House of Lords Business

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government what factors they will take into account in accepting a recommendation from the Council of the Isles of Scilly to accept a bid for new vessels paid for by the Levelling Up Fund, in the absence of a competitive tendering process.  HL9964

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announcement on 7 September that the UK will re-join the EU's Horizon and Copernicus programmes, whether they will include the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to facilitate early improvements in the reliability and air safety of small airports.  HL9965

Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) mean, and (2) median, amounts spent by a school or local authority on an unregistered alternative provider place in England for (a) pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan, (b) pupils classified as a Child In Need, (c) Pupil Premium Pupils, and (d) pupils excluded from school.  HL9966

Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty's Government how many safeguarding concerns have been recorded regarding unregistered alternative providers in England.  HL9967

Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any minimum standards for an unregistered alternative provider which provides education placements for school-aged pupils to operate in England.  HL9968

Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any safeguarding checks or requirements for an unregistered alternative provider that provides education placements for school-aged pupils in England.  HL9969

Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty's Government how often Ofsted inspect unregistered alternative providers that provides education placements for school-aged pupils in England.  HL9970

Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty's Government whether schools or local authorities that commission unregistered alternative providers require checks on the proprietor and staff before placing pupils in their care.  HL9971

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect a decision to be announced regarding the closure of railway ticket offices.  HL9972

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what reassurances regarding employment they are providing to railway station staff in advance of a decision about the closure of railway ticket offices.  HL9973

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Royal Mail concerning increases to the price of postage stamps; and whether the matter of delivery target failures was raised during those discussions.  HL9974

Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the average business rates charged to nurseries in England, and (2) the cost of exempting early years providers from business rates.  HL9975

Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the average expenditure on VAT by private, voluntary and independent childcare providers, and (2) the cost to the Treasury of zero-rating those childcare providers.  HL9976

Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask His Majesty's Government how many parents of children under four years of age are in full time education or training.  HL9977

Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of providing 30 hours of free childcare each week to children aged between 9 months and 4 years, with one or both parents in full-time education or training.  HL9978

Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants have resigned from the team responsible for capital spending in the Department for Education in each year for the past five years.  HL9979

The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) their rough sleeping strategy, End Rough Sleeping for Good, and (2) their Rough Sleeping Initiative one year after its launch.  HL9980

Lord Grocott to ask His Majesty's Government what has been the average tenure of office notwithstanding machinery of government changes, during the past 10 years, of (1) the Prime Minister, (2) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and (3) the Secretary of State for (a) Foreign Affairs, (b) Home Affairs, (c) Education, (d) Health, (e) Defence, (f) Transport, (g) Culture, Media and Spor… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask His Majesty's Government what was the total number of serving police officers in each year since 2019.  HL9982

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers left the police force in each year since 2019.  HL9983

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Windsor Framework will continue to require the application of EU Regulation 2017/625; and if so, whether Northern Ireland for the purposes of that regulation will be treated as the entry point into the territory of the EU.  HL9984

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government whether people seeking to trade goods between Great and Britain and Northern Ireland under the Green Lane as set out in the Windsor Framework must be authorised to do so under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme; and whether those who trade between two locations in Great Britain need to obtain any similar authorisation in order… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Leicester to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the National Audit Office's report on the Government's Asylum and Protection Transformation Programme.  HL9986

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce NHS treatment waiting times for children and young people.  HL9987

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs for elective procedures in child health services.  HL9988

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs in community child health services.  HL9989

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of delays in funerals being caused by (1) the existing system for registering a death, (2) the number of available pathologists, (3) delays in completion of Medical Certificate Cause of Death forms and access to local GPs, (4) the availability of mortuary storage at local hospitals and public mortuaries, an… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied child asylum seekers have been placed in HMP Elmley in Kent; and how many are still held there.  HL9991

Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that unaccompanied child asylum seekers arriving in the UK are not placed in adult prisons.  HL9992

Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure young people have timely access to mental health services.  HL9993

Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government on what grounds the Prime Minister has decided not to attend the UN General Assembly this month.  HL9994

Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect police officers following a security breach of an IT supplier to the Metropolitan Police.  HL9995

Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government how many schools have not returned a reinforced autoclave aerated concrete survey; and what actions they are taking to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils in schools where the safety of buildings is not yet known.  HL9996

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the recovery of stolen artefacts from the British Museum; and what measures they are taking to increase security in this area.  HL9997

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support parents with back-to-school costs, including (1) uniform, and (2) stationery.  HL9998

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel in relation to the use of force in the death of Mr Ameed al-Jaghoub on 21 August.  HL9999

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Poverty Strategy Commission’s interim report A New Framework for Tackling Poverty, published on 5 September, and in particular the recommendations that a net rise in benefit awards by 5 per cent would reduce numbers in poverty by 725,000 and a net rise in earnings wound redu… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support London Councils who have reported a 120 per cent rise in requests by landlords for return of properties used as temporary homes and a 41 per cent reduction in the number of properties available for private rental since 2020.  HL10001

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to identify the beneficial ownership of 100,000 properties held by foreign shell companies on behalf of others as disclosed by the report published on 4 September by the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Warwick and the Centre for Public Data.  HL10002

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to mitigate any decrease in property prices.  HL10003

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what financial support they are providing to countries in Africa to help combat climate change on that continent.  HL10004

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the findings in the S&P Global/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI survey, published on 1 September, which found that manufacturing industry has experienced "slower market conditions" and "declining new order intakes", what steps they are taking to provide support to that industry.  HL10005

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what (1) support, and (2) guidance, they are offering to schools to enable them to maximise teacher retention.  HL10006

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) teachers, and (2) schools, are supported to enable them to benefit from the provisions of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023.  HL10007

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount that needs to be paid to railway ticketing staff for redundancy payments as a result of railway ticket office closures; and what estimate they have made of annual payments that will be required to paid as compensation benefits.  HL10008

Lord Whitty to ask His Majesty's Government what current laws or regulations govern the (1) use, and (2) parking, of electric, and non-electric, bicycles and scooters on pedestrian pavements; and what proposals they are considering for strengthening such laws and regulations, in particular in respect of leaving undocked hire bicycles and scooters on the pavement.  HL10009

Lord Whitty to ask His Majesty's Government what additional capacity they forecast is needed on the National Grid to accommodate the level of demand from the anticipated increase in the number of electric vehicles by 2030; and what additional capital costs are required by such increase in capacity for transmission and distribution per annum up to 2030.  HL10010

Lord Whitty to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of new homes completed in 2022 were for social housing; what is the figure net of social housing demolitions and sales; and what proportion of the net social housing was for social rent.  HL10011

Lord Whitty to ask His Majesty's Government, in relation to their targets for decarbonisation by (1) 2030, and (2) 2035, what approximate proportion of homes they estimate are likely to be powered by (a) hydrogen-based gas, (b) air or ground source heat pumps, and (c) by other forms of electrification.  HL10012