House of Lords Business

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the UN sponsored peace process in Syria.  HL5992

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the progress made at the Geneva talks regarding long-term political solutions for Syria.  HL5993

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to the governments of (1) Russia, and (2) Syria, to allow food and medical supplies into Eastern Ghouta.  HL5994

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had at the UN Security Council in relation to finding a long-term political solution for Syria.  HL5995

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the number of prosecutions of UK citizens in the UK for International Criminal Court category crimes committed overseas in recent years.  HL5996

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government who in the ministerial team in the Cabinet Office was responsible for oversight of Her Majesty's Government’s Carillion contracts; whether proposals were presented by Ernst and Young to the Cabinet Office in December 2017; if so, what were those proposals; what assessment they made of the extent to which any such proposals mi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 December 2016 (HL4156), whether the Environment Agency intends to support the removal by Network Rail of the three weirs on the river Exe above Exeter to reduce the risk of flooding on the rail line.  HL5998

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the notification by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 17 January (HL Deb, col 649), which prerogatives and interests the Prince of Wales had consented to place at the disposal of Parliament for the purposes of the Data Protection Bill.  HL5999

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following publication of the report of the US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology Committee, Russian Attempts to Influence US Domestic Energy Markets by Exploiting Social Media, published on 1 March, whether they intend to conduct an investigation to determine whether there is any evi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 February (HL5196), what were the names of those members of the Muslim Council of Britain who met most recently with Home Office officials; whether that meeting was approved by a minister in advance; and if so, by which minister.  HL6001

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of individuals who self-identify as transsexual; and how many individuals have received a Gender Recognition Certificate since the Gender Recognition Act 2004 was passed.  HL6002

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the impact of the abolition of maintenance grants on university students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and (2) the report from the Sutton Trust, Home and Away, which found that students who cannot afford to live away from home while at university are disadvantaged in terms of social mob… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated in NHS hospitals in each year between 2007 and 2017.  HL6004

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many hospital doctors were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated by those doctors in each of those years.  HL6005

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many nurses were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what was the total number of (1) out-patients, and (2) inpatients, treated by those nurses in each of those years.  HL6006

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many missed appointments at general practice surgeries there were in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what is their estimate of the total cost of missed appointments at general practice surgeries in each year between 2007 and 2017.  HL6007

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many missed appointments at hospital out-patient services there were in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what is their estimate of the total cost of missed appointments at hospital out-patient services in each year between 2007 and 2017.  HL6008

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) non-medical staff, and (2) managerial staff, were employed by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017.  HL6009

Lord Fox to ask Her Majesty's Government to whom the Industrial Strategy Council will be answerable.  HL6010

Lord Fox to ask Her Majesty's Government how often the Industrial Strategy Council will report on the progress of the Industrial Strategy.  HL6011

Lord Fox to ask Her Majesty's Government what process will be in place for Her Majesty's Government to decide the next areas to benefit from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.  HL6012

Lord Fox to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their process for selecting the next areas to benefit from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.  HL6013

Lord Fox to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund projects will be permitted to fail.  HL6014

Lord Fox to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund money can be spent on basic research.  HL6015

Baroness Goudie to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the recommendations of the Hampton-Alexander review on FTSE women leaders to ensure that the target of there being at least 33 per cent women on FTSE 350 boards and FTSE leadership teams by the end of 2020 is met.  HL6016

Baroness Goudie to ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan (1) to monitor performance of the Hampton-Alexander review voluntary target for Women on Boards, and (2) to minimise pressure for quotas.  HL6017

Baroness Goudie to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have in respect of (1) business, and (2) the public sector, to increase visibility and activity to promote gender equality.  HL6018

Baroness Gould of Potternewton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to include HIV in UK disability laws, in line with the view of UN AIDs that the inclusion of HIV has been an effective means of addressing discrimination based on HIV status and AIDs.  HL6019

Lord Howell of Guildford to ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to reach a decision on the shape of public financial involvement in the proposed new nuclear power station at Wylfa Newydd on the Isle of Anglesey.  HL6020

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to promote the practice of restorative justice for all levels of crime, with a view to reducing custodial sentences and re-offending.  HL6021

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to discuss with the government of Turkey the high rate of arrests in Turkey for reasons reported to be connected with the 2016 attempted coup, together with detentions in Turkey of foreign citizens and attempts to have other foreigners extradited from Europe.  HL6022

