House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL5861), how many years elapsed between the atrocities committed by Ratko Mladic and his conviction; and what assessment they have made of the options for introducing more expeditious and timely ways of bring to justice those who perpetrate genocide or crim… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in work with the provincial governments in Pakistan to eliminate bias and discrimination against religious minorities from school textbooks; and what plans they have for continuing those efforts.  HL6220

Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns about the application of the principle of joint enterprise in criminal cases; and whether they intend (1) to initiate a review of the state of the law in this area, and (2) to collect and publish statistics of murder and other cases in which that principle has been applied since 2014.  HL6221

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 18 December 2017 (HL3813), what assessment, if any, they have made of the impact of cuts by clinical commissioning groups to homeless and rough sleeping mental health teams, including the decision by Camden NHS Clinical Commissioning Group to reduce its financial support for the Focus… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the preparedness of the UK to deal with severe cold weather conditions.  HL6223

Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty's Government how many small and medium-sized abattoirs were in operation in the UK in each year from 2001 to 2017.  HL6224

Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the loss of small and medium-sized local abattoirs.  HL6225

Baroness Byford to ask Her Majesty's Government, in respect of the five per cent of farmers and landowners who are still awaiting their payments for 2017 under the Basic Payments Scheme, how many own farm land of (1) under 250 acres, (2) 250 to 500 acres, (3) 500 to 1000 acres, and (4) over 1000 acres.  HL6226

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the extent to which people aged 55 or over are increasingly experiencing harm caused by alcohol, and (2) the need to introduce a different intervention strategy to address the needs of those people.  HL6227

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to safeguard religious pluralism and to defend and promote freedom of religion or belief in Sri Lanka.  HL6228

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with the government of Sri Lanka to ensure that (1) a thorough investigation is conducted into the recent communal violence between Buddhist nationalists and the Muslim community in Digana and Teldeniya, in Kandy administrative district, Sri Lanka, and (2) the perpetrators are bought to… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many doctors employed by the NHS were (1) suspended for, and (2) convicted of, malpractice, in each year between 2007 and 2017.  HL6230

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many nurses employed by the NHS were (1) suspended for, and (2) convicted of, malpractice, in each year between 2007 and 2017.  HL6231

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many medical negligence court cases were settled by the NHS in each year between 2007 and 2017; and what was the total cost of those cases.  HL6232

Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many avoidable deaths occurred in NHS hospitals in each year between 2007 and 2017.  HL6233

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 8 March (HL5784 to HL5786), whether they propose to have fixed tariff prices for prescribed special medicinal products; and when they will table their proposals for consultation with stakeholders.  HL6234

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected total number of tons of waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station to be deposited in the Cardiff Grounds.  HL6235

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government why Cardiff Grounds was chosen for the deposit of waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station.  HL6236

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the precise nature of the waste material to be removed from the construction site for the new Hinkley Point power station; what contaminants are expected to be found within that material; and whether they have evidence that that material might include irradiated material.  HL6237

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the process of depositing waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station in the Cardiff Grounds to begin.  HL6238

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what checks will be undertaken to ensure that no contaminated waste material arising from the construction of the new Hinkley Point power station will be shipped for depositing in the Cardiff Grounds; and who will conduct those checks.  HL6239

Baroness Hollins to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total number and proportion of direct respondents to their consultation on the Leveson Inquiry Part 2 and section 40 who (1) wrote unique or individual letters or emails, (2) sent in coupons cut out from newspapers, (3) sent in pro-forma, standard or identical email responses, and (4) provided other responses; and for ea… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual budget of the GREAT Britain Campaign; and what proportion is specifically aimed at marketing British food abroad.  HL6241

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff are employed within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the campaign to market British food abroad.  HL6242

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in developing a strong brand image to symbolise food which has been grown and produced in the UK.  HL6243

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with National Parks UK to develop a quality mark for food grown and produced within its borders.  HL6244

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government why the national monitor for air pollution in the Brighton and Hove area is placed in Preston Park, rather than near the more polluting city centre roads; and whether they will consider using the data collected by Brighton and Hove City Council when assessing pollution levels in the area in future.  HL6245

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reconsider the rejection of a grant application to deliver buses with lower emissions in Brighton and Hove, given that City Council’s evidence of high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and airborne fine particles in the city centre.  HL6246

