House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that members of the Transitional Military Council were guaranteed immunity from prosecution for the actions of the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces on 3 June in exchange for signing a power-sharing agreement with the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made in bringing Omar al Bashir to trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC); what assessment they have made of the proposal that any ICC trial could take place in Khartoum if removal to the Hague is not acceptable to the government of Sudan; what resources they have offered to enable such a trial… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they intend to have with the government of Sudan about that country becoming a signatory to the Convention on Torture; and whether they will table a motion at the United Nations Human Rights Council to seek a hearing on any violations of human rights, war crimes and genocide committed by the government headed… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan about (1) restoring access to the internet to its citizens, and (2) allowing the dissemination of information as required under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human rights.  HL17020

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government when the Final Report of the Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review for the Foreign Secretary of Foreign and Commonwealth Office support for persecuted Christians was published; what were the recommendations of that Report; and whether they will set out their response to each such recommendation.  HL17021

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) non-disclosure agreements, (2) settlement agreements, (3) compromise agreements, and (3) similar legal agreements that contain non-disclosure provisions, HS2 has entered into with former members of staff.  HL17022

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether HS2's redundancy payments scheme contributed in whole or in part to any settlement agreements or compromise agreements with former senior members of staff; and whether any of those members of staff made protected disclosures of HS2's financial statements.  HL17023

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 5 July (HL16757), why electrically powered cycles are allowed on cycle ways provided that the cycle is designed only to provide electric assistance if the rider provides some pedal power, but electric scooters which can permit the addition of rider power by pushing on the r… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 5 July (HL16757), when they expect the Future of Mobility review to be published.  HL17025

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 5 July (HL16757), whether, pending any relevant legislative changes, they intend to allow drivers of electric scooters to use cycle ways and cycle lanes on roads without requiring them to possess a driving licence for motor vehicles.  HL17026

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 5 July (HL16757), whether electrically powered personal vehicles such as scooters, gyroscopic one or two-wheel vehicles and other similar vehicles are permitted to operate anywhere.  HL17027

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (1) decision to discipline coastguards, and (2) management competence, in Devon; and what plans they have to review each individual case including the resultant resignations.  HL17028

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of the UK ambassador to the United States to maintain a productive relationship with the government of the United States; and when that ambassador is due to be replaced.  HL17029

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of (1) assessing, (2) monitoring, and (3) any additional support in the community required for, prisoners released under Home Detention Curfew.  HL17030

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners were (1) granted, and (2) refused, Home Detention Curfew in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age, (b) disability, (c) race, (d) religion or belief, (e) sex, (f) sexual orientation, and (g) gender reassignment.  HL17031

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the rail service between Heathrow Central and Terminal 4; and what plans they have to ensure that the service meets requirements.  HL17032

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what changes, if any, they plan to make to disclosure procedures operated by the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that (1) trials are not disrupted by late or inadequate disclosure, and (2) incursions into the privacy of complainants and witnesses are material and proportionate.  HL17033

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invite the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation to report to the Home Secretary upon the options and possible solutions for dealing with cases of minors who wish to return to the UK from territories formerly held by Daesh, and who may hold nationality of both the UK and another country, where… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the structure of the territorial police forces in England and Wales, in particular regard to (1) the standard of performance, (2) public satisfaction, and (3) ensuring that the full range of expert services, subject to a proportionate and necessary senior command structure, is available througho… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the limitation in London on the use of bus lanes to black cabs and include badged private hire vehicles.  HL17036

The Earl of Clancarty to ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria are used when reaching decisions on the monthly matching and handovers of school census data about children by the Department for Education (DfE) to the Home Office for immigration enforcement purposes; what algorithms are used by the DfE to process such data; and what is the role of the Secretary of State for Edu… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Earl of Clancarty to ask Her Majesty's Government how nationality and country-of-birth data have been used by (1) the Department for Education, and (2) any other third party, since their collection from schoolchildren between October 2016 and June 2018.  HL17038

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to permit anonymised data (1) controlled, or (2) generated, by publicly funded health and care organisations in the UK to be shared for commercial purposes with businesses headquartered in non-EEA countries after Brexit.  HL17039

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government which third countries have been recognised by the EU as providing adequate data protection.  HL17040