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the governments of (1) Poland, and (2) Hungary, about fundamental European values, including (a) the rule of law, (b) the independence of the judiciary, and (c) freedom of expression and of the media.  HL6023

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make representations to the government of Israel about encroachments into the land of the occupied West Bank, for example around the illegal settlements of Adi Ad and Ahiya, and about the impact on the people of Gaza.  HL6024

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they intend to make to the government of Egypt about permanently reopening the Rafah crossing.  HL6025

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support proposals for a 30-day ceasefire throughout Syria; and whether they intend to call for the permanent ending of Turkish military attacks into Afrin Canton.  HL6026

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of human rights in Chechnya, including in connection with (1) extra-judicial killings, (2) collective punishment, (3) arbitrary detention, (4) the persecution of LGBTI citizens, (5) shrinking civil society space, and (6) impunity.  HL6027

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the governments of (1) Russia, and (2) Chechnya, about the use of the collective punishment in response to crimes allegedly committed by individuals.  HL6028

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to support organisations working to provide access to justice for victims of human rights violations in Chechnya.  HL6029

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to pursue the issue of the detention and prosecution of Oyub Titiev, Director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre, in Chechnya; and whether they intend to call for his immediate release.  HL6030

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Russia about the need to ensure that those responsible for the death of human rights defender, Natalia Estemirova, are held to account.  HL6031

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Prime Minister on 2 March stating that "our access to each other's markets will be less than it is now", and to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 24 January 2017 (HC Deb, col 169), when the decision not to secure "comprehensive free trade agreements...and customs agreem… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Prime Minister on 2 March, what estimate they have made of (1) the cost to public funds, (2) the number of personnel, and (3) the number of adapted or new UK institutions required, to operate "reciprocal binding commitments to ensure fair and open completion", to operate "an arbitration mechanism that is co… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of NHS England’s proposals to limit access to prescription-based vitamin D maintenance on low-income families.  HL6034

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of NHS England’s proposals to limit prescribing of vitamin D maintenance treatments on at-risk groups outlined in the NICE Public Health Guideline 56, including pregnant and breastfeeding women, ethnic minorities, children, and older people.  HL6035

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of NHS England's consultation on conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care on groups protected by the Equality Act 2010, including women, ethnic minorities, children, and older people.  HL6036

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of NHS England’s proposals to restrict prescriptions for medicines that can be purchased over the counter on the health and well-being of those on low incomes.  HL6037

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 14 December 2017 (HL3782, HL3783 and HL3786), when they expect to publish the guidance on joint working between Ofsted, the Department for Education and local councils to tackle unregistered schools.  HL6038

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of recent amendments to the Pupil Registration Regulation requiring schools to improve the information provided to local authorities when a child is removed from school rolls.  HL6039

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will commence the review of school exclusions and implications for pupil groups disproportionately represented in exclusion statistics, including those with special needs and disabilities.  HL6040

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to collect information from Ofsted on the number of children who are electively home educated, given that this information is already requested by Ofsted as part of the child-level data in its local authority inspections and may be raised by Ofsted during its annual engagement meetings.  HL6041

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish at local authority level the annual information obtained through SEN2, regarding (1) the number of children entering home education with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), and (2) the number of children home educated on census date with an EHCP, subject to the needs of confidentiality for very low nu… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 January (HL4624), when they will make an announcement on the outcome of the call for evidence on out of school settings.  HL6043

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the extent to which Russian oligarchs have been able to acquire Republic of Cyprus nationality, (2) the extent to which such acquisitions enable those individuals to obtain visa-free access to the European Union, (3) whether EU arrangements highlight any inequity with which the EU trea… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July 2017 (HL3), 15 September 2017 (HL1448), and 13 October 2017 (HL1671), whether the Chief Electoral Officer (Northern Ireland) has completed her enquiry into the increase in proxy voting by over 500 per cent between 2010 and 2017; whether she initiated a… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of postal votes issued in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland, for each general election from 2010 to 2017; and what were the comparative (a) percentages of the total poll in each of the four UK electoral areas, and (b) percentage increases in each region, at each genera… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the report from The Place2Be's survey of headteachers that children with mental health problems are suffering as a consequence of school environments with a paucity of mental health support staff for teachers.  HL6047

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering the provision of independent mental health counselling for pupils in all secondary schools in England.  HL6048

