House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act in the USA; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce similar measures in the UK.  HL4644

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act in the USA; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce similar measures in the UK.  HL4645

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Executive Order 13936 in the USA which implements provisions of that country's Hong Kong Autonomy Act and the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce similar measures in the UK.  HL4646

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks by Samantha Power, Administrator of USAID, who said that a "humanitarian catastrophe" is unfolding in Nagorno-Karabakh; and what steps they are taking urgently to enable NGOs and charities to fly humanitarian aid into the region.  HL4647

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the amount of PPE purchased for the UK that is being stored in China, and (2) the cost of such storage.  HL4648

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the disposal or continued storage of PPE purchased for the UK and stored in China.  HL4649

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to monitor concentrations of non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals and personal care product residues in terms of driving the evolution of antimicrobial resistance in the environment, and (2) to fund more research into the risks they may pose to human health.  HL4650

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor, measure, or mitigate the impacts of microbial pollution as a result of sewage pollution, in respect of the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance.  HL4651

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to reassess the guidance to GP practices on the erasure of medical records of adopted children, given (1) the increasing understanding of the usefulness of current and future genetic screening technologies, and (2) the use of family information to inform screening and treatment.  HL4652

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the number of people sleeping rough.  HL4653

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic period in their approach to rough sleeping.  HL4654

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what help they are providing to the UK space industry; in particular, in regards to space launches.  HL4655

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving a life sentence had their first parole hearing on or after tariff expiry; and, for each year since 2009, how many of these were (1) directed for release, or (2) not directed for release, following the hearing.  HL4656

The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the execution of anti-government protestors in Iran, and what discussions they have had with the government of Iran about this matter.  HL4657

Lord Farmer to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the guidance 'How to be a white ally', published by Imperial College London; and whether they intend to take steps in response to review that institution’s funding.  HL4658

Baroness Gale to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 27 April 2022 (HL7869), when they expect to receive the Animal Welfare Committee’s updated opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.  HL4659

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 9 January (HL Deb col 1218), how many police forces (1) do, and (2) do not, routinely require applicants to attend a post assessment face-to-face interview before proceeding to appointment as a police officer.  HL4660

Lord Grocott to ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers have (1) joined, and (2) left, the police force since 2019.  HL4661

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what medicines and medical products they have given to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.  HL4662

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what medicines are currently not available due to stock shortages.  HL4663

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to address famine and food insecurity in Afghanistan; and what plans they have to provide resources to help mitigate the electricity shortage in that country.  HL4664

Lord Jopling to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to send Challenger II tanks to assist the Government of Ukraine; how many shells will be provided that are suitable for a rifled barrel; and whether any other government has those shells available, given that Challenger II is the only battle tank within the NATO alliance that is capable of using this type of ammunit… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to modernise, and (2) to automate, the gift aid system.  HL4666

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government why the innovation principle was not included as one of the principles in the draft environmental principles policy statement published in May 2022; and whether they will include it in the final statement.  HL4667

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government, given the absence of the innovation principle from the draft environmental principles policy statement published in May 2022, what plans they have to encourage innovation in creating a cleaner and sustainable environment.  HL4668

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 8 December 2022 (HL4451), what steps they are taking to encourage place-based giving schemes following the end of the Growing Place-based Giving Programme.  HL4669

Lord Lipsey to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 21 June 2022 (HL586) in which he stated that a review of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 would be published in the summer, why the review has not yet been published; whether they still intend to publish the review; and if so, when.  HL4670

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring into force Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.  HL4671

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Bellamy on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1296), what research they have conducted on the impact of Muslim chaplains on (1) Islamism, and (2) non-Muslims, in prisons.  HL4672

Baroness Pitkeathley to ask His Majesty's Government what is the percentage of (1) family judges, and (2) magistrates, who have completed the (a) continuation training, (b) digital training, and (c) face-to-face training, on domestic abuse that is available through the Judicial College.  HL4673

Baroness Pitkeathley to ask His Majesty's Government what are the names of (1) the individuals, and (2) the organisations, who (a) write, and (b) deliver, the Judicial College training on domestic abuse to family judges and magistrates.  HL4674

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to place the National Parking Platform on a three year funding cycle.  HL4675

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to undertake a communications campaign to inform local government audiences about the government-backed National Parking Platform; and what assessment they have made of the benefits to local authorities of adopting the National Parking Platform.  HL4676

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to integrate payments for electric vehicle charging into parking payments as part of their policy to simplify the structure of electric vehicle parking in the UK.  HL4677

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government whether the second assessment of the Department for Transport's National Parking Platform was undertaken as required in October 2021; and if so, when the report will be published.  HL4678

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what was the total budget for education in England in each year from (1) 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022, and (2) 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022.  HL4679

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the monoclonal antibody Nirsevimab, which was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in November 2022; and when it will be made available to patients on the NHS.  HL4680

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JVCI) will take to examine all Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) technologies before deciding to offer Nirsevimab to newborn babies.  HL4681

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iran concerning their use of capital punishment; and in particular, the recent cases of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini.  HL4682

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the correct nutritional information is provided for hospital meals so that type 1 diabetics are able to calculate their correct dose of insulin.  HL4683

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mitigate any damage caused to the UK farming sector by the free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.  HL4684

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct an economic impact assessment on the free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.  HL4685

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative on countries in the Horn of Africa.  HL4686

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of China regarding the independence of Hong Kong’s judicial system.  HL4687

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of an increase in the number of pupils who are ineligible for free school meals being unable to afford lunch.  HL4688

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the use of online court sittings.  HL4689

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review (1) the conveyancing system, and (2) associated legislation.  HL4690

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the improving the energy performance of privately rented homes consultation, which ran from 30 September 2020 to 8 January 2021.  HL4691

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by Liang Chen et. al. ‘Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans’, published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on 11 January; and in particular, the claim that it is likely that the oceans are now at their hottest for 1,000 years and heating faster than any time in… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text