House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government how many assaults by mental health patients on NHS staff were reported in each of the last five years for which records are available.  HL13091

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government what issues they will raise as a priority at the next meeting of the UN Human Rights Council due to be held between 25 February and 22 March in Geneva; and which countries they will highlight as countries of concern in their statement to the Council.  HL13092

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the implications of their decision to delay the roll out of Universal Credit for the implementation of the changes to free school meals entitlement.  HL13093

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers of children in receipt of free school meals affected by their decision to delay the roll out of Universal Credit; and what information they intend to share with parents, local education authorities and schools affected.  HL13094

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock to ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths of serving on-duty military personnel have occurred in Scotland since 1990; and what investigations the Ministry of Defence has conducted into such deaths.  HL13095

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to carry out any investigations into historic military deaths that have occurred in Scotland since 1990; and if not, why not.  HL13096

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 17 January (HL12702), why the decision was taken to build platforms on the new HS2 line at a lower height than the nominal permitted 915 mm.  HL13097

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government how many class 172 diesel trains operating on the Gospel Oak to Barking line have already been transferred to West Midlands Trains.  HL13098

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government when the contract to transfer eight class 172 diesel trains from the Gospel Oak to Barking line to West Midlands Trains will be completed.  HL13099

Lord German to ask Her Majesty's Government when they anticipate new electric trains will be in service on the Gospel Oak to Barking line.  HL13100

Lord Grocott to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the percentage turnout of voters in each of the whole House hereditary peer by-elections.  HL13101

Lord Howell of Guildford to ask Her Majesty's Government what development funding they intend to provide to Anguilla after 2020 to substitute for the support currently provided by the European Development Fund.  HL13102

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are providing to UK residents about travelling to and from the EU and other European countries; and how they will publicise any such advice.  HL13103

Lord Hunt of Chesterton to ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are providing to (1) UK residents, and (2) medical organisations about how to access medicines from the EU in the UK.  HL13104

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 7 January (HL12466), with which EU countries the UK currently has reciprocal arrangements covering the annual uprating of State Pensions in the EU to which they will revert if the UK leaves the EU.  HL13105

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 7 January (HL12466), with which EU countries the UK does not have reciprocal arrangements covering the annual uprating of State Pensions in the EU to which they will revert if the UK leaves the EU; and with which of those countries they have entered negotiations for post… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the balance of economic output throughout the UK's nations and regions.  HL13107

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government how much they paid in housing benefit to private sector landlords in each year from 2010 to the last year for which figures are available.  HL13108

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the structural economic disparities in the UK that affect social mobility.  HL13109

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people in the UK that are unbanked.  HL13110

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the number of children living in poverty in the UK.  HL13111

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they give to credit unions.  HL13112

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Burkina Faso regarding early and forced marriage.  HL13113

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sierra Leone regarding early and forced marriage.  HL13114

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Senegal regarding early and forced marriage.  HL13115

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Malaysia regarding the use of the death penalty.  HL13116

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the Gambia regarding the use of the death penalty.  HL13117

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Indonesia regarding the use of the death penalty.  HL13118

Lord Morris of Aberavon to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answers by Lord Keen of Elie (HL Deb, col 706) and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice (HC Deb, col 248) on 23 January, whether there are penalty clauses in the contractual arrangements with their IT system supplier; and if so, what are the effects of such clauses.  HL13119

Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have instructed the Insolvency Service to review matters relating to Patisserie Valerie and its ownership; and if not, why not.  HL13120

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) on 21 January (HL Deb, col 570), what estimate they have made of the tariffs which would be paid to the UK by (1) EU exporters on goods sold in the UK, and (2) UK exporters on goods sold in the EU, in the event of a no-deal Brexit under World Trade… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Redfern to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to encourage more consistent waste collection policies across local authorities.  HL13122

Baroness Redfern to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to (1) encourage the use of recycled and recyclable packaging, and (2) discourage the use plastic packaging that is difficult to recycle.  HL13123

Baroness Redfern to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce targets for reducing obesity amongst adults.  HL13124

Baroness Redfern to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering taking steps to reduce differences in levels of obesity between more and less deprived areas; and if so, what steps.  HL13125

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 June 2018 (HL8318), whether they will correct their statement that Duaa Alwadaei was tried in absentia in Bahrain on charges of assault, following the report by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at i… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 January (HL12760) and the report by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-second session, 20–24 August 2018, published on 7 January, what plans they have to assess the circumstances of… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-second session, 20–24 August 2018, published on 7 January, which states that Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei’s family were “deprived of their liberty, interrogated and prosecuted for their family… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Minister for the Middle East on 22 January (HC Deb, col 129), what are the independent processes in place to oversee the activities of the courts in Manama, Bahrain; and how they assess the progress made in that country.  HL13129

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by Human Rights Watch World Report 2019: events of 2018, published in January, that civilian and military courts in Bahrain continued “to convict and imprison peaceful dissenters, including prominent human rights defenders and opposition leaders, under the guise of na… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications they have received for village green status; and of those, how many were successful.  HL13131

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend access to the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis pill.  HL13132

Lord Stunell to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of new workers required to replace workers from other EU countries who may leave the construction industry following the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what measures they are putting in place to ensure that sufficient numbers are recruited and trained.  HL13133

Lord Stunell to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of new workers required to replace workers from other EU countries who may leave the health and social care sector following the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what measures they are putting in place to ensure that sufficient numbers are recruited and trained.  HL13134

Lord Stunell to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of new workers required to replace workers from other EU countries who may leave the manufacturing sector following the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what measures they are putting in place to ensure that sufficient numbers are recruited and trained.  HL13135

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Airbus may move their wing-building operations out of the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.  HL13136

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of Israel to protect Palestinian farmers in Area C of the West Bank whose trees and vineyards have been destroyed by settlers.  HL13137

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of Israel about the use of herbicides by Israeli military and their effect on the crops of farmers in Gaza and the health of those living nearby.  HL13138

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether contraception advice is provided in postnatal care; and if so, what consideration they give as to when to provide such advice.  HL13139

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of Israeli forces operating an open-fire policy against Palestinians; what representations they have made, or intend to make, to the government of Israel about any such policy; and what steps they intend to take to protect innocent civilians at risk from any such policy.  HL13140