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been any reduction in the number of (1) teachers, and (2) teaching assistants, in the secondary school sector in England since 2015; if so, by how many; and what assessment they have made of the impact of any such reductions on children's future education.  HL6049

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the future prospects of children in the poorest and most deprived areas in England; and what assessment they have made of whether there has been any disproportionate loss of children's services in those areas.  HL6050

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in the Diplomatic Service of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in employing black and minority ethnic (BAME) persons, since the adoption in 1998 of the diversity and equality strategy, Bridges into the Future; how many BAME officers are employed in the Diplomatic Service in each grade from DS6 to S… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ensure that any Apprenticeship Levy underspend is retained in the areas where it is raised, in order to address local skills gaps.  HL6052

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government on what date the refurbished Kenilworth Station will reopen; and why the opening has been deferred on several occasions.  HL6053

Lord Risby to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of shale gas and oil wells that will have been hydraulically fractured by (1) 2020, and (2) 2025.  HL6054

Lord Risby to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the volume of shale gas and oil that will have been produced by (1) 2020, and (2) 2025.  HL6055

Lord Risby to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average time taken between the first planning application for a shale gas well being received and final consent being granted for drilling.  HL6056

Lord Risby to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of UK-sourced shale gas to the energy security of the UK.  HL6057

Lord Risby to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of UK gas demand that could be met from UK-sourced shale gas.  HL6058

Lord Risby to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce delays in the planning process for shale gas development.  HL6059

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to protect LGBTI asylum seekers facing discrimination and violence in asylum accommodation managed by private companies on behalf of the Home Office.  HL6060

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who are claiming asylum, and have made reference to a reason being their sexual orientation or gender identity, have been held in detention in the last three years for more than (1) six months, (2) 12 months, (3) 18 months, and (4) 24 months.  HL6061

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government, in respect of those individuals being held in detention who are claiming asylum and have made reference to a reason being their sexual orientation or gender identity, what is the longest time in days that any such individual has been held.  HL6062

Lord Stevens of Ludgate to ask Her Majesty's Government what contingency plans they have to fulfil the functions formerly performed by HMS Ocean.  HL6063

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what further assessment, if any, they have made following the report by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The Impact of Brexit on the Automotive Sector.  HL6064

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK’s ability to secure beneficial trade deals with other nations without EU backing.  HL6065

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to make it easier for small businesses to navigate complex and expensive tax procedures; and how they plan to increase awareness of tax relief schemes amongst small businesses.  HL6066

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Prime Minister on 28 February (HC Deb, col 823) that “no UK Prime Minister could ever agree to” the draft withdrawal text published by the EU Commission, how they plan to advance negotiations for withdrawal from the EU.  HL6067

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which local authorities are satisfied with the level of support and engagement that they are receiving from HM Government in regard to Brexit.  HL6068

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to replace EU structural funds after Brexit; and, if so, how.  HL6069

Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement in the letter of 28 February from Lord Henley to Lord Carlile of Berriew, that "As part of these discussions, both sides have agreed that the UK will have sole responsibility for its international safeguards obligations from the date of withdrawal", whether the Office for Nuclear Regulation will be the UK's sa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Teverson to ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations, individuals, and other stakeholders have been consulted in relation to the comprehensive series of engagement activities undertaken by the Department for International Trade surrounding its approach to its future trade policy, including future trade agreements; what were the names of those consulted; and by what… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support any activities that keep girls and young women at school during their periods in developing countries.  HL6072

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support any innovative projects relating to sanitary products in developing countries.  HL6073

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support the provision of hand-operated machines that make sanitary pads across (1) India, (2) Nepal, (3) Bangladesh, (4) Afghanistan, (5) South Africa, and (6) Zimbabwe.  HL6074

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider supporting the provision of machines that are hand operated and make low cost sanitary pads to keep girls and young women at school during their periods in developing countries.  HL6075

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they have made to the government of Israel in regard to reports that Yassin a-Saradih was shot and subsequently beaten before dying in Jericho.  HL6076

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel in regard to the extended detention without trial of the Palestinian–French lawyer Salah Hamouri.  HL6077

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government whether HS2’s railway infrastructure, including rolling stock and tracks, is being designed to cope with heavy snowfall and sub-zero weather conditions.  HL6078

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech on 2 March, what assessment they have made of associate membership of EURATOM.  HL6079

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ascertain the views of each of the EU 27 parliaments on the UK's current position on Brexit.  HL6080