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Questions for Written Answer for 14 December 2018
Tabled on 13 December 2018 and due for answer by 31 December 2018.
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so, why, admission to the UK was given to radical clerics who have praised Mumtaz Qadri for killing Salmaan Taseer, the former Governor of the Punjab; and what assessment they have made of the comments of Haras Rafiq, Chief Executive of the Quilliam Foundation, that advocates of murder should not be given publ… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iran about the reported arrest of over 100 Christians in Iran. HL12275
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Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of rogue landlords that will be included in the rogue landlord database; and how many have been registered to date. HL12276
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Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government how many properties they estimate are owned by rogue landlords. HL12277
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Lord Beecham to ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they have provided to local authorities to address the issue of rogue landlords. HL12278
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Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government why they require stakeholders in the transport sector to sign non-disclosure agreements before engaging with officials on Brexit-related issues. HL12279
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Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding from the EU has been allocated to improving TransPennine rail infrastructure and services since 2010; and what conditions, if any, relating to rail freight were attached to such funding. HL12280
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Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 13 December (HL11924), what is their assessment of the effectiveness of the enforcement of the prohibition on the sale of devices which interfere with the legitimate use of spectrum, in the light of the ongoing advertisement of GPS jammers on eBay. HL12281
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Lord Bowness to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 12 December (HL11886), how many EU member states currently have constitutional or legislative provisions which would prevent extradition under a European Arrest Warrant to a non-EU member state; and how many EU member states replaced the provisions of the European Conven… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difference in needs between (1) children who have been trafficked from overseas, and (2) British children who have been trafficked internally; and how the current provision of support differs between those two groups. HL12283
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Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) longest, (2) shortest, and (3) average waiting time for victims of child trafficking to receive positive conclusive grounds decisions from the National Referral Mechanism for each year since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force. HL12284
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Baroness Doocey to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on reforming the National Referral Mechanism since October last year. HL12285
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 10 December (HL11929), whether they undertook an assessment of British Airways fares and service availability between Scotland and London City airport in order to reach the conclusion that passengers are best served by the current policy. HL12286
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Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government how many violent incidents occurred at shared phones in prison landings in each year from 2012 to 2018. HL12287
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Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the costs of phone calls from prisons to reflect the tariffs in place for the rest of the UK. HL12288
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Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce prison landing overcrowding to allow for safer and more secure phone calls from prison. HL12289
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Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow competition in the provision of phones in prison. HL12290
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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Mayor of London's new climate change plan in response to what he has described as a climate emergency; what discussions they have had with him on that matter; and what steps they intend to take in relation to that plan. HL12291
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Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to invite members of other political parties to work with them to enable the draft Withdrawal Agreement to be ratified and the UK's permanent relationship with the EU to be negotiated. HL12292
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Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that when a claimants Universal Credit is stopped because they have been admitted to hospital it is re-started without delay when they are discharged. HL12293
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health of the hare population in the UK. HL12294
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce a closed season for the hunting of hares. HL12295
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer to ask Her Majesty's Government how the current hare population in the UK compares with the population of hares (1) 5, (2) 10, and (3) 25 years ago. HL12296
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Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 12 December (HL Deb, cols 1337–1340), what is the average time it takes for unstunned (1) lambs, and (2) cattle to die after their throats have been cut under the Halal method of slaughter; and how many lambs and cattle are so slaughtered each year in the UK. HL1… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, published on 14 November, to be binding on future UK governments. HL12298
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Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote awareness amongst owners of diesel vehicles of the impact of those vehicles on air quality. HL12299
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Lord Shinkwin to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that children and young people who enter alternative education provision are assessed by a speech and language therapist to determine whether they have speech, language and communication needs. HL12300
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Lord Shinkwin to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they plan to have with NHS Clinical Commissioners about ensuring that speech and language therapy service specifications (1) require speech and language therapy services to have a pathway for when a child or young person is not brought to an appointment, including for children and young people who are known to be at hi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken forward planning or modelling to estimate the cost of clinical negligence claims in the period to 2020–21. HL12302
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Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the protocols governing the redaction of parts of ministerial speeches that appear on Government departments' websites. HL12303
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Baroness Thornhill to ask Her Majesty's Government why their consultation Tackling Unfair Practices In The Leasehold Market, published on 25 July 2017, did not include issues of unfair practice related to long-term flat leaseholders and freehold house owners who share maintenance expenditure for communal grounds, gardens and assets. HL12304
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Baroness Thornhill to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to recognise freehold house owners who share maintenance expenditure for communal grounds, gardens and assets on estates comprising a mixture of leasehold flats and freehold houses as distinct from normal freeholders and leaseholders; and what steps they will take to give such freehold home owners access to (1) i… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Thornhill to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide freehold house owners legal rights equivalent to those of leaseholders, including legal rights to (1) manage blocks of houses, and (2) make an application to appoint a manager to the first-tier tribunal of the property chamber, where current and future property developments comprise a mixture of leaseh… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Thornhill to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to legislate for the independent regulation of estate managing agents to ensure that they are subject to consumer and financial services markets protection rights, laws and regulations; and what assessment they have made of the efficacy of current legislation regarding the self-regulation of managing agents. HL1… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Thornhill to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to prohibit landowners appointing related companies as estate managing agents; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which appointing such managing agents allows estates to be run without regard to providing value for money services to leaseholders and freehold house owners who share communal ground… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Thornhill to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to abolish the current transfer rent charge deed arrangements and replace them with a modern commercial contract to provide for an equitable balance of obligations between communal grounds landowner, independent managing agent and freehold house owners consistent with current consumer protection legislation. HL1… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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The Lord Bishop of Winchester to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Office for Students is taking to encourage universities to use unconditional and other alternative offers to widen participation by minority groups including those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. HL12310
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