House of Lords Business

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what internal guidance, if any, was issued by Departments to give effect to the policy of creating a hostile environment for illegal migrants in the United Kingdom; and what evidence formed the basis of that policy.  HL7093

Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost to the UK in hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.  HL7094

Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of security and policing for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.  HL7095

Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government whether private contractors provided personnel to augment the number of Metropolitan Police Service officers policing the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting; and if so, how much was paid for those services.  HL7096

Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, after the UK leaves the EU, UK citizens entering a Schengen country on a 90 day visa will, after their return to the UK upon its expiry, have to wait a further three months before they are able to enter another Schengen country without becoming an illegal migrant in that country; and if so, what action they propose to avoid tha… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to announce the reduced stake for category B2 gaming machines, known as fixed odds betting terminals.  HL7098

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the key responses to the gambling consultation which was launched on 31 October 2017.  HL7099

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans are in place to increase the provision of services for gambling addiction, in particular in connection with mental health services.  HL7100

Baroness Coussins to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the lifting in 2014 of the Schengen visa requirement for visitors from Peru and of the introduction by Peru in 2016 of biometric passports which comply with international security and control standards, whether the forthcoming Home Office review of visa requirements will restore the pre-1996 visa exemption for visitors t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of benefits to the UK from Israeli advances in medicine, science and technology.  HL7102

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure full transparency of local authority funding allocations so that councils can see why their funding allocations are what they are, as they seek to set new funding baselines as part of the local authority Fair Funding Review.  HL7103

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) annual budget, and (2) spend, for section 7A public health monies for the years (a) 2014–15, (b) 2015–16, and (c) 2016–17; and what is the budget and projected spend for 2017–18.  HL7104

Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total value of undelivered contracted units of dental activity in NHS dental contracts in England in each year from 2012–13 to 2016–17.  HL7105

Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that the Royal Navy has the capability to launch cruise missiles from surface ships.  HL7106

Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government what funds allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive for specific purposes, outwith the Block Grant, remained unspent at the end of the financial year 2017–18.  HL7107

Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 16 April, whether they will now answer the question asked, namely whether in response to the representations made to them, they, or somebody acting on their behalf, has given a written or verbal undertaking to Sinn Fein not to include a statute of limitations in the forthcomin… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to issue guidance to the Financial Conduct Authority when it takes over responsibility for the regulation of claims management companies from the Ministry of Justice.  HL7109

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government from when a national data opt-out expressed directly to NHS Digital will apply to data shared for secondary uses by a GP practice and be visible to GP practices.  HL7110

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government which stakeholders were asked, prior to 16 April, to comment on the content of a draft of any letter to patients for the national data opt-out programme.  HL7111

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK not remaining part of the European Medicines Agency after Brexit on (1) the safety of new drugs, and (2) the safety of drugs targeted at rare diseases.  HL7112

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the governance and collapse of Carillion will be considered by the Financial Reporting Council as part of their review of the UK Corporate Governance Code; and when that review will be published.  HL7113

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government, in light of Carillion’s claim in its 2016 Annual Report that in the event of extreme downside scenarios the Company “will be able to continue in operation” for a three year period, whether they plan to take steps to improve the accuracy of annual reporting and accountability for inaccurate company reporting.  HL7114

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the framework for the regulation of corporate advisory firms undertaking board performance evaluations; and what assesment they have made of the effectiveness of that regulation.  HL7115

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government, in light of Carillion’s claim in its 2016 Annual Report that the Board and Committee performance evaluation conducted by Linstock Limited “confirmed that the Board, each of its Committees and the Directors continue to be highly effective”, whether they plan to take steps to improve (1) the effectiveness and accountability of board p… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans to improve the availability of working capital to businesses in financial distress; and what assessment have they made of debtor-in-possession financing models such as those available in the United States.  HL7117

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any UK companies or customers have been affected by data breaches or malware attacks linked to hacking group Fin7.  HL7118

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in negotiations to secure contributions to the cost of repatriating stranded passengers of Monarch airlines from related parties of the airline, including Greybull Capital.  HL7119

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the conclusion of the report of the National Audit Office Investigation into the Department for Transport’s decision to cancel three rail electrification projects, published on 29 March, that the main reason for the cancellation of rail electrification projects was affordability.  HL7120

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their analysis of responses to proposals for a diesel scrappage scheme, following the consultation period which ended in November 2017.  HL7121

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government how many times in the last three months the new GWR Intercity Express Trains which operate on the Paddington to Cardiff and Swansea route (1) have been cancelled because of technical problems, and (2) have run in reduced five carriage formation; and what are each of those figures as a percentage of the total number of trains due t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government how many times in the last three months have GWR services between Paddington to Cardiff and Swansea been cancelled for lack of train crew; and what are each of those figures as a percentage of the total number of trains due to run.  HL7123

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British Transport Police are able to access additional funding to pay for a portion of the costs of policing transport for big events such as football matches, when local police services are able to claim such funding.  HL7124

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the Operational Delivery Networks have made against the Hepatitis C 2020 Impact Targets set out in the World Health Organisation’s Global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis 2016–21 and Appendix 1 of the Hepatitis C in England 2017 report.  HL7125

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the increase in February of the standard allowance for asylum seekers from £36.95 a week to £37.75 a week is sufficient to meet living costs.  HL7126

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government which companies, bodies or individuals were given contracts to deliver any part of the technical assistance programme for Bahrain in the 2017–18 financial year.  HL7127

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children who have had a general anaesthetic for dental extraction had been (1) registered with, and (2) treated by, a dentist in the previous two years.  HL7128

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 19 March (HL6520), why they have not estimated the number of tax residency self-certification forms that have been completed or will be completed annually in future; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which a full regulatory impact assessment can be prepared without such es… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 28 March (HL6178), given that litigation costs are a minor proportion of legal fees, what plans they have, if any, to begin collecting data on the uniformity of hourly rates charged throughout the legal profession.  HL7130

Lord Vinson to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the report from the Competition and Markets Authority Legal services market study published in December 2016, what plans they have, if any, to ask the Competition and Markets Authority to suggest to law firms that they should publish their hourly rates online.  HL7131