House of Lords Business

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to right enduring inequalities in the Commonwealth in the light of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa.  HL2014

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the findings or results of Dame Carol Black’s recent work on drugs in the criminal justice system.  HL2015

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure access to drug treatment services for those leaving prison on day of release.  HL2016

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their policy paper From Harm to Hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives, published in December 2021, whether they will secure funding for local drug treatment services to help ensure the continuity of care for those released from custody with a drug treatment need.  HL2017

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask His Majesty's Government in order to reduce reoffending and enable rehabilitation what steps they are taking to support women released from custody, including those with additional vulnerabilities such as substance use treatment.  HL2018

The Earl of Clancarty to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Hanson of Flint on 24 October (HL Deb col 742) , whether they intend to introduce physical proof of immigration status for EU citizens living in the UK; and if so, when.  HL2019

The Earl of Clancarty to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Hanson of Flint on 24 October (HL Deb col 744), when they will carry out their review of the digitisation of immigration status; and when the results will be known.  HL2020

Lord Dobbs to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what the final cost will be of recent works at Peers Entrance.  HL2021

Lord Dobbs to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many people, in the most recent two years for which figures are available, have used the entrance to the Parliamentary Estate located by the Westminster Underground Station.  HL2022

Lord Freyberg to ask His Majesty's Government what evaluations have been conducted on NHS-developed electronic health record systems in Leeds, Birmingham and Southampton; what benefits and risks have been identified in comparison to commercial systems developed by EPIC, Cerner and Infosys; and whether they plan to replace the NHS-developed systems with these commercial solutions. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to place HMP Winchester into special measures.  HL2024

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government what repairs and maintenance they intend to carry out, and over what timeframe, at HMP Winchester following the recent inspection report of the prison.  HL2025

Lord Hain to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage funding for rail infrastructure spending was allocated to Wales from 2011–12 to the most recent financial year for which figures are available, relative to (1) the total rail infrastructure spending, and (2) population.  HL2026

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning to ask His Majesty's Government what is the number of registered neutered XL bullies in England and Wales.  HL2027

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning to ask His Majesty's Government how many registered XL bully dogs are aged (1) 0 or 1 years, (2) 2 or 3 years, (3) 4 or 5 years, (4) 5 or 6 years, (5) 7 or 8 years, (6) 9 or 10 years, (7) 11 years or more.  HL2028

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning to ask His Majesty's Government what is the number of registered unneutered XL bullies in England and Wales.  HL2029

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of estimate of the number of unregistered XL bullies in England and Wales.  HL2030

Lord McInnes of Kilwinning to ask Her Majesty's Government how many XL bullies have been seized by police forces in England and Wales since January.  HL2031

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat to the sugar beet crop from virus-transmitting aphids; and in what circumstances they would grant emergency authorisation for the use of the banned neonicotinoid pesticides.  HL2032

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of methods of pest control, other than pesticides, on sugar beet crops as practised in the EU.  HL2033

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of compliance by sugar beet growers with the restrictions on the re-use of thiamethoxam within a period of 46 months on the same field.  HL2034

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask His Majesty's Government whether sugar beet growers are able to comply with the conditions of emergency use of neonicotinoids having regard to the limited acreage of individual farms, in particular, with reference to the statement, that (1) "Only a specific list of crops, none of which flower before harvest, are permitted to be planted in… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to make any changes to their policy regarding the permanent closure of sandeel fisheries in English waters of the North Sea.  HL2036

Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to make secondary legislation to implement the UK’s Forest Risk Commodity regime.  HL2037

Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to identify and support the children of prisoners.  HL2038

Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to schools relating to the safeguarding of the children of prisoners.  HL2039

Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government, following the recent early release of some prisoners, whether they carried out a risk assessment in relation to the families of those who were released.  HL2040

Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to fulfil their commitment to identify the children of prisoners and break the cycle of crime.  HL2041

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rate at which His Majesty's Revenue and Customs are currently processing income tax returns compared to previous years, and what steps they are taking to improve the processing of income tax returns in advance of submissions in January.  HL2042