House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to end unfair purchasing practices in fashion, including the exploitation of suppliers and their workers by brands selling into the UK market; and what consideration they have given to introducing (1) a fashion watchdog, and (2) a fashion supply code adjudicator, for this industry.  HL3681

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government what are the official objectives for the Great British Railways Transition Team; who directs its activities; how many staff it employs, including secondments; and how much funding it will receive in (1) the 2022–23, and (2) 2023–24, financial years.  HL3682

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) foot passengers, (2) cars, (3) freight vehicles, and (4) coaches, were carried on each of the (a) surface, or (b) air services, between the Isles of Wight and the mainland for each of the last five years.  HL3683

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government how many foot passengers were carried on the surface mode services between the Isles of Scilly and the mainland for each of the last five years.  HL3684

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government when parliament gave approval for spending on HS2 (1) Phase 1, (2) Phase 2A, and (3) Phase 2B West; and for what costs.  HL3685

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a bill to regulate electric scooters separately from the proposed Great British Railway Bill.  HL3686

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government which minister, if any, was responsible for approving the guidance entitled Recognising transphobic coded language which the HM Prison and Probation Service diversity and inclusion team was reported to have sent to staff employed by the Ministry of Justice.  HL3687

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of UK citizens living abroad whose pensions are frozen at a level of £100 per week or below.  HL3688

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of uprating the pensions of UK citizens living abroad to £100 per week.  HL3689

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of uprating the pensions of all UK citizens living abroad to the current level of the state pension.  HL3690

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the shortage of workers in key sectors of the economy; and what steps they are taking to address such shortages.  HL3691

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November (HL3410), which ministers (1) applied for, or (2) have received, salary payments equal to a quarter of their annual salary following their appointment by Prime Minister Truss and subsequent dismissal by Prime Minister Sunak; and what was the sum paid in eac… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Craig of Radley to ask His Majesty's Government when the decision whether to grant Hong Kong military service veterans entitlement to British citizens passports and right of abode in the UK is to be announced.  HL3693

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the visit of representatives of the Libyan Money Recovery Office to (1) the UK, and (2) other countries.  HL3694

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government which UK officials held meetings with representatives of the Libyan Money Recovery Office; what was the purpose of such meetings; and what agreements or understandings were entered into as an outcome of those meetings.  HL3695

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government whether the future of frozen Libyan assets held in London was discussed by UK officials and representatives from the Libyan Money Recovery Office at any recent meetings.  HL3696

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what research they have carried out in the last 12 months into (1) the propensity of (a) homeowners, (b) private residential landlords, or (c) social landlords, to carry out energy efficiency improvements to their properties, (2) the barriers to making such improvements, and (3) how any such barriers might be overcome; and what w… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Goudie to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to close the gender the pay gap, and (2) to end unequal pay for, and discrimination against, women.  HL3698

Baroness Goudie to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle violence against women and girls; and in particular, what steps they are taking in response to the goals of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls campaign.  HL3699

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to determine the (1) fate, and (2) whereabouts, of Yazidi women and children who are missing from Iraq and Syria.  HL3700

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government whether the number of prison staff declined between 2009 and 2017; if so, by what percentage the number declined; and whether any such decline has since been redressed.  HL3701

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners are currently being confined to their cells for 23 hours a day; what assessment they have made of the impact of this practice on prisoner (1) self-harm, (2) assaults, and (3) suicides; and what plans they have to reduce the current level of confinement to address any such impacts.  HL3702

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that prisoners in England and Wales have access to healthcare of equivalent quality to that received by the general public.  HL3703

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment the Grocery Code Adjudicator has made of egg production, and in particular whether rising costs of egg farms are being met by retailers; and what plans they have to intervene in the event of an assessment that these costs are not being met.  HL3704

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect UK egg producers from being undercut by imported eggs owing to higher feed and energy costs in the UK.  HL3705

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) shortest, and (2) longest, time taken to process applications for asylum.  HL3706

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to speed up the processing of applications for asylum.  HL3707

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the current Gift Aid scheme.  HL3708

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce measures to improve awareness and uptake of Gift Aid.  HL3709

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the work of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and its affiliated organisation Caritas Internationalis.  HL3710

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to make provision for snakes in captivity to be kept in containers of at least one snake length.  HL3711

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of investing water company fines into improving waterways.  HL3712

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing improved product labelling to stop items that are unable to be flushed from blocking sewers.  HL3713

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all new homes have sustainable drainage systems.  HL3714

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers who (1) improve water quality, and (2) reduce flooding.  HL3715

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to designate more inland bathing water sites.  HL3716

Baroness Redfern to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to commission further research into smoking related health disparities.  HL3717

Baroness Redfern to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to tackle illicit (1) tobacco, and (2) vape, sales to underage young people.  HL3718

Baroness Redfern to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the powers held by Trading Standards to tackle the illegal sale of disposable vape products to underage young people.  HL3719

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government how many blood samples connected to neural tube defects have been sent for analysis to the Centre for Disease Control in the United States in each of the last five years.  HL3720

Lord Rooker to ask His Majesty's Government whether all regions of England are covered by the register of congenital anomaly cases.  HL3721

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are holding with (1) churches, and (2) non-governmental organisations, in South Africa in relation to any UK sponsored work to tackle rural poverty in that country.  HL3722

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have supported any land redistribution projects in South Africa since the 1994 general election in that country.  HL3723

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support new projects to address poverty in South Africa.  HL3724

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support interventions by non-governmental organisations to prevent famine in (1) Ethiopia, (2) Kenya, (3) Somalia, and (4) South Sudan.  HL3725

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what qualifications coaches at the Department for Work and Pensions must obtain when working with young people seeking employment.  HL3726

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Baroness Stedman-Scott to all members of the House of Lords on 22 November, what additional measures they are putting in place to help young people find employment during the "economic challenges we are facing".  HL3727

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what further support they are giving to the renewable energy supply chain.  HL3728

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, given the increases in council tax, (1) whether they are monitoring the level of council tax debt, and (2) what support they are providing to people in arrears.  HL3729

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that real-terms cuts to funding for further education are having on colleges.  HL3730

Baroness Thomas of Winchester to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the shortage of health care assistants for working age disabled people; and to address any such shortage, what plans they have (1) to review the criteria for the sponsorship of overseas workers, and (2) to adjust the criteria so that disabled people are able to directly employ personal… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what NHS diagnostic and treatment hubs were established during 2022; what are their locations; what services each hub provides; how they were selected; and when each one became operational.  HL3732

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what elective surgical hubs were established in 2022; what are their locations; what services each hub provides; how they were selected; and when each one became operational.  HL3733

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government whether the independent sector was invited to participate in the selection of (1) NHS diagnostic and treatment hubs, or (2) elective surgical hubs; and if so, whether this was on the basis of a specific volume of service contracts or spot purchases.  HL3734

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements they have put in place to advise (1) GPs, and (2) patients, on their ability to use diagnostic and surgical hubs as an alternative to waiting for treatment at their local hospital.  HL3735

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to identify the range of costs among NHS acute hospital providers for (1) routine (a) hip, (b) knee, and (c) cataract, operations, (2) routine (a) CT, (b) MRI scans, and (c) x-rays, and (3) routine pathology tests; and whether they will publish such information as an aid to holding NHS providers to account for… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text