House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have ever recognised the 2003 killings of Darfuri people in Sudan as genocide, and if so, why it is not among the five genocides now officially recognised.  HL1131

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government by which legal process they expect consent for the East West Rail route section between Bedford and Cambridge to be obtained, and what is the current timescale for obtaining that consent and starting construction.  HL1132

Lord Bradshaw to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 22 November (HL210), how many successful prosecutions there were as a result of HMRC investigations into the activities of the activities of businesses which advertise their services on a cash only basis in the financial year ended 2022–23.  HL1133

Lord Colgrain to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the length of time it takes for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs to calculate capital gains tax returns.  HL1134

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements, if any, they have made to transfer control of all or part of Victoria Tower Gardens to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, or another department, to enable the planned construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and whether they intend to attach conditions to such a transfer to sa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their proposals to increase the minimum income requirement for a spouse or partner visa to £38,700, how income other than from employment and property and savings will be regarded, the additional income required for each child of the family, and what length of visa will be issued and how that will be determined.  HL11… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their proposals to increase the minimum income requirement for a spouse or partner visa to £38,700, what fee will be payable on the initial and subsequent applications for a spouse or partner on a 10-year route to settlement, and what immigration health charge will be due.  HL1137

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their proposals to increase the minimum income requirement for a spouse or partner visa, (1) how savings and income from property and sources other than employment will be regarded, (2) the additional income required for each child of the family, (3) what length of visa will be issued, and (4) what other changes relat… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government what fees they intend to charge in connection with the increased minimum income requirement for a spouse or partner visa, in particular (1) what fee will be payable on the initial and subsequent applications for a spouse or partner on a 10-year route to settlement, and (2) what immigration health charge will be due.  HL1139

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government how many GP surgery buildings were operating (1) in England, and (2) in each primary care organisation (primary care trust, clinical commissioning group, or integrated care board), in (a) November 2010, (b) November 2015, (c) November 2020, and (d) November 2023.  HL1140

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government how many new GP surgery buildings were opened in England in each calendar year since 2008.  HL1141

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the last annual assessment of the effectiveness of Chapter 1 of Part 5 of the Digital Economy Act 2017.  HL1142

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to foster a learning culture and service improvement mindset across all career pathways in the NHS, in particular through education and training for existing staff.  HL1143

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote collaboration among all professions and support staff within the NHS to ensure comprehensive, patient-centred, and integrated healthcare.  HL1144

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise the Holodomor in 1932–33 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.  HL1145

Lord Inglewood to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation along the lines of the proposed Forest Risk Commodity regulations in respect of foodstuffs produced outside the UK in a manner which is forbidden to UK producers of the same commodity.  HL1146

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of recent developments in human and civil rights in (1) Tunisia, and (2) Algeria.  HL1147

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage UK ambassadors to consider the importance of engaging with local civil society organisations on issues of fundamental human rights, and especially of freedom of belief and religion.  HL1148

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had recently with the government of Pakistan on that country’s blasphemy laws insofar as they affect Christians and converts to Christianity, and the impact of that legislation on Pakistan’s international treaty obligations.  HL1149

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support to local authorities in financial difficulty.  HL1150

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government when they last held discussions on the future of Gaza with the governments of (1) Saudi Arabia and (2) Egypt.  HL1151

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what factual conclusions they have reached about the use of rape and sexual violence against women as a weapon of war during the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on 7 October; what further steps they will take at the United Nations to raise the issue of the use of rape and sexual violence against women in conflict; and what… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the President of the United States regarding Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza since President Biden’s comments on 12 December that Israel was "losing support" globally over its "indiscriminate" bombing of Gaza.  HL1153

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what is their understanding of the political, security and humanitarian situation in Sudan following the indefinite suspension on 5 December of peace talks between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which had been taking place in Jeddah; and what steps they are taking, together with international partners… 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 political and humanitarian situation in Niger following the military coup in July.  HL1155

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government whether any UK minister was in Dubai at COP28 on 12 December during negotiations to include the transitioning away from all fossil fuels in the UAE Consensus; and if no minister was present at that time, what assessment they have made of the impact this will have on British diplomacy and global influence.  HL1156

Lord Lucas to ask His Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to ensure that all sports governing bodies funded by Sport England have regard to women and women's organisations, including through consultation, when considering the inclusion of trans women in women's sports.  HL1157

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the call from Alzheimer's UK for any drugs “deemed safe and effective” to treat dementia to be made available on the NHS as soon as possible, what plans they have to do so.  HL1158

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent research conducted by Imperial College London entitled Mortality from leading cancers in districts of England from 2002 to 2019: a population-based, spatiotemporal study, published in The Lancet Oncology on 11 December, which found that the risk of dying from… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to enforce the generational ban on tobacco products.  HL1160

