House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in Eritrea (1) to uphold the democratic freedoms of Eritreans, and (2) to ensure that cross-border access for the delivery of humanitarian assistance remains open for civil society organisations working in Eritrea.  HL6131

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the report published by the Conflict Observatory on 14 February which found that more than 6,000 Ukrainian children between the ages of four months and 17 years have been abducted by the government of Russia, held in camps and subjected to re-education, and (2) estimates by the government… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to (1) the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 28 February (HL Deb col 125) that "the service standard of a wait of no longer than 25 minutes for Border Force officers has been maintained throughout that period", and (2) the statement made by the chief executive of Eurostar, Gwendoline Cazenave, on 24 January that Eurostar… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to (1) the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 28 February (HL Deb col 125) that "the service standard of a wait of no longer than 25 minutes for Border Force officers has been maintained throughout that period", and (2) the statement made by the chief executive of Eurostar, Gwendoline Cazenave, on 24 January that Eurostar… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Bellamy on 11 October 2022 (HLWS305) regarding their policy not to allow transgender women with male genitalia to be held in mainstream women’s prisons, whether they plan to adopt a similar policy on the placement of transgender women in female wards in hospitals, by way of guidance to all Pr… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government when they will inform local authorities of their provisional public health grant budgets for 2023–24.  HL6136

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the public health grant in (1) 2023–24, and (2) 2024–25, in line with inflation as announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.  HL6137

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the level of funding of the public health grant to local authorities.  HL6138

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their Tree health resilience strategy, published on 25 May 2018, what progress they have made in each year since 2018 in respect of the goals they identified to improve the (1) extent, (2) connectivity, (3) diversity, and (4) condition, of trees, woods and forests in England.  HL6139

Lord Godson to ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) religious workers visas, and (2) Minister of Religion visas, have been issued to Iranian subjects since July 2015; who were those visas issued to; and what plans they have, if any, to review this system.  HL6140

Baroness Hayman of Ullock to ask His Majesty's Government what is their planned timescale for reviewing the recommendations contained in the Farm Animal Welfare Committee's Opinion on the Welfare of Farmed Fish at the Time of Killing, published in May 2014; and when they will make the recommendations publicly available.  HL6141

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Azerbaijan about the killing of three Armenian officials on 5 March, near the village of Ghaibalishen; and whether they have raised this matter with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).  HL6142

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, together with international partners, to ensure that the decision of the International Court of Justice concerning access to and from Armenia through the Lachin corridor is upheld.  HL6143

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government whether any of the ammunition currently being supplied to Ukraine contains depleted uranium.  HL6144

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority on calling an election at the earliest possible date and ensuring that any such election is free, fair and subject to international monitoring.  HL6145

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the treatment of Taiwanese national and activist Yang Chih-yuan, who was arrested in Zhejiang, China, in August 2022, meets international standards on the treatment of prisoners, including the United Nations' Nelson Mandela Rules.  HL6146

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce persistent truanting in schools.  HL6147

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that every police force in England has specialist child protection teams.  HL6148

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the rate of adoption of children in care, when adoption is in the child’s best interests.  HL6149

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government why only 22 Afghans have been resettled under Pathway 2 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme as of December 2022.  HL6150

Lord Mawson to ask His Majesty's Government whether the amount of litter discarded by the side of motorways and major roads in Britain has increased or decreased in the last 12 months.  HL6151

Lord Mawson to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to clear the litter discarded by the side of motorways and major roads in Britain; and what are the blockages preventing this from being dealt with so far.  HL6152

Lord Mawson to ask His Majesty's Government which minister has responsibility for reducing the amount of litter discarded at the side of Britain’s motorways and major roads.  HL6153

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 14 February (HL5363), what data they are utilising (1) to monitor emerging COVID-19 variants, and (2) to assess their potential impact; and what specific surveillance arrangements are in place to assist this assessment.  HL6154

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on patients of the lifting of the prescription waiver on anti-COVID medicines at the end of March; and what steps they will take to prevent health inequalities in COVID-19 medicine provision arising as a result of that.  HL6155

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government which of the local authorities they have designated as priority category 1 have received funding from the Levelling Up Fund in either round 1 or round 2; and which ones have not.  HL6156

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government which Integrated Care Systems are forecast to be in debt at the end of the 2022–23 financial year.  HL6157

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government which Integrated Care Systems have submitted draft operating plans forecasting that they will have no deficit at the end of the 2023–24 financial year.  HL6158

Baroness Pinnock to ask His Majesty's Government when local authorities will be informed of the provisional public health grant budgets for 2023–24.  HL6159

Baroness Pinnock to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the funding they provide to local authorities is sufficient to deliver statutory public health responsibilities.  HL6160

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of asylum seekers arriving in the UK by unofficial transit routes were eventually successful in their asylum claims in each of the last five years.  HL6161

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum decision-takers were employed by the Home Office in (1) 2015, (2) 2018, and (3) 2021.  HL6162

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what dispensations they provide to asylum seekers arriving in the UK who have lost any identifying documentation en route.  HL6163

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government whether they adjust the schools curriculum to meet the needs of areas with a high number of immigrants.  HL6164

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them transition to net zero.  HL6165

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to directly invest in the work of community pharmacies and further increase the benefit they have to local communities.  HL6166

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote agriculture in the (1) primary, and (2) secondary, school curriculum; and how much funding they have allocated for this purpose since 2007.  HL6167

Baroness Thornhill to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to inform local authorities of their provisional public health grant budgets for 2023–24.  HL6168

Baroness Thornhill to ask His Majesty's Government whether the public health grant in (1) 2023–24, and (2) 2024–25 will increase in line with inflation as announced in the Spending Review 2021.  HL6169

Baroness Thornhill to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the level of funding of the public health grant to local authorities.  HL6170

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the average wait time for calls to the Future Pension Centre helpline; and what steps they will take to improve the wait time.  HL6171

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) threshold, and (2) criteria, for a business to qualify for trusted trader status under the Windsor Framework.  HL6172

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) opportunities for, and (2) restrictions on, consumers in Northern Ireland seeking to (a) purchase, and (b) have delivered, (i) plants, (ii) trees, and (iii) seed potatoes, from Great Britain under the Windsor Framework.  HL6173

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what documents will need to be completed by pet owners in Northern Ireland to enable them to bring their pets to and from Great Britain under the Windsor Framework.  HL6174

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government how the (1) rules, and (2) processes, for transport of pets to and from Great Britain will differ under the Windsor Framework from the position prior to 2019.  HL6175

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government whether manufacturers of non sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) products in Great Britain will be able to transport completed product, intended for end sale in Northern Ireland, through the proposed green lane under the Windsor Framework.  HL6176

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of goods going through the green lane that will be routinely checked under the Windsor Framework.  HL6177

Lord Wills to ask His Majesty's Government how many government departments operate whistleblowing policies.  HL6178

Lord Wills to ask His Majesty's Government how many government department employees or subcontractors have made disclosures and/or allegations of wrongdoing in the last three years; and of those, (1) how many did so using a formal whistleblowing procedure, and (2) how many claims were (a) formally investigated, and (b) upheld.  HL6179

Baroness Worthington to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the neighbourhood trial, referred to in the impact assessment on the Hydrogen Heating Village Grid Conversion, published on 6 July 2022, to (1) commence, (2) conclude, and (3) report; and what measures they will use to evaluate its success.  HL6180

Baroness Worthington to ask His Majesty's Government why they are taking powers to impose a village trial of hydrogen heating before the completion of the neighbourhood trial and the publication of the analysis of the findings from that trial.  HL6181