House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of deaths in the UK in each of the last ten years.  HL5053

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to reduce the Home Office salary threshold for granting visas in respect of overseas doctors seeking employment in UK hospitals; and if not, why not.  HL5054

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have taken place between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health and Social Care concerning the provision of adequate healthcare in prisons following recent reports.  HL5055

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to encourage local authorities with responsibility for scrutinising health services to exercise that function in relation to the provision of health care within custodial institutions in their area.  HL5056

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) sought to resist the classification decision of the National Accounts Classification Committee in 2004 that the FRC was a public body; if so, whether they supported that resistance; and if so, why.  HL5057

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of external legal advice sought by the Financial Reporting Council regarding the classification decision of the National Accounts Classification Committee, including any attempts at reclassification.  HL5058

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many women currently in prison were resident in Greater Manchester at the time of receiving a custodial sentence.  HL5059

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are developing plans to avoid increases in regulated train fares.  HL5060

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government which sectors are included within the definition of STEM used to inform the Careers guidance and access for education and training providers guidance published by the Department for Education in January.  HL5061

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government how they will monitor whether education providers are fulfilling their requirement to ensure that every young person has an encounter with an employer in each academic year from year 7 to year 13.  HL5062

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government how they will monitor whether education providers are fulfilling their requirement to ensure that every young person has at least one encounter with a STEM employer between the academic years of year 7 to year 13.  HL5063

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government how they will monitor whether education providers are fulfilling their requirement to ensure that every young person has a STEM-focused careers experience before they reach year 11.  HL5064

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 22 January (HL4463), whether Highways England still plan to begin abandonment works this summer, or whether they will wait until the results of the assessment of the future of the Queensbury Tunnel by the firm of consultant chartered surveyors appointed by the Department for Transport h… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will be attending the forthcoming meeting of the Kabul Process for Peace and Security Co-operation in February; and what assessment they have made of whether women from civil society in Afghanistan will also be in attendance.  HL5066

Baroness Hussein-Ece to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the findings of the University Partnerships Programme Foundation and Social Market Foundation report On course for success? Student retention at university with particular reference to the conclusion that students from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to drop… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hussein-Ece to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report from the Chartered Insurance Institute Women's Risks in Life.  HL5068

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the issue of aggression by Turkey in Syria will shortly be discussed at the UN Security Council; and whether any progress towards a ceasefire in, or withdrawal from, Afrin Canton was achieved, at the recent intergovernmental meeting in Paris.  HL5069

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what steps, if any, are being taken to withdraw the use of plastic straws in catering outlets and bars across the Parliamentary estate.  HL5070

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that the repatriation of any of the Rohingya people from Bangladesh is entirely voluntary.  HL5071

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to secure the (1) civil rights, (2) personal human rights, (3) land ownership rights, and (4) security, of any Rohingya people returned to Burma under the repatriation agreement made by the government of Burma with Bangladesh.  HL5072

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer given by Baroness Sugg on 17 January (HL Deb, col 637), in which she stated that "continued membership of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is a possibility and we are considering it", whether it is envisaged that the UK will, in the event of continued EASA membership after Brexit, accept (1) all EASA rul… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reforms introduced in Zimbabwe by President Mnangagwa; and whether they plan to provide any assistance in implementing those reforms.  HL5074

Lord Northbrook to ask Her Majesty's Government when consideration was last given to investigating the possibility of arranging a State Visit to the UK by the President of India.  HL5075

Lord Northbrook to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights record of Cameroon and the impact, if any, this is having on anglophone Cameroon.  HL5076

Lord Northbrook to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration has been given to publishing student and non-student immigration figures separately.  HL5077

Lord Northbrook to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of UK–India cooperation on environmental policy.  HL5078

Lord Northbrook to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve intergovernmental relations between the UK and Argentina.  HL5079

Lord Triesman to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 15 November 2017 (HL2833), when children adopted from abroad will have access to the educational entitlements referenced in the answer; and whether they will publish the letter from the Minister of State for School Standards sent to local authorities in England on the subject.  … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 22 January (HL4521), how many convictions for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving were secured in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017; and in which police force areas those convictions were secured.  HL5081

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 January (HL4503), when they expect the new powers given to local councils in England outside London to issue civil penalties to the keepers of vehicles from which litter is thrown to come into effect.  HL5082

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 January (HL4503), when they expect to receive the results of the independent assessment by Keep Britain Tidy of the cleanliness of trunk roads maintained by Highways England and of litter collection by local councils.  HL5083

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government how many further education colleges lost their allocation of non-levied apprenticeships funding in the recent Education and Skills Funding Agency procurement process; and in which regions were those colleges.  HL5084

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of further education colleges losing their allocation of non-levied apprenticeship funding on (1) local employers, and (2) existing, and (3) potential, local apprentices.  HL5085

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that further education colleges which have lost their allocation of non-levied apprenticeship funding can still deliver apprenticeships to local people and employers.  HL5086

Lord Watts to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 23 January (HL4649), whether they have taken legal advice on the possibility of Dutch and Spanish fishermen seeking compensation from Her Majesty's Government for the loss of access to British waters after Brexit.  HL5087

Lord Watts to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the loss of foreign catching rights will have on the British fish processing industry after Brexit.  HL5088

Lord Watts to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether foreign fishermen will retain access to British quotas after Brexit if they can demonstrate that they are continuing to make an economic contribution to the UK.  HL5089

Lord Watts to ask Her Majesty's Government, when the review of the Economic Link made by vessels fishing against UK quotas will be completed.  HL5090

Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence has ordered all the long-lead items for the first eight T26 frigates.  HL5091