House of Lords Business

Lord Bailey of Paddington to ask His Majesty's Government when the draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will be published for pre-legislative scrutiny.  HL2688

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the African Union peace-keeping operations, and what assistance they provide to such operations.  HL2689

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fairness of recent presidential elections in Somaliland and of its progress towards recognition by the African Union and the international community.  HL2690

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of women remanded into custody in each of the past two years subsequently (1) were not sentenced, (2) received a community sentence, and (3) received a sentence of less than six months.  HL2691

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what are the current terms of reference of Ofsted.  HL2692

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what are the current terms of reference of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.  HL2693

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what are the current terms of reference of Healthwatch England.  HL2694

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to lower the blood alcohol content limit for driving.  HL2695

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of Government-funded research into the impact of calorie labelling on alcohol products, given that such information has been provided on other drinks for many years.  HL2696

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask His Majesty's Government under which pieces of legislation schools are required to collect and submit identifiable pupil data to the Department for Education.  HL2697

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask His Majesty's Government which specific items of personal data pupils and parents may object to being collected in the school census, and by what process they may do so.  HL2698

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government how many education technology (EdTech) service providers the Information Commissioner's Office has audited in the last five years; and whether they will publish the names of the organisations and any findings.  HL2699

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what is the status in UK law of the Paris Agreement objective of limiting the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.  HL2700

Lord Godson to ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the National NHS Muslim Network’s New Muslim guidance in August to "help new Muslims navigate through the early stages of their journey", whether it is their policy to produce similar documents for all faiths.  HL2701

Lord Godson to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of The symbolic violence of setting: A Bourdieusian analysis of mixed methods data on secondary students’ views about setting, published in 2018, that setting children by ability in schools is (1) “symbolic violence”, and (2) “incompatible with social justice approaches to educat… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Godson to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they gave, before deciding to increase tuition fees to £9,535 from September 2025, to using the powers in Schedule 2 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 to limit the fee rise only to higher education providers that hold a high-level quality rating in order to ensure good value for money for students.  HL… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has had with the Falkland Islands Government and Legislative Assembly regarding the potential introduction of salmon farms to that territory.  HL2704

Lord Hogan-Howe to ask His Majesty's Government whether the rate of recruitment and resignation of police firearms officers has remained stable over the past five years.  HL2705

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government what consultation process they undertook before announcing the recent reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief for inheritance tax.  HL2706

Lord Lansley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to address the workforce shortages identified in the Royal College of Anaesthetists' The Anaesthetic Workforce: UK State of the Nation Report published on 20 November.  HL2707

Lord Lansley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the scale of the bottleneck between medical foundation training and medical specialty training (1) in anaesthesia, and (2) across all other medical specialties; and what steps they are taking to address it.  HL2708

The Lord Bishop of Lincoln to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address teacher burnout and turnover in special education schools due to low pay and temporary contracts.  HL2709

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve mental health support services across England; and what consultations they have held on this issue with the devolved administrations.  HL2710

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to employer national insurance contributions on health and social care providers.  HL2711

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Farmers Union prior to or since the changes to inheritance tax announced in the Autumn Budget in relation to family farms.  HL2712

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown to ask His Majesty's Government how many family farms in Northern Ireland will be affected by the changes to inheritance tax announced in the Autumn Budget.  HL2713

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government how many non-criminal hate incidents have been recorded but not pursued by police since 2014.  HL2714

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether non-criminal hate incidents are disclosed on prospective employees' criminal records; and if so, what assessment they have made of the implications for the careers of individuals affected.  HL2715

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government how much police time since 2014 has been spent recording and investigating non-criminal hate incidents, and how this compares with the amount of time spent investigating crimes involving (1) rape, (2) burglary and (3) Islamist terrorism.  HL2716

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of blood cancer in England; and what plans they have to involve the blood cancer community, including patients, clinicians and industry representatives, in the development of a potential cancer strategy for England.  HL2717

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure blood cancer patients are given greater choice in decisions about their treatment and care within the 10-year NHS plan.  HL2718

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the late submission of regulatory impact assessments for legislative proposals.  HL2719

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the Government Social Research Publication Protocol, which was last revised in 2022.  HL2720

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Civil Service capacity needed to provide robust evaluation of Government policies; and how they will address any identified gaps.  HL2721

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide training on evaluation techniques and methodologies to Civil Servants; and to what extent this training will take into account practices from outside Government.  HL2722

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the National Food Crime Unit of the Food Standards Agency to obtain the full powers to operate as set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.  HL2723

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring the National Food Crime Unit of the Food Standards Agency within the remit of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.  HL2724

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 24 October (HL1589), what costs will fall on food premises in England if a requirement to display food hygiene rating certificates is introduced.  HL2725

Lord Spellar to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the enforcement of section 32 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992 by the Certification Officer.  HL2726

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter and impact assessment from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee on 19 November, what assessment they have made of the forecast that 100,000 additional pensioners per year will move into poverty as a result of changes to the winter fuel pa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect grassroots music, particularly in relation to the high number of music venue closures.  HL2728

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Resolution Foundation report Get Britain's Stats Working, published on 20 November, that official labour force data has potentially overlooked nearly one million workers.  HL2729

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the efficiency and productivity of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.  HL2730

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve communications between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and external stakeholders.  HL2731

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 4 November (HL1791), what plans they have to separate the categories of "Gypsy" and "Irish Traveller" in statistics in Government departments; and whether they plan to modify the Census to reflect this.  HL2732

Lord Whitty to ask His Majesty's Government when they anticipate that Ofgem, under its new powers in the Energy Act 2023, will produce regulations for heat networks and district heating.  HL2733

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what is the cost to date of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: cohort 2 (LSYPE2) waves 1–9.  HL2734

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government whether all data from waves 1-9 of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: Cohort 2 (LSYPE2) are now available to researchers.  HL2735

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government how many academic and other external researchers have been granted access to and are analysing Longitudinal Study of Young People in England data from (1) LSYPE2 waves 4-6, and (2) LSYPE2 waves 7-9.  HL2736