House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government how many survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) are scheduled to attend the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) ministerial conference in November; how many are invited to speak from the Tigray region of Ethiopia; whether the government of Ethiopia will be represented; and what safeguards th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 26 October (HL2576), how many people with sickle cell disease (1) are not eligible for prescriptions, and (2) have purchased a pre-payment certificate in the last five years.  HL3225

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 26 October (HL2576), what steps they are taking to raise awareness of pre-payment certificates for people living with sickle cell disease.  HL3226

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 27 October (HL2574), what assessment they have made of the financial impact of suspending prescription charges for 2022/23 on people living with sickle cell disease.  HL3227

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) financial, and (2) health, impact of providing free prescriptions for patients with sickle cell disease.  HL3228

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Policy Paper Ambitious, safe, responsible: Our approach to the delivery of AI-enabled capability in Defence, published on 15 June, in particular the statement that "there must be context-appropriate human involvement in weapons which identify, select and attack targets", whether users need to… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC on autonomous weapons systems published on 12 May 2021, in particular the statement that "in light of ethical considerations to safeguard humanity and to uphold International Humanitarian Law, rules for the prot… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to carry out a public consultation to inform (1) the implementation of the Defence Artificial Intelligence Strategy, and (2) any update to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.  HL3231

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the United Nations General Assembly Statement on Lethal Autonomous Weapons systems on 21 October, what steps they are taking (1) to encourage cooperation between the other 69 signatories, and (2) to progress towards the elaboration of "the normative and operational framework regulating, where appropriate… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for driving licences from people with a notifiable medical condition are outstanding; what is the target time for responding to those applications; and when they expect response times to return to the levels they were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.  HL3233

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government whether a report by HS2 deputy chair Sir Jon Thompson concluded that the costs for the first phase of the project will be “many billions more than the reported estimate”; and if so, what was the basis for their response to media reports on 15 October when they said that HS2 was “within budget".  HL3234

Baroness Butler-Sloss to ask His Majesty's Government why an Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner has not been appointed in accordance with section 40(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.  HL3235

Baroness Cox to ask His Majesty's Government what humanitarian support they have provided to the government of Sudan, following recent violence in the Blue Nile state.  HL3236

Baroness Cox to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Sudan regarding recent outbreaks of violence in the Blue Nile State.  HL3237

Baroness Cox to ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of South Sudan regarding the peace process.  HL3238

Lord Goddard of Stockport to ask His Majesty's Government how has the value of the basic state pension altered as a percentage of average national earnings since 2010.  HL3239

Lord Goddard of Stockport to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of enhancing River-Class Offshore Patrol Vessels to protect Critical National Infrastructure in the North Sea and environs.  HL3240

Lord Goddard of Stockport to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of River-class patrol vessels.  HL3241

Lord Goddard of Stockport to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of basing Royal Navy Lynx Wildcat helicopters on the east coast to reduce flight times to Critical National Infrastructure in the North Sea and environs.  HL3242

Lord Goddard of Stockport to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK’s participation in the European Sky Shield Initiative on the UK’s “Team Complex Weapons”.  HL3243

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to receive the report on age assessment of asylum-seeking children from the expert panel they established; and whether this report will be published.  HL3244

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the shortage of tuberculosis medication, in particular for the most vulnerable.  HL3245

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage pharmaceutical companies, in particular Sanofi, to (1) licence, and (2) register, new medications for tuberculosis in England, in particular Rifapentine.  HL3246

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to release (1) modelling, and (2) analytics, data on the number of immunocompromised patients (a) who got COVID-19, (b) have been admitted to hospital with COVID-19, (c) who were admitted to intensive care with COVID-19, and (d) have died from COVID-19, since 17 March when Evusheld was approved for use in England… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will release (1) modelling, and (2) analytics, data on the number of immunocompromised patients who are likely (a) to get, (b) be hospitalised, (c) be admitted to an Intensive Treatment Unit, and (d) to die, from COVID-19 over winter in 2022–23.  HL3248

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will rule out the possibility that patients will receive a placebo in place of Evusheld.  HL3249

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government whether Evusheld will be available to NHS patients before Christmas.  HL3250

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government whether a recommendation by Rapid C-19 is stopping the provision of Evusheld in the NHS by Christmas.  HL3251

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns about the (1) safety, and (2) performance, of homecare medicines services in NHS (a) contracts, and (b) framework agreements; and what steps are being taken to mitigate any concerns.  HL3252

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the impact of underperformance of homecare medicines services on (1) patient safety, and (2) early treatment initiation; and what steps they are taking to mitigate any such impact.  HL3253

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of (1) accountability, and (2) governance, mechanisms around the (a) safety, and (b) performance, of homecare medicines services.  HL3254

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by Baroness Penn on 4 February (HL Deb col 1215), and the remarks made by the former Minister of State for the Department of Health and Social Care on 30 March (HC Deb col 865), why they did not consult on the scope of products subject to restrictions on foods high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS), before the ins… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government how many UK tax payers who were entitled to a Personal Allowance (even if abated by withdrawal) submitted an Income Tax Return in the last full fiscal year which declared a taxable income between £100,000 and £125,140.  HL3256

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions asylum seekers from Manston Immigration Centre have been left in Central London without accommodation; and what were the circumstances in each case.  HL3257

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government whether staff newly recruited to conduct asylum interviews and make decisions on individual cases have been equipped with sufficient (1) training, and (2) experience, of the asylum system.  HL3258

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government when the Gambling Act white paper will be published.  HL3259

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many patients have been treated in the NHS gambling clinics in (1) London, (2) Leeds, (3) Manchester, and (4) Sunderland, in the past year.  HL3260

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many young people have been treated in the NHS national children and young person’s pilot gambling clinic in the past year, broken down by (1) age, and (2) the region of the country they live in.  HL3261

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many more NHS gambling clinics are being planned; and where those clinics will be situated.  HL3262

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the rising cost of living on unpaid carers.  HL3263

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the voluntary and community sector to (1) support access, and (2) provide digital skills, for (a) migrant communities, and (b) ethnic minorities.  HL3264

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to return GDP to the level it was at prior to the increased cost of living.  HL3265