House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 26 May (HL Deb col 1011) regarding evacuation from Afghanistan, how many evacuations and resettlements from Afghanistan to the UK have occurred; how many people are awaiting resettlement in camps in Pakistan and Iran; how many of these people are from at-risk minority grou… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government what recent progress they have made regarding their review into the treatment of LGBT veterans.  HL601

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government what military representatives are participating in the review into the treatment of LGBT veterans by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs.  HL602

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of British businesses that have stopped trading with the EU since 1 January 2021.  HL603

Lord Blunkett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 25 May (HL293) and the revised arrangements for an Accession Council, how many Privy Councillors were present at the last Accession Council to affirm the transition of the monarchy.  HL604

Lord Boateng to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received any representations from (1) Ryanair, or (2) any other interested parties, concerning the compatibility of that airline's requirement for South African passport holders to take an Afrikaans language test, with (a) entry requirements, and (b) anti-discrimination legislation.  HL605

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 26 May, what steps are they taking to ensure that banks do not withdraw ATMs before the proposed powers in the Financial Services and Markets Bill come into effect.  HL606

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with retail banks about the importance of ATMs to communities; and what responses they have received from the retail banking sector, if any.  HL607

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward legislation to enable the removal of peerages from those who have been convicted of and imprisoned for serious criminal offences.  HL608

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are seeking to co-operate with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on assisted voluntary return and reintegration of irregular migrants; and, if so, what form such co-operation would take.  HL609

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the transfer of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda could undermine efforts to establish bilateral return and readmission agreements with Council of Europe member states.  HL610

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's performance in hosting (1) refugees, and (2) migrants, compared to other Council of Europe member states, particularly with reference to (a) education, (b) apprenticeships, (c) employment, and (d) levels of integration.  HL611

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what incentives they will provide to (1) local government, and (2) private operators, to improve the quality of provision for refugees and migrants.  HL612

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees from Ukraine they estimate will have come to the UK by the end of 2022; and what public and private partnerships they have encouraged to provide (1) homes, (2) apprenticeships, (3) jobs, and (4) school education, to such refugees.  HL613

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average delay in processing Ukraine visa applications in (1) April, and (2) May; and what steps they have taken to reduce visa processing delays.  HL614

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many women have been detained at the Derwentside immigration removal centre since it opened on 28 December 2021.  HL615

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many women have been released into the community from the Derwentside immigration removal centre since it opened on 28 December 2021; and what support has been provided to help them access suitable accommodation.  HL616

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many women have been deported from the UK after residing at the Derwentside immigration removal centre.  HL617

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many in-person legal visits have taken place at Derwentside immigration removal centre since women were first detained there.  HL618

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of catheter associated urinary tract infections; and how the effectiveness of those steps will be evaluated.  HL619

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask Her Majesty's Government why the calculated funding allocated for the local clinical excellence awards scheme is not based on all consultants treating patients in the NHS, including clinical academic consultants.  HL620

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of alcohol on health inequalities; and what steps they are taking to reduce alcohol’s role as a significant driver of health inequalities.  HL621

Baroness Goudie to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will campaign for the adoption of a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council’s 50th session that (1) extends the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, (2) describes and condemns human rights violations in Eritrea, and (3) sets benchmarks for improvement.  HL622

Baroness Hoey to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote the new Payment Exception Service for those who can no longer receive payment via the Post Office card.  HL623

Baroness Hoey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have signed up to the Payment Exception Service.  HL624

Baroness Hoey to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average time for calls to be answered by the Payment Exception Service helpline since the beginning of this year; and what is the target time for answering calls to the Payment Exception Service helpline.  HL625

Baroness Hoey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many new civil suits against (1) the Northern Ireland Office, and (2) the Ministry of Defence, relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles were filed in the Northern Ireland courts in the week ending 21 May.  HL626

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they take to ensure that material used in training programmes for civil servants is in accordance with the law.  HL627

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contents of the civil service 'inclusion workshop' run by A:gender in respect of its compliance with the Equality Act 2010 and the protected characteristics as set out in section 4 of the Act.  HL628

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what processes the civil service 'inclusion workshop' run by A:gender went through before approval was given for its delivery.  HL629

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the contents of the civil service 'inclusion workshop' run by A:gender.  HL630

