House of Lords Business

Earl Attlee to ask His Majesty's Government which Government department leads on ensuring that the government of Ukraine and its armed forces have all the armoured fighting vehicles that are required whilst not compromising the overall defence and security needs of the UK.  HL7499

Earl Attlee to ask His Majesty's Government who owns the former RAF Scampton airbase.  HL7500

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what meetings they have had with industry bodies about recycled carbon fuels.  HL7501

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the public health impacts of recycled carbon fuels through air pollution as compared to existing fuels and other alternative fuels such as those made from biomass.  HL7502

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether climate change emissions from British Overseas Territories are part of the UK's total accounting for emissions and included in the Net Zero by 2050 target; and what (1) organisational structures, and (2) staffing levels, they have in place to work with those Overseas Territories to reduce emissions.  HL7503

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of any damage done by any dumping of building waste beside the River Roding in Chigwell.  HL7504

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 24 April (HL7271), how many individuals who were patients at the Tavistock Clinic died by suicide in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.  HL7505

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what categories of 'serious incident' are reported to the Directors of the Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust; and from which categories of 'serious incident' reported is data available.  HL7506

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of subsidies to households and businesses of energy bills for (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.  HL7507

The Earl of Clancarty to ask His Majesty's Government when the (1) Expert Advisory Panel, and (2) Terms of Reference, for the Cultural Education Plan will be announced.  HL7508

The Earl of Clancarty to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Barran on 26 April (HL Deb cols 1208–11), whether (1) the National Curriculum, and (2) accountability measures, will be in scope of the Cultural Education Plan.  HL7509

Baroness Gale to ask His Majesty's Government what measures the NHS workforce plan will include to support a sustainable NHS mental health workforce in England.  HL7510

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for adopting systems similar to (1) Humanitarian Parole, and (2) the Welcome Corps, used in the USA, in the UK.  HL7511

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support innovation to improve the provision of clinical placements for medical students.  HL7512

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of the projected (1) short-term, and (2) medium-term, costs to public funds of expanding the number of undergraduate medical places from the current level to (a) 9,000 and (b) 10,000 places.  HL7513

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the provision of private sector funding to enable the expansion of (1) undergraduate, and (2) graduate, places in (a) medicine, (b) biomedical and related sciences, and (c) dentistry.  HL7514

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what work they are undertaking in understanding and planning for the impact of artificial intelligence in all National Health Service clinical settings over the medium term.  HL7515

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that WhatsApp and Signal will withdraw from the UK rather than comply with the provisions of the Online Safety Bill.  HL7516

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what procedures they have put in place for Sudanese nationals who seek to escape the violence in their country and join family members in the UK.  HL7517

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government when they first became aware that the situation in Sudan had deteriorated to the point that the safety of British citizens was at risk and that they would need assistance to evacuate.  HL7518

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take, together with international partners, to address climate change in light of reports based on the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI), that heat is now accumulating at a faster rate, causing the temperature of oceans to rise to record levels; and (2) whether this will include ‘concerted international… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the current state of relations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots; and whether they, together with international partners, have new proposals to help to broker confidence-building measures on trade and travel between the two parties, particularly in view of the forthcoming elections in both Greece… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their response to the Foreign Affairs Committee report, Missing In Action: UK Leadership And The Withdrawal From Afghanistan, published on 18th July 2022, what ‘fundamental lessons’ they agreed they needed ‘to learn and to act on’ from the experience of UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what services are currently offered by mobile service Post Offices in rural areas; and whether they will ensure that all services offered by Post Offices, such as such as the ability to deposit cash by small businesses, are replicated.  HL7522

Baroness Mallalieu to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that requirements for land use which fall within the remit of (1) the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (2) the Department for Business and Trade, (3) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and (4) the Department for Transport, and are outside the remit of the Departme… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Marlesford to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 June 2018 (HL7992), how many members of Home Office staff have been convicted in connection with their official activities since 1 June 2018; and in each case, what was (1) the date, (2) the nature of the offence, and (3) the sentence received.  HL7524

Lord Marlesford to ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any limit on the number of occasions that an individual can register a change of name by enrolled deed poll; and if not, what assessment they have made of the implications for (1) national security, (2) the work of the police, and (3) money laundering.  HL7525

Lord Marlesford to ask His Majesty's Government what facilities exist for (1) the police, and (2) the public, to establish previous changes of name by enrolled deed poll of individuals.  HL7526

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will challenge the ruling of the Electoral Commission on the compulsory removal of face masks at polling stations to carry out identity checks; and whether they will seek an exemption for disabled or immunocompromised people who are vulnerable to COVID 19, or allow for the removal of masks to be supervised outside the po… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of pressure on primary care services and the challenges of out of hours, weekend and holiday access provision, how immunocompromised people can access anti-virals to mitigate COVID-19 infection once GPs are responsible for dispensing these; and what assurances they can provide that a system will be in place to ensure th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what provision is being made for immunocompromised people who are struggling financially from the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing challenges for those still vulnerable to the virus; and how they will support those affected in the light of their prescription waiver on anti-viral drugs being withdrawn  HL7529

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government why they have withdrawn the opportunity for COVID-19 vaccine boosters to people living with the immunocompromised people at risk of severe infection or death from COVID-19.  HL7530

