House of Lords Business

Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Port of Ostend about any frontier control requirements for operating post-Brexit ferry services from that port; and what commitment, if any, they have made to funding any such requirements.  HL12824

Lord Brabazon of Tara to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure that European Health Insurance Card application forms on the official NHS or gov.uk websites appear at the top of internet search engines rather than those websites charging a fee.  HL12825

Lord Bradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many European arrest warrants the UK has issued in each of the last five years.  HL12826

Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government, following the statement made by the UK Permanent Representative to the UN on 20 December 2018 about rehabilitation in Syria, what assessment they have made of the risk of the re-emergence of ISIS if reconstruction assistance in Syria is withheld.  HL12827

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the franchise requirement for ending the use of Pacer trains (classes 142 and 144) on the Northern franchise; and what is the expected date when this will be achieved.  HL12828

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what requirements there are for the drivers of public service vehicles to report unruly passengers to their depots and to the police at the time when a disturbance is taking place; whether there are any restrictions on how drivers communicate this; and what requirements there are to provide drivers with the equipment to enable them to d… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan that the one per cent reduction in rents for social landlord properties each year will continue after 2020.  HL12830

Lord Green of Deddington to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 July 2018 (HL9105), what progress has been made by the Tribunals Procedure Committee in deciding on new rules for detained appellants.  HL12831

Lord Green of Deddington to ask Her Majesty's Government (1) which countries they consider to be “low risk” in the context of provision for low skilled workers set out in paragraphs 25–31 of their White Paper on the UK's future skill-based immigration system (Cm 9722), and (2) whether such low skilled workers will be permitted to return to the UK to work after their one year “cool… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Senior Officials Group on Extremism exists; if so, what are its terms of reference; and to whom it reports.  HL12833

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of an obesity epidemic in the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena; and whether they intend to take steps to address any such epidemic.  HL12834

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 20 December 2018 (HL12362), how they plan to ensure that Universal Credit claimants who meet the criteria for free prescriptions know that they should tick box ‘K’ for income-based jobseekers allowance.  HL12835

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the Observation by the Institute for Fiscal Studies entitled Stealthy changes mean that soon one in five families with children will be losing some Child Benefit, published on 7 January, which states that around 370,000 more families will lose some child benefit in 2019–20 tha… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the (1) male, and (2) female working population earn £30,000 or over per annum.  HL12837

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 19 December (HL12320), what assessment have they made of the main conclusions of the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation UK Poverty 2018, published on 4 December 2018, that (1) child poverty has been rising since 2011–12, (2) 4.1 million children are l… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Lucas to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to add the type of insurance held to the information displayed when a registration number is entered into the Motor Insurance Database, so that passengers using, or firms employing, minicabs, can check that those cabs are properly insured.  HL12839

Lord Luce to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they, in partnership with the governments of Norway and the United States, are in dialogue with the African Union about political and economic conditions in the Sudan with a view to attempting to restore stability in that country.  HL12840

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria will be applied in relation to prompt payments in order to establish a company’s eligibility to be awarded Government contracts, once the prompt payment initiative comes into force.  HL12841

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the number of Government suppliers that will be prevented from winning future contracts once the prompt payment initiative comes into force.  HL12842

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what evaluation they have undertaken of the Public Procurement Review Service; what the value of unpaid invoices reported to the Service was in 2018; and what proportion of those have now been resolved.  HL12843

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what evaluation they have made of the role of the Public Procurement Review Service in speeding up payments to suppliers.  HL12844

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the full responsibilities of Small Business Champion ministers; and whether they will publish a list of Small Business Champion ministers.  HL12845

Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards their target of spending one pound in every three with small and medium-sized enterprises by 2022; and what further action they intend to take to meet their target.  HL12846

Lord Naseby to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with trade associations about (1) the anticipated implications of a no-deal Brexit for their industries, and (2) the services available to mitigate any difficulties; and with which such associations such discussions have been held.  HL12847

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis they have conducted into the prevalence of female genital mutilation in England.  HL12848

Baroness Randerson to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards developing the new national planning practice guidance; what research they undertook or commissioned to inform that guidance; and whether that plan includes measures to permit the development of new road schemes that offer shared space between pedestrians, motorists and other road users.  HL128… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Robathan to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the Air Support to Defence Operational Training programme.  HL12850

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what urgent representations they intend to make to the government of Bahrain to ensure that Bahraini political prisoners Ali Haji and Naji Fateel have immediate access to medical care.  HL12851

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what funds have been made available to the Sheffield City Region as part of their devolution deal; and how much has been transferred to the Sheffield City Region to date.  HL12852

Lord Singh of Wimbledon to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 14 January (HL Deb, col 7), what evidence there is that there are more attacks on the Muslim community than any other.  HL12853

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara to ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they plan to issue to (1) businesses, and (2) political leaders, about attending the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in June.  HL12854

Lord Stoddart of Swindon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so, when, they plan to bring forward legislation to abolish the deposit required to stand for election to the House of Commons.  HL12855

Lord Stoddart of Swindon to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the share of pension liabilities to which they have agreed as part of the UK's departure from the EU is based on (1) the full budget share of those liabilities, or (2) the number of British staff employed by the EU up to and until exit day.  HL12856

Lord Stoddart of Swindon to ask Her Majesty's Government what parts of the UK's railways, including tracks and trains, they own.  HL12857

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that a disorderly Brexit could have on the UK’s debt markets.  HL12858

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether UK motorists currently residing in EU countries will have to re-take their UK driving test in the event of a no-deal Brexit.  HL12859

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of investor forecasts which suggest that there may be a slowdown in global economic growth and a fall in corporate profits over the next year.  HL12860

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there may be a decline in trade between the UK and Germany in the event of a no-deal Brexit.  HL12861

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS midwives there were in England, broken down by age, (1) in the latest year for which figures are available, and (2) ten years earlier.  HL12862

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government how many support workers were employed in maternity care in the NHS in England in each of the last three years, expressed as (1) a headcount, and (2) a full-time equivalent basis; and what was the age profile of such workers in each of those years.  HL12863

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to strengthen leadership within the midwifery profession at (1) national, (2) regional, and (3) local level.  HL12864

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government how many home births there were in each region of England in each year since 2000.  HL12865

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Public Health and Primary Care on 20 December 2018 (HCWS1221), what assessment they have made of the adequacy of public health service provision, in particular the provision of sexual and reproductive health services, following their recently announced financia… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the government of Israel about (1) the number of Palestinian farmers in the West Bank who are allowed to farm between the separation barrier and the Green Line, and (2) the protection of those farmers.  HL12867

Baroness Uddin to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the stability threshold requirements and other conditions imposed by the UN resolution (2429/2018) which led to the reduction in UN Mission in Darfur forces were satisfactorily met by the government of Sudan.  HL12868

Baroness Uddin to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the Khartoum Peace Agreement has provided a model for negotiating peace in other neighbouring countries in Central Africa, such as the conflict in the Central African Republic.  HL12869

Baroness Uddin to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of ending human trafficking in Sudan's neighbouring countries; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the initiative established by Sudan's Higher Committee to Combat Human Trafficking.  HL12870

Baroness Uddin to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic situation in Sudan since the loss of revenue following the establishment of South Sudan.  HL12871

Baroness Uddin to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue to economically and politically support Sudan.  HL12872

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current protests in Harare, (2) the police tactics used in response to those protests, and (3) the potential impact on the stability of that country of the government of Zimbabwe’s decision to increase fuel prices by 150 per cent.  HL12873

Viscount Waverley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for a specific educational institute in the UK to promote religious inclusiveness and the awareness of all faiths.  HL12874