House of Lords Business

Baroness Altmann to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Pensions Regulator will require trustees of net pay pension schemes to make provision for low earners to save in a relief at source scheme and do not enrol workers who would have to pay 25 per cent extra for their pensions.  HL10792

Baroness Altmann to ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they opted to automatically enrol low earners into a net pay pension scheme which forces them to pay 25 per cent more for their pension than they would do in a relief at source scheme.  HL10793

Baroness Altmann to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect low earners from losing out on tax relief in automatic pension enrolment.  HL10794

Baroness Altmann to ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for ensuring that employers do not use net pay pension schemes for staff who earn below the personal tax thresholds.  HL10795

Baroness Altmann to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they require employers and pension providers to report on errors in contributions paid; what penalties can be imposed if the wrong contributions are paid for workers in automatic enrolment; and what measures they plan to take to monitor the accuracy of pension contributions.  HL10796

Lord Boateng to ask Her Majesty's Government what conclusions, if any, they have drawn from the discrepancy in turn-out between the Anglophone and Francophone regions of Cameroon in the presidential elections on 7 October.  HL10797

Lord Boateng to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fairness of the presidential election held in Cameroon on 7 October.  HL10798

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average food budget per prisoner per day in prisons in England and Wales.  HL10799

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many prison officers have been sent on detached duty to fill staffing gaps in other prisons in the last 12 months.  HL10800

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Department of Health and Social Care has spent on (1) drug, and (2) alcohol, treatment in prisons in England and Wales in the 2017/18 financial year.  HL10801

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the appointment of Drusilla Sharpling to the Janner strand of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse with the requirement of impartiality as set out in section 9 of the Inquiries Act 2005.  HL10802

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the issue of landlords acquiring bed and breakfast accommodation to circumvent the houses in multiple occupation licensing legislation has been drawn to the attention of ministers; and, if so, whether ministers will act to amend the applicable rules.  HL10803

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask Her Majesty's Government what information local authorities have provided to them on the number of prosecutions brought against private landlords for the letting of illegal housing provision in sheds and other buildings in private gardens.  HL10804

Baroness Coussins to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Respecting communities in International Development: language and cultural understanding, published in June, in particular its finding that the lack of attention to language by the Department for International Development and others c… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Grocott to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to his Written Answer on 13 July (HL9107), what was the cost of running the hereditary by-elections following (1) Lord Bridges ceasing to be a member of the House, (2) the death of Lord Lyell, (3) the retirement of Lord Walpole, (4) the retirement of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, and (5) the retirement of Lord Glentoran; and in ea… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Grocott to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to his Written Answer on 30 July (HL9783), what criteria were included in the invitation to tender for providing services to administer future hereditary by-elections.  HL10807

Lord Grocott to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to his Written Answer on 30 July (HL9783), what was the closing date for the responses to the invitation to tender for providing services to administer future hereditary by-elections.  HL10808

Lord Grocott to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to his Written Answer on 30 July (HL9783), where was the invitation to tender for providing services to administer future hereditary by-elections advertised.  HL10809

Lord Grocott to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to his Written Answer on 30 July (HL9783), which organisations responded to the invitation to tender for providing services to administer future hereditary by-elections.  HL10810

Lord Hain to ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds Miss Teresa Fay Harris was refused entry to the UK at London Heathrow airport on 4 September, despite previous visits to the UK and her past immigration history.  HL10811

Lord Hain to ask Her Majesty's Government whether a minimum time interval applies between an individual being issued with a Notice of Refusal by immigration officers and subsequently being removed from the UK; and whether any such timing was adhered to in the case of Miss Teresa Fay Harris.  HL10812

Lord Hain to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to a letter sent to the office of the Immigration Minister by Lord Hain on 10 September regarding the decision to refuse entry to the UK to Miss Teresa Fay Harris.  HL10813

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research by the Renewable Energy Foundation, The Performance of Wind Farms in the UK and Denmark, published in December 2012, which demonstrates that the working lifetime of offshore wind turbines is shorter than previously thought; whether they intend to revise their low carbon-ener… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure there are no further instances of wrongly calculated benefits on the scale described by the Department for Work and Pensions in its document, ESA Underpayments: Forecast Numbers Affected, Forecast Expenditure and Progress on Checking, published on 17 October.  HL10815

