House of Lords Business

Lord Allen of Kensington to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to instruct coroners to record whether a victim of suicide had been a serving or former member of the armed forces.  HL10923

Lord Allen of Kensington to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current shortfall in personnel in the (1) Army, (2) Royal Marines, (3) Royal Navy, (4) Royal Air Force; what effect this has had on leave arrangements for members of those services; and what has been the impact on the health and wellbeing of members of the armed forces.  HL10924

Lord Allen of Kensington to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce to the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) a greater emphasis on STEAM subjects; and what consideration they have given to including qualifications in design to count towards the EBacc.  HL10925

Lord Allen of Kensington to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any interest from (1) local authorities, (2) other public bodies, and (3) private sector organisations in providing funding to a national cycle network; and what is the geographical spread of such interested parties.  HL10926

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 22 October (HL10527), whether they take into account the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan when deciding on the prioritisation of UK overseas development aid; and whether they intend to instruct Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what account they take of the (1) persecution of minorities, and (2) possibility of crimes against humanity and genocide being committed against minorities, when determining overseas development aid priorities.  HL10928

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Nigeria about the abduction of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram; what information they have about her health and well-being; and what assessment they have made of reports that, following her refusal to renounce her faith, she will be enslaved for the rest of her life.  HL10929

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the extent to which the cost of plastic recycling has increased, and (2) the impact such an increase has had on local authorities; what are the reasons for any such cost increase; and what steps they are taking to mitigate the consequences of that increase.  HL10930

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reserves of anti-tuberculosis treatments held in Uganda; and what discussions they have had with the government of Uganda about whether a sufficient amount of medicines and vaccines are available to treat tuberculosis in that country.  HL10931

Earl Attlee to ask Her Majesty's Government how many serving officers there are in the British army at each rank above and including Brigadier, broken down by job role.  HL10932

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Earl Howe on 22 October (HL Deb, col 651), how many patrol vessels will be operational at any one time from the Royal Navy and the Marine Management Organisation for fishery protection.  HL10933

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Earl Howe on 22 October (HL Deb, col 651), when DEFRA began its full assessment of the scale and volume of sea-based and non-seaboard patrol and surveillance capability required afer Brexit; and when they anticipate this work being completed.  HL10934

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people of working age leaving prison obtained employment following release in the last year for which information is available.  HL10935

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many recorded failures by individuals on release from prison on temporary licence were the result of suspected further offences in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.  HL10936

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were granted compassionate release from prison on the grounds of ill-health in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.  HL10937

Lord Brougham and Vaux to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to refurbish Wellington Barracks.  HL10938

Baroness Bull to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusion of the report by the University of Nottingham, Time to Listen, published on 15 October, that arts and cultural education offers “systematic ways of developing understanding, new knowledge and skills”; and what steps they are taking to ensure that arts and cultural education is s… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Golding to ask Her Majesty's Government when the Secretary of State will announce progress on the regulation of Sonographers to provide for statutory protection of title.  HL10940

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey about the replacement of 98 elected mayors by trustees and the suspension of 259 elected village and neighbourhood mukhtars.  HL10941

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the climate change policies of the government of the United States and their implications for the global effort to address climate change.  HL10942

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 December 2016 (HL3566), whether the development and design work to make Streatham rail station more accessible under the Access for All programme has been completed; and when they expect site work to commence.  HL10943

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of lone parent families subject to the benefit cap on Universal Credit have a child aged under 2 years old.  HL10944

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have had their applications for British citizenship denied because they failed the good character test in each of the last five years for which information is available.  HL10945

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish any equality impact assessment of the managed migration of Universal Credit; and if so, when.  HL10946

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government when they last discussed human rights violations in (1) Bahrain; (2) Cameroon; (3) Eritrea; and (4) the Philippines with the respective governments of those countries.  HL10947

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a minimum legal time between the announcement of a train’s boarding platform and its subsequent departure; and what action they are taking to ensure that train operating companies do not disadvantage older passengers, passengers with young children, wheelchair users and passengers with a disability by not lea… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have raised the possibility of the suspension of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia with the government of Saudi Arabia at any time since 2 October 2018.  HL10949

