House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding the police raid of a worship meeting by 300 members of the Grace Light Church in Hunan Province on 3 November.  HL2867

Lord Banner to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks made by the then Foreign Secretary in December 2023 that there is a “legal route” to use frozen Russian state assets to finance the rebuilding of Ukraine; whether they intend to authorise such use; and if so, when.  HL2868

Lord Banner to ask His Majesty's Government whether the analysis of the implications of a nuclear attack, including a limited attack, on the United Kingdom set out in the Strath Report in 1955 has since been updated by a committee or body of equivalent standing; and if not, what consideration they have given to commissioning an update of that analysis in the light of current geopo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the results from the Market Interventions Advisory Group on the children’s social care market; and if so, when.  HL2870

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will set out a timeline for completing and publishing the Department for Education's work with the National Workload Action Group to consider "drivers of unnecessary workload" for social workers; and if so, when.  HL2871

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to commit to specific targets and a timeframe for growing the social care workforce; and if so, when.  HL2872

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government whether the £90 million of funding announced in the Autumn Budget for children’s homes is new funding; how many places will be funded; and where those places will be located.  HL2873

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set a firm deadline for rolling out a new NHS dental contract, and if so, when this deadline will be.  HL2874

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a supervised toothbrushing scheme and what estimate they have made of the number of children that would be covered by such a scheme.  HL2875

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they will allocate to establishing a national supervised toothbrushing scheme for children in England.  HL2876

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the viability of dental practices of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions set out at Autumn Budget 2024.  HL2877

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to extend to dentists and other primary care providers the National Insurance relief already offered to hospitals.  HL2878

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that mainstream schools overseen by multi-academy trusts fulfil the requirement set out in guidance to teach a minimum of 190 days a year, with an indicative 32.5 hours including breaks per week.  HL2879

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 30 October that "the commission will bring in expertise from a wide range of areas, including the environment, public health, investors, consumers, engineering and economics" (HL Deb col 1139), how they plan to appoint members to the new independent water commission; whether th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what were the terms of reference of the reviews they have commissioned of six healthcare regulators, to be led by Dr Penny Dash.  HL2881

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) education technology service providers and (2) education technology solutions the Information Commissioner's Office has audited in the past five years; and what plans they have to make the findings available to the public.  HL2882

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to implement sections 61 to 65, 67 and 70 to 74 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.  HL2883

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what are the specific causes for the delay in implementing sections 61 to 65, 67 and 70 to 74 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022; and what steps are being taken to address them.  HL2884

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment the have made of the impact of the delay in implementing sections 61 to 65, 67 and 70 to 74 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 upon (1) mobile connectivity, (2) data poverty, and (3) regional digital inclusion; and how they plan to mitigate such impacts.  HL2885

Baroness Coussins to ask His Majesty's Government how any Afghan former interpreters who worked with UK armed forces in Afghanistan have been relocated to the UK; how many are eligible for relocation but are awaiting security clearance before travel; and how long it is expected to take to relocate all eligible interpreters to the UK.  HL2886

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their White Paper on English devolution.  HL2887

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to refund local authorities following the decision to increase national insurance contributions from employers.  HL2888

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to appoint a Chair for the Office for Local Government.  HL2889

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the data released by the Office for Local Government in April concerning the performance statistics of councils across England.  HL2890

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what benefits asylum seekers are entitled to receive upon their arrival in the United Kingdom, whether they came via official channels or illegally.  HL2891

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what clothing and other allowances are made available to asylum seekers who arrive in the United Kingdom whether through official channels or illegally.  HL2892

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government whether asylum seekers who arrive in the United Kingdom through official channels or illegally are eligible to receive all NHS services; and if so, what is the level of uptake of these services.  HL2893

Lord Farmer to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the prisoner telephony contract with the external commercial provider so that inmates are subject to the same terms and conditions as customers in the community.  HL2894

Lord Farmer to ask His Majesty's Government what leadership training is routinely provided to officers moving up the ranks in the Prison Service.  HL2895

