House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that care home operators have complained that COVID-19 testing in care homes has been a “complete system failure”; what steps they are taking in response to such reports; what assessment they have made of reports that Public Health England, the Care Quality Commission and the Departme… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) residents, and (2) workers, in care homes have been offered COVID-19 tests; how many have been carried out; and what estimate they have made of the time it will take for all residents and employees in care homes to be offered tests.  HL4374

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported complaint made by the chairman of the trustees of the Fairfield Residential Home in Oxford, that COVID-19 testing swabs were not delivered and that symptomatic carers who are self-isolating have to make an 120 mile journey in order to be tested.  HL4375

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) Public Health England, (2) the Care Quality Commission, or (3) the Department of Health and Social Care, has had responsibility for carrying out COVID-19 tests in care homes; who is currently responsible for such testing; and what steps they are taking to ensure clarity about such testing for care home operators. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support refugees and marginalised religious and belief communities which have been negatively impacted by COVID-19.  HL4377

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about releasing from prison Saeed Waraich, Professor Mohammad Ismail, Junaid Hafeez and Waqar Ahmad, in the light of the threat of COVID-19 to detainees in prisons in Pakistan.  HL4378

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made recently to the government of Nigeria on behalf of Leah Sharibu and other Christian and Muslim girls who have been kidnapped by Boko Haram.  HL4379

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to make the position of UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief a permanent position; and, if so, whether the role will always be filled by a member of the House of Commons or House of Lords.  HL4380

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward legislation relating to the finance and governance arrangements of further education colleges in England.  HL4381

Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government which agency has the lead responsibility for supplying COVID-19 testing kits to care homes.  HL4382

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the investigation into Vote Leave and BeLeave as to whether those organisations broke spending rules during the EU referendum being dropped by the Metropolitan Police, what plans they have to review the work of the Electoral Commission; and what plans, if any, they have to abolish that organisation.  HL4383

Lord Blencathra to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the withdrawal by Oxford Council of guidance to schools which allowed transgender pupils to choose which toilet facilities to use, what plans they have issue national guidance to ensure the provision of single-sex spaces and facilities in all schools; and what plans are in place to ensure the safeguarding of all female sc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 21 April (HL3176), when health guidance for members of Gypsy, Traveller and Boater communities will be disseminated; and in what format.  HL4385

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they gave to including Zoroastrianism as a religion in the 2021 census.  HL4386

Lord Bruce of Bennachie to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the details of (1) the criteria they will apply to, and (2) the timetable for making, a decision on participating in (a) Horizon 2020, and (b) Erasmus Plus, after the transition period of the UK's departure from the EU.  HL4387

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government, with respect to the trial on the Isle of Wight of the COVID-19 contact tracing application being developed by NHSX, (1) what questions the trial is designed to answer, and (2) whether those questions were discussed with and agreed in advance by NHSX’s Ethics Advisory Board.  HL4388

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what conclusions the NHSX Ethics Advisory Board reached about the COVID-19 contact tracing application trial on the Isle of Wight.  HL4389

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what ongoing oversight of the use of the NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing application and the tracing data so gathered the NHSX Ethics Advisory Board will carry out.  HL4390

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so when, the minutes of the meetings of the NHSX Ethics Advisory Board will be published.  HL4391

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing application is considered to be a Grade 1 medical device in law, and if so, what rules must trials of such a product follow.  HL4392

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government when the NHSX Ethics Advisory Board approved the Data Processing Impact Assessment, including its risk registers, for the NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing application.  HL4393

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Berridge on 12 May (HL Deb, col 569), what plans they have to ensure that secondary school pupils receive adequate sex education despite the right of parents with objections to request to withdraw them from the lessons.  HL4394

Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps will be taken to ensure that the right of secondary school pupils to opt in to sex education three terms before they turn 16 will be independently exercised in circumstances where their parents had previously withdrawn them from sex education lessons.  HL4395

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they took following the conclusion of Exercise Cygnus.  HL4396

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took, following the conclusion of Exercise Cygnus, to ensure that the UK’s preparedness and response, in terms of its plans, policies and capability, was sufficient to cope with the extreme demands of a pandemic.  HL4397

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took, following the conclusion of Exercise Cygnus, to develop a plan to ensure that, in the event of a surge in patients, the health and social care sectors could make a quick decision on whether someone stays in hospital or is discharged to residential care, community care or home for treatment or care.  HL4… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took, following the conclusion of Exercise Cygnus, to review the capacity of care homes to deal with patients being diverted to such homes from NHS hospitals in the event of a pandemic.  HL4399

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took, following the conclusion of Exercise Cygnus, to review the capacity of the social care system to be able to provide the level of support needed if the NHS implemented its proposed reverse triage plans which would include the movement of patients from hospitals into social care facilities.  HL4400

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took, following the conclusion of Exercise Cygnus, to ensure that additional funding was made available for purchasing equipment from stockpiles to be used for satellite care so that timely decisions could be made regarding the discharge of patients from hospitals to residential care, community care or home. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, an employer and employee must enter into a written agreement reducing the employee’s salary before the first reduced payment is made.  HL4402

