House of Lords Business

Lord Aberdare to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase awareness among (1) patients, and (2) medical professionals, of the use of focal therapies including focused ultrasound to treat cancer patients.  HL6504

Lord Aberdare to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential use of focal therapies in supporting the NHS to address the cancer treatment backlog.  HL6505

Lord Aberdare to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to reduce the regional variation across the UK in access to treatment for focal therapies including focused ultrasound.  HL6506

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government what research they are undertaking into women who are living with HIV and are experiencing the menopause.  HL6507

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle female genital schistosomiasis.  HL6508

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to achieve gender parity in their HIV response, to ensure there is equitable (1) investment, (2) priority, and (3) attention, to women in HIV (a) prevention, (b) research, (c) data, and (d) services, in the UK.  HL6509

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that HIV research (1) addresses specific knowledge gaps around HIV and women, and (2) supports the full participation and meaningful involvement of women.  HL6510

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to collect and publish data and analysis on the ethnicity of looked-after children who go missing, including their recorded risk factors, such as mental health issues, sexual exploitation or criminal exploitation.  HL6511

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include in the National Crime Agency’s Missing Persons Data Report data on the ethnicity of people who go missing including (1) the recorded risk factors of those people, such as mental health issues, sexual exploitation or criminal exploitation, (2) the length of time missing, and (3) how those people are f… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of HS2 Phase 1 is complete.  HL6513

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what is the current status of their review of Annex B to their Delivering same-sex accommodation guidance.  HL6514

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of providing the same monthly 'thank you' payments to those hosting people who arrived in the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme as are provided to hosts on the Homes for Ukraine scheme.  HL6515

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish details of how the £150 million funding for local authorities to support people on Ukraine visa schemes into longer term accommodation will be allocated.  HL6516

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the analysis by the Child Poverty Action Group, published in June 2022, which found that there are currently 800,000 children in poverty in England that are not eligible for free school meals, what steps they are taking to ensure that all children in poverty are eating a healthy and substantial lunch every day. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 22 individuals granted resettlement through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 2 in 2022 are currently residing in the UK.  HL6518

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government which countries the 887 refugees who were granted resettlement through the UK Resettlement Scheme in 2022 come from.  HL6519

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Northern Ireland Assembly will be permitted to alter the rate of Corporation Tax applying in Northern Ireland; and if so, what financial consequences will arise from that decision following the UK's departure from the EU.  HL6520

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the findings in the report The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Death, Dying and Bereavement by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice and End of Life Care, published on 1 March, what plans they have to conduct a review of hospice funding in England.  HL6521

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure health and social care staff receive culturally-informed training in bereavement, particularly how to identify those at risk of complex grief disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.  HL6522

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government how many of the undocumented migrants arriving on small boats in 2022 were first registered in other countries as asylum seekers or immigrants; what were the numbers in the top 10 countries of such registrations; and what were the numbers by nationality from the top 25 countries of origin of such migrants into the UK.  HL6523

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage local planning authorities to expedite determination of planning applications for renewable energy projects seeking to connect to local Distribution Network Operators.  HL6524

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role that (1) sea kelp, and (2) sea grasses, can play in capturing carbon and meeting the UK's net zero targets; and what steps they are taking to identify and preserve these marine sites for the future.  HL6525

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what is the timetable for the review of the role of the Grocery Code adjudicator; and how Parliament will be notified of the outcome.  HL6526

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the requirements of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to record all rights of way on a definitive map; and what proportion of applications for new public rights of way are outstanding.  HL6527

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 2 February (HL4910), 8 February (HL4944) and 7 March (HL5695 and HL5938), why the Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel (TCRP) did not review the report Qcovid 4 - Predicting risk of death or hospitalisation from COVID-19, published in August 2022, when it met in January; why t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 7 March 2023 (HL5695), to which body the recommendations on the relevant cohorts for COVID-19 therapeutics are to be made, as discussed by the Chair of the Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel on 2 February; and whether the preparation of these recommendations included reviewing details… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 1 March (HL5824), which body will assume responsibility for ensuring that the immunocompromised will continue to be treated as a priority after the disbanding of the Antivirus and Therapeutics Taskforce, and its related programme and strategy boards.  HL6530

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 6 March (HL5937), why the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) request for referral of 8 June is described as for “referral of Evusheld for treatment of COVID-19” but, as confirmed in a NICE freedom of information response, the request was for “referral of tixagevimab-cil… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 14 March (HL5699), and as set out in the attachment to the Written Answer NICE nMABs appraisal committee paper, what assessment they have made of the finding that the prioritised list of people with conditions for which it may be clinically advantageous to receive neutralisin… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what is the role of ministers who are linked with Integrated Care Boards.  HL6533

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government how the effectiveness of linking ministers with Integrated Care Boards will be measured.  HL6534

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government which minister is linked with each Integrated Care Board.  HL6535

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government why Horizon Europe is not part of their Science and Technology Framework, published on 6 March.  HL6536

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the marine science community about the future of the UK’s involvement in Horizon Europe.  HL6537

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including provisions on carbon leakage as part of the Energy Bill.  HL6538

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what environmental monitoring will form part of future carbon capture and storage projects beneath the seabed.  HL6539

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect that negotiations will be completed with the EU regarding (1) membership of, and (2) access to, Horizon Europe.  HL6540

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response on tackling (1) new diseases, and (2) existing diseases such as malaria.  HL6541

Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 8 February (HL5061), when data for April 2022 and beyond will be validated for release; and on what grounds this information is commercially sensitive.  HL6542

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage the transition away from fossil fuels to more sustainable energy sources through further investment in new technologies.  HL6543

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Inclusive Equal Rights UK 3.0 A Snapshot View of Racial Disparity in the City of York, published on 28 February; and what steps they are taking to address reports of inequalities experienced by ethnic minority communities.  HL6544

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact of international banking failures on the UK economy.  HL6545

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact of the decline in the size of the North Sea oil sector on the UK economy.  HL6546

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review their support for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  HL6547

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to amend the Children Act 1989 to remove the legal duty on local authorities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need.  HL6548

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have sought legal advice on the powers of the Home Office to place unaccompanied migrant children in hotels.  HL6549

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied migrant children placed in hotels have gone missing in each of the last five years.  HL6550

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they use to decide whether a hotel used to accommodate unaccompanied migrant children is suitable for that use.  HL6551

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government what system of monitoring they use to ensure that hotels accommodating unaccompanied migrant children meet the standards necessary for that purpose.  HL6552

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what existing (1) qualifications, and (2) training, are required to establish a letting or property management company.  HL6553

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what forms of redress are available for those with complaints against letting agencies where they are not members of recognised industry standards associations.  HL6554

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce regulations covering the operation of letting and property management companies in order to rectify bad practices.  HL6555

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what projects have been (1) considered, and (2) financed, by the UK Infrastructure Bank in the past 12 months in each region of the UK.  HL6556

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what projects the UK Infrastructure Bank is currently considering in each region of the UK.  HL6557

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the mandate in the UK Infrastructure Bank’s Annual Report for it to “bolster the government’s lending to local government for large and complex projects”, what financing the Bank has provided for such projects in the past 12 months.  HL6558

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement in the UK Infrastructure Bank’s Framework Document that it is “yet to be administratively classified”, what classification the Bank has since been given.  HL6559