House of Lords Business

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have issued any policy guidance to help immigration caseworkers assess the character and conduct of highly-skilled migrants applying for visas to work in the UK.  HL6528

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to put in place processes enabling action to be taken against those whose immigration applications have been refused on the grounds of deception.  HL6529

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government when, and how, they intend to respond to the projection by the Government Office for Science that plastic in the ocean is set to treble by 2025.  HL6530

Lord Beith to ask Her Majesty's Government what matters they intend to be covered by regulations made under paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill; and whether they will publish draft regulations under that paragraph so as to assist the House during consideration of the Bill at Report Stage.  HL6531

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the National Crime Agency's cooperation to date with the government of the Republic of Ireland in respect of tackling cross-border crime.  HL6532

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the cancer dashboard includes tumour-specific data for ovarian and other less common cancers; and if not, whether they plan to include that data in the future.  HL6533

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been apprehended when illegally entering the UK via Northern Ireland's land border with the Republic of Ireland during the last twelve months, broken down by month.  HL6534

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve mental health support for (1) veterans, and (2) serving military personnel.  HL6535

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking, if any, to encourage police forces to recruit ex-servicemen and women.  HL6536

Lord Browne of Belmont to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.  HL6537

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to enhance the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence capability of the UK in the light of the ongoing enquiries into recent events in Salisbury and the possibility of further similar events within the UK.  HL6538

Lord Eames to ask Her Majesty's Government what are their priorities in the forthcoming negotiations in Brussels on a legally binding fallback plan to keep Northern Ireland in a common regulatory area with the EU.  HL6539

Lord Eames to ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have sought on the provision of technical instruments to monitor the border crossings between Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland to facilitate an open border between the UK and the EU after Brexit; and from whom.  HL6540

Lord Eames to ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they have given to the fishing industry in Northern Ireland regarding the rights of fishermen based there to fish in the Irish Sea following Brexit.  HL6541

Lord Framlingham to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to protect primary school children from being exposed to hard-core pornography on the internet.  HL6542

Baroness Garden of Frognal to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of young people who participated in full-time social action in each of the last five years.  HL6543

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask the Leader of the House what plans she has to propose a debate in the House of Lords on their consultation on Insolvency and Corporate Governance, announced on 20 March.  HL6544

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on 17 October 2017, they intend to call for the release from custody in Russia of Oleg Navalny.  HL6545

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the negotiations for a peaceful settlement in Syria, now taking place in Geneva and Astana, are effectively drawn together to produce a satisfactory result, minimising continued loss of life.  HL6546

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with (1) the government of Saudi Arabia, (2) the EU, (3) the United Nations, and (4) the government of Yemen, concerning the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.  HL6547

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to assess the views and concerns of all the UK Overseas Territories regarding the UK’s departure from the EU.  HL6548

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what economic and logistical plans they are making to assist the UK Overseas Territories following the UK’s departure from the EU.  HL6549

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they plan to introduce to deal with the border between Gibraltar and Spain following the UK’s departure from the EU; and what negotiations have taken place with (1) the EU, and (2) Gibraltar, regarding those new arrangements.  HL6550

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 20 February (HL5494), whether they will now answer the question asked, namely whether, prior to the Prime Minister’s letter of 29 March 2017 notifying the European Council, in accordance with Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, of the UK’s intention to withdraw fro… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government why Lauren Southern was detained under the Terrorism Act 2000 in Calais in March; and why she has been denied entry to the UK.  HL6552

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 13 March (HL Deb, col 1504), when they expect the investigations into 33 police officers in connection with the Rotherham case to conclude.  HL6553

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 13 March (HL Deb, col 1505), how they intend to measure the progress of the initiative by British-based Islamic leaders "to dispel the poisonous interpretation of Islam peddled by al-Qaeda and Daesh".  HL6554

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Bahraini Criminal Court's conviction and sentencing of Duaa Alwadaei.  HL6555

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to make any representations to the government of Bahrain concerning the hunger strike declared by Hajer Mansoor Hassan in Isa Town Prison, and to protest about measures against political prisoners in Bahrain.  HL6556

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 7 December 2017 (HC116305), whether they will report further developments on the investigations being conducted by the Bahraini Special Investigations Unit into the allegations of torture of Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Moosa.  HL6557

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the alleged failure of the Bahraini Ministry of Interior Ombudsman to conduct an independent and thorough investigation into allegations of torture of Sayed Nizar Alwadaei, Hajer Mansoor Hassan, and Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor.  HL6558

Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the curfew imposed in rural communities in Taraba State, Nigeria.  HL6559

Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the abduction of 110 schoolgirls from a school in the town of Dapchi, Nigeria by Boko Haram last month and the recent return of around 100 of those schoolgirls; and whether they plan to provide any assistance to the government of Nigeria to prevent similar incidents in the future.  HL6560

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 March (HL5986), whether they have made representations to the government of Israel that the bank accounts of churches in Jerusalem should be unfrozen as part of the process of mediating the dispute between the churches, the government of Israel, and the Muni… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of staff providing fraudulent qualifications have been detected in the NHS over the last three years.  HL6562

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what requirement there is to check the validity of staff qualifications in the NHS.  HL6563

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take following reports of a letter campaign encouraging recipients to take part in a "Punish a Muslim Day" which allegedly awarded points for differently graded acts of violence against Muslims.  HL6564

Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of pre-sentence reports recommended (1) immediate custody, (2) suspended sentences, (3) community sentences, and (4) fines, in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17; and what were the rates of concordance between sentences and pre-sentence report recommendations for each of those recommendati… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text