House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 2 November (HL3659), whether they can provide a breakdown of the 60 titles within Greater London where the registered owner is the People's Republic of China; and if so, in which London borough each is located.  HL4116

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government how many enterprises owned by the government of China (1) have contracts with Her Majesty's Government, and (2) are in receipt of UK research grants.  HL4117

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of government advisors who have links to, or investments in, Chinese companies; and how many Chinese companies have representatives participating in trade or business advisory groups convened by Her Majesty's Government.  HL4118

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Chinese companies have representatives participating in advisory groups convened by HM Treasury; and how many meetings Treasury (1) ministers, and (2) officials, had Chinese companies in the last year.  HL4119

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top to ask Her Majesty's Government who they have appointed to (1) arms-length bodies, and (2) other public bodies, since 1 January; and how many of these appointments were (a) women, or (b) people from a minority background.  HL4120

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top to ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the people appointed to (1) arms-length bodies, and (2) other public bodies, since 1 January have a political affiliation; and which political parties they were affiliated to in each case.  HL4121

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports that the Azerbaijani army has moved towards the Lachin-Kelbajar region of Nagorno-Karabakh.  HL4122

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of military attacks by Azerbaijan in Sisian province.  HL4123

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) reports of military attacks by Azerbaijan on or near the M2/E117 highway in Armenia; and (2) the humanitarian impact of these attacks for ethnic Armenians in (a) Syunik province, and (b) Nagorno-Karabakh.  HL4124

Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links to ask Her Majesty's Government how many uniformed British Army personnel are based in the UK, broken down by home nation.  HL4125

Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links to ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the (1) British Army, (2) Royal Air Force, and (3) Royal Navy there are; and what were the figures for each service for each of the last five years.  HL4126

Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of unfilled posts in the (1) British Army, (2) Royal Air Force, and (3) Royal Navy; and what percentage of understaffing these unfilled posts represent.  HL4127

Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links to ask Her Majesty's Government how many unfilled posts there are in (1) the Army Reserve, (2) the Naval Reserve, and (3) the RAF reserve; and what percentage of understaffing these unfilled posts represent.  HL4128

Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links to ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have spent on recruitment campaigns to the uniformed military services, broken down by service arm.  HL4129

Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been successfully recruited to the (1) British Army, (2) Royal Air Force, and (3) Royal Navy, in each of the last five years.  HL4130

Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with the government of the Republic of Ireland the reported remarks made by Senator Michael McDowell about the decision not to investigate crimes by the Provisional Irish Republican Army that occurred before April 1998.  HL4131

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to the Written Answer by Lord Touhig on 15 November (HL3572), what financial assistance is available to backbench members to employ the three secretarial and research support staff who are entitled to passes.  HL4132

Baroness Grey-Thompson to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the Women's Health Strategy; and what plans they have to include commitments on menstrual health conditions in that strategy.  HL4133

Baroness Grey-Thompson to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the waiting lists for gynaecology services.  HL4134

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; and what steps they are taking, if any, to support that work.  HL4135

Lord Kilclooney to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they recognise Nagorno-Karabakh as being part of the Republic of Azerbaijan; and whether they are aware of any Armenian Armed Forces located in Nagorno-Karabakh.  HL4136

The Earl of Leicester to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Scottish Government to ensure that people who have had one COVID-19 vaccine administered in England and one in Scotland are recognised in Scotland as being fully vaccinated; and what plans they have to ensure that people who have had one COVID-19 vaccine administered in England and one in… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Earl of Leicester to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to recognise full COVID-19 vaccination status for British citizens who have had one COVID-19 vaccination administered in England and the other vaccination administered abroad.  HL4138

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in Universal Credit sanctions in June and July 2021; and when they plan to publish their report on the effectiveness of Universal Credit sanctions.  HL4139

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to incorporate Inclusion Health populations within NHS England strategies.  HL4140

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy for migrants on support for families, including with childcare costs.  HL4141

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask Her Majesty's Government how many suicides have been recorded in each region in England and Wales in the last 12 months.  HL4142

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the elderly from being attacked in their own homes.  HL4143

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients have been waiting for (1) heart, and (2) cancer, diagnostic tests for more than six weeks.  HL4144