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the impact of the civil service 'inclusion workshop' run by A:gender on the development of Government policy.  HL631

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will withdraw their support for the civil service 'inclusion workshops' run by A:gender.  HL632

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Contracts for Difference Scheme will contribute to the Energy Bill Support Scheme in its first year of operation.  HL633

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children they estimate will be included in the registers proposed under clause 48 of the Schools Bill [HL].  HL634

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government why the Environment Agency has not suspended the permit for Walleys Quarry landfill in Staffordshire, despite reports of over 60 permit breaches since the beginning of 2019  HL635

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government what data they used to support the claim made in their Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, published on 19 October 2021, that 42 per cent of journeys in towns and cities were made by cycling and walking in 2019.  HL636

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 May (HLWS61), what steps they are taking to ensure that all local authorities are made aware of the fee exception.  HL637

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 May (HLWS61), whether and when they will publish their assessment of children’s best interests in relation to children’s statutory rights to British citizenship that underpins the review fees.  HL638

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 28 April (HL7970) and the subsequent correspondence on 11 May, out of the 80 people invited to make a claim for Universal Credit during the Universal Credit managed migration pilot in Harrogate, how many had been (1) notified of a deadline day for claiming univ… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 28 April (HL7970) and the subsequent correspondence on 11 May, of the six notified persons who missed their initial deadline date, which benefits were each of the six persons claiming; and how many had (1) ill health or a disability, and (2) some form of comple… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 28 April (HL7970) and the subsequent correspondence on 11 May, out of the six people who missed their initial deadline day for claiming universal credit, how many of the extensions were made at the claimant's request and how many were on the Secretary of State… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they are using to select the first 500 universal credit claimants to be migrated other than geographical area.  HL642

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether their policy of housing of transgender women prisoners in female prisons takes sufficient account of the interests of female prisoners.  HL643

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to safeguard access to psychosocial professionals for (1) paediatric, and (2) adult, cystic fibrosis patients in the UK.  HL644

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government which treatments NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will be considering for prioritisation at its next meeting.  HL645

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria should there be a delay to the next meeting of the NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group.  HL646

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to test patients treated with macrolide therapy for non-tuberculous mycobacteria; and how many of these tests have been undertaken in England.  HL647

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their Vision for the Women's Health Strategy for England, published in December 2021, what assessment NHS England has made of the impact of long-term androgen use by women to treat hereditary angioedema (HAE); and how their use reflects women's needs.  HL648

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in England have been diagnosed with and are receiving treatment for hereditary angioedema.  HL649

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to improve access to specialist care, and (2) to reduce regional health inequalities, among patients with rare diseases, including those with hereditary angioedema.  HL650

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what budget they have set for the purchase of new Antiviral or Monoclonal Antibody drug treatments for COVID-19, including (1) those under current review like Evusheld, and (2) those under future review by the COVID-19 Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce; and if these should prove efficacious in the protection of immunosuppressed p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering the purchase of the Monoclonal Antibody drug Beblitovimab; and other than Evusheld, whether they have any similar drugs under consideration.  HL652

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any delay in purchasing drugs such as Evusheld or Beblitovimab is because of budget limitations; and whether they are will now allocate funding to purchase these new treatments.  HL653

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what data they hold on the patients who are eligible to receive emergency COVID treatments; and if they do not hold any, how they plan to ensure this is collated so patients know in advance of their eligibility and can be told which COVID Medicines Delivery Unit they will be dealing with.  HL654

Lord Norton of Louth to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many times fire alarms have been activated on the Parliamentary Estate in each of the first five months of 2022.  HL655

Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average time between a judgment being made by the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and implementation of that judgment by the Home Office, in each of the past five years.  HL656

Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to Ryanair about that company's practice of requiring South African nationals to fill in questionnaires in Afrikaans before boarding flights in the UK.  HL657

Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Energy Transition Council has met since COP26; and if so, which nations attended.  HL658

Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the Energy Transition Council has made towards its objectives.  HL659

Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to promote wider membership of the Energy Transition Council, in particular to include more African nations.  HL660

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 30 May (HL266), what assessment they have made of whether frozen Russian assets released by a licence from the Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation are likely to be redeployed for (1) humanitarian, and (2) reconstruction, purposes, in eastern Europe including… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the time taken to (1) issue new passports, and (2) renew current passports.  HL662

