vehicles to help meet carbon reduction targets.  HL16948

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Society of Motor Manufacturers’ statement that the Government's decision to abolish the Plug-in Car Grant three weeks early at the end of 2018 has caused a reduction in sales of low-emission vehicles.  HL16949

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the United Nations General Assembly that the decolonisation of Mauritius has not been lawfully completed because the detachment of the Chagos Archipelago was not based on the free and genuine expression of the will of the people of Mauritius; whether they accept that decision… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many times they have not complied with decisions of the United Nations General Assembly.  HL16951

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of South Africa about the practice of canned hunting of lions.  HL16952

Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 20 June (HL Deb, col 835), whether the issues relating to institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland have been resolved; and if so, when legislation will be introduced to provide compensation for the victims and their families.  HL16953

Lord Low of Dalston to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the results of the Student Loans Company Assistive Technology Equipment and Training Tender.  HL16954

Lord Norton of Louth to ask Her Majesty's Government how many post-legislative reviews by Government departments have been completed and published since 1 January 2018; and in what form they were published.  HL16955

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 3 July (HL Deb, col 1435), what assessment they have made of the finding of the House of Commons Health Committee in its report NHS Charges (HC815–1), published on 18 July 2006, that the list of exemptions for prescription charges was “inconsistent and anomalous”;… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about prescription charges for people with lifetime health conditions in the last two years; whether they record the health conditions each such representation related to; and how many people in England they estimate are subject to prescription charges for such conditions.  HL16957

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the annual cost to the NHS of providing free prescriptions to those with (1) asthma, and (2) long-term health conditions.  HL16958

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government how much it costs NHS England annually to (1) collect payments for free prescriptions, (2) administer the system of medical exemption certificates, and (3) provide prescription prepayment certificates.  HL16959

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any savings made by the NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of not charging for prescriptions.  HL16960

Lord Rennard to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost to NHS England of GP appointments and hospital admissions arising from people with asthma and other long-term health conditions who do not take prescription medications because they cannot afford them.  HL16961

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 2 July (HL Deb, col 1346), on what evidence they based their claim that the Bet Regret campaign is showing promising results.  HL16962

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the projected funding costs to the NHS of the new gambling-related harm clinics, announced on 23 June.  HL16963

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding GambleAware are projected to provide to the (1) NHS Northern Gambling Clinic in Leeds, and (2) the National Problem Gambling Clinic in London.  HL16964

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 26 June (HL16573), why they do not hold data on the number of households who disconnect their energy supply due to the cost; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the lack of such data on their fuel poverty policy.  HL16965

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 26 June (HL16573), what sources of data on the number of households who disconnect their energy supplies due to cost they use to inform their policy-making.  HL16966

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will grant legal recognition to humanist marriages; and if not, what are the reasons for not doing so.  HL16967