House of Lords Business

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many of those detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre are victims of rape, broken down into (1) women, and (2) men; and what is the average period those individuals have been detained.  HL3249

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to minimise the number of rape victims detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.  HL3250

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cycle parking spaces will be provided at each of those Crossrail stations for which Network Rail has responsibility.  HL3251

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the most recent EU Commission proposals for a pan-European tobacco track-and-trace scheme in the light of their commitment to cut a further £10 billion of red tape over the course of this Parliament.  HL3252

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of methadone treatment programmes in saving lives.  HL3253

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they have made for the teaching of digital skills and understanding at Early Years Foundation Stage; what assessment they have made of that provision; and whether they have any plans to change it.  HL3254

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they have made for the teaching of computer science, with particular regard to artificial intelligence, at Key Stage 1; what assessment they have made of that provision; and whether they have any plans to change it.  HL3255

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they have made for the teaching of computer science, with particular regard to artificial intelligence, at Key Stage 2; what assessment they have made of that provision; and whether they have any plans to change it.  HL3256

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they have made for the teaching of computer science, with particular regard to artificial intelligence, at Key Stage 3; what assessment they have made of that provision; and whether they have any plans to change it.  HL3257

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they have made for the teaching of computer science, with particular regard to artificial intelligence, at Key Stage 4; what assessment they have made of that provision; and whether they have any plans to change it.  HL3258

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they have made for the teaching of computer science, with particular regard to artificial intelligence, in post-16 education; what assessment they have made of that provision; and whether they have any plans to change it.  HL3259

Baroness Fall to ask Her Majesty's Government how many imprisoned mothers of children aged under 18 have been visited by those children in each of the last five years, broken down by the number of (1) prisoners, and (2) visits.  HL3260

Lord Grocott to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the total net contribution of the UK to EU expenditure for the past 20 years, expressed in 2017 prices.  HL3261

Baroness Hayman to ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have committed to (1) bilateral assistance, (2) multilateral organisations, and (3) research and development, in relation to malaria, in each of the last three years.  HL3262

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what options they have considered for enforcing corporate compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and whether they have considered imposing penalties for those companies that do not comply.  HL3263

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure compliance with the Transparency in Supply Chains requirement of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, in the light of the absence of a publicly-available list of companies that are in scope.  HL3264

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an estimate of the cost of preparing a list of companies covered by section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.  HL3265

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to make an assessment of the extent to which concerns about unsafe working conditions in the UK textiles industry are preventing the return of garment manufacture from offshore.  HL3266

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing specific civil wrongs of (1) trafficking, (2) slavery, (3) servitude, and (4) forced labour, in legislation, to ensure that modern slavery victims can better access remedies for harms inflicted on them.  HL3267

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders have been made to date; how many compensation awards have been made to victims as a result of those Orders; and what was the (1) total, and (2) average, amount of those awards.  HL3268

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of legislation regulating street trading in England.  HL3269 [I]

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to support and increase street trading.  HL3270 [I]

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of legislation regulating tattoo parlours.  HL3271 [I]

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of legislation regulating skin piercing and other forms of body modification.  HL3272 [I]

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the protections in place relating to dental tattoos.  HL3273 [I]

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what protections are in place regarding tattoo ink used in tattoo parlours.  HL3274 [I]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 9 November (HL2598), what steps they are taking, if any, to improve the protection of British Muslim women in family law.  HL3275

Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to relax the requirement that couples wishing to have a civil marriage in England and Wales must be resident in the registration district for at least seven days before giving notice of marriage, to enable couples from Northern Ireland, including same-sex couples, to give notice by post or other means.  HL3276

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government which official George Papadopoulos met during his visit to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2016; when that meeting was held; what was discussed; what position in the Trump presidential campaign that official was informed that George Papadopoulos held; and whether he met officials from any other Government departments. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Myanmar regarding reports of atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims in Tula Toli on 30 August.  HL3278

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government how long it will take to determine whether to offer Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection.  HL3279

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the latest information they have on the present political situation in Zimbabwe, in the light of reports of a military coup.  HL3280

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what humanitarian assistance they have offered to the Iranian authorities following the earthquake in Kermanshah on 12 November.  HL3281

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce levels of household food waste.  HL3282

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of theft of lead from churches have been reported in each police force area in England in each of the last three years; and what steps they intend to take to reduce the incidence of that crime.  HL3283

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government whether non-EU citizens are entitled to register with NHS general practices; and what steps practices are expected to take to establish the identity of persons seeking to register.  HL3284

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost in the last financial year of providing medical treatment by GPs to non-EU citizens; and whether they intend to introduce charges for non-EU citizens to access GP treatment.  HL3285

Lord Patten to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 7 November (HL2762), whether there is an independent regulator or other body to which tenants of National Trust properties may refer concerns.  HL3286

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their Fly-tipping statistics for England 2016–17 which shows a 7 per cent increase in fly-tipping incidents from the previous year, what steps they are taking to deter and punish fly-tipping.  HL3287

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government in the light of their Children in need and child protection statistics, for 2006–07 and 2016–17, showing an increase in the number of children who were the subject of a child protection plan in place at year end from 27,900 to 51,080, what assessment they have made of the factors leading to that increase.  HL3288

Lord Sharkey to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker on how many sitting days, excluding Fridays, in (1) this session to date, and (2) each of the previous three sessions, there has been no business taken in the Moses Room.  HL3289

Lord Tebbit to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 20 October (HL1876), how many UK citizens are currently being held without charge in other EU Member States.  HL3290

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they collect information on the number of contracts for publicly-funded adult social care that have been handed back to local authorities by providers of (1) domiciliary care, (2) residential care, (3) nursing home care, and (4) care and support in social housing.  HL3291

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have provided to local authorities on the actions to take when providers of publicly-funded adult social hand back contracts for care and there are no other providers of such care in their area willing to provide care at the rate the local authority can afford to pay.  HL3292

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the NHS of the number of contracts being handed back to local authorities by the providers of publicly-funded adult social care; and whether that issue is on the Department of Health's risk register.  HL3293

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by the NHS on Continuing Health Care for each of the last three years for which information is available.  HL3294

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications were made to the NHS for Continuing Health Care in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what proportion of those applications were rejected.  HL3295

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of police investigations in England and Wales have been (1) closed, and (2) written off, within 24 hours of the crime being reported to the police, for the most recent year for which figures are available.  HL3296

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrests by the police in England and Wales there were in (1) 2007–08, and (2) 2016–17.  HL3297

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Safer Neighbourhood Teams in England and Wales are currently operational.  HL3298

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of police staff who will be working in the new online hate-crime hub in 2018.  HL3299

Lord Willis of Knaresborough to ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK-domiciled registered nurses (1) came on to, and (2) left, the Nursing Midwifery Council Register, in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.  HL3300

Lord Willis of Knaresborough to ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK-domiciled students commenced undergraduate nursing degree courses in UK higher education institutions in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.  HL3301

Lord Willis of Knaresborough to ask Her Majesty's Government how many places at UK higher education institutions were commissioned for graduate nursing studies in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.  HL3302

Lord Willis of Knaresborough to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the total funds allocated for continuing professional development in each of the years 2013–14 to 2016–17 for (1) medical doctors and consultants, (2) registered nurses, (3) registered midwives, and (d) all other regulated health professionals.  HL3303