House of Lords Business

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding the safety of British humanitarian workers travelling to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla; and what responses they have received to any such representations.  HL9824

Lord Ahmed to ask Her Majesty's Government what support is available to any British citizen aboard the Freedom Flotilla.  HL9825

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that HS2 will go significantly over budget; and whether they will consider using the funds allocated to HS2 to improve existing infrastructure, including railway lines in the north of England, and commuter services.  HL9826

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government when, and on what grounds, they decided not to seek a death penalty assurance in the cases of British ISIS operatives, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh; and why the approval of Parliament was not sought before this decision was made.  HL9827

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Food Research Collaboration, Feeding Britain: food security after Brexit, published on 23 July; and how they intend to respond to each of its 15 recommendations.  HL9828

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) general consultation, and (2) consultation with Network Rail's railway arch tenants, they intend to take as part of their consideration of alternative options to the proposed sale of Network Rail's non-operational portfolio.  HL9829

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, or intend to make, of the report of the Resolution Foundation, Living Standards Audit 2018, published on 24 July, and its conclusion that the proportion of children in poverty has risen by 21 per cent in the five years to 2016, rather than their estimate of 11 per cent.  HL9830

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to meet their timetable for implementing the breathing space debt scheme as announced by the Economic Secretary to HM Treasury in October 2017.  HL9831

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure continued access to (1) free automated teller machines, and (2) bank branches, particularly in rural communities.  HL9832

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government how many working people in the UK they estimate do not have bank accounts; and what steps they are taking to assist such people; and what particular measures they are taking relating to those of this total who are homeless or sleeping rough or may previously have been such.  HL9833

Lord Bird to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, or intend to make, of the report by the Institute for Public Policy Research, Beyond ECO: the future of fuel poverty support, published on 3 July, and its conclusion that they are set to miss their 2030 target of delivering energy efficiency measures for fuel poor households as set out in t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Boswell of Aynho to ask Her Majesty's Government, for each government department, from January to June 2018, on how many occasions the Scrutiny Reserve Resolution was overridden in (1) the House of Lords, and (2) the House of Commons; and in respect of how many documents an override occurred in (a) both Houses, (b) the House of Lords, and (c) the House of Commons.  HL9835

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for additional research to be undertaken about the residual neurological impact of rapid highs and lows from gambling, particularly in connection with the long-term effects on mental health.  HL9836

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to address the impact of the reduction in the number of district nurses in England from 7,700 in 2010 to 4,400 in 2018, as reported by NHS Digital.  HL9837

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on patient safety and wellbeing of the falling numbers of district nurses in England reported by NHS Digital.  HL9838

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial challenges faced by nurses in England where they take a reduction in salary for the duration of the one-year education programme to qualify as a district nurse.  HL9839

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to reduce any impact on patient care resulting from the absence of funding to backfill a post when a registered nurse in the district nursing team undertakes a year-long programme of education in order to qualify as a district nurse.  HL9840

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the letter sent on 22 June by Dr Bob Brown, Trustee of the Queen’s Nursing Institute and chair the Community Nurse Executive Network, to Health Education England, which highlighted the lack of funding from Health Education England to support district nurse education after September.  HL9841

Lord Dubs to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children initially relocated to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 have subsequently been reunited with family members; and whether those relocations will be included in the specified number of 480 children to be transferred under section 67 of that Act.  HL9842

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by HMRC, Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards Geographical Analysis April 2018, published on 28 June, in relation to the policy to provide support via Child Tax Credit for a maximum of two children, whether they have undertaken an analysis to determine why the total nu… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Farmer to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether, under World Trade Organisation rules, novation would enable the UK to continue to trade with countries that currently have free trade agreements with the EU; and on what tariff terms.  HL9844

Baroness Gardner of Parkes to ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to local authorities regarding the payment for travel time to carers travelling between clients; and whether local authorities are required to check if any external contractors they use to provide caring services are paying those costs.  HL9845

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask Her Majesty's Government whether there will be a sustained focus on women and girls in developing countries in the forthcoming Department for International Development Spending Review.  HL9846

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy of the information provided by PrescQIPP to Clinical Commissioning Groups to aid their commissioning decisions.  HL9847

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the advice provided by PresQIPP to Clinical Commissioning Groups is consistent with national guidelines on the prescription of Liothryonine (T3) to NHS patients.  HL9848

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have received from PresQIPP that when providing guidance to Clinical Commissioning Groups on commissioning decisions it has taken the views of patient stakeholders into account.  HL9849

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are provided with all documents produced by counter terrorism police as advice to their partners about whether an individual constitutes a terrorist or domestic extremist; whether they are consulted prior to the publication of such advice to partners; and whether they can veto or edit the publication both i… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of counter terrorism police having labelled the Hunt Saboteurs Association as a domestic extremist organisation in their advice to partners and others regarding the use of symbols.  HL9851

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government what definition they use to establish which groups the police can reasonably label as domestic extremists; and which groups so labelled do not meet that definition.  HL9852

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to the public, property and crops from sky lanterns.  HL9853

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support fairness in the supply chain for farmers and growers.  HL9854

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat modern day slavery in agriculture.  HL9855

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks to passengers from overcrowded trains in hot weather.  HL9856

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether staff employed in the railway industry will be able to make complaints to the new rail ombudsman.  HL9857

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many airbases in the UK have been closed since 2010.  HL9858

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the scrutiny of foreign takeovers in industries which are important to the resilience and security of the UK.  HL9859

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the UK has not sought death penalty assurances for British nationals or former British nationals when agreeing to their trial in another country.  HL9860

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects on the British economy of a trade war between the EU and the United States.  HL9861

