House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to communicate with British citizens in Sudan in the absence of internet and power for mobile phones.  HL7425

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what diplomatic steps they are taking to reduce the risk of regional contagion from the conflict in Sudan.  HL7426

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers of refugees fleeing Sudan into neighbouring countries; and what steps they are taking to support them.  HL7427

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, in conjunction with (1) the World Food Programme and (2) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, of the number of people displaced or affected by the conflict in Sudan and likely to be at risk of hunger or war crimes; and whether they intend to raise the situation in Sudan at the UN Se… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Browning to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of personal independence payments (PIP) to support the financial needs of people with Parkinson's disease since the introduction of PIP 10 years ago.  HL7429

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of freedom of information requests received in the past 12 months by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities were withheld in full because of the cost of the response exceeding the limit.  HL7430

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government how the costs of responding to freedom of information requests involving the disclosure of emails are calculated; and when the limit of £600, beyond which cost the request can be refused, was last uprated.  HL7431

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the written answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 21 April (HL6913) relating to the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, whether they will set out the measurement in square metres of each of the items (a) to (g) in item 9 of the table included in that answer.  HL7432

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) for the contents of the Learning Centre to be attached to the UK Holocaust Memorial, and (2) to specify the populations whose genocides are to be commemorated therein.  HL7433

Lord Hannan of Kingsclere to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights violations in Tunisia; what representations they have made to the government of the Republic of Tunisia about the detention of political prisoners, including the former Speaker, Rached Ghannouchi; whether they plan to take action against any individuals involved in these vi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any requirement for a coroner functus officio to respond to emails of an interested person.  HL7435

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any requirement for a coroner functus officio to provide on request the list of court evidence to an interested person.  HL7436

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will reinforce the sentencing guidelines to encourage (1) the imposition of suspended sentences rather than short sentences, and (2) the imposition of fines and diversion to health institutions rather than custodial sentences.  HL7437

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will call on the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to publish its findings regarding the solitary confinement of Mr Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Prison arising from the Committee's visit to the prison during its visit to Turkey from 20 to 29 September… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will sponsor independent observers of the elections in May in Turkey; and if so, whether this will be under the auspices of the Council of Europe or the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.  HL7439

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the Child Trust Fund payments for children born between 1 September 2022 and 2 January 2011 are taken up in full.  HL7440

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learnt from the former widespread use of anti-microbial peptides, such as colistin, in animal feed; and whether they are taking steps to warn other countries against the continued use of these drugs.  HL7441

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to plan for the projected increase of 10,000 inmates in the prison population by March 2025.  HL7442

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the (1) planting, and (2) restoration, of hedgerows in England.  HL7443

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the restoration of footpaths in rural areas of England.  HL7444

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what recent estimate they have made of the number of miles of footpaths that have been lost in rural areas in England in the past 10 years.  HL7445

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the heritage railway sector to boost tourism and the enjoyment of railway heritage.  HL7446

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what recent estimate they have made of the amount of brownfield land that is available for building homes at present where planning permission has been approved but no building has taken place.  HL7447

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure brownfield, rather than greenfield, sites are used for house building.  HL7448

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use Overseas Patrol Squadron vessels to monitor hostile activity in the UK's fisheries and against vulnerable undersea assets in regions such as the North Sea.  HL7449

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the regulations governing the transport of nuclear material within the UK.  HL7450

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current state of research into Fibromyalgia.  HL7451

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to uphold the obligation "to render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being lost” under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea once fully automated ships are brought into service.  HL7452

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their ability to combat piracy once fully automated ships have been brought into service, and of how fully automated ships and their cargo can be protected from illegal boarding in the absence of a crew.  HL7453

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide an update on their target (1) to increase offshore wind capacity five-fold by 2030, and (2) to approve eight new nuclear reactors.  HL7454

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the responses to the Scottish Government's recent consultation on the regulation of electricians, and (2) whether they will consider conducting a similar consultation in England.  HL7455

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government (1) what steps they are taking to increase the rate at which homes are insulated under the Great British Insulation Scheme, and (2) what consideration they have given to placing the targets under the Scheme on a statutory footing.  HL7456

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of UK exports derive from inward investment into the UK.  HL7457

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government why products of animal origin moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland for further processing are not included in the Green Lane under the Windsor Framework; and what steps are being taken to include them.  HL7458

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government whether pets that have travelled from Northern Ireland to Great Britain can then travel on to the Republic of Ireland without further documentation.  HL7459

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what provisions under the Windsor Framework govern Northern Ireland fishing vessels landing catch from waters around England, Scotland and Wales.  HL7460

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government whether, under the Windsor Framework, fishing vessels registered in Great Britain landing catch in Northern Ireland are considered third country vessels; and if so, what steps they are taking to rectify this.  HL7461