House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to respond to calls from the Association of Accounting Technicians to reduce the use of single-use plastics by (1) encouraging the development of alternatives, and (2) penalising the use of single-use plastic through (a) taxation, (b) charges, and (c) incentivising behaviour change.  HL7442

Lord Baker of Dorking to ask Her Majesty's Government how many primary schools have introduced the teaching of coding in (1) the 2016–17 academic year, and (2) the current academic year.  HL7443

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the estimated costs of compensating (1) passenger and freight operators, and (2) passengers, for the 227 weekend closures of the West Coast Main Line planned over a ten year period during the construction of HS2 Phases 1 and 2A; and whether those costs are included in the estimated construction costs of HS2.  HL7444

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the planned removal of spoil from the construction of Old Oak Common Station by 350 truck movements a day to Willesden for onward transport by rail complies with assurances given by HS2 that such truck movements would not exceed six per hour.  HL7445

Lord Boateng to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of BME service user-led groups to the mental health system; and what proposals they have made to guarantee continued funding for such groups.  HL7446

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government which Clinical Commissioning Groups in England are compliant with the Mental Health Investment Standard for the current financial year.  HL7447

Baroness Cumberlege to ask Her Majesty's Government what provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 have not yet been brought into force.  HL7448

Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the continued availability of coal at an affordable price for (1) heritage steam locomotive, (2) traction engine, and (3) stationary engine, operations.  HL7449

Lord Foster of Bath to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from, and what discussions they have had with, the EU regarding proposed new EU regulations under the Ecodesign Working Plan 2016–17 which will remove the exemption for studio lighting, show effect lighting and theatre lighting in EU 1194/2012 and other related regulations.  HL7450

Lord Framlingham to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the report on HS2 which was prepared by Sir Jeremy Heywood in 2016.  HL7451

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 Exiting the European Union are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7452

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 International Development are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7453

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 International Trade are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7454

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 Transport are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7455

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 Work and Pensions are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7456

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 of Health and Social Care are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.  HL7457

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, including progress against commitments made by ministers during its passage through Parliament.  HL7458

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of Italy and Greece about the relocation to the UK of children and adults in refugee camps who have family members already resident in the UK.  HL7459

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to use police to visit the homes of home-schooled children who have not been in contact with public services for a set amount of time.  HL7460

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what is meant by the term compliant environment in immigration policy.  HL7461

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of the compliant environment immigration policy on the roll-out of Universal Credit.  HL7462

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 29 March (HL6647), whether they will now publish the outcome of the Family Test Assessment on the policy to limit Tax Credits and Universal Credit support to two children.  HL7463

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make available to Parliament the findings of the monitoring of the supported handover policy for refugees granted status from the Home Office to the Department for Work and Pensions.  HL7464

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 30 April (HL6934), when the Office for National Statistics expects to be able to produce regional price indices, including for Northern Ireland.  HL7465

The Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the incidence rates of cervical cancer among (1) 18–49 year old women, and (2) women over the age of 50, in England for each year since 2011.  HL7466

The Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government whether details of all patients who received Cervarix or Gardasil human papillomavirus vaccines and who have developed cervical cancer are recorded on the National Health Application and Infrastructure Services systems; and if not, why not.  HL7467

The Countess of Mar to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the recovery rates of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis who have received treatment under the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.  HL7468

Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve retention rates amongst nurses across the prison estate.  HL7469

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the Windrush generation have been deported.  HL7470

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the Windrush generation are in the process of being deported.  HL7471

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reassure members of the Windrush generation that they will not be deported.  HL7472

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure legal immigrants are not treated as if they were illegal immigrants.  HL7473

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reassure members of the Windrush generation about the legality of their immigration status.  HL7474

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that Home Office immigration services are fit for purpose following the Windrush scandal.  HL7475

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help children at risk of starvation in Yemen.  HL7476

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure hospitals in Yemen have access to medical supplies, including antibiotics.  HL7477

Baroness Sheehan to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure people in Yemen have access to clean water.  HL7478

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the rates of tooth decay among children in England in each of the last ten years.  HL7479

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the oral health of school children in England.  HL7480

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to address the decline in the proportion of self-employed people who are actively saving into a pension.  HL7481

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reported concerns of engineering companies (1) that the limit of £27,000 a year on individual apprenticeship funding is not enough, and (2) that there is a lack of approved apprenticeship training providers.  HL7482

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made the use of zero-hours contracts; and what steps they are taking to ensure that people who would like to work more hours have the opportunity to do so.  HL7483

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government when the UK (1) signed, and (2) ratified, the UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.  HL7484

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning Israel's Settlements Regularisation Law and the test case to be held before the Israeli Supreme Court on 3 June; and what assessment they have made of the letter from Lawyers for Human Rights to the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  HL… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK diplomatic staff will (1) attend, and (2) monitor, the  case due to be held before the Israeli Supreme Court on 3 June that will hear petitions against Israel's Settlements Regularisation Law; and if so, who.  HL7486

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel, and what public statements they have made to international fora, concerning the legality of both settlements and outposts in international law, and Israel's obligations regarding settlement activity as set out in UN Security Resolution 2334.  HL7487

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the statement by UNRWA on 26 April, what action they will take to protect and provide for Palestinian refugees in the Palestine refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus and surrounding areas.  HL7488

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of Gypsy and Traveller prisoners undertake vocational training courses while in prison.  HL7489

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Race Disparity Audit's finding that pupils from Gypsy, Roma, or Irish Traveller backgrounds have the lowest educational attainment out of all ethnic groups in the UK, whether they intend to re-introduce funding for Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month.  HL7490