House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 3 October (HL2056), which new studies relating to the impact on children born from assisted reproductive technology treatments had led the expert Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the rising cost of living on people with chronic conditions, such as sickle cell disease.  HL2573

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of a temporary suspension of NHS prescription charges on (1) patients, (2) the NHS, and (3) the economy, given the rising cost of living; and what plans they have, if any, to implement such a suspension.  HL2574

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia report No One's Listening: An Inquiry into the Avoidable Deaths and Failures of Care for Sickle Cell Patients in Secondary Care, published on 15 November 2021, what assessment they have made of the impact of prescription charges for people with… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the affordability of medication for people living with sickle cell disease.  HL2576

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce free NHS prescriptions for medical conditions with existing health inequalities, such as sickle cell disease.  HL2577

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the environmental concentration data collected in England and Wales 2015–2018 (Hayes & Murray et al., 2022) which suggests that the antibiotic ciprofloxacin poses a significant antimicrobial selection risk, whether they have considered its exclusion from the Water Framework Directive’s Watch List and its… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will consider including refugees arriving under the family visa scheme within the funding of the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and whether they will remove the barriers to exchanging Ukrainian currency for sterling.  HL2579

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent data from the Office for National Statistics regarding the UK employment rate for October 2022, which found that "UK economic inactivity rate was estimated at 21.7%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the previous three-month period"; and what steps they are taking to… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research undertaken by Keep the Ban regarding the handling of culled badgers at the Grafton Pet Crematorium; and what assessment they have made of the (1) human, and (2) animal, health risks as a consequence of the way handling was approached.  HL2581

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide enforcement powers to the Civil Aviation Authority, commensurate with those available in the EU and the United States, given the withdrawal of Article 16 of EU regulation 1107/2006, which previously provided for action in individual breaches of the relevant code.  HL2582

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government by what date the Department for Work and Pensions will resume the sharing of Healthy Start take-up data with the Department for Health and Social Care.  HL2583

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of enabling local or regional authorities to influence or control the allocation of School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme budgets for their area.  HL2584

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to a reformed School Fruit and Vegetable scheme to (1) strengthen local procurement strategies, and (2) enhance the supply of (a) seasonal, or (b) organic, produce to schools.  HL2585

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to enabling local authorities to have a role, on an initial pilot basis, in allocating funding from the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme in their area.  HL2586

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK’s public health standards as a result of the measures proposed in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022.  HL2587

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will introduce UK regulations covering food and environmental safety if remaining EU regulations are removed from the UK statute book.  HL2588

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure a full consultation with (1) environmental, and (2) public health, organisations before progressing with the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.  HL2589

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to engage with the devolved administrations in relation to (1) the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, and (2) the proposed sunsetting of all remaining EU regulations.  HL2590

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government whether any retained EU law will still apply to Northern Ireland after the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is enacted.  HL2591

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken since March 2021, other than rolling out vaccinations, to ensure that the UK healthcare system is better prepared for (1) a further surge of COVID-19, and (2) a new pandemic, than it was in March 2020 and January 2021.  HL2592

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken since the 'COVID-19 action plan: G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement' was released in May 2022.  HL2593

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, following their introduction of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022, what assessment they have made of the UK’s food and environmental standards.  HL2594

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to protect UK food and environmental standards if all associated EU regulation is removed from the UK statute book  HL2595

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with environmental and public health organisations when reviewing existing EU regulation.  HL2596

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government how many clinical negligence cases brought against the NHS in England were funded by (1) a conditional fee agreement, (2) legal aid, or (3) by some other form of funding, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.  HL2597

Lord Lee of Trafford to ask His Majesty's Government what is the most recent figure for the average annual cost of holding a prisoner; and what is the current percentage of prisoner recidivism.  HL2598

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government why the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency claimed in their 6 September letter to Gemma Peters, Chief Executive of Blood Cancer UK, that there is ongoing uncertainty about whether the results from the PROVENT study on Evusheld shed light on clinical effectiveness, given this study supported their decision to approve… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what consultation process took place which led to the decision by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Chief Medical Officer not to pursue procurement of Evusheld; whether they will publish minutes of the meeting where this decision was made; and who attended that meeting.  HL2600

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 6 September to Gemma Peters, Chief Executive of Blood Cancer UK, which states that “proceeding to patient access [to Evusheld is] considered to outweigh the risks of not providing this treatment in the current pandemic context”, what are the risks o… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what papers and data were consulted in advance of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Chief Medical Officer taking the decision not to pursue procurement of Evusheld; and what is the most recent real time evidence of Evusheld’s effectiveness that they have consulted.  HL2602

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with experts in any of the 32 countries using Evusheld on their real time testing and trials.  HL2603

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what reasons the RAPID C-19 initiative gave for advising them against providing Evusheld to the immunocompromised in the UK.  HL2604

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 26 September (HL2150), how many local authorities in England provide residual waste collections; and of this number, how many do so on a three weekly collection cycle.  HL2605

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of food and water for the population of Somalia; and what aid the UK (a) is providing in 2022, and (b) intends to provide in each of the years 2023 and 2024.   HL2606

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the standards of degree apprenticeships being provided for students in the service industries.  HL2607

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current oversight and supervision of the shadow banking sector within the UK and its dependencies.  HL2608

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what financial assistance they will provide to ensure that the Brent Cross flyover is fully operational again at the earliest opportunity for vehicles exceeding 7.5 tonnes.  HL2609

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign nationals employed within the National Health Service left the UK after its departure from the EU.  HL2610

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much money was saved by the UK leaving the EU; and how this money has been spent.  HL2611

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Prime Minister on 12 October regarding Wylfa Newydd power station (HC Deb col 128), when that power station will be built; and when it will be operational.  HL2612

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister will participate in direct talks with the local political parties in Northern Ireland before 28 October.  HL2613

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that crimes have been committed against Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China; and what steps they are taking in response to ensure that the perpetrators of any such crimes are brought to justice.  HL2614

Lord Scriven to ask the Leader of the House why Written Question HL1408, tabled on 30 June, remains outstanding as of 13 October.  HL2615

Lord Skidelsky to ask His Majesty's Government, in relation to Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, how many UK citizens have (1) been questioned under the power in paragraph 1, (2) been detained under the power in paragraph 4, and (3) had articles retained under the power in paragraph 11.  HL2616

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government, what steps they are taking to resolve the situation that 608 prisoners under Imprisonment for Public Protection are at least 10 years over their original tariff.  HL2617