House of Lords Business

Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the terms of reference for the Timpson Review on the rising number of exclusions in schools have been set; and if so, what they are.  HL6393

Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Timpson Review will (1) clarify the numbers of children being excluded because of behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, and (2) identify what help is being given to such children and their families in schools that do not exclude them.  HL6394

Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty's Government what personal data of children who are excluded is routinely collected in regard to their home backgrounds; and in particular, whether those children live with both parents, and what other close relationships with adults they have.  HL6395

Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children are in special schools primarily because of behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.  HL6396

Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have a statement of special educational needs or an education health and care plan primarily because of behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.  HL6397

Baroness Grey-Thompson to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase (1) the number of opportunities for children to be active outdoors during the school day, and (2) the range of activities available to them when outdoors; and whether such plans include the introduction of active mile schemes.  HL6398

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government when they last made representations to the government of Israel about arrests, treatment in custody, detentions, and trials of young Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem; and what was the result of those representations.  HL6399

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to discuss with the government of Israel ways of preventing violations of the human rights of young people in the Occupied Territories, with full consideration as to the best interests of the child, reduced plea bargaining, suspended and community sentences, the use of civilian judges or magistrates, the improvement of… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to remain a member of the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed; and what discussions they have had to ensure that food safety is not compromised on the day the UK departs the EU.  HL6401

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what guarantees they have given to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that (1) the FSA will have the resources to audit the performance of local authority enforcements officers, and (2) local authorities will have the resources to adequately inspect private commercial third party assurance providers on food safety, as propo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the EU to ensure that the new food safety assurance systems proposed by the Food Standards Agency, and based on private sector oversight, will not jeopardise access to EU markets in the future.  HL6403

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what access consumers will have to food safety data collected by food companies and third party contractors and submitted to the Food Standards Agency.  HL6404

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had in regard to the UK's continuing membership of the European Food Safety Authority; and when Parliament will be updated on the progress of any such discussions.  HL6405

Lord Jopling to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to the Written Answers by Lord McFall of Alcluith on 5 February (HL5378) and on 6 March (HL5733) and by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 February (HL5379), how the number of Peers would be adjusted if their positions as full members of UK parliamentary delegations reflected the total cost represented by Peers of (1) 50.58 per cen… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timescale for the proposed changes to local government structures in Buckinghamshire.  HL6407

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of the damage to infrastructure caused by the recent bad weather in the UK.  HL6408

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value to the UK economy of the space industry.  HL6409

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to announce changes to local government structures in Oxfordshire.  HL6410

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the future of two tier local government (District and County Councils) in England.  HL6411

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to devolve further powers to metro mayors and combined authorities; and if so, what is the process.  HL6412

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to reports that industry representatives in the UK have been asked by Her Majesty's Government to sign non-disclosure agreements before meetings with HM Treasury relating to the UK's departure from the EU.  HL6413

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what conditions, other than customary requirements of commercial confidentiality, are being attached to meetings between industry representatives and Her Majesty's Government about the UK's departure from the EU, before such meetings take place.  HL6414

Lord Kinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish examples of any communications from Government departments to representatives of industries and companies which set conditions of non-disclosure before meetings between those representatives and Her Majesty's Government.  HL6415

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that some schools are encouraging families to home school children with complex difficulties, possibly with an eye to those schools' performance statistics; and what plans they have to ensure that such children benefit from the support of the proposed mental health support teams.  HL64… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the extension of the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover (1) indirect supply chains including those for dairy products, and (2) the right to undertake own initiative investigations and receive complaints from third parties such as farming organisations.  HL6417

Lord Northbrook to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase domestic and foreign policy cooperation between the UK and the Sultanate of Oman.  HL6418

Lord Sharkey to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the decision by NHS South West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group to implement contractual agreements that patients cannot receive routine elective care before 12 weeks, whether they intend to intervene to prohibit such practices.  HL6419

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the increase in funds available for the apprenticeship scheme will increase the number of apprenticeships.  HL6420

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of taxing the revenue from large United States technology companies operating and investing in the UK, and in particular, on investment by such companies in the UK.  HL6421

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of LINK’s proposed cut in ATM funding, with particular regard to the impact on local high streets.  HL6422

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to improve workers’ rights for the self-employed and workers in the gig economy.  HL6423

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on high street businesses of decreasing the interval between business rate assessments.  HL6424

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether all (1) GPs, and (2) sexual health clinics, in England provide prescriptions for free contraception; and if not, why not.  HL6425

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether all (1) GPs, and (2) sexual health clinics, in England distribute free contraception; and if not, why not.  HL6426

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any GPs in England (1) prescribe the oral contraceptive pill for only one month at a time, and (2) require women and girls to make GP appointments every month before receiving a repeat prescription of the pill; and if so, how many and why.  HL6427

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of abortions resulting from foetal abnormalities that would be averted if folic acid were added to flour; what is that number as a percentage of all abortions resulting from foetal abnormalities; whether they intend to require that folic acid be added to flour; and if not, why not.  HL6428

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the percentage of (1) girls under 18, and (2) women, who obtain contraception in England, who do so for free.  HL6429

Baroness Walmsley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of minimum waiting times on patients awaiting surgical procedures in (1) the South West Lincolnshire CCG area, and (2) England.  HL6430