House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will seek to take through the UN Security Council in response to the crisis in Rakhine State, Burma, following the recent discussions in the Security Council.  HL1435

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to press the government and military of Burma to allow unhindered access to all areas of Rakhine State for international aid organisations, human rights monitors, and media.  HL1436

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to suspend their programme of military training with the Burmese army in the light of its attacks on civilians in Rakhine State.  HL1437

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are giving to the authorities in Burma to regularise the citizenship of those Rohingyas legally entitled to Burmese citizenship.  HL1438

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government when the Remedial Order relating to the Human Fertility and Embryology Act 2008 which will allow single people to apply for parental orders following a surrogacy arrangement will be laid; and whether it will apply to both single male applicants and single female applicants.  HL1420

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the specific financial interests which are referred to in the declaration of interest by Professor Dieter Helm published on 6 August in relation to the cost of energy review.  HL1466

Baroness Gale to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in ensuring that the judiciary are trained to adhere to Practice Direction 12J: Child Arrangements and Contact Order: Domestic Violence and Harm in all private law family proceedings where domestic abuse is alleged.  HL1457

Baroness Gale to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that finding of fact hearings are undertaken within family court proceedings where there are allegations of domestic abuse.  HL1458

Baroness Gale to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reduction in the benefit cap on housing availability for victims with children under two who have fled abusive partners and who are currently (1) residing in a refuge, and (2) residing in other forms of temporary accommodation.  HL1459

Baroness Gale to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to assess the impact of the lower benefit cap on the length of a victim’s stay in a domestic abuse refuge, and the resulting cost to the taxpayer.  HL1460

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) EU, and (2) non-EU, overseas students are taking technical, professional and vocational courses in the UK.  HL1425

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government how many international students with Tier 4 visas gained qualifications in the last academic year for which figures are available.  HL1426

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government how many international students left the UK without (1) accessing work experience, or (2) gaining a qualification, in the last year for which figures are available.  HL1427

Lord Jopling to ask the Leader of the House what explanation, if any, she has received from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government as to why six questions for written answer tabled on or before 19 July had not been answered by 6 September; and when she expects those questions to be answered.  HL1446

The Lord Bishop of Leeds to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights situation and current levels of humanitarian access in Sudan.  HL1461

The Lord Bishop of Leeds to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of sanctions on Sudan.  HL1462

The Lord Bishop of Leeds to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States regarding the suspension or refinement of sanctions on Sudan.  HL1463

The Lord Bishop of Leeds to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian impact of sanctions on the people of Sudan.  HL1464

The Lord Bishop of Leeds to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan regarding the demolition of churches built on land that has since been designated for buildings other than places of worship.  HL1465

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the current Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met with and consulted each of the Belfast Agreement participants, (1) Lord Alderdice, (2) Lord Empey, (3) Lord Kilclooney, (4) Lord Maginnis of Drumglass, and (5) Lord Trimble, (a) as a group, or (b) individually; and what are the details of tho… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July (HL3), what discussions, if any, they have had with (1) the Police Service for Northern Ireland, and (2) the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, regarding evidence of abuse of the proxy voting system in Northern Ireland during the last General… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 23 January (HL Deb, col 513) committing to action on the reported massacre of political prisoners by the government of Iran in 1988 if there were corroborated evidence, what assessment they have made of the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of huma… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of litigants in person on the court system.  HL1421

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to launch a post-implementation consultation on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.  HL1422

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing numbers of litigants in person since the reforms contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came into effect.  HL1423

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners there are; and what is the breakdown by nationality of those who are not UK citizens.  HL1451

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-UK citizens have been given custodial sentences in each of the last five years; and how many in each year have been recommended for deportation on release from prison.  HL1452

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals who were serving custodial sentences and were recommended for deportation on release, have been deported in each of the last five years.  HL1453

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals who have completed custodial sentences and have been recommended for deportation, are currently awaiting deportation.  HL1454

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of detaining (1) persons awaiting deportation who have served custodial prison sentences, and (2) others awaiting deportation, in separate establishments.  HL1455

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government whether immigration officers, when scanning the passports of arrivals in the UK, are automatically alerted to any person arriving at a UK port of entry who is subject to a deportation order.  HL1456

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of used electric vehicle batteries that are recycled; and what proportion of such batteries they aim to be recycled following the end of conventional petrol and diesel car and van sales.  HL1428

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance is available for the sustainable disposal or recycling of used electric car batteries; and what additional assistance will be provided to account for rising demand ahead of the end to sales of conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans.  HL1429

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Faraday Challenge will promote research and development of new technologies to support the sustainable disposal or recycling of used electric vehicle batteries.  HL1430

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government how many small and medium sized businesses will be impacted by the Valuation Office Agency's decision to class communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts as separate premises for business rate purposes; and how many such businesses will be billed retrospectively as a result of this change.  HL1431

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on small and medium sized businesses of the Valuation Office Agency's decision to class communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts as separate premises for the calculation of business rates.  HL1432

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are planning to take to prevent or limit any negative impact on small businesses from the Valuation Office Agency's decisions (1) to class communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts as separate premises for the calculation of business rates, and (2) to bill businesses for this change retrospectively.  HL… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Naseby to ask Her Majesty's Government what additional aid they have offered to Sri Lanka to help cope with the severe drought and floods which have affected over one million people.  HL1434

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of planned cuts to Southern Rail services to Plumpton station at peak times; and whether they have made an assessment of the impact of those cuts on commuters.  HL1450

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people claimed asylum in the UK on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity in the last 18 months; and of those that did, how many have been granted the right to remain in the UK.  HL1439

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have given to LGBT groups in Turkey.  HL1440

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government how many facial images are held on the Police National Database.  HL1441

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals have asked to have their facial images removed from police databases in the years (1) 2014, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, and (4) 2017 to date; and of those who have asked, what percentage have had their images removed.  HL1442

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will respond to the consultation on out-of-school education settings which closed in January 2016; and whether they propose to introduce provisions that would require such settings to (1) register, and (2) be subject to risk-based inspections.  HL1443

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that requiring out-of-school settings to (1) register, and (2) be subject to risk-based inspections, would have on addressing the existence of illegal unregistered schools.  HL1444

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government which government departments have not yet met the requirement to publish information about gender pay gaps between male and female employees.  HL1445

Baroness Stowell of Beeston to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the main recommendations put forward by the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster in its report of September 2016; and when they intend to bring forward a motion for both Houses to debate and decide how the restoration and renewal works should progress.  HL1424