House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capacity of Iraqi courts to prosecute Daesh fighters in accordance with international law, and of the use of the death penalty in Iraq.  HL7375

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK has pledged to support Sudan's removal from the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism; if so, upon what grounds that decision was made; and what is their assessment of the human rights situation in that country.  HL7376

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made with the remedial order to allow single people to achieve legal parenthood of their children following surrogacy, following the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Proposal for a Draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018, published on 2 March (2nd Rep… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to lay a revised remedial order on parental orders for single people using surrogacy; and if so, when.  HL7378

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' findings on the Proposal for a Draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018, laid on 29 November 2017, which is designed to allow single people to apply for a parental order following surrogacy in the same way that couples may.  HL7379

Baroness Barker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to commit funds to the Law Commission to allow it to commence its review of surrogacy laws.  HL7380

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about the jailing of 12 journalists from the newspaper Cumhuriyet.  HL7381

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States about maintenance of the nuclear weapons agreement with Iran.  HL7382

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States about the renewal of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.  HL7383

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States about ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.  HL7384

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to lay statutory instruments before Parliament to extend the Public Lending Right to e-book loans.  HL7385

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that the Public Lending Right will be extended to e-book loans in time for the planned implementation date of 1 July.  HL7386

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask Her Majesty's Government whether charitable hospices will be able to access the additional funding that is being set aside to pay for the proposed increases in the NHS Agenda for Change pay rates.  HL7387

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government how many communities in the UK do not receive a daily postal delivery.  HL7388

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government how many post office owners are in receipt of income which represents an hourly rate below the minimum wage.  HL7389

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government which executives have responsibility for the efficient and timely delivery of the Royal Mail; and how many of those executives are paid more than £50,000.  HL7390

Lord Foster of Bath to ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the confirmation by Paul Symon, the Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Sydney on 27 April, that Australia possesses intelligence records on Portuguese Timor for the period 1974–80, what recent representations they have made to the government o… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Scotland Office's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.  HL7392

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Cabinet Office are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7393

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7394

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7395

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Education are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7396

Lord Harris of Haringey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7397

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, including in diplomacy and the provision of development aid, to help stop the conflict in Yemen and to encourage all parties to take part in UN peace negotiations.  HL7398

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to advocate for a Security Council resolution to try to resolve the conflict in Yemen.  HL7399

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help the estimated 22.2 million Yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance.  HL7400

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are offering to the women of Yemen to alleviate suffering during the conflict there.  HL7401

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to focus economic and technical assistance to those developing countries in the tropics that are experiencing the most adverse effects of climate change.  HL7402

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to encourage or require the introduction by vehicle manufacturers of technology linked to government databases automatically to detect attempts to drive by those without a driving licence, or who are medically unfit to drive, and to prevent the vehicle from being driven in such cases.  HL7403

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that translabial scans are available at every acute hospital where urogynecologists and gynaecologists are seeing women for pain and complications after the implantation of pelvic mesh.  HL7404

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish their response to Fair and Effective, the pamphlet by Refugee Action; and what steps they will take to assess its proposals for an improved asylum system.  HL7405

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for integrating all recognised refugees, and for fully developing the human potential of those individuals.  HL7406

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are seeking guarantees from the government of Turkey that it will not cause further deaths, injuries and destruction elsewhere in Syria, similar to those resulting from its operations in Afrin Canton.  HL7407

Lord Inglewood to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a target date for the introduction of electronic licences for the export of works of art; and if not, when they anticipate they will announce a target date.  HL7408

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government how many trees they estimate will be felled during the programme to clear vegetation alongside railway lines; and what plans are in place to plant new trees on Network Rail land.  HL7409

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps for the protection of nesting birds, as set out in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, are being taken during Network Rail’s clearance of trackside vegetation.  HL7410

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the building of private luxury chalets on Forestry Commission land against its purpose of protecting and expanding England’s public forests and woodland; and if so, what conclusions were reached.  HL7411

