House of Lords Business

Lord Agnew of Oulton to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to page 62 of the Cabinet Office’s Annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024, published on 12 December 2024, what specific changes to the lease terms for the two buildings identified by the Government Property Agency during 2023–24 were not reflected in the International Financial Reporting Standa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Agnew of Oulton to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of NHS providers failed to complete audited financial results in line with the Department of Health and Social Care's reporting timetable in the past financial year.  HL3971

Lord Agnew of Oulton to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to pages 239 and 240 of the Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24, published on 17 December 2024, how many cases of retrospective approval for expenditure outside delegated limits have been identified in the Consolidated NHS Provider Accounts for 2023–24; and whether the… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Agnew of Oulton to ask His Majesty's Government which NHS providers accounted for the largest proportion of the £7.5 billion impairment in its Public Dividend Capital investments in 2023–24 outlined on page 240 of the Department of Health and Social Care’s Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24, published on 17 December 2024; and what were the individual values of those… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Agnew of Oulton to ask His Majesty's Government what penalties or sanctions apply to contracting authorities that fail to publish pipeline notices under section 93 of the Procurement Act 2023.  HL3974

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to align the use of chlorhexidine in healthcare and consumer products with the recommendation in the Joint Royal College of Surgeons of England and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Statement on use of Topical Chlorhexidine for Skin Preparation Prior to Surgery, calling fo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bird to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Child Poverty Taskforce will include statutory child poverty reduction targets in their forthcoming strategy.  HL3976

Lord Bird to ask His Majesty's Government what they steps they are taking to improve affordability of tenancies in the private rented sector.  HL3977

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 7 January (HL3639 and HL3640), how many local authorities have requested an extension to the deadline on 10 January for expressions of interest about establishing combined authorities following the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December; and whether the… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 19 December 2024 (HL3060), what remedy the public currently has against a failure by a water company to proactively publish the operational sewage treatment and discharge datasets, the publication of which is not otherwise provided for in law.  HL3979

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government who is the contracted provider for each current private sector prison; when were the contractual start dates; when are the contractual expiry dates; and where the contracted provider has changed, who was the previous contracted provider and what was the start date and end date of that provider.  HL3980

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government who was the contracted provider of each prison that has either transferred back to the public sector control having been privately contracted, or closed having been privately contracted, since 2000; what were the contractual start dates; and what were the contractual expiry dates.  HL3981

Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government what is their definition of "Holocaust" for the purposes of the learning centre planned for Victoria Tower Gardens by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation; and to which genocides the learning centre will seek to make reference.  HL3982

Lord Garnier to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people serving a life sentence (1) were directed to remain in closed conditions, (2) received a recommendation for transfer to open conditions, and (3) were directed to be released at their first Parole Board hearing, in (a) 2022, and (b) 2023.  HL3983

Lord Garnier to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people serving an imprisonment for public protection sentence (1) were directed to remain in closed conditions, (2) received a recommendation for transfer to open conditions, and (3) were directed to be released at their first Parole Board hearing, in each year since 2005.  HL3984

Lord Garnier to ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently in prison serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection who have been held for 15 years or more beyond their original tariff, broken down by the exact number of years over tariff.  HL3985

Lord Garnier to ask His Majesty's Government how many additional months beyond tariff people serving an indeterminate sentence are held on average.  HL3986

Lord Garnier to ask His Majesty's Government what was the average tariff length imposed for murder in (1) 2022, and (2) 2023.  HL3987

Lord Garnier to ask His Majesty's Government how many people in prison were in custody on remand for longer than (1) six months, (2) one year, and (3) two years, on (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31 December 2023, and (c) up to the current date.  HL3988

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce secondary legislation under Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021 to implement due diligence requirements to address illegal deforestation in UK supply chains.  HL3989

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article "Mitigating the risks of antimicrobial failure", by Dr Wendy Thompson, Callum Wood and Professor Mike Bromley, published by the National Preparedness Commission on 6 September 2024; and what consideration they have given to adding to the national risk register scenarios about spec… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask His Majesty's Government what work is being undertaken with the devolved administrations to maintain a central risk management process for antimicrobial resistance.  HL3991

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the article "Mitigating the risks of antimicrobial failure", by Dr Wendy Thompson, Callum Wood and Professor Mike Bromley, published by the National Preparedness Commission on 6 September 2024, what assessment they have made of the risk of resistance to fungicides on (1) food security, and (2) human health;… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government how many personal, establishment and project licences issued under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were revoked as a result of non-compliance incidents in each year from 2013 to 2023.  HL3993

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit’s annual report 2023, published on 17 December 2024, what assessment they have made of the adequacy of sanctions issued in response to non-compliance incidents that resulted in the death of, or serious harm to, animals; and what consideration they have giv… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to defend UK interests in the Arctic and High North regions.  HL3995

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate any impact of placing VAT on private schools on swimming lessons run by swim schools using private schools’ premises; and what plans they have to exempt swimming lessons from VAT.  HL3996

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will reverse their decision to end funding for the Latin excellence programme; and, if not, whether they will defer the cessation of funding until pupils currently in the programme have completed their qualifications.  HL3997

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will reverse their decision to end funding for the computing hubs programme run by the National Centre for Computing Education.  HL3998

Lord Lexden to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of allegations that Indonesian armed forces are using chemical weapons against the people of West Papua.  HL3999

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal to cover the ancient Roman site at Richborough with solar panels.  HL4000

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote physical activity as a means of preventing and managing long-term health conditions.  HL4001

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what data they have collected on the scale of exercise-based social prescribing.  HL4002

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that healthcare professionals have the skills and confidence to prescribe physical activity as a treatment and management tool for people living with long-term conditions.  HL4003

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of airspace modernisation in the UK.  HL4004

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to the Creating a UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS) consultation, which ran from 22 October 2024 to 17 December 2024.  HL4005

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government how many specialist allergy nurses there are in England; and how those numbers are distributed across each (1) NHS England region, and (2) Integrated Care System area.  HL4006

Lord Rose of Monewden to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Bank of England Monthly Decision Maker Panel data for December 2024, which show that, of the businesses surveyed, 54 per cent expect to raise prices, 53 per cent expect lower employment, and 39 per cent expect to pay lower wages than they otherwise would have, following the increase in empl… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they intend to make to the government of Iran concerning the execution sentence of Pakhshan Azizi.  HL4008

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what is the future of funding for the Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship programme in England.  HL4009

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of value for money of NHS trusts paying £6.2 million annually from revenue budgets to NHS Providers.  HL4010

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure a sufficient supply of minerals vital to the (1) manufacturing, and (2) technology, industries.  HL4011

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure sufficient regulations are in place to keep the use of AI in the UK ethical and responsible.  HL4012

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure sufficient energy availability in the wake of increased artificial intelligence use.  HL4013

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the LGBT+ ban in the armed forces.  HL4014

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings in the National Prostate Cancer Audit's State of the Nation Report, published in January, particularly regarding the disparities in health outcomes for black men diagnosed with prostate cancer.  HL4015

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the higher rates of advanced prostate cancer diagnoses among black men.  HL4016

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government whether they can provide an update on their process of considering a reclassification of the drug ketamine.  HL4017

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to educate students at schools, colleges and universities about the dangers of taking the drug ketamine.  HL4018

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking through public health campaigns to warn people of the dangers of ketamine.  HL4019

Lord Young of Cookham to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with Homes England to encourage more small and medium-sized enterprises to build affordable homes.  HL4020

Lord Young of Cookham to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for establishing a youth homelessness dashboard; and what plans they have to improve data collection on this issue.  HL4021