House of Lords Business

Earl Attlee to ask His Majesty's Government, when the Challenger 3 tank is in service, whether they will be free to export, sell, loan or transfer these tanks to any government they should choose without the agreement of the government of Germany.  HL5003

Earl Attlee to ask His Majesty's Government whether the primary purpose of the Challenger II Main Battle Tank’s hull and automotive systems is to transport the Challenger II turret, its associated systems and crew, around the battlefield with an optimised balance of protection and mobility.  HL5004

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government whether their sexual health strategy will set aspirations to (1) reduce the R-rate of, and (2) set reduction plans for, syphilis.  HL5005

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the correlation between reductions in public health funding and increases in rates of (1) syphilis, and (2) gonorrhoea.  HL5006

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their Sexual Health Action Plan.  HL5007

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their Syphilis Action Plan.  HL5008

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a multi-disciplinary workforce in Sexual Health Services.  HL5009

Baroness Barker to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the size of the workforce providing prevention services within Sexual Health Services.  HL5010

Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask His Majesty's Government what were the recycling rates for each local authority in the last year for which figures are available; and what is the ranking of local authorities with regard to percentage of waste recycled.  HL5011

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in trialling alternatives to thiamethoxam on sugar beet.  HL5012

Lord Birt to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have identified the virus which has been responsible for the highest incidence of influenza in Autumn/Winter 2022/2023; and whether they have assessed the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine deployed over the same period in countering that virus.  HL5013

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of carbon capture technology.  HL5014

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote domestic holidays within the UK.  HL5015

Lord Dear to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on  22 December 2022 (HL4321), why the leadership training of senior police officers is delivered by the College of Policing and no longer at the Police Staff College.  HL5016

Lord Dear to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality of leadership in the police service, especially at senior ranks.  HL5017

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards adopt the Wheelchair Charter, as supported by NHS England.  HL5018

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what processes have been established within Integrated Care Boards to audit Wheelchair Service standards of service.  HL5019

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government where ministerial responsibility lies for NHS Wheelchair Services.  HL5020

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for more long-term investment to raise the quality of school buildings.  HL5021

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to schools and Local Education Authorities on their application of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and in particular with regard to any parent's request to access information on Relationships and Sex Education curricula delivered by external contractors and providers.  HL5022

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their policy on residential estate investment trusts as a means of encouraging further provision of new residential housing.  HL5023

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support Build to Rent.  HL5024

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to supporting tax system reforms to facilitate the development of additional care facilities for older people.  HL5025

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Metropolitan Police Service adopted the Selection Entrance Assessment for Recruiting Candidates Holistically (SEARCH) vetting process; if not, why not; and if so, (1) when the application started, and (2) whether it is still in use; and if it is not still in use, when its use ceased.  HL5026

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Benyon on 18 January (HL Deb col 1816), when they will publish their response to the Landscapes review (National Parks and AONBs): implementing the review consultation, which ran from 15 January 2022 to 9 April 2022; and what measures in that review have already been implemented. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving (1) to licensing professional dog walkers, and (2) to limiting them to a number of dogs that can be walked at any one time.  HL5028

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the farming community in achieving net zero emissions by 2040.  HL5029

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the level of UK agriculture exports.  HL5030

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for mental health support from (1) Step 1 initial assessment, (2) Step 2 low intensity, and (3) Step 3 high intensity; and in each case, what is the level of variation from the average by Trust.  HL5031

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of waiting times for mental health support on the incidence of self-harm.  HL5032

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Civil Aviation Authority, and (2) representatives of the wider aviation and airline sector, about those laws relating to aircraft safety which are subject to the provisions of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.  HL5033

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how much beef was (1) exported, and (2) imported, in the years (a) 2022, (b) 2021, (c) 2020, and (d) 2019.  HL5034

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of medication, such as paroxetine, for the treatment of problem gambling.  HL5035

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many people have dual British-Iranian citizenship; and of those, what estimate they have made of the number currently residing in Iran.  HL5036

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the Chinese surveillance companies (1) Dahua, and (2) Hikvision; what assessment they have made of any links between those companies and human rights abuses in the Xinjiang province; and what assessment they have made of whether they constitute a security threat to the UK.  H… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any security threat posed by the collection of biometric data by direct-to-consumer DNA testing ancestry companies.  HL5038

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of UK direct (1) imports, and (2) exports, to Somalia.  HL5039

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what were the total cash allocations for the second round of Levelling Up Funds, broken down by region.  HL5040

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been placed in hotels in the last 12 months; and of that number, how many have ever been identified as missing.  HL5041

Lord Shipley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the structural problems affecting the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.  HL5042

Lord Shipley to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the University of Sunderland, (2) Sunderland Culture, and (3) Sunderland City Council, about (a) the structural problems affecting the National Glass Centre in Sunderland, and (b) the future location of that venue.  HL5043

Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the scientific evidence and data upon which the COVID-19 rules in place for passengers on direct flights from China to England are based; and what assessment they have made of (1) the cost of imposing the rules, and (2) whether the benefits of the rules outweigh their costs.  HL5044

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what (1) equality impact assessment, and (2) business and regulatory impact assessment, they have conducted in relation to the build-to-rent sector.  HL5045

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the governments of EU member states regarding the use of gene editing in agriculture.  HL5046

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support rural households in the transition to net zero heating.  HL5047

Viscount Trenchard to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment has been made of the proportionality of the cost of replacing the revolving door at Peers' Entrance, given the plans for further related security works within the next three years.  HL5048

Lord Wills to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficiency savings that could be achieved from a DVLA database of registered non-GB driving licences which could be accessed by employers.  HL5049