House of Lords Business

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received from organisations about the energy usage in (1) leisure centres, and (2) swimming pools, ahead of the announcement of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.  HL4693

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme on the number of public swimming pools that will remain open.  HL4694

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of energy prices on (1) leisure centres, and (2) swimming pools, and their ability to remain open.  HL4695

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan concerning reports that police have destroyed the minarets of the Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Moti Bazaar Wazirabad; and what response they received.  HL4696

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what (1) proactive, and (2) reactive, steps they are taking to (a) prevent, and (b) end, the sale of (i) poison, and (ii) other products, being promoted for the killing of protected animals in the UK.  HL4697

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government how many women in prison were registered as having disabilities in each of the last five years; and of those, how many had (1) physical, and (2) learning, disabilities.  HL4698

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government how many women in prison were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.  HL4699

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government which Minister has direct responsibility for the delivery of homecare medicines services.  HL4700

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to amend their list of proscribed terrorist organisations to include the Wagner Group.  HL4701

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what are the responsibilities of the (1) National Homecare Medicines Committee, (2) National Clinical Homecare Association, (3) Care Quality Commission, (4) General Pharmaceutical Council, (5)  Chief Pharmacist, (6) NHS Clinical Referring Centre, (7) NHS Pharmacy Homecare Teams, and (8) NHS Clinical Referring Centres, in regard to th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to supply Ukraine with missiles with sufficient range to destroy missile systems in Russia which may be targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.  HL4703

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of the African Union and its institutions on (1) peace keeping and conflict resolution, (2) progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by its member states, (3) global health and the global response to pandemics, and (4) combatting climate change.  HL4704

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what was the total sum of (1) Official Development Assistance, and (2) technical or other assistance, to the African Union and its institutions in each of the last three years for which records exist; and what proportion of this assistance has been delivered (a) bilaterally through direct budgetary support, and (b) through programmatic… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government when a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office minister last (1) visited the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, and (2) addressed the Pan-African Parliament in Pretoria; and on how many occasions in the last three years ministers have made such visits.  HL4706

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level, focus, and impact of support provided to the African Union and its institutions by (1) the government of China, and (2) by the government of Russia.  HL4707

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government when the past minutes of the (shadow) Senior Data Governance Panel will be published.  HL4708

Lord Coaker to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their Modern Slavery Bill.  HL4709

Lord Coaker to ask His Majesty's Government why they announced that they are no longer going to create a single enforcement body overseeing conditions in the labour market.  HL4710

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what are the reasons for the delay in establishing a freeport in Northern Ireland.  HL4711

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 2 August 2022 (HL1602), how many users of NHS England’s installation of Palantir Foundry software currently have access to data or dashboards for each purpose listed.  HL4712

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 2 August 2022 (HL1602), whether they will (1) publish, or (2) place in the Library of the House, a copy of the form(s) for NHS England staff to request access to data in Palantir Foundry software and any associated training materials about making such requests.  HL4713

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 2 August 2022 (HL1602), whether they will (1) publish, or (2) place in the Library of the House, copies of the specifications for any dashboards for the purposes listed, in the manner NHS England expect to make available similar specifications for interoperability with the Fed… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the policy rationale for the reduction to the NHS England hospital bed stock between January 2010 and January 2020.  HL4715

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government how the urgent action promised by the Prime Minister on 3 January to increase NHS hospital bed stock by 7,000 will be achieved; and by when.  HL4716

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Department for Education’s Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022, published on 19 December 2022, what urgent steps they are taking to address serious structural issues which have been identified in school buildings, particularly those built between 1945 and 1970; and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the guidance issued on 29 December 2022 by the Environment Agency on the disposal of Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating (WUDS) containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), why this legislation was not issued with more notice, given that it affects all councils that collect bulky upholstered domestic waste; wha… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 3,651 water bodies in England currently have “good” chemical and ecological status; why on 22 December 2022, the Environment Agency moved the target deadline to achieve “good” chemical and ecological status for England’s waterways, rivers, lakes and coastal waters back by 36 years to 2063; and what urgent step… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made over the last 12 months on the Home Office’s Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) towards their pledge to resettle up to 20,000 Afghans, including an aim to settle 5,000 people in its first year; how many Afghans have been resettled in the UK through the scheme since 6 January 2022, particul… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what update they can provide on the case of British-Iranian national, Alireza Akbari, currently detained in Iran on charges of spying and sentenced to death.  HL4721

