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Questions for Written Answer for 7 September 2022
Tabled on 6 September 2022 and due for answer by 20 September 2022.
Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they intend to take to ensure that water infrastructure has the capacity to withstand periods of drought without requiring hosepipe bans. HL2201
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Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take, if any, to ensure that no further raw sewage is discharged into the UK’s rivers and coastal waters. HL2202
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Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current storage capacity for gas in the UK in terawatt-hours; and what assessment they have made of how this compares to capacity in (1) Germany, (2) Italy, and (3) France. HL2203
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 December 2021 (HL4255), whether funding for Operation Grange has now ceased; and if not, (1) for what reason it has been extended, and (2) how much longer funding will continue. HL2204
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the studying of Classics in state schools in England and Wales. HL2205
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the regulations surrounding the riding of e-scooters. HL2206
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Lord Carrington to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have declared income from letting property by parliamentary constituency for the most recent period for which figures are available. HL2207
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Lord Carrington to ask Her Majesty's Government how many people declaring an income from letting property pay the (1) additional, (2) higher, and (3) standard, rates of income tax for the most recent period for which figures are available. HL2208
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Lord Coaker to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the Modern Slavery Bill announced in the 2022 Queen's Speech. HL2209
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Lord Coaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation they (1) have had, and (2) plan to undertake, with respect to the Modern Slavery Bill announced in the 2022 Queen's Speech. HL2210
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Lord Coaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of section 68 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on the rights of victims of modern slavery. HL2211
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Lord Coaker to ask Her Majesty's Government which articles and sections of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking they have identified as being incompatible with the Nationality and Borders Act 2022. HL2212
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Lord Coaker to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of section 65 (Temporary Leave) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on the victims of modern slavery. HL2213
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Lord Coaker to ask Her Majesty's Government which sections of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 that allow the Secretary of State to make regulations (1) have, and (2) have not, been used to make such regulations. HL2214
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The Lord Bishop of Exeter to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of visas for seasonal workers given the estimated £60 million losses by the horticultural industry for the first half of this year's growing season. HL2215
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Lord Goodlad to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the terms of reference for the National Dementia Mission. HL2216
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Lord Goodlad to ask Her Majesty's Government when they will set out their spending plan to meet the target to increase dementia research funding to £160 million per year by 2024. HL2217
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Lord Goodlad to ask Her Majesty's Government how civil servants will support the delivery of the National Dementia Mission. HL2218
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Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government when their plans to grant enhanced trading status to eight developing countries including Syria will come into effect; and whether this will help the reconstruction of war damage in Syria, in particular to (1) schools, (2) hospitals, and (3) homes. HL2219
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Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making maximum use of electricity inter-connectors with (1) France, (2) Norway, (3) Iceland, and (4) other countries; and to what extent such use helps limit price increases. HL2220
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Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of refugees and migrants being held in detention centres in Libya; what assessment they have made of the risk of those people being exposed to (1) murder, (2) torture, and (3) extortion; and what steps they are taking, if any, to close such centres. HL2221
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Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they have made to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to cease cooperation with the Libyan Coast Guard in preventing refugees and migrants from leaving Libya. HL2222
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Lord Hylton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to support or initiate research and study into the moral principles that should guide and limit free-market globalisation. HL2223
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what obligations, if any, water companies have to inform anglers of real time sewerage outflows into the sea which may affect the quality of the catch. HL2224
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, the Food Standards Agency are taking to ensure there is no public health risk arising from eating fish caught in UK waters which have been contaminated by sewerage outflows. HL2225
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty's Government whether anglers could be entitled to compensation from water companies as a result of pollution into fishing waters from sewerage outflows. HL2226
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 July (HL Deb cols 1067–71), what discussions they have had with the Project for the Registration of Children regarding the criticisms made of the (1) guidance, and (2) application process, for the discretionary waiver; and what further consideration they have… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Low of Dalston to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Law Commission review Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 19 July, which has called for legal recognition for humanist marriages. HL2228
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Lord Low of Dalston to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the announcement on marriage reform by the Northern Ireland Department of Finance on 1 July affects legal recognition for humanist marriages in England and Wales. HL2229
