House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 17 November (HL Deb cols 207GC to 215GC), who took the decision to spend £770,000 a day to store 120 million items of PPE in China.  HL3629

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 17 November (HL Deb cols 207GC to 215GC), how much it has cost to date to store 120 million items of PPE in China.  HL3630

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 17 November (HL Deb cols 207GC to 215GC), how much longer 120 million items of PPE will be stored in China; and how much they anticipate this will cost.  HL3631

Lord Balfe to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 22 November (HL3405), what plans they have, if any, to give an indication of (1) a timetable for the commencement of the independent review into the causes of disputes between those with parental responsibility and those responsible for the care or medical treatment of critically ill child… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what arrangements are in place for visitors who wish to bring folding bicycles onto the parliamentary estate.  HL3633

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to renew the NHS contract for the Special Schools Eye Care service; and what timetable has been laid out for a decision on the future of this service.  HL3634

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government how many civil service employees who have requested flexible working hours have had that request accepted; and how many civil service employees made similar requests in the last three years.  HL3635

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the Making Flexible Working the Default consultation about proposals relating to a legislative framework for flexible working hours.  HL3636

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce reoffending.  HL3637

Baroness Brinton to ask His Majesty's Government what are the “purposes” currently active in the “Purpose-Based Access Control” feature in Palantir’s Foundry software in use in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.  HL3638

Baroness Brinton to ask His Majesty's Government what are the “purposes” currently active in the “Purpose-Based Access Control” feature in Palantir’s Foundry software in use in the Home Office.  HL3639

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to return the level of exports from to UK to countries in the EU to the exports level prior to the UK leaving the EU.  HL3640

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set out an action plan to implement the four recommendations made by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) in his report An inspection of the initial processing of migrants arriving via small boats at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil December 2021 – January 2022, publ… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government why there is a bar on chaplains and other faith leaders visiting detainees at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil; and what plans they have, if any, to lift this ban.  HL3642

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish a statement of community involvement following the consultation on extending planning permission for the accommodation facility at Napier Barracks.  HL3643

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government how many propositions for new Immigration Removal Centres have been announced to market in the last two years.  HL3644

Lord Goodlad to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 16 November (HL3143), (1) how many, and (2) which, cases of notifiable diseases in the Western Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing Centre have been referred to the UK Health Security Agency.  HL3645

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many caseworkers are engaged in considering applications for each year since 2010.  HL3646

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many decisions are reached each week as an average (a) annually from 2012 to 2020, and (b) monthly since 2020.  HL3647

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, (a) how many, and (b) the proportion of, caseworkers who have ceased employment in each year since 2010.  HL3648

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how caseworkers are recruited; and what are the essential criteria that applicants are expected to meet.  HL3649

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, whether tools involving artificial intelligence or machine learning are used in the assessment of applications; and if so, what artificial intelligence or machine learning is used.  H… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bellamy on 21 November (HL3356), what plans they have to revise sentencing guidelines to indicate the importance of avoiding custodial sentences for parents of one or more small children, whenever this is practicable.  HL3651

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey regarding recent attacks by that country in (1) northern Syria, and (2) northern Iraq.  HL3652

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the roll out of electric car charging points on streets in England.  HL3653

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of electricity the UK will need per day by 2050.  HL3654

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the availability of British eggs up to and including Christmas 2022.  HL3655

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle the risk of (1) fire, and (2) other serious issues, caused by sky lanterns in England.  HL3656

Lord Lexden to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 19 October (HL Deb, col 1087) that seven officers were suspended from the Metropolitan Police Service on 31 March, how that figure relates to the statement by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police on 18 November that “of the 3,500 officers who cannot be fully deployed, about 500 are… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Lucas to ask His Majesty's Government, further the publication of Updated energy and emissions projections 2021 to 2040 on 18 October, what are the projected (1) sources of, and (2) uses for, electrical energy in 2024 (a) on average, and (b) on a cold winter evening with no wind; and what are the uses to which gas is being put in 2040.  HL3658

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government which institutions in England offer midwifery apprenticeships.  HL3659

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government how many midwifery apprentices there are in England.  HL3660

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which midwifery apprenticeships are an effective route into the profession in England.  HL3661

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make a statement on the midwifery profession in England.  HL3662

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the shortage of health care assistants for working age disabled people, whether they have any plans (1) to review the criteria for the sponsorship of overseas workers, and (2) to make reasonable adjustments to the criteria to allow disabled people to employ personal carers directly.  HL3663

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign nationals serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) were released under the Tariff-Expired Removal Scheme (TERS) in the financial years (1) 2020/2021, and (2) 2021/2022; how long was the tariff for each prisoner; and how many years beyond tariff each prisoner had served at point of release.  HL3664

Lord Norton of Louth to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what representations he has made to the BBC regarding the reduction in funding of BBC Parliament and its implications for public awareness of the work of Parliament.  HL3665

Baroness Redfern to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the ambition in the NHS Long Term Plan which states that "by 2028, the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 will rise from around half now to three-quarters of cancer patients", when they will commence Phase 2 to include a wider range of tests that will involve dialogues with (1) GPs, (2) Integrated Care Boa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Community Pharmacy NI about funding for pharmacies in Northern Ireland.  HL3667

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government what is the average prevalence of births affected by neural tube defects in countries applying food fortification with folic acid, compared to those who do not.  HL3668

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government whether all measures of (1) whole blood folate, and (2) serum folate, in the UK are conducted by mass spectrometry-based methods.  HL3669

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 16 November (HL3261) and 17 November (HL3260), why they do not have the data requested; and what plans they have to collect such data.  HL3670

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 16 November (HL3261) and 17 November (HL3260), what data they can provide on patient numbers at (1) NHS gambling clinics, and (2) the NHS national children and young person’s pilot gambling clinic.  HL3671

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK economy of any decline in trading businesses.  HL3672

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on how they are supporting farmers to adapt to new technologies to improve efficiency of agri-tech businesses.  HL3673

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the wages of low-paid workers through the Household Support Fund.  HL3674

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government how many British applicants trained as medical students in each year from 2015 to 2021; and how many of those applicants were accepted to train as doctors in each of those years.  HL3675

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government how many British citizens trained as doctors in Eastern European medical schools, including in countries outside the EU, in each year from 2015 to date; and how many have registered as medical practitioners with the General Medical Council.  HL3676

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government how many registered medical practitioners have (1) left, and (2) joined, NHS employment, in each year since 2015.  HL3677

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) doctors, (2) registered nurses, and (3) medical scientists, were employed as locums in each year since 2015; and what was the cost for each of those three groups in each of those years.  HL3678

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of physician assistants currently employed in the NHS; and what plans they have to expand the number of physician assistants in England.  HL3679

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) pharmacists, (2) registered nurses, (3) physiotherapists, (4) occupational therapists, (5) radiographers, (6) and paramedics, are registered to prescribe medicines; what proportion of each of those professions are licensed; and what plans they have to expand the numbers of each of those groups registered and the range of med… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text