House of Lords Business

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the amount of rosewood timber that is exported from West African countries such as Mali, The Gambia and Senegal; what steps they have taken to ban or control within UK markets the sale of products made from West African rosewood; and what steps they have taken to protect endangered wild spe… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of caste-based discrimination in Nepal; what part of the Overseas Development Assistance is being used to support Dalit women across South Asia and specifically in Nepal; and what resources they have made available for grassroots organisations supporting Dalit women’s righ… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper on International Development published on 20 November 2023 (CP 975), when they expect to publish the FCDO Strategy on Open Societies and Human Rights; and what they anticipate the impact of the Strategy will be on (1) developing protection mechanisms, respite schemes and rapid response sup… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan on ensuring the availability of thalassaemia treatment and awareness; and what allocations of the Official Development Aid is being put towards this.  HL2181

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 31 January (HL1679), whether they plan to review the algorithms used in the automatic verification of passport photographs to ensure that they account for ethnic diversity, notwithstanding any direct human intervention.  HL2182

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask His Majesty's Government how many men aged (1) 70–72, (2) 73–75, (3) 76–79, and (4) 80 and above, were held in prisons nationally in each year since 2010; and of those, how many in each age category were diagnosed with progressive dementia.  HL2183

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of running the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Integrated Data Service in 2023; how many projects were active in the Integrated Data Service in 2023; and what are the equivalent figures for the ONS Secure Research Service for the same period.  HL2184

Lord Cruddas to ask His Majesty's Government what research they have carried out on how other countries have addressed the introduction of financial literacy into their schools, in particular in Denmark, Norway and Sweden; and whether they have any plans to follow those models.  HL2185

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask His Majesty's Government whether the needs of men who are incontinent, but not classified as disabled as defined under the Equality Act 2010, are recognised and provided for with appropriate facilities to dispose of sanitary pads under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, and the Approved Code of Practice; and when they pl… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of utilisation of the Innovative Medicines Fund for (1) interim funding for medicines recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, and (2) managed access, since June 2022.  HL2187

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government when NHS England will start publishing quarterly activity updates on expenditure and patient notifications for the Innovative Medicines Fund.  HL2188

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Methods and Process on patients with rare and ultra-rare diseases.  HL2189

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government when the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's plans to report on the impact of changes to the health technology evaluation manual introduced in 2022.  HL2190

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 30 January (HL1523), what assessment they have made of the impact of the fact that analysis of abortion complications data published by the Department comparing (1) Abortion Notification System data on complications arising from at home medical abortions, and (2) Hospital… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Johnson of Lainston on 1 February (HL1695), what assessment they have made of the impact of not renewing the Recovery Loan Scheme on small businesses in deprived areas who have received loans from Community Development Financial Institutions after being turned down for loans from high street banks. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government how leaseholders wishing to hold a 'right to manage' ballot can acquire the data to communicate with the other leaseholders prior to the ballot being held.  HL2193

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the number of leases that have a lease term of 125 years when first sold.  HL2194

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government whether the threshold that needs to be passed for a ‘right to manage’ ballot is a majority of (1) all the leasehold properties, or (2) those ballots returned from the leaseholders.  HL2195

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what actions a leaseholder with 99 years left on their lease has to take to take advantage of proposals for a peppercorn rent in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill presently before Parliament.  HL2196

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that 'right to manage' ballots are safe and secure.  HL2197

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking in response to the final report of the Competition and Markets Authority's children’s social care market study published on 10 March 2022, particularly with regard to the finding on excessive charging by private providers of residential care homes for children in public care.  HL2198

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to tackle the increase of children being taken into public care.  HL2199

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to achieve a better distribution of residential care homes for children so that they are not placed great distances from their families, friends and school.  HL2200

Lord Laming to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that young children in public care are not placed in unregistered accommodation.  HL2201

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to The Share Foundation on 23 January where he stated that "the government currently has no plans to introduce a 'Default Withdrawal at 21' process" for unclaimed and unregistered HMRC-allocated child trust funds, what are their reasons for declining thi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning to ask His Majesty's Government whether there has been any discussion with the government of Iraq concerning the case of the academic Elizabeth Tsurkov, currently being held hostage by Kata'ib Hezbollah.  HL2203

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning to ask His Majesty's Government what funding and other support is provided to the government of Iraq; and whether any of this is used by the government of Iraq towards the Popular Mobilisation Forces.  HL2204

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the correlation between the deprivation and availability of fracture liaison services.  HL2205

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to set up an expert steering group on fracture liaison services.  HL2206

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist with rebuilding destroyed or damaged areas in Ukraine when the conflict there ends; and what assistance the UK will provide in training citizens in that country to enable them to lead in all work of reconstruction.  HL2207

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist with rebuilding destroyed or damaged areas in Israel/Gaza when the conflict there ends; and what assistance the UK will provide in training citizens in those affected countries to enable them to lead in all work of reconstruction.  HL2208

Lord Stunell to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the delivery of the banking hubs and delivery hubs recommended by Link for locations which have been identified as lacking in services, such as Marple in Greater Manchester; and what steps are they planning to ensure that delivery is accelerated.  HL2209

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, following reports that water bills are due to rise by an average of six per cent from April, what steps they are taking to provide additional support to households facing financial pressures.  HL2210

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of a 10 per cent increase in UK taxpayers missing the self-assessment filing deadline, what steps they are taking to identify the factors that may have contributed to this increase.  HL2211

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, following increases to council tax from April this year, what steps they are taking to assess the impact of these increases on households with lower incomes.  HL2212

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what their policy is towards promoting environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles among UK companies.  HL2213

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting mandatory by UK companies.  HL2214

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government whether their approach regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria differs from that of the European Union and, if so, in which areas.  HL2215

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers on 24 January by Lord Markham (HL1769 and HL1770), how much the Department of Health and Social Care pays per pallet per week for equipment stored by NHS Supply Chain; whether the Department currently makes payments for storage to NHS Supply Chain other than, and in addition to, payments for th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 4 January (HL1377) and 24 January (HL1768), under a realistic worst case scenario for Risk 54 (an unmitigated respiratory pandemic) in which 1.34 million people require hospital treatment, how many (1) additional mechanical ventilators, (2) non-invasive ventilators (BiPaP), a… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text