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on immunocompromised people arising from (1) shutting down the Anti-Viral task force, (2) ending any stakeholder engagement through the Enhanced Protection Programme, (3) withdrawing vaccine boosters for the families of the immunocompromised, (4) ending the collection of data on Covid infe… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government whether rare cancers will be included in the scope of the Major Conditions Strategy.  HL7532

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022, whether NHS England still plans to assess and publish a report on levels of uptake of rare disease treatments, in addition to the highly specialised services annual report.  HL7533

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2023, whether they will publish an update on progress relating to the action to measure the time to diagnosis for both genetic and non-genetic rare conditions; how engagement will be carried out with the patient community once researchers are selected; and when this work will b… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to hold integrated care boards to account on meeting NICE guidelines on the uptake of treatments for people with rare diseases.  HL7535

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment NHS England and NICE have made of the likely number of products that will be eligible for entry into the Innovative Medicines Fund in (1) 2023–24, and (2) 2024–25.  HL7536

Baroness Mobarik to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of (1) torture, (2) mistreatment, and (3) disappearances, of LGBT individuals in Tanzania; and what steps they are taking in response.  HL7537

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of Hope Not Hate and any association that group may have with far-left extremist groups.  HL7538

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether any representatives from Government departments have met with Hope Not Hate; if so, on what dates; and what was the content and outcome of their discussions.  HL7539

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the paper published by the Commission for Countering Extremism in October 2019 entitled Mainstream Islamism in Britain: educating for the Islamic Revival.   HL7540

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any effect on free speech of the training delivered by Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) in the workplace training of public sector bodies and charities.  HL7541

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any effect arising from funding from Qatar Foundation International on the teaching of religious education and Arabic in UK schools.  HL7542

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they learnt from the events that followed reports into allegations concerning Birmingham schools arising from the 'Trojan Horse' letter from 2014; and what steps they are taking to prevent any risk to schools elsewhere.  HL7543

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with the Police Service of Northern Ireland about providing financial support to increase officer numbers.  HL7544

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government what were the policing costs for (1) the visit by President Biden to Northern Ireland, and (2) the Agreement 25 Conference at Queen’s University, Belfast; and whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland will be reimbursed.  HL7545

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government which police forces they have had discussions with in the last six months with regard to unaccompanied children seeking asylum that go missing from Home Office-commissioned hotels; and what evidence the police forces have indicated with regard to any of those unaccompanied children being forced into county lines drug activity and organi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government, for each police force in each of the last two years, how many crimes were committed by people who arrived by small boat crossings; and for each police force, what percentage of total crimes committed that figure represents.  HL7547

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 27 April (HL7236), for the pay of each of the three integrated care board chief executives of (1) Humber Coast and Vale, (2) South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw, and (3) Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, whether their previous salary was taken into account by NHS England in accordance with the sig… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 27 April (HL7236), whether they assessed the chief executive role for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw integrated care board as exceptional for a higher salary; and what differences existed in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw which justified a different salary to the chief executive for West Y… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding by the Office for National Statistics that inflation for food and non-alcoholic drinks is at the highest level in 45 years, having risen by over 19 per cent in the year to March; and what steps they are taking in response to that finding.  HL7550

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue was raised in Business Improvement District levies in each of the past five years.  HL7551

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any instances where companies are raising consumer prices above the rate of inflation in order to increase their profits.  HL7552

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people have secured jobs through the Access to Work scheme.  HL7553

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses and companies in (1) England, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales, have received support from the Access to Work scheme to employ disabled people.  HL7554

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government how many disabled people who have found work through the Access to Work scheme are in (1) full-time, and (2) part-time, employment.  HL7555

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with charities supporting disabled people about the operation of the Access to Work scheme.  HL7556

Lord Triesman to ask His Majesty's Government, how many virtual school heads have been appointed to provide for previously looked after children in England pursuant to the Children and Social Work Act 2017; in which locations any such appointments were made; how the impact of these appointments are assessed; and what assessment they have made of the impact these appointments have… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Triesman to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Markham on 19 April (HL Deb col 671), what are the legal remedies available in (1) criminal or civil law, or in (2) relevant employment contracts, for staff failing to keep or report medical data on the whole patient cohort which attended the Gender Identity Development Service.  HL7558

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the British Medical Association report Building the Future: Getting IT Right, published on 5 December 2022; in particular, the finding that "nearly 76 per cent of doctors ranked 'interoperability of systems' as a 'significant barrier' to digital transformation"; and what assessment they have mad… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Wheeler to ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to ensure that unwarranted variation in access to specialised services does not increase due to the delegation of some of these services to the integrated care board level.  HL7560

Baroness Wheeler to ask His Majesty's Government how learnings from the two integrated care boards (ICBs) in South London that have taken on full commissioning responsibility for specialised services deemed suitable and ready will be applied to other ICBs ahead of full delegation from 2024–25.  HL7561

Baroness Wheeler to ask His Majesty's Government how many full-time equivalent NHS England staff were transferred from specialised commissioning to the monkeypox response workstreams.  HL7562

Baroness Wheeler to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their timeline for the update of service specifications in specialised services.  HL7563

Baroness Wheeler to ask His Majesty's Government how NHS England and integrated care boards will hold trusts to account on performance in specialised services in line with latest service specifications.  HL7564

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government what stage their negotiations have reached concerning the dispute resolution mechanism in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, especially with regard to secret courts.  HL7565