House of Lords Business

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the withdrawal of ATMs ahead of the proposed powers in the Financial Services and Markets Bill coming into effect.  HL359

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of a specialist housing court; and when they will make an announcement of their intentions regarding establishing such a court.  HL360

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the exclusion of (1) alcohol, and (2) other addictions, from the protections of the Equality Act 2010 has had on (a) discrimination, and (b) stigmatisation, of people with a history of alcohol dependence.  HL361

Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce (1) stigma, and (2) discrimination, of people with alcohol dependence.  HL362

The Earl of Clancarty to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 May that "the EU will not accept greater amounts of cabotage" (HL Deb col 447), what is the basis for those remarks.  HL363

The Earl of Clancarty to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 May that "a large proportion of the UK touring industry can continue to operate" (HL Deb col 449), whether a "large proportion" means the majority.  HL364

Lord Clement-Jones to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the evidence review published by the Ada Lovelace Institute on 5 May on UK public attitudes to regulating data and data-driven technologies; and what steps are they taking to assess public attitudes to data regulation.  HL365

Baroness Coussins to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reduction in the number of school groups visiting the UK from EU countries since the introduction of the requirement for every child in a group to have an individual visa.  HL366

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to improve global access to education.  HL367

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential of online learning platforms to improve global access to education; and which platforms they consider most appropriate for international use.  HL368

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to form partnerships to support the delivery of global education programmes.  HL369

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of interactive learning programmes, including computer games, using the Socratic dialogue.  HL370

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how academic qualifications are given online to students (1) internationally, and (2) in the UK.  HL371

The Earl of Dundee to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the education programmes provided by the Council of Europe, particularly those of the Ocean group; what Council of Europe education programmes they consider the most useful; and what plans, if any, they have to support their deployment internationally.  HL372

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask Her Majesty's Government, since the inquiry into contaminated blood opened in July 2018, how many payments have been awarded to the families affected; and how many families have received payment.  HL373

Baroness Hoey to ask Her Majesty's Government how many legacy civil suits that the Ministry of Defence was subject to, relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles, are currently active before the courts; how many were concluded in the last three year period; what amounts were paid to applicants overall; and what were the legal costs to the Ministry for (1) its own fees, and (2) thos… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Inglewood to ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the funding basis for those Local Enterprise Partnerships not integrated into local authorities, bearing in mind that those which are companies limited by guarantee must meet the test of being 'going concern' as contained in company law.  HL375

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to dispose of offices currently (1) owned by, (2) leased to, or (3) vacated by, civil service departments.  HL376

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to the government of Tuvalu to counter the effects of climate change on those islands.  HL377

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many food banks (1) are operating in England, and (2) were set up in each year since 2010; and what assessment they have made of the factors which led to food banks being established.  HL378

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce measures in the current parliament to eliminate the need for food banks.  HL379

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Ministers who are convicted of criminal offences are in breach of the Ministerial Code.  HL380

Lord Jones of Cheltenham to ask Her Majesty's Government whether Ministers who are convicted of criminal offences may continue in office; and whether they have any plans to amend the Ministerial Code concerning rules for any Ministers convicted of criminal offences.  HL381

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions they have taken following the recent discussions with the (1) United Nations, and (2) the EU, on the movement of perishable goods between the UK and the EU under the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.  HL382

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban private tourist diesel buses operating in the centres of heavily polluted (1) towns, and (2) cities.  HL383

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review their decision not to impose a windfall tax on energy companies in response to the increased cost of living.  HL384

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve air quality in British urban areas.  HL385

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce further legislation on leasehold reform.  HL386

Lord Truscott to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce noise pollution in built-up areas.  HL387

Baroness Whitaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month in June.  HL388