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 26 March (HL6283), what assessment they have made of reported restrictions on the ability to celebrate Christian holidays in India.  HL6675

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what structures are in place to ensure consistency of quality across departments in responding to Questions for Written Answer in line with constitutional norms, especially regarding the need to be "as open as possible" in answering (LJ (1996–97) 404).  HL6676

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take to prevent the auctioning off of social housing.  HL6677

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take to prevent social landlords, including local authorities, from evicting tenants from their homes to enable the auctioning off of properties in lot sales.  HL6678

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on specialist HIV treatment and care in England in (1) 2014–15, (2) 2015–16, and (3) 2016–17.  HL6679

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many separate bank accounts have been established in the last 12 months for benefit claimants suffering from domestic violence.  HL6680

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy for electrifying the freight railway; and if so, whether that strategy includes the objectives of (1) reducing the level of pollutants emitted from diesel haulage, and (2) attracting additional freight to rail.  HL6681

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are carrying out a review of railway ticketing systems; and if so, who is responsible for that review, and when it will conclude.  HL6682

Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) standards of oral health for people aged 65 and over, and (2) whether standards of oral health have improved or deteriorated over the last five years.  HL6683

Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of oral health problems amongst care home residents.  HL6684

Lord Colwyn to ask Her Majesty's Government when the next Adult Dental Health Survey will be published.  HL6685

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 26 March (HL Deb, col 613), what representations they have made to the government of Nigeria to secure the release of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu who was abducted by Boko Haram; and what progress has been made on securing her release.  HL6686

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 26 March (HL Deb, col 613), whether money was given by the government of Nigeria to Boko Haram to secure the release of school girls in Dapchi; and if so, how much.  HL6687

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the financial impact analysis conducted in respect of the pending decision on the printing of British passports.  HL6688

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written answers by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 22 March (HL6196 and HL6197), how many clinical injury claims against the NHS were resolved with payment of damages (1) before the issue of proceedings, and (2) after the issue of proceedings, in each of the last five years.  HL6689

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they have given to civil society and charitable organisations in Northern Ireland, in each of the last three years, to enable those organisations to uphold the principles of the Belfast Agreement and to help restore the north-south and devolved institutions; and whether contributions have been received from the EU… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they have given in the last three years to voluntary and civil society organisations in Israel and Palestine to support dialogue and political agreement.  HL6691

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK–France Migration Committee has met since the Sandhurst Treaty was agreed; and if so, what (1) decisions it has taken, and (2) action it has approved.  HL6692

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether one or more British liaison officers have been appointed under Article 5 of the Sandhurst Treaty; if so, how those officers can be contacted; and whether a meeting of experts has been summoned for the application of Articles 2, 3 and 4 of that Treaty.  HL6693

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Franco-British cooperation has improved since 1 February, in particular (1) concerning the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation, and (2) in cases of unaccompanied children seeking protection and asylum.  HL6694

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children have been transferred to the UK under Articles 2 and 3 of the Sandhurst Treaty, since 1 February.  HL6695

The Earl of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to support research and development into novel antimicrobials by small and medium-sized enterprises.  HL6696

The Earl of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on establishing an Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) to manage the new Accelerated Access Pathway; and who are, or will be, the members of the AAC.  HL6697

The Earl of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what involvement the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has had in the establishment of the new Accelerated Access Pathway.  HL6698

The Earl of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS is undertaking a fast-track trial of wound care products; and if so, when they expect to report on that trial.  HL6699

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 12 March (HL6256), what assessment they have made of the extent to which it would aid the spread of good practice in the effective use of the PE and Sport Premium if schools which felt that they had used that Premium particularly well were encouraged to broadcast that message and s… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Patel of Bradford to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the funding previously assigned to the Drug Interventions Programme to tackle drug-related offending by helping drug-using offenders to access treatment will be retained; and whether that funding will continue to be focused on the specific needs of that group of people.  HL6701