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) businesses, (2) territories of, or (3) specified sectors within, third countries have been recognised by the EU as providing adequate data protection.  HL17041

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government what factors they will take into account when making data adequacy decisions after Brexit.  HL17042

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to design a new, improved data privacy shield that takes on board concerns about the current EU–United States Privacy Shield before negotiating a trade deal with the government of the United States after Brexit, so that it safeguards individuals as well as providing for the promotion of the UK’s life science and te… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to explore the scope to design a dedicated privacy shield confined to health and care data before negotiating a trade deal with the government of the United States after Brexit.  HL17044

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require beneficial share owners to be included on shareholder registers.  HL17045

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government what changes, if any, they have advocated to the World Meteorological Organization about the changes to the organisation and funding of the hydrological work of that organisation; and what are the connections of that work with the hydrological programmes of UNESCO.  HL17046

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to establish an official agency before the next general election to expose and refute lies and misinformation, spread through social media and other means from Russia or other countries; and whether they intend to discuss any such plans with other European states and the EU to urge them to take similar actio… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Low of Dalston to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the combining of the Disabled Students’ Allowance budget for specialist equipment and non-medical helpers in relation to postgraduate students, whether they intend to adopt the same approach in relation to undergraduate students.  HL17048

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 3 July (HL16512), how many UK-funded programmes and projects to support actions agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 have been evaluated with those evaluations published; and what is the timeline for the evaluation of remaining programmes.  HL17049

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of why the UK had one of the largest slowdowns in improvements in life expectancy between 2011 and 2016 out of the 19 countries analysed by the Office for National Statistics in August 2018.  HL17050

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the Office for National Statistics in its mid-year population estimates published in June, that there has been a 14 per cent annual increase in the rate of mortality of boys aged five to nine.  HL17051

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.  HL17052

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.  HL17053

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultations the Ministry of Justice has carried out in each of the last five years; and to how many of those it published a formal response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.  HL17054

Lord Ramsbotham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care, Education, and Housing, Communities and Local Government have discussed, or plan to discuss the findings of the Children's Commissioner for England's report We need to talk: Access to speech and language therapy, published on 11 June.  HL17055

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the East Coast Supervisory Board has met since November 2018; if not, why not; on which dates it has met since it was established in 2017; how frequently it is expected to meet; and how it has represented the views and interests of its customers since its last meeting.  HL17056

Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank to ask Her Majesty's Government when the last two publications in the series Whitehall Histories: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Publications previously edited by Gill Bennett and Keith Hamilton were last published; whether that series has continued; and if so, what are the next publications.  HL17057

Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Whitehall History Publishing still exists; if so, (1) what is its role, and (2) how is it managed and by whom; and if not, who is responsible for the publication of material it previously produced.  HL17058

Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank to ask Her Majesty's Government when they last reviewed the possible resumption of producing official histories.  HL17059

Lord Rogan to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether giving subsidies to farmers in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit to assist them with the export of (1) lamb, and (2) beef, to the EU would be in breach of World Trade Organization rules.  HL17060

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the ethnic minority pay gap in the UK.  HL17061

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, with UNESCO, to raise global education standards.  HL17062

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to re-introduce duty free trade with the EU after Brexit.  HL17063

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to (1) introduce tougher sentences for sex offenders, and (2) stop sex offenders being granted parole.  HL17064

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports that a mother of a wanted Palestinian child was abducted and imprisoned in order to pressure that child to turn themselves in for interrogation.  HL17065

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 4 July (HL16619), whether they expect the government of Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; if so, when; and what steps they are taking, with international partners, to encourage that government to join that treaty.  HL17066

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israeli authorities are withholding the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces until certain conditions have been met, including the payment of 25,000 shekels.  HL17067

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any damage to Palestinian homes and the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem caused by tunnels created by archaeological excavations beneath them.  HL17068

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel following reports that Israel’s High Court of Justice refused to hear an Israeli human rights organisation's petition that Palestinian minors held in Israeli prisons should be allowed to call their parents.  HL17069

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports that it allowed a settler organisation to acquire the home of a Palestinian family in Silwan, East Jerusalem, following their eviction.  HL17070

Lord Willoughby de Broke to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to permit Swiss financial institutions to continue to operate in London until the UK leaves the EU.  HL17071