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current health of the UK car industry.  HL9862

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking, if any, to increase the level of cycling in England.  HL9863

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their Green Paper on social housing.  HL9864

Lord Kilclooney to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the status of the UK driving licences used in other EU nations after Brexit; and whether this issue has been discussed in the Brexit negotiations.  HL9865

Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to assist Salisbury Museum in its bid for a Heritage Lottery Fund grant by making a donation from money made available to Salisbury by the Ministerial Recovery Group.  HL9866

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the activities and purpose of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.  HL9867

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the report by the Civil Aviation Authority, Airport accessibility report 2016/17, published in 2017, what action they have taken to encourage airports and airlines to reduce waiting times and improve the quality of the assistance provided to disabled passengers at Heathrow and other UK airports.  HL9868

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during the UK visit of the President of the United States in July, the Prime Minister raised with him the importance of accuracy in statements concerning the proportion of US military expenditure spent in Europe on NATO-related defence.  HL9869

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the consultation paper, Amending HMRC’s Civil Information Powers, published on 10 July, which contained the proposal to remove the "requirement to seek approval from the tribunal or the taxpayer before a third-party notice could be issued", what protection and oversight they intend to in… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government how many public libraries have closed since 2010; what action they have taken to ensure that all the services previously provided by those public libraries are provided by other organisations; and what assessment they have made of the national research project conducted by SERIO to explore the service effectiveness and sustai… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking together with international partners, to (1) disrupt and dismantle Afghan drug trafficking organisations, and (2) separate those groups from the Taliban.  HL9872

Lord Lucas to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker when he expects the sharing of contact information between Outlook and other applications on parliamentary mobile devices to resume; and whether he is aware of any other large organisations which have similar restrictions on the sharing of contact information between applications in this way.  HL9873

Lord Mawson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difference in the insurance premium paid by GPs in England and Scotland; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for such difference.  HL9874

Lord Mawson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the system of plastic bottle recycling used in Norway.  HL9875

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the support in UK Muslim communities for sharia law; whether in making any such assessment they considered abrogation, Taqiyya, Al Hijra and the pursuit of a world caliphate to be part of sharia law; and what assessment they have made of the impact of support for sharia law on the terrorist t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they receive as part of their counter-terrorism strategy from Muslim communities in reducing support for sharia law, abrogation, Taqiyya, Al Hijra and the pursuit of a world caliphate.  HL9877

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the influence of the Deobandi movement on madrassas and mosques in the UK.  HL9878

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to refer to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation officers in Greater Manchester Police, Thames Valley Police, West Mercia Police, and Northumbria Police for any failure in their statutory duty to protect children from so-called “grooming gangs”.  HL9879

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will set up a national independent inquiry into whether police forces across the country failed to fulfil their statutory duty to protect children from so-called “grooming gangs” during the period 1995 to 2015.  HL9880

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what support programmes have been set up for the victims of so-called "grooming gangs"; what has been the cost of any such programmes; and what compensation, if any, those victims have received.  HL9881

Baroness Quin to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the insurance industry about their proposals for the services sector outlined in The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (Cm 9593), published in July.  HL9882

Baroness Quin to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with representatives of (1) the City of London Corporation, and (2) the City of London financial services sector about the proposals for the financial services sector in The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (Cm9593), published in July.  HL9883

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have defined a minimum noise respite for people living in areas that may be affected by the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport.  HL9884

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 25 June (HL8516), when the Secretary of State for Transport became aware of problems arising from the Rail Industry Readiness Board's decision to introduce new timetables for Thameslink Railway.  HL9885

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of whether the Cycle to Work Scheme can support the uptake of electric bikes by people with mobility problems.  HL9886

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the affordability of electric bikes for (1) vulnerable groups, and (2) people with mobility problems.  HL9887

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of a whether a higher uptake of electric bikes through the Cycle to Work Scheme would have any impact on public finances.  HL9888

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) salary sacrifice mechanisms, and (2) the Cycle to Work Scheme in increasing the uptake of electric bikes through those schemes.  HL9889

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 July, how many times in the last 20 years they have decided not to seek death penalty assurances for British or former British citizens; and what were the details of any such cases.  HL9890

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal that rural areas should be exempt from section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as recommended by the Institute for Public Policy Research in their report A new rural settlement: fixing the affordable housing crisis in rural England, published… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of India regarding reports that many Bengali-Muslim's in Assam State may lose their status as citizens of India.  HL9892

Lord Shipley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of new homes built in areas of high flood risk in England in each of the last five years.  HL9893

Lord Shipley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact on taxpayers of protecting new homes from flooding where those homes have been built in areas of high flood risk.  HL9894

Lord Shipley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) cases have been considered, and (2) applications have been approved, by the Planning Inspectorate in relation to applications to build new homes in areas of high flood risk in each of the last five years.  HL9895

Lord Trefgarne to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the present retirement age for police officers; and what is their estimate of how many officers (1) reached that age, and (2) retired during the last 12 months.  HL9896

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Secretary of State for International Development, Resettlement of White Helmets from Syria, published 22 July, whether there will be comprehensive background checks on those individuals before allowing them, or their family members… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to advance the UK’s position as an international financial centre.  HL9898

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current public consultation process for Free Trade Agreements; what criteria they will use to assess the merits of any such consultations; whether the Department for International Trade have the necessary expertise to evaluate the results of any such consultation; and, if that expertise is not available, whether they in… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to inform exporters of the public and private sector financing services available to them; and if so, how.  HL9900

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government which markets of interest to the UK’s private sector exporters are restricted by (1) a sanctions regime, or (2) the UK’s foreign policy which limits ministerial support for those exporters.  HL9901