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether, under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, HMRC will tax the employee on their full salary and not the reduced one if an employer and employee have not entered into a written agreement reducing the employee’s salary before the first reduced payment is made.  HL4403

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government, as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme does not require an employee to sign up to a salary reduction in order for the employer to make a claim for the grant, whether HMRC expect employers and employees to have entered into written agreements either for those who have been furloughed on 80 per cent of their pay or those who… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 7 May (HL3400), what plans they have (1) to encourage more flexible and part time seasonal employment on farms, and (2) to encourage more British workers to apply for vacancies through the Pick for Britain scheme.  HL4405

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government how many current seasonal farm workers are (1) Eastern European, and (2) UK recruits through the Pick for Britain scheme.  HL4406

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the UK’s negotiating position on a future fisheries agreement with the European Union.  HL4407

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment will be made of the adequacy of their financial package of support for the dairy industry during the COVID-19 lockdown.  HL4408

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the positive effect of social distancing on decreasing the spread of COVID-19; and what estimate they have made of the possible negative effects as restrictions are gradually lifted.  HL4409

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what security and privacy provisions are being used to protect the data of the users of the NHSX contact-tracing app, while making it effective for use by epidemiologists and public health officials.  HL4410

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what work is taking place with the devolved institutions in the United Kingdom, as lockdown restrictions are lifted, to keep any changes as simple as possible for the general public to receive and understand, and to avoid any unnecessary confusion.  HL4411

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learnt from the experience of the authorities in South Korea in tackling COVID-19; and how that is informing their actions in the next phase of the lockdown.  HL4412

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the best types of materials to be used when making a face mask at home to help combat the spread of COVID-19.  HL4413

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards to individual privacy they are putting in place in respect of the use of personal data, applications and other forms of technology to help stop the spread of COVID-19.  HL4414

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms they are using to keep themselves appraised of research activity taking place in universities, institutes, foundations around the world into different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  HL4415

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use available data on individuals to develop individualised risk assessments as they lift blanket restrictions in the next phase of the COVID-19 lockdown.  HL4416

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the actions of the authorities in New Zealand, Thailand, and Taiwan in deploying digital technologies to enforce quarantines.  HL4417

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any risk models used on smart phone apps to perform contact tracing use Bayesian inference to decide the best course of action given the test results of the user and those of other users.  HL4418

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the study “Associations with COVID-19 hospitalisation amongst 406,793 adults: the UK Biobank prospective cohort study.”  HL4419

Lord Kennedy of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government to what extent they will be relying on machine learning and data held by large commercial organisations to prioritise people for testing or to determine limitations of movement in the next phase of the COVID-19 lockdown.  HL4420

Lord Lennie to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop more resilient supply chains after the COVID-19 pandemic. [T]  HL4421

Lord Lennie to ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to remove UK export bans on medicines introduced as a response to COVID-19.  HL4422

The Lord Bishop of London to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any (1) NHS employee, and (2) agency worker engaged by the NHS, during the COVID-19 pandemic who is currently on (a) a Tier 5 Temporary Worker - Government Authorised Exchange visa, or (b) a family visa, have the right to remain in the UK. [T]  HL4423

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK in each week during 2020.  HL4424

Lord Marlesford to ask Her Majesty's Government how many taxpayers there were with a gross taxable income (1) over £5,000,000, (2) £1,000,000–£4,999,999, (3) £750,000–£999,999, (4) £500,000–£749,999, (5) £250,000–£499,999, (6) £150,000–£249,999, (7) £100,000–£149,999, (8) £75,000–£99,999, (9) £50,000–£74,999, (10) £30,000–£49,999,and  (11) under £30,000, during the 2018–19 financi… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Marlesford to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many members of the House of Lords, recorded as attending sittings of the House or Committees of the House during the 2018–19 financial year claimed (1) over £40,000 (2) £30,000– £39,999 (3) £20,000–£29,999, (4) £10,000– £19,999, and (5) under £10,000, in financial support, excluding travelling costs.  HL4426

Baroness Northover to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 5 March (HC Deb, cols. 1078–1079), what assessment they have made of the success of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) 2030 project in accelerating the implementation of strong tobacco control policies and advanc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 21 January (HL158), whether they have made any recent estimate of the number of women and girls raped by Muslim men involved in grooming gangs since 1997.  HL4428

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to deport Abdul Aziz, Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf.  HL4429

Baroness Redfern to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difficulties faced by businesses that apply and receive the Bounce Back Loan Scheme if those businesses do not stay with their existing lenders.  HL4430

Lord Rennard to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker,  further to the Written Answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 12 May (HL3709) what was the total cost in the parliamentary session 2017/2019 of allowances paid to peers elected by the process of conducting by-elections for hereditary members.  HL4431