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to cap the price of (1) oil, (2) liquefied petroleum gas, and (3) other heating fuels, not currently covered by the energy price cap. HL2230
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delays to discharge from hospitals owing to the lack of availability of social care; and what steps they intend to take to address this. HL2231
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Baroness Manzoor to ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) humanitarian, and (2) financial, assistance they are providing to Pakistan in relation to the floods in the Sindh province and related areas. HL2232
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Baroness Masham of Ilton to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make it easier to employ personal carers from abroad. HL2233
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Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regarding the continued detention of Zimbabwe opposition Members of Parliament (1) Job Sikhala, and (2) Godfrey Sithole. HL2234
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Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Zimbabwe regarding the continued detention of opposition Members of Parliament (1) Job Sikhala, and (2) Godfrey Sithole. HL2235
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Lord Oates to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, together with partners in Zimbabwe, to help reduce the maternal mortality rate in that country. HL2236
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decisions by the governments of Canada, Finland and Sweden to broaden their definition of refugee to include people affected by climate change; and what plans they have, if any, to amend their definition similarly. HL2237
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what national preparations, if any, they have made for an increase in frequency and intensity of drought conditions. HL2238
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what investments they are funding which aim, as a stated goal, to limit climate migration. HL2239
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government which recommendations from the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction have so far been implemented; and which they plan to implement in the future. HL2240
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government why they have announced plans for a new immigration detention centre creating an additional capacity for 400 men. HL2241
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Lord Rosser to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 July (HL2043), how many unannounced inspections of Life in the UK test centres have taken place in each year since 2010. HL2242
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Lord Rosser to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 July (HL2043), how many individuals make up an unannounced inspection team of Life in the UK test centres; and how many unannounced inspections have led to the closure of test centres or dismissals of staff. HL2243
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Lord Rosser to ask Her Majesty's Government, with regard to the Life in the UK test, whether the test still asks applicants about information in the official test handbook third edition on (1) the UK's membership of the EU, (2) the number of EU Member States, and (3) the names of all EU Member States; and if not, when the material was removed. HL2244
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Lord Rosser to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 July (HL1712), why the cost of an email enquiry via SITEL UK changed from £5.48 per email between March 2017 and April 2021, to £2.74 per email since May 2021. HL2245
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Lord Rosser to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the termination date for Teleperformance's contract to provide overseas helpline services on behalf of the Home Office; and what assessment they have made of complaints against Teleperformance in relation to Home Office services including (1) the number of complaints made in relation to passports, and (2) the total compensation a… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Rosser to ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) SITEL UK, or (2) Teleperformance, provide a call charge service; and if so, whether the fee has changed from £1.37 per minute. HL2247
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Djibouti in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021. HL2248
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Yemen in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021. HL2249
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the value of damage caused by bats to the contents and fabric of (1) church buildings, and (2) other historical buildings. HL2250
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask Her Majesty's Government what grants are available to repair medieval artwork damaged by bats in (1) church buildings, and (2) other historical buildings. HL2251
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The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to move the British Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. HL2252
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The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding a raid by the Israeli Defence Forces on St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ramallah on 18 August; and whether they have asked them to undertake an investigation into that incident. HL2253
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The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding a raid by the Israeli Defence Forces on the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organisations in Ramallah on 18 August. HL2254
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Baroness Taylor of Bolton to ask Her Majesty's Government why they have removed Covid vaccine access for five to 11 year olds given that recent rates of reported cases in children have exceeded those in adults. HL2255
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce knife crime in London. HL2256
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support to Pakistan during the recent floods. HL2257
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that financial support given to university students is protected from inflation. HL2258
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce targeted hardship funding for university students in England and Wales. HL2259
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Lord Young of Cookham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 28 July (HL1954), whether they will publish the estimated figures of privately owned e-scooters in the UK from (1) 2020, and (2) 2021. HL2260
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Lord Young of Cookham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 26 July (HL1955), what discussions they have had with local Trading Standards regarding retailers selling private e-scooters in the last 12 months. HL2261
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Lord Young of Cookham to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of e-scooters imported into the UK in (1) 2020, (2) 2021, and (3) 2022. HL2262
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