House of Lords Business

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether the air handling units in the House of Lords have had electrostatic precipitators installed for the purposes of air filtration, particularly for viruses and bacteria.  HL4930

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of schools have had electrostatic precipitators installed for the purposes of air filtration, particularly for viruses and bacteria.  HL4931

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the effects of (1) vehicle speeds, and (2) journey times, on emissions in urban areas; and if so, whether higher (a) vehicle speeds, or (b) journey times, have a greater effect on emissions levels.  HL4932

Lord Campbell-Savours to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the effects of low emission zones in urban areas on (1) vehicle usage, (2) average vehicle speeds, (3) average vehicle journey times, (4) emissions levels, and (5) overall air quality.  HL4933

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the (1) current, and (2) planned, expenditure on security for the House of Lords; and what is the governance process to ensure value for the taxpayer.  HL4934

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the provision of (1) health, and (2) education, services for children and young people with Tourette’s Syndrome.  HL4935

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess the efficacy of the Sentencing Council.  HL4936

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of the practice of deporting foreign national offenders at the conclusion of their custodial sentences, where appropriate.  HL4937

Lord Kilclooney to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made to identify a free port site in Northern Ireland.  HL4938

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 12 April 2022 (HL7711), given the data referred to, what update they can provide on (1) evidence of immune response in immunocompromised and immunosuppressed patients, and (2) the size of the cohort of people who do not produce antibodies from vaccines.  HL4939

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government how they will (1) assess, and (2) report on, the effectiveness of COVID-19 Medicine Delivery Units (CMDUs) in providing treatments for COVID-19 to vulnerable patients; and whether they have any plans (a) to disband CMDUs and devolve this responsibility to a primary care model, or (b) implement any other change of process.  HL494… 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 Markham on 7 November 2022 (HL2600), how they can assure accountability in decision-making in relation to the RAPID C-19 independent advisory meetings if there are no minutes and attendee lists available.  HL4941

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the creation by NHS England of a national expert working group (EWG), why it has only met twice; and whether it still has an active role in supporting the development of a national clinical policy.  HL4942

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 28 November 2022 (HL3368), whether they can (1) provide further information on the equalities and impact assessment undertaken by the Antivirals and Therapeutics TaskForce, and (2) disclose which experts were involved in its production.  HL4943

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 28 November 2022 (HL3401), whether they can provide further information on (1) the additional expert advice received, (2) when this advice was sought and received, (3) who were the experts, and (4) who they reported to.  HL4944

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recent approval of lecanemab in the United States, what plans they have to invest in equipment for diagnosing dementia to prepare the NHS for the arrival of new and innovative dementia treatments.  HL4945

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 3 January (HL4341), whether data will be (1) collected, and (2) published, on the number of unsuccessful asylum seekers who are removed from the UK under the UK–France Joint Statement of 14 November 2022.  HL4946

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers are currently housed in public accommodation; and what was the cost of providing that accommodation for each month in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.  HL4947

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether any missing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are in some form of modern slavery.  HL4948

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government what contractual obligations hotels must meet to provide contingency accommodation for asylum seekers; and whether those obligations include a requirement to ensure unaccompanied asylum-seeking children do not go missing.  HL4949

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to provide powers, or (2) to take other measures, to prevent unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels or any temporary accommodation from going missing.  HL4950

Lord Rosser to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in so called 'honour-based' abuse crimes identified in the Home Office's Statistics on so called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences, England and Wales, 2021 to 2022, published on 20 October 2022; and what steps they are taking to reduce such crimes.  HL4951

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of bids submitted for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund were successful, broken down by region.  HL4952

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what was the total number of bids to the second round of the Levelling Up Fund, broken down by region; and how much was allocated in cash to each region from the second round of the Fund.  HL4953