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent the spread of African swine fever into the British pig population.  HL10816

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the latest data available on car registrations in the UK.  HL10817

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to the creation of a wildlife sanctuary in the area of the Weddell Sea.  HL10818

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government how many assaults there were on prison officers in prisons and young offender institutions in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.  HL10819

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of self-harm were recorded in prisons and young offender institutions in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.  HL10820

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government how many suicides there were in prisons and young offender institutions in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.  HL10821

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of prison officers had more than two years experience in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.  HL10822

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of people who were on remand for non-violent offences and awaiting trial in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.  HL10823

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of suicides in prison were by people held on remand in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.  HL10824

The Earl of Kinnoull to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published 12 September, what steps they have taken to accede to the Lugano Convention.  HL10825

The Earl of Kinnoull to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Switzerland, (2) Norway, and (3) Iceland concerning the UK's accession to the Lugano Convention after Brexit.  HL10826

Lord Lamont of Lerwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether extending the implementation period for the UK's withdrawal from the EU would mean that payments by the UK to the EU during that period would qualify for a full rebate.  HL10827

Lord Lamont of Lerwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any government officials will attend the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh on 23–25 October; and whether they intend to reduce any delegation or cancel attendance following the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.  HL10828

Baroness McDonagh to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Boundary Commission proposals will be subject to a vote in Parliament; and if so, when.  HL10829

Baroness McDonagh to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the minutes of the September meeting of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council; and if so, when.  HL10830

Baroness McDonagh to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter by the Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Sir John Kingman, chairman of the Review of the audit regulator, on 8 October, what are the financial and non-financial costs associated with the request to extend the scope of the Independent Review of the Financial R… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness McDonagh to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter by the Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to Sir John Kingman, chairman of the Review of the audit regulator, on 8 October asking for the scope of the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council to be extended, whether additional resources have been pro… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered using High Speed 2 as a conduit for a pipeline for pumping water from areas with an excess supply of water to those which are under-supplied.  HL10833

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy of the analysis provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the teachers' pay award announced in July which states that “about 60 per cent of teachers will receive below-inflation awards of 2 per cent, or in the case of school leaders 1.5 per cent".  HL10834

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will allocate any resources in the European Social Fund that remain unallocated by the end of the fund period in 2020; and if so, where such funding will be allocated.  HL10835

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who applied for passports had to attend an application interview at a passport office in (1) 2010, (2) 2014, and (3) 2017.  HL10836

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government how many of those attending an application interview at a passport office were not successful in obtaining a passport in (1) 2010, (3) 2014, and (3) 2017.  HL10837

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government where each passport office is located; and how many passport applications each office dealt with in (1) 2010, (2) 2014, and (3) 2017.  HL10838

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether passport offices use remote video links in passport applications; and where those offices that use such video links are located.  HL10839

Lord Robertson of Port Ellen to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the provisions of Article 32.10 (Non-Market Country FTA) of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement would preclude the UK having both a United States–UK free trade agreement and a UK–China free trade agreement.  HL10840

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of suicides that were linked to gambling addiction or problem gambling from 2010 till 2018.  HL10841

The Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economy of  Nepal and its attractiveness for UK investment; and to what extent, if any, they have invested in (1) hydropower, (2) tourism, and (3) medium-sized enterprises.  HL10842

The Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty's Government what resources they provided via (1) the embassy in Nepal, and (2) from the UK, to improving the UK’s trade relations with Nepal in the last two years; and what resources they have provided in the current financial year.  HL10843

The Earl of Sandwich to ask Her Majesty's Government what investment, if any, the Department for International Development has made in Nepal in the last two years other than emergency relief; where any such investment has been made and in what sectors of its economy.  HL10844

Lord Thomas of Gresford to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any of the 40 complainants whose complaints were investigated by Operation Conifer applied for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 with particular regard to paragraph 17 relating to criminal injury sustained on or after 1 August 1964; and if so, whether an award was granted to any of those co… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text