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the time taken to issue grants of probate.  HL663

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the time taken to issue dates for driving tests.  HL664

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask Her Majesty's Government why the Environment Agency has yet to issue a fine or prosecution under the Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018, despite reports of 391 breaches of the Regulations in the last financial year.  HL665

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask Her Majesty's Government why the Environment Agency was reportedly asked not to enforce the Farming Rules for Water for a number of years after they were first introduced.  HL666

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) Heads of State, (2) Prime Ministers, and (3) Presidents, have written to the Foreign Secretary about the Government's proposal to disapply certain parts of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.  HL667

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have prepared a draft list of priority categories for “legal but harmful” content for (1) adults, and (2) children, which is due to be set out in secondary legislation under the proposed Online Safety Bill.  HL668

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government when companies in scope of the Online Safety Bill will be provided with a draft list of priority categories for “legal but harmful” content for (1) adults, and (2) children.  HL669

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the definitions provided in the Online Safety Bill for (1) journalistic content, (2) content of democratic importance, and (3) news publisher content.  HL670

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what technical feasibility assessment they have undertaken regarding the (1) journalistic, (2) news publisher, and (3) content of democratic importance, exemptions set out in the Online Safety Bill.  HL671

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how collaborative training can be developed between manufacturers, colleges, and other training providers to (1) develop, and (2) roll out, heat pump system training.  HL672

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek the expulsion of Venezuela from the United Nations Human Rights Council due to that country's human rights record.  HL673

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to assist the International Criminal Court to ensure the Rome Statute is upheld with regards to the cases against Nicolas Maduro.  HL674

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what aid they are providing to those fleeing Venezuela.  HL675

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase sanctions on individuals associated with Nicolas Maduro.  HL676

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Venezuela regarding the removal of any illegal squatters from outside that country's (1) Embassy, and (2) Consulate, buildings in London.  HL677

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with (1) the government of the United States, and (2) the EU, to encourage the government of Russia to re-open shipping lanes in the Black Sea to allow for Ukrainian grain to be exported.  HL678

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are offering to Ukraine to increase its (1) land, or (2) river-based, exporting infrastructure to assist in getting grain out of that country.  HL679

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are offering the EU as they attempt to institute solidarity lanes and ease (1) export, and (2) import, routes for Ukraine.  HL680

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel, if any, about the reported fatal shooting of Odeh Mohammad Odeh Sadaqa by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.  HL681

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to protect access to water for Palestinians in the West Bank.  HL682

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 30 May (HL275), whether they have had discussions with the government of Israel regarding the international law implications of evictions of Palestinian residents from Masafer Yatta; and if they have not, whether they will now do so.  HL683

Lord Stevens of Birmingham to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) planned construction start date, (2) expected construction completion date, and (3) budgeted cost, for each of the 40 new NHS hospitals they propose to build in England by 2030.  HL684

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require schools to implement anti-racist policies.  HL685

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make (1) steelmakers, and (2) other industrial manufacturers, exempt from network charges to ensure continued production.  HL686

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce fuel duty.  HL687

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to give EU aviation workers special visas.  HL688

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what contingency plans they have in place in the event of energy blackouts in the UK in the forthcoming winter.  HL689

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of HM Revenue’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ compulsory VAT scheme on the number of SME business that have (1) ceased trading, or (2) reduced turnover to below the VAT threshold.  HL690

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they still plan to form four F-35B squadrons; and if so, how many of those will have Royal Air Force squadron designation and how many will have Royal Navy squadron designation.  HL691

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Tempest squadrons (1) will be flown by the Royal Air Force, and (2) will have Royal Air Force squadron designations.  HL692

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government when the UK will be able to deploy a carrier with its (1) designated, and (2) planned for, load of 36 F-35B UK aircraft, plus helicopters.  HL693

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government when is the delivery date for the last of the 48 jets presently on order.  HL694

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for (1) speeding up delivery of F-35Bs, and (2) training more (a) pilots, and (b) ground crew.  HL695

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government when the 26 aircraft in the second tranche of F-35B will be ordered; and when the last is forecasted to be delivered.  HL696