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what public consultation takes place with local communities on the siting by the Forestry Commission of new Forest Holiday chalet developments.  HL7412

Lord Livermore to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the net contribution to the UK economy of immigrants from the Commonwealth or its predecessor dominions and colonies, in each year since 1948.  HL7413

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Economic evaluation of Place2Be's counselling service in primary schools by Pro Bono Economics and Place2Be published on 26 April; and what assessment they have made of increasing mental health counselling provision for primary school pupils and the potential long-term benefits for t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the long-term implications for children's education of increasing numbers of schools switching to a four and a half day week.  HL7415

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to resolve the disputed citizenship and rights of the children of exiled Chagos islanders in order to avoid an outcome similar to the Windrush scandal.  HL7416

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what innovative measures are being introduced to tackle the causes of increasing levels of knife, gun and violent crimes; and what consideration they have given to supporting and replicating the preventative work of the St Giles Trust's SOS project.  HL7417

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what assumption they have made of the level of funding to be provided for public health in the context of plans for councils to retain 75 per cent business rates and of the Fair Funding Review of councils’ funding baselines.  HL7418

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that the work on the social care Green Paper, and parallel work on working age adults, feeds into (1) the Fair Funding Review of councils’ relative needs, and (2) plans for 75 per cent business rates retention.  HL7419

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the research commissioned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Education as part of the Fair Funding Review on children's services costs; and when they expect to publish the final conclusion of that research.  HL7420

Lord Rooker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Forestry Commission has prepared environmental impact assessments for proposed private developments for building accommodation units in Mortimer Forest on the Herefordshire–Shropshire border.  HL7421

Lord Rooker to ask Her Majesty's Government what bidding process has been used by the Forestry Commission in respect of granting private companies leases of up to 125 years for the building of accommodation units in public forests.  HL7422

Lord Rooker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether ministers have approved Forestry Commission plans to privatise parts of public forests.  HL7423

Lord Rooker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the financial arrangements employed by the Forestry Commission to grant private access to developers to build accommodation units in public forests have been approved by the National Audit Office.  HL7424

Lord Rooker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to call-in the proposals from the Forestry Commission for private chalet parks in public forests.  HL7425

Lord Rooker to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Forestry Commission has taken, since the original planning application was made regarding proposed developments in Mortimer Forest on the Shropshire–Herefordshire border, to ensure that residents who have an interest have been kept informed of any changes to those plans in an open and transparent manner.  HL7426

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of the United States about that government's ongoing investigation into the Rohingya crisis.  HL7427

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that Rohingya refugees are in suitable housing for cyclone and monsoon season.  HL7428

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that all Rohingya refugees have adequate food and drinking water supplies during the cyclone season.  HL7429

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that waste management is maintained in the Rohingya camps throughout monsoon and cyclone season.  HL7430

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help tackle the trafficking of Rohingya refugee women and girls.  HL7431

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that Rohingya refugee women and girls have access to female sanitary products.  HL7432

Lord Stoddart of Swindon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the European Parliament has the power to veto any withdrawal agreement reached between the UK and the EU.  HL7433

Lord Stoddart of Swindon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek candidates internationally for a replacement governor of the Bank of England rather than restricting the post to British candidates; and if so, why.  HL7434

Lord Stoddart of Swindon to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 26 April concerning the April Agriculture and Fisheries Council (HLWS631), what assessment they have made of the extent to which their welcome for the European Commission's proposed alignment of the Western Waters plan with the North Sea plan is compatible with… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the effects of complex visa procurement processes on the UK’s ability to attract global talent.  HL7436

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reassess their target to reduce net migration to below 100,000 per year.  HL7437

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress, if any, they have made towards finding a solution for the Irish border issue.  HL7438

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend that the UK will continue to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation programme following Brexit; and what alternatives they are considering in the event that such participation is not possible.  HL7439

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether GPs in England and Wales obtain any advantage by prescribing oral contraceptive pills one month at a time.  HL7440

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of family separations that might occur as a result of Brexit.  HL7441