House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of (1) the level of child labour in Pakistan; (2) the number of children of school age believed to work in brick kilns, workshops, factories or as domestic servants; and (3) the percentage of children from religious minorities falling into these categories.  HL10981

Lord Blencathra to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration was given to the needs of disabled users of the Palace when the decision was taken to install temporary fire doors in certain areas of the Palace of Westminster; and how long he anticipates those doors being in place.  HL10982

Lord Blencathra to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration has been given to replacing the recently installed single-leaf temporary fire doors in the Palace of Westminster with double-leaf doors that (1) swing both ways, and (2) have larger glass panels.  HL10983

Lord Blencathra to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration has been given to replacing the recently installed temporary fire doors in the Palace of Westminster with models more in keeping with the aesthetic of the Palace.  HL10984

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government who is the responsible accounting officer of the Financial Reporting Council for public body purposes; when they were appointed; whether that officer's remuneration complies with public sector pay guidance; if so, whether their remuneration has so complied throughout their tenure; and whether they will place a copy of… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 23 October (HL10458), what is their definition of “stakeholders that represent users”; and whether there are safeguards to ensure that the interest represented is in the public interest and not the proprietary interests of the fund management industry or corporate manage… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 23 October (HL10458), whether Mr Jed Wrigley of Fidelity International, the UK’s representative on the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group, manages the money of (1) public investors invested in funds managed by Fidelity International, or (2) the private sharehold… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been assisted into accommodation on release from custody since the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.  HL10988

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total weight of drugs recovered in prisons in England and Wales in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.  HL10989

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the National Offenders Management Service's National Tactical Response Group was deployed in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.  HL10990

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in prison are currently managed under the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork care planning system.  HL10991

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork care planning system programmes were established in each of the last five years.  HL10992

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 22 October (HL10462), whether they will put in place short term temporary arrangements to deal with overcrowding across the Cross Country Trains network.  HL10993

Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 22 October (HL10461), how much they have spent on the Gatwick Airport railway station since 2013; and how much Gatwick Airport has contributed towards this.  HL10994

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, and intend to make, to the government of Pakistan about (1) the arrest of Gulalai Ismail, and (2) ensuring that human rights defenders in Pakistan are able to carry out their work free from persecution by the state.  HL10995

Lord Chadlington to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HL10469), why the Home Office does not hold information on the percentage of police call-outs attributable to mental health problems connected with gambling-related harm; whether this information is collected by anyone else; and if not, what consideration… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they responded to the report on prison policy by the Catholic Bishops' Conference, The Right Road, published in November 2016; and if so, what was their response.  HL10997

Lord Kilclooney to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Metropolitan Police provided them with an estimate of how many people attended the “People’s Vote” march in London on 21 October; and if so, what was that estimate.  HL10998

Lord Kilclooney to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Metropolitan Police about the resources required to provide police protection to the anti-Brexit protests in Old Palace Yard.  HL10999

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 31 July (HL9752) and their response to the report by the Women and Equalities Committee, Race Disparity Audit, published by that Committee on 11 September, when they will adopt the same categories as are used in the Census as the minimum standard for data c… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they (1) were consulted by, or (2) have engaged with, SoftBank on the sale by that company of the intellectual property of Arm Holdings to a Chinese subsidiary of SoftBank; and what assessment they have made of the consistency of that sale with their position that "Britain is open for business".  HL11001

Lord Steel of Aikwood to ask Her Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the speech by the King of the Netherlands to both Houses of Parliament on 23 October; and what steps they are taking to safeguard the current rights of Dutch citizens living in the UK and British citizens living in the Netherlands after Brexit.  HL11002

Lord Stoddart of Swindon to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Transport for London about when the closure of sections of Chelsea Embankment to traffic is likely to end.  HL11003

Lord Stone of Blackheath to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to allow flights to Sharm el-Sheikh again; if so, when; and if not, why not.  HL11004

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learnt from the successful prosecution and closure of the unregistered Al-Istiqamah Learning Centre.  HL11005

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to give additional powers to Ofsted to deal with unregistered schools.  HL11006

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that home educators are registered.  HL11007

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of what constitutes a cyber attack.  HL11008

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government how any response to a cyber attack against the UK is decided.  HL11009

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure there are consistent responses to cyber attacks across government departments.  HL11010

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what role private sector organisations will have in the Government’s cyber security work.  HL11011

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in response to the report by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, Cyber Security Skills and the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (HL 172), published on 19 July.  HL11012

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to provide sufficient Gypsy and Traveller sites to meet the recommendations of (1) the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, (2) the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, (3) the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (4) the UN Committee… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS Data Model and Dictionary will include entries for (1) Gypsies, (2) Travellers, and (3) Roma; and if so, when.  HL11014

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 9 April (HL6732), whether they are taking account of the finding in the report by the Social Exclusion Task Force and Department of Health, Inclusion Health, published in March 2010, that lack of ethnic monitoring in relation to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities “… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of Pakistan to restore the right to travel of Gulalai Ismail who was arrested on her return to Pakistan.  HL11016