House of Lords Business

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that there is sufficient funding for local government children’s services.  HL6479

Baroness Coussins to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on human rights and the Peace Accord of the delay in accrediting a new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia.  HL6480

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Office for Students concerning whether, and if so what, disciplinary action was taken by King’s College London (KCL) following the disruption by protesters of a speech by Ami Ayalon to the KCL Israel Society on 19 January 2016.  HL6481

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Office for Students concerning whether, and if so what, disciplinary action was taken by King’s College London (KCL) following the disruption by protesters of a speech by Dan Meridor at KCL on 12 February.  HL6482

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Office for Students concerning whether, and if so what, disciplinary action was taken by King’s College London (KCL) following the disruption by protesters of an event hosted by the KCL Libertarian Society on objectivism on 5 March, which was to have been addressed by Yaron Brook and Ca… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government whether all positive reasonable grounds decisions made under the National Referral Mechanism for children result in the recording of a crime of modern slavery.  HL6484

Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many crimes of modern slavery involving children have been recorded since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force.  HL6485

Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government which police forces have recorded crimes of modern slavery involving children since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force.  HL6486

Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the inspection process and sanctions if a public authority fails to comply with section 52 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.  HL6487

Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have requested re-consideration of a negative National Referral Mechanism decision in the past three years.  HL6488

Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of children being re-trafficked after going missing from local authority care.  HL6489

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is a loophole for electricity generating units of 3MWTh (MW thermal) under the EU Emissions Trading System.  HL6490

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the decision to replace net demand with gross demand in calculating Capacity Market charges for suppliers.  HL6491

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to classify grid-scale storage as electricity generation.  HL6492

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the electricity market of system operators and network owners owning and operating electricity storage.  HL6493

Baroness Featherstone to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to set a deadline for distribution network operators to transition to distribution system operators.  HL6494

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty's Government when the review into the legal position of police firearms officers will be concluded; and whether they intend to publish the findings of that review.  HL6495

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what overall strategic approach they have for future relations between the West and Russia.  HL6496

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in its work and to address its current financial crisis; and what representations they have made to the government of the United States following that government's decision to withhold more than half its fundi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government how many death threats against Rwandans living in the UK they are aware of in each year since 2000; how many of those they suspect emanate from the government of Rwanda; and what action, if any, they are taking to prevent such threats.  HL6498

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of Myanmar is building military bases on the ruins of Rohingya villages; and whether they have made representations about such action to the government of Myanmar.  HL6499

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the situation in Central Asia with regard to the sharing of water resources in that region.  HL6500

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to require GPs to carry out an annual check on all patients who have been prescribed opioids for chronic pain.  HL6501

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a helpline for any patients who have been prescribed opioids to seek advice.  HL6502

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to continue to rely on the research provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea in relation to setting quotas for fishing in waters in the UK post-Brexit.  HL6503

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to distribute some of the UK's unused quota for fish with inshore fishermen.  HL6504

Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court to ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue they estimate would be raised if a national insurance charge of one per cent were applied to the employment, pension, savings, and rental income of those over retirement age, assuming the same national insurance allowance as for those below retirement age.  HL6505

Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court to ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue they estimate would be raised if a national insurance surcharge of one per cent were applied to the employment, rental, savings, and pensions income of those below retirement age.  HL6506

Lord Mawson to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the highest environmental standards apply to motorways and highways of England with respect to litter.  HL6507

Lord Morris of Aberavon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ensure that the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system is accessible to all diabetes patients who would benefit from it.  HL6508

Lord Morris of Aberavon to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of flash glucose monitoring on the management of diabetes.  HL6509

Lord Morris of Aberavon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are plans to encourage Clinical Commissioning Groups to review their policies on prescribing flash glucose monitoring systems to those with type 1 diabetes on the NHS.  HL6510

Lord Morris of Aberavon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to monitor access to flash glucose monitoring to ensure its availability in all areas of England.  HL6511

Lord Suri to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Nigeria regarding reports of widespread violence in the conflict between Fulani herders and Christian farmers.  HL6512

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to renew the UK's membership of the EU framework programme for research and development after Brexit.  HL6513

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which a 21 month transition period will be sufficient to deal with structural changes in (1) customs, (2) immigration, and (3) the creation of new regulatory agencies.  HL6514

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek to protect healthy nutritional standards, particularly concerning fat and sugar contents in food, when securing future trade deals with the United States.  HL6515

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address concerns that small businesses lack the funds and resources necessary to fully take advantage of global trade agreements after Brexit; and whether they are considering future measures to help such businesses in this area.  HL6516

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government whether severely disabled Personal Independence Payment claimants in residential homes under NHS Continuing Care are eligible for higher rate mobility to enable them to lease a mobility vehicle.  HL6517

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether, and the extent to which, Cambridge Analytica interfered in the EU referendum campaign in the UK.  HL6518

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost to the UK economy of the universal application of the Common Reporting Standards and consequent obligations on individuals, entities and controlling persons to complete tax residency self-certification forms, including for multiple institutions.  HL6519

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the costs to (1) banks, (2) insurance companies, (3) charities, and (4) other financial institutions, of the universal application of the Common Reporting Standards and consequent obligations on individuals, entities and controlling persons to complete tax residency self-certification forms, including for multip… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of tax residency self-certification forms completed by (1) individuals, (2) entities, and (3) controlling persons, since the introduction in the UK of the Common Reporting Standards; and how many such forms they estimate will be completed annually in future.  HL6521

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government how many pre-sentence reports were issued in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) a summary offence, (2) a triable either way offence, and (3) and indictable only offence.  HL6522

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the rates of concordance between sentences and pre-sentence report recommendations in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) a summary offence, (2) a triable either way offence, (3) and indictable only offence.  HL6523

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government how many pre-sentence reports were issued in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) violence against the person, (2) a sexual offence, (3) robbery, (4) a theft offence, and (5) criminal damage.  HL6524

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government how many pre-sentence reports were issued in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) a drug offence, (2) a possession of weapons, (3) a public order offence, (4) a fraud offence, (5) a summary non-motoring offence, and (6) a summary motoring offence.  HL6525

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the rates of concordance between sentences and pre-sentence report recommendations in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) violence against the person, (2) a sexual offence, (3) robbery, (4) a theft offence, and (5) criminal damage and arson.  HL6526

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the rates of concordance between sentences and pre-sentence report recommendations in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) a drug offence, (2) a possession of weapons, (3) a public order offence, (4) a fraud offence, (5) a summary non-motoring offence, and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text