Lord Rennard to ask the Leader of the House whether, and if so how, she is assessing the arrangements for conducting ballots to fill vacancies for hereditary peers after their suspension until 8 September; and how such arrangements will be put before the House.  HL4432

Lord Rennard to ask the Leader of the House whether any process for resuming the conduct of by-elections for hereditary peers will be put to a vote of the whole House of Lords before any more such by-elections take place.  HL4433

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their (1) economic, and (2) financial, strategy for the post COVID-19 pandemic period.  HL4434

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have in respect of (1) personal taxation, and (2) business taxes, for the post COVID-19 pandemic period.  HL4435

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they used to select Deloitte to manage the procurement of personal protection equipment.  HL4436

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what further plans they have to modify social distancing measures.  HL4437

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement by 31 December.  HL4438

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the results of the tests carried out on personal protection equipment held in the national pandemic stock that had expired on or before 30 January to ensure that such equipment remained fit for purpose.  HL4439

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government how long, in total it takes, for polymerase chain reaction tests for COVID-19 to be conducted, processed by laboratories and for the results of such tests to be returned to patients  HL4440

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 contact tracing workers (1) have been recruited, (2) have been trained, and (3) are currently working on such tracing.  HL4441

Lord Scriven to ask Her Majesty's Government what scientific evidence they used to underpin their guidance that a person may meet one other person outside their own household in a park at a distance of two metres but that such a meeting may not occur in people’s gardens.  HL4442

Lord Sharkey to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure that (1) doctors, (2) nurses, and (3) other healthcare workers, who have registered respectively with the General Medical Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council and Health and Care Professions Council to return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic are able to remain in service in the NHS onc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Skidelsky to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health benefits of wearing protective masks in public; what different types of protective masks they have considered; and for each of those types of masks, what assessment they have made of the change to their health benefits when social contact is at (1) two metres, (2) one metre, and (3) zero me… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the aim expressed in OUR PLAN TO REBUILD: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy (CP 239) to deliver a “cleaner, more sustainable” world economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, what steps they are taking to achieve this aim through trade policy.  HL4445

Lord Strasburger to ask Her Majesty's Government when the Data Processing Impact Assessment will be published for the computer systems that will store the data collected by COVID-19 human contact tracers.  HL4446

Lord Strasburger to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) mean, (2) median, (3) 25th percentile, (4) 75th percentile, and (5) variance, of the time taken between testing for COVID-19 and receiving the result.  HL4447

Lord Strasburger to ask Her Majesty's Government which companies and other bodies will be holding data generated by (1) the NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing application, and (2) the contact tracing carried about by human contact tracers; and when the data sharing agreements with each of those entities will be published.  HL4448

Lord Strasburger to ask Her Majesty's Government whether any person will be compelled to download or use the NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing application; and whether they will propose that it be a criminal offence (1) to require a person to download or use the app by refusing to sell goods or services, (2) to discriminate in employment or (3) to block entry to public premises, becau… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Strasburger to ask Her Majesty's Government why they decided to create a new centralised team of human contact tracers for COVID-19 rather than local teams under the management of local public health directors, as were used during previous epidemics.  HL4450

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government why passengers coming to the UK by (1) boat, and (2) the Eurostar, will not need to quarantine themselves for two weeks while those arriving by air will.  HL4451

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capability of infants and primary school children to (1) understand, and (2) adhere to, the principles of social distancing at school.  HL4452

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of any additional risk encountered by cancer patients as a result of a delay to their receiving letters advising them to shield themselves from COVID-19.  HL4453

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to protect care workers from contracting COVID-19.  HL4454

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have been taking, if any, to ensure that personal protective equipment produced in domestic or non-professional settings meets the standards set by The British Standards Institution.  HL4455

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether their target of 200,000 COVID-19 tests a day relates to tests administered, results received, or the number of people tested.  HL4456

Baroness Thornton to ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the average length of time it takes for COVID-19 tests to be processed and the results communicated to patients for each day of testing conducted.  HL4457

Baroness Thornton to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of COVID-19 tests being taken at regional testing sites have been processed and the results communicated to patients within 48 hours of the test being taken.  HL4458

Baroness Thornton to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of COVID-19 home tests have been processed and the results communicated to patients within 72 hours of the test being taken.  HL4459

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS maternity units in England provide contraception to mothers after delivery so that there is no immediate need to access such services from a GP.  HL4460

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding they provided to Women and Children First UK in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, and (c) 2018.  HL4461

Baroness Tonge to ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) core, and (2) non-core, funding they provided to the International Planned Parenthood Federation in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013, (d) 2014, (e) 2015, (f) 2016, (g) 2017, (h) 2018, and (i) 2019.  HL4462

Lord Touhig to ask Her Majesty's Government how many former service personnel discharged from the services on disciplinary grounds have (1) applied to rejoin the armed forces and (2) been accepted and rejoined.  HL4463

Lord Tyler to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the appointment on 12 May of four Non-Executive Directors to the Cabinet Office was subject to the requirements of (1) the Ministerial Code, and (2) Civil Service open competition.  HL4464