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of gambling advertisements on gambling harm.  HL1161

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they are taking to tackle anti-Semitism in universities.  HL1162

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rise in shoplifting; and what steps they will take to reduce these offences.  HL1163

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 12 December (HL880), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, how much money the UK pays to the EU annually; for what purpose; and for how long such payments are expected to continue.  HL1164

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what investigations they have undertaken into the potential use of discontinuous electrification on East West Rail.  HL1165

Lord Robathan to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to the neurodevelopment of children from fluoride, particularly if administered through its addition to water supplies.  HL1166

Lord Robathan to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of studies in the United States, Canada and China which have concluded that high levels of fluoride permanently reduce the IQ of children.  HL1167

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government how many members of organised criminal gangs attempting to enable migrants to cross the English Channel illegally have been arrested.  HL1168

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what evidence there is that the penalties imposed on illegal migrants deter future illegal crossings of the English Channel.  HL1169

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what funding has been provided to French authorities in total to combat illegal crossings of the English Channel.  HL1170

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what UK funding has been provided to local communities in France to mitigate the economic impact of illegal crossings of the English Channel.  HL1171

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government why the UK abstained in the UN General Assembly vote on resolution A/RES/ES-10/22 on a ceasefire in Gaza.  HL1172

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government through which assessment mechanism or framework they have deemed Rwanda a safe country.  HL1173

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their response to their September 2022 consultation on amending the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 and the Bread and Flour Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998.  HL1174

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of protective earthed neutral faults in public and street chargers for electric vehicles.  HL1175

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers from Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 26 June (HL8412, HL8413 and HL8414), when they expect the Building Safety Regulator will undertake the cost benefit analysis of making regular inspections and testing of electrical installations in relevant buildings.  HL1176

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Archives file 'Organophosphate poisoning to farmers caused by sheep dip' (PIN 21/843) is open in its entirety and, if not, for what reasons any redactions have been made.  HL1177

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received any representations from interested parties regarding restrictions for making submissions to the review into the number of prisoners who died on Alderney during the Nazi occupation, and what steps the review has taken to obtain relevant material from such parties.  HL1178

Earl Russell to ask His Majesty's Government whether the national supply disruption problems of the most used ADHD medications have been resolved, and if not, what are the causes and when they expect the supply to return to acceptable levels.  HL1179

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the economic costs of obesity in the UK, following the report Unhealthy Numbers: The Rising Cost of Obesity in the UK by Frontier Economics published on 21 November.  HL1180

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how they are supporting the NHS to build additional capacity over winter, in light of pressures including high numbers of patients being admitted with winter viruses.  HL1181

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to minimise disruption from train driver strikes over the festive period.  HL1182

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of the use of (1) oral tobacco-free nicotine pouches and (2) oral tobacco pouches, in England, especially among children and teenagers.  HL1183

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made the long-term medical effects of using oral tobacco-free nicotine pouches.  HL1184

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate the use of oral tobacco-free nicotine pouches in England.  HL1185

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Bahraini diplomatic mission requested permission to give an award to former ambassador to Bahrain Roderick Drummond; and if so, on what date the permission was denied.  HL1186

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 12 December (HL680), on what specific grounds within the Rules on Acceptance of Foreign Awards was former ambassador to Bahrain Roderick Drummond denied permission to accept the award given to him by the government of that country.  HL1187

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government whether the former ambassadors to Bahrain Ian Lindsay and Simon Martin received permission to accept foreign honours given to them by Bahrain, and if so, on what dates the Bahraini diplomatic mission in London was notified of this permission.  HL1188

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Gulf states on revitalising security and diplomatic arrangements with Israel after the Israel-Hamas War.  HL1189

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the government of Israel, (2) the International Red Cross, and (3) the Gulf states, about the conditions in which the hostages of Hamas are being held, and their health and wellbeing.  HL1190

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.  HL1191

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Eastern Green Link 1 project has maximum economic benefits, including job creation as mentioned in the National Grid's report Building the Net Zero Energy Workforce, published in January 2020.  HL1192

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to recent data from the Bank of England which showed that mortgage arrears are at their highest rate in six years, what steps they are taking to mitigate the negative impact on homeowners in light of the increased cost of living.  HL1193

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prepare for potential flooding in homes and business across the UK.  HL1194

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the provision of safe and suitable housing for care leavers and thereby reduce the risk of care leavers becoming homeless.  HL1195

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills following the report of the senior coroner for Berkshire into the death of Ruth Perry.  HL1196

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Children and young people’s mental health services: Targets, progress and barriers to improvement published by the Education Policy Institute on 10 December.  HL1197