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the impact on nuclear proliferation arising from President Trump’s announcement of the US decision to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.  HL10950

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost of repairing the damage caused to Raqqa’s infrastructure by US-led coalition operations; and what part they intend to play in the rebuilding of Raqqa.  HL10951

The Marquess of Lothian to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that mobile phone users are fully aware of the extent to which their data may be harvested and shared by mobile phone applications.  HL10952

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what automatic entitlement they provide to suppliers in the event of late payment by a public authority; and what process they follow to ensure that (1) interest, and (2) compensation claimed is paid without the need for a reminder.  HL10953

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the requirement to pursue claims against public authorities in the courts in order to claim statutory interest and compensation; and what plans they have to improve access to interest and compensation owed to SMEs by public authorities due to late… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the impact of small and medium-sized enterprises assigning their rights to pursue late payment claims against public authorities for statutory interest and compensation.  HL10955

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to public authorities to ensure that suppliers who pursue late payment claims against them are not disadvantaged in future public procurement exercises with those authorities.  HL10956

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the reason for their revision of the 2013 Users Guide to the Recast Late Payment Directive (BIS/13/705) into the 2014 Users Guide to the Recast Late Payment Directive (BIS/14/1116); and what key changes were made to that guidance in that process.  HL10957

Baroness Redfern to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that eggs imported from non-EU countries will be subject to the UK’s high hen welfare standards post-Brexit.  HL10958

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for providing higher education providers with access to free school meals data at the start of the undergraduate admissions cycle as part of measures to widen access to higher education.  HL10959

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon to ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they will use to measure the effectiveness of the mechanisms for meeting the new access and participation targets proposed by the Office for Students.  HL10960

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 11 October (HC174027), what assessment they have made of the treatment of political prisoner Hassan Mushaima in Bahrain following the cancellation of medical appointments and family visits; and whether they will make representations to the government of Bahra… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to the NHS of clinical negligence claims in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017; and what plans they have to reduce such costs in the future.  HL10962

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many new faith schools were built in each of the years 2010 to 2017; and how many non faith schools were built in the same period.  HL10963

Lord Tyrie to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to recommending Alastair Cook for knighthood.  HL10964

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce any disparity in access to rare disease medicines between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  HL10965

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce any disparity in access to rare disease medicines in England compared with economically similar countries in Europe.  HL10966

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many treatments for rare diseases are available in Scotland that are unavailable in England.  HL10967

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sustainability of the NICE appraisal process for rare disease medicines that do not meet the highly specialised technology criteria.  HL10968

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure access to rare disease medicines is not delayed after Brexit.  HL10969

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 1 February (HL4903), what conclusions the Race and Ethnicity Board has reached on how best to engage the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.  HL10970

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what training is provided to Clinical Commissioning Groups about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller issues in general, and with regard to dementia in particular.  HL10971

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to respond to the report by Friends, Family and Travellers, Digital Exclusion in Gypsy and Traveller communities in the United Kingdom, published in September.  HL10972

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the next census in England and Wales will separate Gypsies and Travellers into two categories.  HL10973

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what information about Gypsies, Travellers and Roma community is available from the NHS’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.  HL10974

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 18 July (HL9254), what steps they are taking with media agencies and the Ofcom to combat hate crime and discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities; and what assessment they have made of the findings in the report by Goldsmiths, University of London, … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance, if any, they have given to employees of non-departmental public bodies about their rights to express concerns about the impact of Brexit on their ability to perform their roles successfully.  HL10976

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding from the apprenticeship levy was made available to Welsh police forces and the Welsh Government in the last financial year.  HL10977

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided in the current financial year to police forces in England and Wales to meet the cost of employer contributions for national insurance.  HL10978

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding has been allocated to the Home Office by way of Brexit transition finance; and how much of this has been allocated to policing.  HL10979

Lord Wigley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional staff the Border Force has allocated to cope with any expected additional workload at the port of Holyhead following Brexit.  HL10980