House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Foreign Secretary intends to take steps to ensure that China's actions against Uyghurs is recognised as genocide through international courts and by working with international partners, in accordance with his remarks in March 2023.  HL1751

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) expected, and (2) last possible, date that they will publish their Net-Zero Strategy to comply with the judge's order in Friends of the Earth and others v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, taking into account any pre-election period for local elections.  HL1752

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received, in each of the past 10 years, accounts for the Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster, as required under the Duchy of Lancaster and Cornwall Accounts Act 1838.  HL1753

Lord Birt to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in their discussions with the government of India about the large-scale online organisations identified by the BBC's Scam Interceptors programme, which seek to defraud UK internet users and which operate out of Kolkata.  HL1754

Lord Birt to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article "UK power stations burnt wood from old forest areas, Drax emails show", published in the Financial Times on 16 October, which cited internal emails from 2022 that concluded that Drax was “highly likely” to have burned wood sourced from ‘old growth’ forests in Canada.  HL1755

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had, if any, with the St Helena Legislative Council regarding the decision to move asylum seekers who arrive in the Chagos Islands to St Helena.  HL1756

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government which officials were involved in discussions regarding the decision to move asylum seekers who arrive in the Chagos Islands to St Helena; and whether the Governor of St Helena was involved in those discussions.  HL1757

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government whether they made an assessment of the impact on public services on St Helena of the decision to move asylum seekers who arrive in the Chagos Islands to St Helena; and if so, whether they intend to publish that assessment.  HL1758

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what accommodation will be provided to house asylum seekers relocated from the Chagos Islands to St Helena.  HL1759

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of asylum seekers who will be moved from the Chagos Islands to St Helena, and over what period.  HL1760

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to place in the Library of the House all correspondence between the Governor of St Helena and officials and Ministers regarding the decision to move asylum seekers who arrive in the Chagos Islands to St Helena.  HL1761

The Earl of Clancarty to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 17 October regarding the music and dance scheme (HL Deb col 303–04), whether they are having similar discussions with providers of the Dance and Drama Awards Scheme; and whether similar consideration will be given to support by the Department for Education for that scheme.… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee to ask His Majesty's Government what progess they have made in setting up the Castlereagh Foundation as set out in the New Decade, New Approach Deal of 2020 and subsequent legislation.  HL1763

Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made to establish a Homecoming project to strengthen links and relationships with the Northern Ireland diaspora and alumni across the world, as detailed in the New Decade, New Approach Deal of 2020.  HL1764

Baroness Neville-Rolfe to ask His Majesty's Government when monthly reporting of Ministerial data on gifts and hospitality will begin; what the gap will be between events each month and the publication of the details; when the Gov.uk platform containing such data will go live; and whether it will include senior officials and special advisers as well as Ministers.  HL1765

Baroness Neville-Rolfe to ask His Majesty's Government what policy, memorandum of understanding or guidance is held by the Home Office as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the operation of the Special Escort Group’s blue-light policing on public highways.  HL1766

Baroness Neville-Rolfe to ask His Majesty's Government when Universal Music originally made the offer of hospitality of two sets of Taylor Swift concert tickets to the Prime Minister.  HL1767

Baroness Neville-Rolfe to ask His Majesty's Government what projects the Integrated Security Fund are undertaking this year; and which Departments are involved.  HL1768

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate the dockless rental e-bike market.  HL1769

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering introducing legislation granting (1) London boroughs, and (2) Transport for London, legal powers to regulate the use of rental e-bikes and e-scooters.  HL1770

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to legalise the use of private e-scooters in public spaces.  HL1771

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to legalise rental e-scooters following the trials ending in May 2026.  HL1772

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the report by Professor Alexis Jay The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (HC720), published on 20 October 2022.  HL1773

Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask His Majesty's Government whether houses in multiple occupation will be included in their target for building new homes.  HL1774

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent to date on the development and delivery of the Single Online Home programme.  HL1775

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to require all police forces in England and Wales to make full use of the Single Online Home programme; and if so, whether they will publish those plans.  HL1776

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to increase the number of interactive services provided to the public by the Single Online Home programme; and if so, whether they will publish those plans.  HL1777

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their statement in the Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy, published on 11 September 2023, that "there needs to be comprehensive research on, and better understanding of national trends and suicide rates in particular groups, including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people", what research th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their statement in the Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy, published on 11 September 2023, that "there needs to be comprehensive research on, and better understanding of national trends and suicide rates in particular groups, including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people", what steps they… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text