House of Lords Business

Lord Aberdare to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to negotiate bilateral youth mobility schemes with countries across Europe to ensure UK travel businesses can hire UK citizens for critical tourism roles overseas.  HL10438

Lord Aberdare to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made progress in negotiating any bilateral youth mobility schemes with EU countries, particularly France, Greece, Italy and Spain.  HL10439

Lord Aberdare to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of introducing a new youth-group digital visa application process for those under the age of 18 wishing to visit the UK.  HL10440

Baroness Altmann to ask His Majesty's Government what estimates they have made, if any, of the cost savings that would result from increasing the minimum years of National Insurance contributions required for a full State Pension from 35 to 45.  HL10441

Baroness Altmann to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the change in value of the full basic state pension weekly payment in 2023–24 if it had been linked only to consumer price index inflation since 2010.  HL10442

Baroness Buscombe to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fairness of staying time limits for UK visitors to the EU compared to those for EU visitors to the UK; and what plans they have to change UK staying time limits for EU visitors to match those for UK visitors to the EU, either by agreement with the EU or unilaterally.  HL10443

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask His Majesty's Government what (1) humanitarian assistance, and (2) financial support, they are offering the government of Armenia to meet the needs of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.  HL10444

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan to allow international observers into Nagorno-Karabakh to monitor the ceasefire agreement of 20 September.  HL10445

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to report on the circumstances regarding unaccompanied children who have gone missing from hotels, including (1) lessons learned, and (2) steps taken, to prevent recurrence; and when any such report will be published.  HL10446

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government how many people have been affected by the change to the move-on period for newly recognised refugees, which gives seven days' notice for them to leave their asylum support accommodation.  HL10447

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the move-on period for newly recognised refugees to at least 56 days, in line with the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and the applications for Universal Credit; and whether they will publish a strategy to accompany any such plans.  HL10448

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish statistics on the number of asylum applications that are reinstated after initially being withdrawn.  HL10449

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what funding is available to local authorities to support their responsibility for finding suitable and specialist placements for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.  HL10450

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Infected Blood Inquiry, how many people were infected by contaminated blood; how many of those died as a consequence; and how many are now eligible for interim compensation payments under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.  HL10451

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals who are known to have been infected with contaminated blood have died without having received any compensation payment under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.  HL10452

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have died as a consequence of infection from contaminated blood who were receiving compensation payments under the Infected Blood Support Scheme, and what was the range of such payments.  HL10453

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many people who were infected with contaminated blood (1) are eligible for, and (2) have received, the £100,000 interim compensation payment under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.  HL10454

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals who died as a consequence of infection from contaminated blood were (1) refused compensation payments, and (2) awaiting compensation payments granted, under the Infected Blood Support Scheme.  HL10455

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government what provisions they have made to support the surviving adult children of a parent who died as a result of contamination with infected blood.  HL10456

Lord Grocott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 September (HL9981), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, 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 Secret… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) address, and (2) advocate against, the incidence of female genital mutilation being performed by healthcare workers in countries where it is nationally banned but historically performed.  HL10458

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 29 September (HL10314), when the Department for Transport's scrutiny period of the governance processes in regards to Hammersmith Bridge will conclude; and when they will announce a timeline for the re-opening of Hammersmith Bridge to traffic.  HL10459

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the geographical boundary at which Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and the associated EU acquis take effect so that food and agricultural products in Northern Ireland comply with that regulation.  HL10460

Lord Kilclooney to ask His Majesty's Government which locations in Great Britain have been selected as Freeports.  HL10461

Lord Kilclooney to ask His Majesty's Government whether they still intend to pursue the creation of Freeports in Northern Ireland; and whether doing so would cause any conflict with the Windsor Framework.  HL10462

Lord Kilclooney to ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any UK armed forces in Kosovo; and if so, whether they are within a NATO or EU armed presence.  HL10463

The Lord Bishop of Leicester to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish a response to the report by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change, published on 17 July.  HL10464

The Lord Bishop of Leicester to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to update the Implementation Plan which accompanied the report by the Ministry of Justice Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases, published in June 2020.  HL10465

The Lord Bishop of Oxford to ask His Majesty's Government what is the current status of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.  HL10466

The Lord Bishop of Oxford to ask His Majesty's Government what future plans there are for the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.  HL10467

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what support they give, if any, to volunteer-run nappy libraries in England; and whether they have considered giving further support and, if so, in what form.  HL10468

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to help local councils promote the use of reusable nappies to families.  HL10469

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for phasing cobalt out of electric car production and for supporting the manufacture of high purity spherical graphite in the UK.  HL10470

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the EU’s decision not to pause the new rules of origin rules under the Trade and Co-operation Agreement, due to come into effect at the start of 2024; and what steps they are taking to encourage UK carmakers not to offshore operations to the EU.  HL10471

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to counter misinformation about the cost, environmental impact and features of electric vehicles.  HL10472

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government how much they have paid for the Bibby Stockholm barge since it has been empty.  HL10473

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government whether the speech to the American Enterprise Institute by the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 26 September was approved by the Prime Minister, and whether it reflected (1) Government policy, and (2) any changes to their policy, on (a) migration, and (b) multiculturalism.  HL10474

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government whether Ministers may make personal statements that do not reflect Government policy.  HL10475

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government which Ministers, MPs, special advisers and other officials accompanied the Secretary of State for the Home Department on her visit to Washington for her speech to the American Enterprise Institute on 26 September.  HL10476

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 September (HL9844), what discussions if any they are holding with the government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to support both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots living in the village of Pile.  HL10477

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with manufacturers about providing support for opening electric vehicle factories in Northern Ireland.  HL10478

Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) value for money, and (2) benefit to the community, of the public funding granted to the charity Sustrans.  HL10479

Lord Teverson to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of the Electricity Generator Levy on new investment into the renewables sector.  HL10480

Lord Teverson to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the Electricity Generator Levy so that new investments in renewable electricity generation infrastructure are exempt from its scope.  HL10481

Lord Teverson to ask His Majesty's Government whether the effective term of the Electricity Generator Levy will be reviewed now that consumer energy bills have started to decline.  HL10482

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of cases of energy supply companies using (1) coercive techniques, and (2) untrue statements, to try to compel customers to install smart meters.  HL10483

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what intensive care unit stockpiles are in existence which are available and suitable for use for a future respiratory pandemic; and what plans they have to maintain these stockpiles and at what levels.  HL10484

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether intensive care unit capacity is secure in the event of a future respiratory pandemic, given current UK manufacturing capacity.  HL10485