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the strategic importance of the high temperature clinical water incinerator at Lakeside energy from waste plant on (1) national, and (2) regional, clinical waste management; and whether they have assessed the availability and accessibility of alternative facilities.  HL6702

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to make it a statutory duty for councils to include in any consideration of cuts to bus services an assessment of the environmental impact of withdrawing that bus service.  HL6703

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government which companies are competing for the HS2 franchise; and whether they have any plans to reconsider the process of letting that franchise.  HL6704

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the deterioration in Great Western Railway's Public Performance Measure (PPM), as reported by the Office of Road and Rail; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for the 214 per cent increase in train crew-caused PPM failures since Q3 in 2016–17.  HL6705

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons why the punctuality of Great Western Railway services have deteriorated since Q3 2016–17, as reported by the Office of Road and Rail; and what assessment they have made of the reasons why train punctuality is at the lowest level since 2007–08.  HL6706

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect rail companies to return to the 12-week deadline for publishing accurate advance timetables.  HL6707

Viscount Ridley to ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learnt from Norway's success in reducing its smoking rate among young women from 30 per cent to 1 per cent in the last 16 years.  HL6708

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that there are adequate numbers of medically-trained staff in schools.  HL6709

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for bringing back legal aid for family reunification cases.  HL6710

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have for fisheries policy in the Irish Sea after the UK leaves the EU.  HL6711

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will initiate a schools twinning programme between schools in England and schools in Syria.  HL6712

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that, in respect of medical advances which have been funded and developed in the UK, the benefits are realised within the UK and made available to the NHS.  HL6713

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the benefits of medical advances are available on the NHS in all areas of England.  HL6714

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what national rules are in place concerning police officers accessing individuals' personal mobile phone data.  HL6715

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether police officers should be prevented from accessing individuals' personal mobile phone data without a search warrant.  HL6716

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the police can retain data downloaded from the mobile phones of those who have been arrested but not charged; and if so, why.  HL6717

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to international donors to increase the payment rate as a proportion of pledged donations to the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan for Syria.  HL6718

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government at what level the UK will be represented at the second Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region on 24 and 25 April; and whether they intend to press participating states and non-governmental bodies to agree a mechanism for timely and transparent receipt, disbursement, and accounting of money p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to ensure that there is no reduction in the level of UK funding to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Syria, and (2) to aid the relief effort in neighbouring countries in 2018–19.  HL6720

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to declassify transgender as a mental disorder.  HL6721

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of data by Cambridge Analytica; and how they will ensure protection of personal data.  HL6722

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to address concerns that the provisional nature of the Brexit transition deal does not provide sufficient reassurance to businesses; and what steps they will take to provide such reassurance.  HL6723

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK fishing industry of UK fish quotas potentially being sold to foreign-owned firms after Brexit.  HL6724

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK continues to be a global leader in the financial technology sector; and how they are attracting new firms to that sector.  HL6725

Lord Triesman to ask Her Majesty's Government what restrictions are imposed by regulation on the eligibility of overseas nationals, whether or not they are citizens of EU member states, (1) to start businesses in the UK, and (2) to serve as directors of such companies.  HL6726

Lord Triesman to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held in the last year with Facebook and other social media companies about online grooming of children; and with what outcomes.  HL6727

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms will be in place after Brexit to take the place of the EU Roma Integration Strategy to improve the life outcomes of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.  HL6728

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 5 February (HL 4901), how many Gypsies and Travellers completed apprenticeships in each academic year since 2014; and at what level.  HL6729

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 March (HL6185), whether they intend to make representations to the government of Israel to ensure that all school children are taught both Hebrew and Arabic.  HL6730

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to amend the reference to “travellers” in paragraph 62 of the draft National Planning Policy Framework, published on 5 March, to clarify whether the reference is to Irish Travellers.  HL6731

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 8 March (HL Deb, col GC117), when the scoping study to identify Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities as separate groups will be completed.  HL6732

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 8 March (HL Deb, col GC116), whether they will employ a standardised methodology for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation so that there is a transparent understanding of where the need for housing is most acute.  HL6733