House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of the Biya regime in Cameroon (1) burning down Kumba hospital, (2) destroying villages, and (3) abducting Southern Cameroonian students from their student accommodation.  HL13687

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the government of the United States to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act against leading members of Nicaragua’s Ortega regime; whether they have considered emulating that decision; and when they last discussed a global approach to selective sanctions in Nicaragua… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights Gross Human Rights Violations in the Context of Social Protests in Nicaragua, published on 21 June 2018; how many people they estimate to have been killed, wounded, or detained by the Nicaraguan authorities since the start… 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 18 January (HL12949), whether the overriding obligation for a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss as set out in section 393 of the Companies Act 2006, relates to the public policy objectives of company law; and how it rela… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any staff at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) who are responsible for accounting and audit policy previously worked at the Financial Reporting Council; whether BEIS staff previously worked at any accountancy firms; and if so, which ones.  HL13691

Lord Davies of Stamford to ask Her Majesty's Government in which sectors of commerce or industry they have requested or required that evidence of submissions made to them in connection with legislation relating to the UK's withdrawal from the EU be kept confidential.  HL13692

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many formal complaints of bullying or harassment by any member of the House of Lords he has received from (1) members, (2) their staff, or (3) House staff since he launched the consultation on the implementation of a new process for investigating complaints of bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct on 11 February.  HL… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Green of Deddington to ask Her Majesty's Government how many migrants who had entered the UK illegally were encountered by (1) port authorities, and (2) the police after passing through UK ports in each year since 2010.  HL13694

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to prevent any harm to thyroid patients who require liothyronine and who are unable to secure funding for such treatment by Clinical Commissioning Groups because of the cost of this medicine set by the three UK licence holders.  HL13695

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any police forces plan to increase the number of juvenile covert human intelligence sources to deal with county lines drugs conspiracies.  HL13696

Lord Laming to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce the number of children being excluded from schools.  HL13697

Lord Laming to ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that children who are excluded from schools continue to receive a focused and thorough education.  HL13698

Baroness Mone to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Keen of Elie on 28 January (HL12983 and HL12985), whether they intend to publish a report into the provision of legal aid in cases where the individual has absconded; if so, when; and if not, why not.  HL13699

Baroness Mone to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark World Health Day on 7 April.  HL13700

Baroness Mone to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark the Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day on 27 June.  HL13701

Lord Morris of Aberavon to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to the UK of assisting Irish banks and financial institutions during the financial crisis; and whether the cost of such assistance and money provided has been repaid.  HL13702

Lord Ouseley to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration is being given to revising the advice given to independent schools about teaching respect for LGBT people; and what are the implications of such teaching for safeguarding young LGBT people who are subjected to homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying.  HL13703

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the criteria for the selection of successful bids for devolution deals that include a Metro Mayor (1) have been published, and (2) are available for public scrutiny.  HL13704

Baroness Pinnock to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the statement, made on 8 June 2015 during consideration of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill by the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government, Baroness Williams of Trafford (HL Deb, cols 652–3), that “Any one-size-fits-all model is destined to failure. Ev… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Rogan to ask Her Majesty's Government what preparations they have made to deal with any outbreaks of exotic diseases in animals in the UK after Brexit, including improving access to vets and additional financial support for the agricultural sector; and whether they will publish their strategy for such preparations.  HL13706

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of an analysis by the National Infrastructure Forum suggesting there may be instability in the construction sector as a result of government infrastructure projects.  HL13707

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a no-deal Brexit on future global trade.  HL13708

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the adequate provision of magistrates in the UK justice system.  HL13709

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the business concerns raised by the British Chambers of Commerce about no-deal Brexit preparations.  HL13710

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Palestinian Authority about elections for the assembly.  HL13711

Lord Wallace of Tankerness to ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the wind-related Feed-in Tariff budget is currently (1) committed, and (2) expected to be deployed by banding in the current financial year in the bands (a) 0–50kw, (b) 50–100 kw, (c) 100–1,500kw, and (d) 1,500–5,000kw.  HL13712

Lord Wallace of Tankerness to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total amount of the Feed-in Tariff budget which is currently (1) committed, and (2) expected to be deployed in the current financial year for (a) wind, (b) solar, (c) hydro, (d) biomass, (e) anaerobic digestion, and (f) micro-combined heat and power.  HL13713

Lord Wallace of Tankerness to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to allow the Feed-in Tariff budget to continue with greater flexibility between tariff bandings.  HL13714

Lord Wallace of Tankerness to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a detailed response to the Cost of Energy Review's support for further renewable energy investment; and if so, when.  HL13715

Lord Wallace of Tankerness to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any support mechanisms in place to help businesses deploy private sustainable energy supplies to lower costs.  HL13716

Lord Wallace of Tankerness to ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is the policy of the Business Energy Efficiency Programme to help businesses deploy private sustainable energy supplies in order to lower costs and provide energy security for their business.  HL13717

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence, if any, they have that programmes linking schools with each other with homogeneous pupil populations taken from one religious background are as effective at promoting social cohesion and inter-communal trust as fully inclusive schools open to children from a variety of backgrounds.  HL13718

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they will take to prevent new voluntary aided schools with a religious character from immediately converting to academy status to bypass the 50 per cent cap on religiously selective admissions that currently applies to free schools.  HL13719

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of non-religious families who will be disadvantaged by the establishment of new voluntary aided religious schools.  HL13720

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government how many expressions of interest in the new capital funding scheme for voluntary aided schools were registered; and what proportion of those led to the submission of a full proposal in the first round of that scheme.  HL13721

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether new fully religiously selective voluntary aided schools have any negative impact on families in receipt of free school meals.  HL13722

Lord Warner to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of public opinion on the issue of religious selection in state schools during the process leading to their decision to fund new voluntary aided religious schools.  HL13723