House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will use the visit of the Foreign Secretary to Beijing and Shanghai  (1) to raise concerns about the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance in Hong Kong, in particular its extraterritoriality clauses and its application to Hong Kongers in the UK under the British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa scheme, and (2) t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 on the prevalence of hate speech in universities.  HL1661

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of kitten farming; and whether they will take steps to address it.  HL1662

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what is their timetable for the implementation of legislation to ban the use of electronic shock collars on cats and dogs in England.  HL1663

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government how many overseas pupils are currently studying at independent schools; and what assessment they have made of the impact on those pupils of adding VAT on independent school fees.  HL1664

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of revenue that will be lost by overseas pupils choosing not to study in the UK as a result of VAT being added to independent schools.  HL1665

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government which other countries in (1) the EU, and (2) the rest of the world, charge VAT or equivalent on school fees.  HL1666

Baroness Browning to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for proceedings of the Court of Protection to continue to be conducted in private.  HL1667

Baroness Browning to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current requirement for cases before the Court of Protection to receive representation from the Official Solicitor.  HL1668

Baroness Browning to ask His Majesty's Government to whom the Official Solicitor reports concerning (1) fee setting and (2) decisions to represent.  HL1669

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the continuing inability of Chagossians to return to Diego Garcia and the compliance with international human rights law of their current situation.  HL1670

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government what their reasons were for departing from the recommendations of the then Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission Report (2015) that there should be a Holocaust Learning Centre bringing together a network of the UK’s existing Holocaust education partners, including a lecture theatre and classrooms, and the Imperial War Museum’s Holocau… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what financial support they have provided to Intertrade UK; on how many occasions it has met; what decisions it has taken; who was invited to attend such meetings; and who actually attended.  HL1672

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received a report from the Veterinary Medicines Working Group since its establishment; and if so, what discussions they have had with European Union representatives to resolve outstanding issues, with particular regard to the provision of veterinary vaccines for Northern Ireland.  HL1673

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask His Majesty's Government whether the NHS recruitment requirement for new psychologists working with children with gender dysphoria to “practice in a gender affirming manner in line with WPATH SOC 8”, that is, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health's standards of care, is in line with its endorsement of the Cass Review. �… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask His Majesty's Government for how long they have required the notice of deaths of children between 10 and 18 to include details of their “sex registered at birth” and “by which gender did the child identify at time of death”; why this categorization was introduced; for how long they have required the gender of the mother to be specified; and w… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what is their strategy on Afghanistan.  HL1676

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the introduction by the European Union of its Entry/Exit System and its European Travel Information and Authorisation System will affect travel between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  HL1677

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government whether the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation will affect travel from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.  HL1678

The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government what their policy is for licensed but undeveloped sites for offshore oil and gas drilling, and whether they plan to implement a moratorium on issuing of development consents for those sites.  HL1679

The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint, and what plans they have to revise it.  HL1680

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Mayor of London and the relevant London boroughs about investing in permanent 'hostile vehicle mitigation'  measures on London’s bridges, as recommended in the conclusions of the inquest into the London Bridge terror attack.  HL1681

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to progress work on reopening Hammersmith Bridge to vehicular traffic.  HL1682

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Network Rail, (2) TfL, and (3) the London Legacy Development Corporation, concerning the business case for improvement work at Stratford station.  HL1683

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government, following their announcement on 9 September of the extension of bus franchising powers to local authorities, what steps they are taking to support and ensure that local authorities explore all franchising options, including (1) demand responsive transport, and (2) cross-boundary services.  HL1684

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to extending an exemption of VAT to (1) all, or (2) some, publicly funded vehicle categories; and whether they have any plans to review the current position.  HL1685

Lord Ravensdale to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to conduct research on the practical, technical and economic impacts of regulating for embodied carbon emissions, and (2) to consult on measuring and reducing embodied carbon in buildings and the timing of any such consultation.  HL1686

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to amending energy trading arrangements with the EU to create a green energy hub in the North Sea.  HL1687

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the modernity of infrastructure in hospitals.  HL1688

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Ukie report Supercharged: Powering the future of the UK video game and interactive entertainment industry, published on 11 September, what assessment they have made of the recommendation contained in that report to create a new Digital Creativity GCSE.  HL1689

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether badgers are responsible for the decline in the number of hedgehogs.  HL1690

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to improve access to digital primary healthcare services for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.  HL1691

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that nomadic Gypsy and Traveller patients are not wrongfully refused access to GP services.  HL1692

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in updating the NHS Data ethnicity categories in line with the 2021 Census categories, to include Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.  HL1693

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to re-allocate to the Welsh Government the £400 million accumulated End Year Flexibility fund consolidated out of revenue underspend between 2007 and 2011.  HL1694

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government which inquiries conducted under the Inquiries Act 2005 involved matters which were wholly or partly devolved in Wales when the inquiry started.  HL1695

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how many of the current Crown Estate Commissioners live in Wales.  HL1696

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government, in each year from 1999 to 2024, what directions have been given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or the relevant Secretary of State, to the Crown Estate Commissioners under section 1 of the Crown Estate Act 1961.  HL1697

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the past 10 years, what was the total monetary value of land sold, either on a freehold or leasehold basis, in (1) England, (2) Wales, and (3) Northern Ireland.  HL1698