Lord Farmer to ask His Majesty's Government what is the total annual budget for prisoner rehabilitation services; and how much of this is allocated to (1) family services, (2) employment training, (3) education and (4) other itemised rehabilitation activities.  HL2896

Lord Farmer to ask His Majesty's Government what band of seniority (1) family services leads and (2) family engagement leads typically occupy in prisons; and what assessment they have made of how this compares with education and employment leads.  HL2897

Lord Farmer to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend either (1) to exempt family services providers from the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions or (2) to ensure that they are funded to cover those additional costs.  HL2898

Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government whether Ministers approved the renaming the “Cross-Government Women’s Network” as the “Cross-Government Gender Network”; whether a public sector equality duty assessment was undertaken on the change; and how much diversity network time is now allocated to the Cross-Government Gender Network.  HL2899

Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government which cross-government diversity network represents the interests of biological women.  HL2900

Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 13 November (HC10698), which specific Minister has been allocated each individual official residence; and what criteria the Prime Minister used to decide which Minister would receive an official residence.  HL2901

Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government what use Cabinet Office Ministers, including the Prime Minister, have made of Lord Alli’s house in London since 5 July.  HL2902

Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 15 November (HC11589), what involvement the Prime Minister has had with the policy development of the Football Governance Bill, or whether he has recused himself in the light of the value of the hospitality he has received from football clubs since b… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the constitutional implications of the reforms in the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill for (1) the continued validity of the Salisbury-Addison Convention, and (2) the conventions of the House of Lords in not rejecting secondary legislation.  HL2904

Lord Framlingham to ask His Majesty's Government what cloud seeding operations are permitted over the United Kingdom, and who is responsible for controlling them.  HL2905

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned an independent needs assessment for the Wethersfield asylum accommodation site.  HL2906

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase occupancy of Wethersfield asylum accommodation so that it is capped at 800 once the conditions of the special development order have been discharged.  HL2907

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Household Support Fund can be used to assist individuals with a 'no recourse to public funds' condition.  HL2908

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government how many visas were issued in 2023 with a 'no recourse to public funds' condition attached.  HL2909

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government, following the death on 29 October of a man while detained at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, what steps have been taken to provide those detained there with counselling and other forms of bereavement support; and how and when were those people notified of such support.  HL2910

Lord Goodman of Wycombe to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 11 October (HC5739) and 17 October (HC6994), whether it remains their policy not to engage with the organisations cited in the Written Statement by the former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and C… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Goodman of Wycombe to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 5 September (HC2635) and 11 October (HC5739), what specific Government activity has ceased or changed to facilitate the £5 million of departmental savings on extremism.  HL2912

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the Commonwealth Secretary-General's letter inviting heads of government of all Commonwealth member states to make known to her by 26 November their views on Zimbabwe’s request to re-join the Commonwealth.  HL2913

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government how many outstanding pre-1998 legacy cases in the form of civil suits and re-opened inquests are in train at present; and what have been (1) the costs involved in settlements or damages paid in such cases in each of the past five complete years and (2) the legal costs, both incurred by the Northern Ireland Office and paid out to claima… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the success of projects arising from the Reducing Drug Deaths Innovation Challenge; and what plans they have to continue or expand upon these projects.  HL2915

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government whether they produced an impact assessment on the effects of the rise in employer National Insurance contributions on care homes, primary care providers and hospices prior to the Autumn Budget.  HL2916

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish before 2025 an impact assessment of the effects of the rise in employer National Insurance contributions under the Autumn Budget on care homes, primary care providers and hospices.  HL2917

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what support they provide to help victims of sexual exploitation exit prostitution.  HL2918

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation.  HL2919

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the scale of commercial sexual exploitation in England and Wales.  HL2920

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent organised crime groups advertising victims of trafficking and other sexual exploitation offences on websites advertising prostitution.  HL2921

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to tackle the harms of pornography.  HL2922

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent children being exposed to pornography.  HL2923

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increase in energy bills on the most vulnerable households; and what steps they will take to mitigate the effects this winter.  HL2924

