House of Lords Business

Lord Alderdice to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Peru about reports of (1) the deaths of civilians in that country following recent protests against the President, and (2) the alleged involvement of Peruvian security services in these deaths.  HL4901

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress in reducing waste from sites of new buildings and building refurbishment; and what plans they have further to reduce such waste, including through the introduction of new (1) laws, or (2) regulatory provisions.  HL4902

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards (1) identifying and marking the graves of Egyptians who died serving the UK during the First World War, including in the Egyptian Labour Corps, and (2) recovering the records of all Egyptians who served with UK forces.  HL4903

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) tennis clubs in Northern Ireland can participate in British tennis, and (2) tennis clubs can affiliate to both Tennis Ireland and the Lawn Tennis Association if they wish.  HL4904

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the decline in the number of clinical trials, and (2) its impact on patient outcomes.  HL4905

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the finding by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) that there has been a 41 per cent decline in clinical trial numbers since 2017, what assessment they have made of the reasons why the recovery in the number of clinical trials is slow; and what additional steps they are taking to address… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) resources, and (2) capacity, of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Association (MHRA); and whether they have made an assessment of the current capacity of the MHRA to keep pace with the expected launches of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approved medicines to the U… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of access to innovative medicines by (1) region, and (2) socioeconomic status; and what steps they are taking to (a) ensure equity, and (b) assess the impact of inequitable access to innovative medicines on the economy.  HL4908

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government when the COVID-19 Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel held its last meeting; and whether the strategy to support at-risk patient cohorts has been recently reviewed, with particular reference to the accessibility of (1) Evusheld, (2) Paxlovid, and (3) other treatments.  HL4909

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what data the COVID-19 Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel are currently reviewing to inform its advice to Government in relation to support for at-risk patient cohorts.  HL4910

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 7 June 2022 (HL500), what work was undertaken by NHS Digital in June 2022 (1) to improve the access to relevant data which identifies those who are immunocompromised, and (2) to build a technical platform to identify such patients for different interventions, such as treatments and vac… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 7 June 2022 (HL500), which advisory body reviewed the National Institute for Health and Care Research rapid study on those who remain vulnerable to poor outcomes from COVID-19 despite vaccination; and what conclusions it drew from the review.  HL4912

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 21 June 2022 (HL728), what is the "recent evidence" that "antivirals and neutralising monoclonal antibodies significantly improve clinical outcomes in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19 who are at high risk of progression to severe disease"; and whether they will make this evidenc… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 23 June 2022 (HL731), whether they will publish the observational data on treatment outcomes referred to in the Answer.  HL4914

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what is their target for reducing car use in the UK; and what date they have set for any percentage reduction in vehicle use to be achieved.  HL4915

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relative potential for (1) Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel, and (2) electric vehicles, to decarbonise road transport, as compared to diesel in each of the next three years.  HL4916

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will set out in a table (1) the carbon intensity of the national grid, and (2) the relative mix of (a) natural gas, (b) coal, (c) solar power, (d) wind power, (e) hydropower, (f) biomass, (g) nuclear, and (h) other sources of energy used to power the national grid, in each of the last 12 months for which… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of (1) the RTFO-type subsidy, and (2) reductions in mineral oil Excise Duty for biofuels, in the Republic of Ireland; and what plans they have, if any, to implement equivalent policies in the UK.  HL4918

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to ensure the continuation of rural bus services.  HL4919

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what training they have made available, if any, to enable those with overseas driving qualifications to retrain for work in the UK.  HL4920

Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government what was the amount allocated per head of population in round two of the Levelling Up Fund to (1) England, (2) Northern Ireland, (3) Scotland, and (4) Wales.  HL4921

Lord Swire to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many working hours have been spent on policing issues raised by hunt saboteurs in each of the last five years; and how this is broken down by each police force in England and Wales.  HL4922

Lord Swire to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of policing issues related to pursuing hunt saboteurs in each of the last five years.  HL4923

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources available to local authorities to process short-term lets licensing and applications.  HL4924

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of digital poverty on young people and their households.  HL4925

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government how many restorative justice services they plan to have set up by the end of 2023, broken down by the location of those services.  HL4926

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of efforts by Ofgem to reduce consumer energy prices following the recent fall in inflation.  HL4927

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban the forced use of gas and electricity prepayment meters.  HL4928

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the collapse of Britishvolt; and what assessment they have made of the consequences for battery manufacturing in the UK.  HL4929