House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of Chinese military-linked companies linked to escalated military activities in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea; and whether they plan to restrict UK investments in such companies and, if so, what criteria would be used to designate them.  HL2490

Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government which Government Departments have contracts with Fujitsu and what is the value of each contract.  HL2491

Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have signed new contracts or renewed existing contracts with Fujitsu this year.  HL2492

Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Fujitsu regarding payment of compensation by the company because of their involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal.  HL2493

Lord Birt to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a public inquiry into how the Church of England has responded to allegations of paedophilia.  HL2494

Baroness Goudie to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to protect working parents eligible for free early education and childcare from charging for consumables by some nurseries.  HL2495

Baroness Goudie to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the interim report Infant formula and follow-on formula market study by the Competition and Markets Authority published on 8 November.  HL2496

Earl Howe to ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to implement recommendation 9(e) of the Infected Blood Inquiry report while maintaining consistency with existing NHS England commissioning guidelines, continuing to improve standards of care and quality of life, and promoting confidence in the safety and efficacy of all licensed medicines for people with rare bleeding diso… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Earl Howe to ask His Majesty's Government how they interpret the phrase "where clinically appropriate" in recommendation 9(e) of the Infected Blood Inquiry report, and how this will preserve patient choice and clinical judgement based on the latest clinical evidence.  HL2498

Earl Howe to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recommendations in the Infected Blood Inquiry report, what assessment they have made of the safety and efficacy of modern plasma-derived therapies.  HL2499

Earl Howe to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the recommendations in the Infected Blood Inquiry report for the MHRA as regulator of medicines in the UK.  HL2500

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 12 November (HL2103), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what estimate they have made of the number of people potentially or actually affected by the decision to amend Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules to include the provision that where a p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Manzoor to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to introduce league tables for NHS trusts; and if so, (1) what the league tables will be based on, and (2) what metrics will be taken into account.  HL2502

Baroness Manzoor to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address health inequalities on the basis of gender, race, and economic class; what their key priorities are in doing so; and what steps they will take to measure success.  HL2503

Baroness Noakes to ask His Majesty's Government when the 2023–24 accounts for the UK Infrastructure Bank will be published and laid before Parliament.  HL2504

Lord Oates to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will press for the publication in full of the report of the Commonwealth Observer Group to the 2023 Zimbabwe Harmonised elections prior to any further consideration of the readmission of Zimbabwe to the Commonwealth.  HL2505

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to introduce a new road safety plan; and if so, what is their timescale for doing so.  HL2506

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to address grid capacity in order to support the electrification of bus depots and garages; and if so, what is their timescale for doing so.  HL2507

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to carry out a further round of zero emission bus funding.  HL2508

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government, following their consultation Ending the sale of new, non-zero emission buses, coaches and minibuses, which ran from 26 March to 21 May 2022, what is the end sale date for diesel buses.  HL2509

Baroness Porter of Fulwood to ask His Majesty's Government whether they keep a record of all charities currently contracted by or receiving grants from (1) the Ministry of Justice or any of its agencies, or (2) HM Prison and Probation Service.  HL2510

Baroness Porter of Fulwood to ask His Majesty's Government whether they keep a record of all charities (1) working with prisoners, and (2) working with former prisoners helping them to readjust after release.  HL2511

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority will have powers to mandate best practice in infrastructure planning including the use of the Construction Playbook as proposed by the Institution of Civil Engineers.  HL2512

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement financial mechanisms to support sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production in the UK in view of the forthcoming SAF mandate.  HL2513

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the care and treatment for heart valve disease patients.  HL2514

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to improve (1) cardiovascular disease pathways, (2) waiting lists, and (3) earlier diagnosis, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the Major Conditions Strategy.  HL2515

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government whether they conducted an impact analysis before capping Agricultural Property Relief on inheritance tax at £1 million for Northern Ireland farmers; and if so, whether they will publish the results.  HL2516

The Lord Bishop of Sheffield to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report UK Poverty 2024: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK, published on 23 January, that of all entrants into first class undergraduate degrees in 2021–22, "just one per cent had a parent who was long-term unempl… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government why the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London continues to enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.  HL2518

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of cross-border transnational repression faced by migrants from Hong Kong and whether the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London has facilitated it; and, if so, what steps they are taking to tackle it.  HL2519

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government what was discussed during the recent meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Indo-Pacific) and Hong Kong’s Convenor of the Executive Council and whether the meeting included discussions on human rights violations in Hong Kong.  HL2520

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government what are the next steps following the recent meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Indo-Pacific) and Hong Kong’s Convenor of the Executive Council.  HL2521

Lord Shinkwin to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Indo-Pacific) discussed the forthcoming sentencing of the 45 pro-democracy activists under the National Security Law with Hong Kong’s Convenor of the Executive Council during their recent meeting.  HL2522

Baroness Stedman-Scott to ask His Majesty's Government which, if any, departments have a National Diversity Ambassador on Trans issues and whether the Office for Equality and Opportunity holds records relating to such roles.  HL2523

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase productivity within the NHS.  HL2524

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks associated with importing electricity from Europe.  HL2525

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist homeowners in retrofitting their homes to become more energy efficient.  HL2526

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 12 November (HL2136), what plans they have to link the Single Online Home system directly to police forces' case management systems so that information does not need to be manually transferred between the two.  HL2527

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 12 November (HL2136), what plans they have to upgrade the Single Online Home system to allow it to recognise a person returning to report a subsequent incident by basic information, such as their name and address alone, rather than requiring their full personal information each… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 12 November (HL2136), what plans they have to expand the functionality of the Single Online Home system, for example by allowing the reporting of suspicious behaviour rather than just potential crimes.  HL2529

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 1 November (HL1776), which is the force currently being onboarded to the Single Online Home system, and which are the two remaining forces not using the system.  HL2530

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 6 November (HL1962), how much of the financial benefits delivered by BlueLight Commercial since its foundation are attributable to procurement of (1) goods such as police uniforms and equipment and (2) services such as consultancy and professional advice.  HL2531

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government how much has been spent on setting up and maintaining BlueLight Commercial since its foundation.  HL2532

The Lord Bishop of Winchester to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement the 22 recommendations set out in the Bishop of Truro’s independent review of Foreign and Commonwealth Office support for persecuted Christians, published in July 2019; and what is their timescale for doing so.  HL2533