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to respond to the consultation on proposed reforms to England’s National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system.  HL2925

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to investigate the openness, efficiency and functioning of the insurance market relating to listed properties.  HL2926

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the rental property market of the requirement for all rental properties to have a minimum energy performance certificate rating of 'C' by 2030.  HL2927

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce VAT on work to maintain and repair listed properties.  HL2928

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to fund and promote the training of apprentices in (1) thatching, (2) stonemasonry, (3) lead work and (4) use of lime mortars, as well as to grow and improve other skills in the heritage sector.  HL2929

Lord Offord of Garvel to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that manufacturing jobs are not lost as a result of electric vehicle sales quotas.  HL2930

Lord Offord of Garvel to ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their policy not to invest in solar farm installation on high quality agricultural land.  HL2931

Lord Offord of Garvel to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to consult local communities who will be most impacted by the mass construction of pylons used to support their clean energy by 2030 target.  HL2932

Lord Offord of Garvel to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the rate of installation of heat pumps.  HL2933

Baroness Pidgeon to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide a long-term funding settlement for Transport for London to enable investment in infrastructure.  HL2934

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of timely access to testing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis within NHS England.  HL2935

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of, and access to, pulmonary rehabilitation services within NHS England.  HL2936

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to rebalance geographic disparities in access to care and treatment for individuals suffering from (1) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and (2) asthma.  HL2937

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to establish an investment and reinvestment initiative to support Northern Ireland infrastructure schemes which is separate to the block grant allocation scheme for Northern Ireland.  HL2938

Lord Roborough to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of agricultural land is currently covered by countryside and environmental schemes; and what is their target for that coverage.  HL2939

Lord Roborough to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to replace investment in farm businesses lost as a result of the reduced agricultural and business property inheritance tax reliefs with an increase in the DEFRA capital budget.  HL2940

Baroness Scott of Bybrook to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the commitment in the Labour Manifesto 2024 to appoint 300 new planning officers, how many have been recruited to date.  HL2941

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect bi-mode hydrogen trains to enter service on East Midlands Railway.  HL2942

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that a direct train service between Sheffield and Manchester Airport is reinstated, and according to what timeframe.  HL2943

Lord Shipley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Fairer Schools Index developed at the University of Bristol, and its suggestion that the Progress 8 measure understates school achievements in deprived parts of England.  HL2944

Lord Taylor of Holbeach to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to agricultural and business property relief for inheritance tax on investment by farmers and growers in new technologies and automated machinery.  HL2945

Lord Taylor of Holbeach to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) changes in farmers and growers’ investment behaviour following the autumn Budget, and (2) the consequential impact on the achievement of their economic growth targets.  HL2946

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase employment levels.  HL2947

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the decline in apprenticeships in recent years.  HL2948

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address any shortage in AI-specific skills.  HL2949

Lord Triesman to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to protect the Grade 1-listed Bevis Marks Synagogue, given the potential impact upon the Synagogue of the planning application to build a tower block less than 30 metres away.  HL2950

Lord Tyrie to ask His Majesty's Government after how many years of residence in the UK Hong Kong citizens admitted to the UK on a British National Overseas visa qualify for home fee status at English higher education institutions.  HL2951

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest to ask His Majesty's Government, following the remarks by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport at the RTS London Convention in September that media organisations telling the truth is not just a right but a duty, what steps they intend to take to ensure that broadcasters and newspapers uphold this standard, and what sanctions are being cons… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 19 November (HL2484), when they expect to announce the finalised terms for bids for new pump storage electricity generation projects, and when they expect final decisions on such bids to be made.  HL2953

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the final payments to be made to beneficiaries of the Levelling Up Fund.  HL2954

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with Welsh Ministers on establishing a medical radioisotope manufacturing plant at Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd.  HL2955

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the Welsh Government regarding revising the Barnett formula.  HL2956

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in co-operation with the Welsh Government to ensure the availability of funding for the safeguarding of coal-tips in Wales.  HL2957

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to promote the UNESCO designated Slate communities in Wales as tourist attractions for visitors to the UK.  HL2958