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Questions for Written Answer for 19 February 2019
Tabled on 18 February 2019 and due for answer by 4 March 2019.
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to bring members of ISIS captured in Syria to justice for crimes against humanity and genocide; and whether they are assisting in the creation of a regional tribunal to hear such cases. HL13771
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Baroness Bakewell to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to ensure that children within the catchment area of a school with 100 per cent religious intake are not disadvantaged in the choice of schools available to them. HL13772
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Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conduct and findings of the consultation undertaken by the Health and Care Professions Council into its registration fees, and the action taken by the Health and Care Professions Council as a result of its findings. HL13773
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Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the decisions by the Health and Care Professions Council taken on 14 February to increase their subscription fees for Allied Health Professionals, including dieticians, paramedics and physiotherapists amongst many others, by 18 per cent from October. HL13774
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Lord Balfe to ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have given to the government of Turkey to bring those who murdered Jamal Khashoggi to justice in Turkey. HL13775
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Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 18 February (HL13276), what are the "facilitative arrangements and technologies" that will form part of the "alternative arrangements to replace the backstop" in the negotiations currently being undertaken with the EU. HL13776
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Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Henley on 1 February (HL13348) and 18 January (HL12949), whether the scope for Sir Donald Brydon’s independent review will include the expectations and protection of shareholders, creditors and the public; and whether the term "users" of accounts encompasses shareholders, credito… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Dobbs to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 13 February (HL13385), which characteristics beyond infrastructure in their view constitute a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. HL13778
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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difficulty faced by public service providers in differentiating between citizens of other EU countries who have (1) applied for, (2) received, and (3) not applied for settled status; and what steps they will take to prevent discrimination against such citizens by (a) employers, (b) landlords, (c) sc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that each town and large village retains at least one branch of a mainstream bank. HL13780
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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in care in England are citizens of other European countries and do not have dual nationality with the UK; and what steps are they taking to ensure that they are granted settled status. HL13781
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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government what monitoring and oversight systems are in place to check the accuracy and reliability of automated checks on applications for settled status by EU citizens in the UK; and in what proportion of cases, in each of the pilot schemes, errors have been found that resulted in the need for the intervention of a person. HL13782
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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the failure of any applicant for settled status by EU citizens in the UK to take out comprehensive health insurance will have any impact on the decision whether to grant such status. HL13783
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Lord Greaves to ask Her Majesty's Government whether a person under the age of 18 can apply for settled status in the UK if none of their parents are able or willing to do so, or otherwise. HL13784
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Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the demand for GP services in Swindon and the surrounding commuter area that would be caused by any closure of the Swindon Honda plant in 2022; and what urgent steps they are taking to ensure there is sufficient GP provision in that area. HL13785
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Lord Leigh of Hurley to ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for explosive precursors and poisons licences have not been granted within one month of application in the last year. HL13786
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Lord Leigh of Hurley to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of explosive precursors and poisons licences are granted within one month of receipt of the application. HL13787
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Lord Leigh of Hurley to ask Her Majesty's Government whether all applications for explosive precursors and poisons licences receive written confirmation of receipt and subsequent correspondence receives a reply within one month. HL13788
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Lord Mendelsohn to ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for monitoring the payment performance of universities and ensuring that they comply with the Public Service Contracts Regulations 2015. HL13789
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Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to repatriate UK passengers stranded overseas by the collapse of Flybmi; and whether they intend to take action to minimise the cost of such repatriations to the UK taxpayer. HL13790
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Lord Myners to ask Her Majesty's Government how much progress has been made in recovering from the owners of Monarch Airlines the costs incurred by UK taxpayers in repatriating that airline’s passengers. HL13791
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Baroness Parminter to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 27 November 2018 (HL11475), what assessment they have made of (1) the proportion of Foundation doctors who receive teaching and training specifically in eating disorders, (2) the average amount of time spent on such teaching and training, and (3) the extent to which Foundatio… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their Resources and Waste Strategy for England, published on 18 December 2018, what plans they have to move from a weight-based target system for recycling towards an impact-based system; and what support they will provide to local authorities to achieve this. HL13793
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Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government whether their devolution framework will seek to empower local government with the powers and funding necessary to boost local economies and create excellent places to live and work. HL13794
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Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the responses to their social housing green paper consultation; and when they intend to publish their conclusions on the future of social housing. HL13795
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Lord Porter of Spalding to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the 2017–18 Devolution Annual Reports as required by the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. HL13796
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Lord Smith of Hindhead to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of revenue that was raised from online gambling in each year between 2010 and 2018. HL13797
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Lord Smith of Hindhead to ask Her Majesty's Government how many mobile phone gambling apps were registered in the UK in each year between 2010 and 2018. HL13798
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in negotiations to advance post-Brexit trading relations with (1) Japan, and (2) China. HL13799
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to negotiate new post-Brexit extradition arrangements with EU countries. HL13800
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase UK naval defences in Gibraltar after Brexit. HL13801
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address a skills shortage in the UK private sector. HL13802
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Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about the reported intention of the Israeli Minister for Tourism to settle one million more settlers in the West Bank. HL13803
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Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what protection they will give to the Palestinian families living in Sheik Jarrah in East Jerusalem who are facing eviction to make way for Israeli settlers. HL13804
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Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the government of Israel following reports that settlers have invaded the village of Tuqu' and set up a new settlement outpost under the protection of Israeli forces. HL13805
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Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the government of Israel about reports of Palestinian residents in the Jordan Valley being forcibly displaced as a result of Israeli military using that area to conduct training drills. HL13806
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Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel regarding the effects of climate change on Gaza, in particular the impact of ocean acidification and deoxygenation. HL13807
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Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the arrest of Palestinian MP Ibrahim Dahbour who has recently been released from administrative detention; what representations they have made to the government of Israel in response to his arrest; and what action they intend to take as a result of any such representations. HL13808
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Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 14 February (HL13376), how many applications for licences to cultivate high THC cannabis for (1) research and (2) the extraction of cannabinoids they have received since 1 January 2016. HL13809
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Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 14 February (HL13377), how many licences to cultivate high THC cannabis for (1) research, and (2) extraction of cannabinoids they have (a) granted, and (b) refused since 1 January 2016. HL13810
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Lord Wasserman to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 14 February (HL13378), which applicants have been granted a licence to cultivate high THC cannabis for (1) research, and (2) extraction of cannabinoids in the UK since 1 January 2016. HL13811
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, they have given to opening HMS Queen Elizabeth to the public for a day. HL13812
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider buying back HMS Ocean from Brazil to be the first of the UK's Littoral Strike Ships. HL13813
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the sale price of HMS Ocean to Brazil; and how much they plan to spend on the new Littoral Strike Ships. HL13814
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 16 March 2016 (HL6659, HL6660, and HL6661), what progress they have made in (1) legislation in regard to, and (2) protection against, drones in the last three years. HL13815
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Yangtze Incident. HL13816
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 12 September 2016 (HL1529), whether the Ascent Flight Training programme is fully up and running; how many fixed-wing jet trainees have graduated since 2016; and whether Ascent has been fined since 2015. HL13817
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Baroness Young of Old Scone to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reports by OTB Engineering, published in January, and Michael Byng, published in July 2017 on the Short-Mined Tunnel alternative proposal to the HS2 Phase One route at Wendover; and whether they will place copies of both reports in the Library of the House. HL13818
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