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the two new low-yield nuclear weapons, submarine-launched cruise missile and submarine-launched ballistic missile, contained within the US nuclear posture review; and what are the implications of the introduction of those weapons for NATO security and strategic stability with Russia.  HL6247

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the implications of the US nuclear posture review for UK nuclear weapons and deterrence policy.  HL6248

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the statement by the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, that the "US administration decision to develop new tactical nuclear weapons shows that the spiral of a new nuclear arms race has already been set in motion".  HL6249

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of (1) the effect of the US nuclear posture review plans to "strengthen the integration of nuclear and non-nuclear military planning", and (2) how those plans will affect UK nuclear planning with NATO.  HL6250

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the proposal by the United States Congress to pursue research into a new ground launched cruise missile; and what is their assessment of the implications of that proposal for the requirements of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Force Treaty.  HL6251

Lord Judd to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States on (1) extending or negotiating a successor treaty to New START, and (2) attempting to resolve existing disputes with Russia over the Intermediate-range Nuclear Force Treaty.  HL6252

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to build international support for a UN mandated global arms embargo against Burma.  HL6253

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other members of the UN Security Council regarding support, in principle, for a referral of the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court.  HL6254

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other EU governments on expanding the EU arms embargo to cover the sale of all equipment to the military in Burma.  HL6255

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government which primary schools have used their PE and Sport Premium to successfully encourage substantially more children to walk to school.  HL6256

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received, including those from Commonwealth Caribbean countries, about children who arrived and settled in the UK before 1971 as British subjects on their parents' passports but are now being deported as undocumented illegal Commonwealth Caribbean migrants; and what were their responses.  HL6257

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of people born in a Commonwealth country who have settled in the UK, having arrived before 1971, and are now vulnerable to deportation as they have never regularised their status as UK citizens.  HL6258

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many undocumented Commonwealth immigrants who were settled in the UK before 1971 have been deported in the past 24 months; and to which countries.  HL6259

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of deportation on the lives of those deported residents who settled in the UK before 1971 but now find themselves effectively stateless.  HL6260

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the differences in processes to consider (1) undocumented Commonwealth Caribbean migrants settled in the UK before 1971 for removal, and (2) EU citizens seeking permanent residence in the UK.  HL6261

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist undocumented Commonwealth Caribbean migrants who settled in Britain before 1971, having arrived as British subjects on their parents' passports, to regularise their status as British citizens.  HL6262

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of asylum appeals were successful in each of the years 2005 to 2015.  HL6263

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities have accepted asylum seekers in each of the last five years.  HL6264

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to asylum seekers to ensure that those individuals can travel to their immigration interviews.  HL6265

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff were employed as immigration officers on 1 May in (1) 2006, (2) 2012, and (3) 2016.  HL6266

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish an asylum processing centre in Calais.  HL6267

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of qualified staff required to ensure that asylum seekers' claims are properly assessed; and how many qualified staff are currently employed to make such assessments.  HL6268

Lord Sharkey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to facilitate the adoption of off-patent, repurposed drugs into NHS clinical practice where these would benefit patients.  HL6269

Lord Sharkey to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review how they can incentivise manufacturers of generic medicines to ensure off-patent medicines can be repurposed and made available to patients.  HL6270

Lord Sharkey to ask Her Majesty's Government what processes they will adopt to ensure that eligible repurposed medicines are included in horizon scanning to identify products for the Accelerated Access Pathway, as highlighted in their response to the Accelerated Access Review.  HL6271

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bates on 22 February (HL Deb, cols 319–22), what assessment they have made of the extent to which older women with disabilities are among the most vulnerable groups in developing countries; and what plans they have, ahead of the Global Disability Summit in July, to include older women in their disabil… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the comments by the Executive Director of Europol that the UK will face “impediments” to receiving high-quality information after Brexit; and how they will ensure that high levels of cooperation with EU law enforcement are maintained.  HL6273

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments by Donald Tusk that the Irish border issue must be addressed before the Brexit negotiations can address other issues; and whether this will affect the progress of the negotiations.  HL6274

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how the competences currently held at the EU level will be distributed between the various countries in the UK after Brexit; and what impact this will have on the management of the devolution settlement and on relations between those countries.  HL6275

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to minimise the costs arising from regulatory divergence after Brexit, as identified in HM Government’s impact assessments published by the House of Commons Exiting the EU Committee.  HL6276

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the statutory provision of adoption of the closure of First4Adoption on 31 March; and how they plan to fund adoption services thereafter.  HL6277