House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking through their Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) programme to address attacks on Christians in that country, following the murder of a family of six who were burned alive on 23 January.  HL1951

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks by UN Relief Coordinator on 19 January that the drought in northern Ethiopia requires "more funds and an urgent scale-up of the response"; and what is their response.  HL1952

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports by the Mekelle branch of the Ethiopian Ombudsman Institution on 24 January that in five camps of internally displaced people in Tigray, 900 had died due to starvation.  HL1953

Lord Cromwell to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which changes to the definition of "high net worth individual” investors is likely to impact minority group and female angel investors in business start-ups and early-stage businesses, and what assessment they have made of the consequential impact for diversity and access to funding.  HL1… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Cromwell to ask His Majesty's Government whether any amendment to individual savings account (ISA) regulations is necessary in respect of fractional shares; and if this is the case, what is the timeline to amend ISA regulations in order to enable fractional shares to be included in ISAs.  HL1955

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of the Royal Marines to fulfil their duties, given their current level of equipment and personnel.  HL1956

Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the International Court of Justice handing down its ruling in South Africa's case against Israel, what measures they will put in place to meet their international obligations under the Genocide Convention.  HL1957

Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the number of children injured in Israel and Palestine since 7 October 2023, and (2) the level of medical support available for children in Gaza.  HL1958

Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to supporting the temporary medical evacuation of severely injured children from Israel and Palestine to the UK in order to receive short-term, life-saving, specialist medical treatment.  HL1959

Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government how many children from Ukraine have been evacuated to the UK to receive specialist medical care since February 2022.  HL1960

Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to support specialist medical care in the UK for children evacuated from Ukraine since February 2022.  HL1961

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of public monies paid to Marie Stopes International to subsidise abortions carried out in (1) Kenya, and (2) each of the other African nations, over the past ten years; from what budget this was allocated; which Ministers authorised it; and what proportion of the total of UK aid delivered for… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Northover to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their policy paper 2024 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing, access and growth: summary of the heads of agreement, published on 20 November 2023, what assessment they have made of any potential detrimental impact on women's health if the tax on the contraceptive implant Nexplanon is increased to 35… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government, following reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that there have been almost 10,000 suspected cases of cholera in Sudan as of 20 January, what channels of assistance, if any, they are using to combat the outbreak; and what discussions they have had with other international partners as part of th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Sherlock to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23: education, children’s services and skills, published on 23 November 2023, what plans they have to implement the recommendation contained in that report to improve the provision of high-quality professional development for teachers of religious education.  HL1965

Baroness Sherlock to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23: education, children’s services and skills, published on 23 November 2023, what plans they have to implement the recommendation contained in that report to ensure curriculum publishers identify clearly what pupils will learn and when, in relation to religious education.  HL1966

Baroness Sherlock to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23: education, children’s services and skills, published on 23 November 2023, what plans they have to implement the recommendation contained in that report to clarify expectations about the level of religious education provision in schools.  HL1967

The Earl of Shrewsbury to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 8 January (HL1364), how many GPs adopted those medical record markers since (1) the guidance on firearm digital markers was produced, and (2) the memorandum of understanding was signed.  HL1968

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to stop managing agents charging leaseholders excessive commission charges for renewing buildings insurance.  HL1969

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government whether, in the light of current cost increases, they intend to review the business case for HS2.  HL1970