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to reduce the risk of social care staff leaving their jobs over the winter months.  HL4145

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to trigger Article 16 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.  HL4146

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of public telephone boxes in rural areas; and what steps they will take to ensure they are maintained in situ in areas with poor mobile signal.  HL4147

Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the revenue that would be raised by increasing all income tax rates applicable to rental income by 1.25 per cent.  HL4148

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to produce a revised version of the Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines, published on 23 July 2018; and what stakeholders they have consulted on this.  HL4149

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what training on Overactive Bladder care is provided to General Practitioners to help patient (1) diagnosis, and (2) referral to secondary care settings.  HL4150

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Overactive Bladder on the UK economy.  HL4151

Baroness Merron to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their updated Tobacco Control Plan.  HL4152

Baroness Merron to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations to introduce a ‘polluter pays’ charge on tobacco manufacturers; and whether the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan will include such a charge.  HL4153

Baroness Merron to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether revenues from a ‘polluter pays’ charge could be used towards the delivery of their Smokefree 2030 programme.  HL4154

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty's Government who they will send as representatives to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in January 2022.  HL4155

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether the trilateral security pact between the UK, US and Australia, known as AUKUS, complies with (1) Article 1 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and (2) Article 2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.  HL4156

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.  HL4157

Baroness Northover to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delays to driving licence renewals; and when they expect these issues will be resolved.  HL4158

Lord Pendry to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of specialist homeless health services across the NHS; and what plans they have to commission more of these services.  HL4159

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the EU to replace the Dublin Agreement on asylum applications.  HL4160

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government why the number of migrants sent back to Europe after travelling to the UK by boat has reduced from 289 in 2020 to five in 2021.  HL4161

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have that the majority of migrants crossing the English Channel to gain entry into the UK are part of criminal gangs; and whether they will publish that evidence.  HL4162

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, (1) to investigate the purchase of agricultural farmland by multinational companies for the purpose of planting trees to offset carbon emissions, and (2) to prevent agricultural farm land being purchased for such purposes.  HL4163

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people arrested in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, are awaiting a determination from the Crown Prosecution Service.  HL4164

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government when booster vaccinations for COVID-19 will be recorded on the NHS app.  HL4165

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that 3,835 schools are in postcodes which do not have access to full-fibre broadband; and what steps they are taking to improve connectivity for schools.  HL4166

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the access to healthy food for primary school children.  HL4167

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the campaign by Contact for a decent home for every disabled child; and what plans they have (1) to build more (a) accessible, and (b) affordable, social housing, and (2) to give greater priority to families with disabled children needing housing.  HL4168

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide COVID-19 vaccines with a longer expiry date to poorer nations to ensure they can be used.  HL4169

Lord Truscott to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether there has been consideration of a prohibition on Members of the House of Lords (1) acting as political or parliamentary consultants, and (2) working for lobbying firms.  HL4170

Lord Watts to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158–160), whether they expect to meet their target to increase the number of GPs by 6000 by 2024.  HL4171

Lord Watts to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158-160), what assessment they have made of the number of NHS doctors who are likely to retire between 2021 and 2024.  HL4172

Lord Watts to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158–160), how many doctors were employed by the NHS in (1) 2019, and (2) 2021.  HL4173

Baroness Wheeler to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish further (1) details of, and (2) timescales for, the allocation of the £375 million additional research funding into neurodegenerative disease; and whether this grant will include research into (a) Multiple System Atrophy, and (b) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.  HL4174

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 16 November (HL3703), how much expenditure was projected in the 2021 Spending Review for the maintenance of coal tips in England; and what was the Barnett consequential allocated to Wales corresponding to this expenditure.  HL4175

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they (1) allocated, and (2) spent, in the financial years (a) 2018–19, (b) 2019–20; and (c) 2020–21, on the maintenance of coal tips in England.  HL4176

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of coal tips in England that (1) pose, and (2) potentially pose, a danger to nearby communities; and what is the estimated cost of addressing any such dangers.  HL4177

Lord Willoughby de Broke to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will apply for the extradition of Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk from Libya, following the High Court ruling on 16 November.  HL4178