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, following the blocking of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan-backed protesters.  HL4722

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government how many farms were in tenanted occupation in each of the last five years.  HL4723

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government how tenant farms will benefit under the Environmental Land Management Schemes.  HL4724

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether the UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement has introduced a border for the transit of goods between Greater Britain and Northern Ireland; whether Northern Ireland is effectively in the EU in respect of goods; and if so, why.  HL4725

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland have undermined the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and if they have made no such assessment, why not.  HL4726

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether the agreement between the UK and the EU regarding sharing live data on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, announced on 9 January, gives the EU access to UK IT systems; if so, whether this includes access to sensitive UK economic and commercial information; and if so, what are their reasons for providing… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have committed to abandon the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland; and if so, why this has not happened.  HL4728

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to impose further sanctions, including to their families, on those Iranian individuals sanctioned on (1) 10 October 2022, (2) 14 November 2022, and (3) 9 December 2022.  HL4729

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to expel Iran’s most senior diplomat in the UK, the Chargé d’Affaires.  HL4730

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase sanctions on the government of Iran to reflect that government’s support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through the supply of weapons.  HL4731

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 January (HL3519), how many consular officials are currently serving the Consulates General of the government of China in (1) Belfast, (2) Manchester, and (3) Edinburgh.  HL4732

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 19 December 2022 (HL4032) stating "there have been fatalities, including the Purfleet incident in 2019 when 39 Vietnamese nationals sadly lost their lives", how many such fatalities took place in each year since 2010.  HL4733

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the expected number of individuals crossing the English Channel by small boat to the UK each month in (1) 2023, and (2) 2024.  HL4734

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of potential migrants who will be prevented from reaching the UK as a result of the terms and provisions of the UK–France Joint Statement of 14 November 2022.  HL4735

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK–Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership on (1) the reduction in the number of individuals illegally trafficked to the UK, and (2) the reduction in the number of criminal gangs involved in human trafficking; and whether they have annual targets for each of these.  HL4736

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government whether under their current immigration policy Ukrainian nationals could be removed from the UK to Rwanda for Rwanda to assess asylum applications.  HL4737

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government whether under their current immigration policy (1) Afghan nationals, and (2) Syrian nationals, could be removed from the UK to Rwanda for Rwanda to assess those individuals' asylum applications.  HL4738

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the procedure and available time for the ratification of the Australia and New Zealand free trade agreement allows for sufficient parliamentary scrutiny.  HL4739

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what is the total salary bill for Chief Executives of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in England for the financial year 2022–23.  HL4740

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have approved any individual pay and remuneration package for a Chief Executive of an Integrated Care Board (ICB), in line with public pay and terms guidance; and if so, for which ICBs and for how much in each case.  HL4741

Lord Smith of Finsbury to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the sentencing of those currently in the prison system serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection.  HL4742

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the blockade of the Lachin corridor since 12 December 2022 on the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh; and what humanitarian assistance they are providing in response.  HL4743

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan regarding ending the blockade of the Lachin corridor that links Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.  HL4744

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken, or plan to undertake, a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) assessment of the blockade of the Lachin corridor to underpin the UK National Security Council Strategy for Nagorno-Karabakh.  HL4745

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 23 June 2020 (HC Deb col. 1193), what progress they have made towards implementing recommendations 9 and 10 of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review (HC 93) to create a Migrants Commissioner and to give more powers to the Independent Chief Inspe… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to update their Global Britain in a Competitive Age: The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy command paper, published in March 2021.  HL4747

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact of volatile gas prices.  HL4748

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether a mix of energy sources, including renewables, could facilitate a reduction in energy prices for consumers.  HL4749

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to regulate the build-to-rent sector.  HL4750

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have consulted (1) professional, and (2) unpaid, dementia carers regarding strategic decisions around integrated social care; and if so, how.  HL4751

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, or plan to take, to combat educational underachievement; in particular, amongst groups of pupils within society with low academic attainment.  HL4752

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to target educational underachievement in each of the last five years.  HL4753

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional resource costs of ensuring that all school pupils in England study mathematics until the age of 18.  HL4754