House of Lords Business

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government how many liquified petroleum gas retailers there are in the UK; how many have closed in the past year; and what plans they have to ensure supplies continue for the next decade.  HL5353

Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the activities of a:gender within Government departments, including its support for a statement by the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention dated 29 November 2022 which describes the gender critical movement as “fascist” and “genocidal”.  HL5354

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the low rate of prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and (2) the need for more effective enforcement.  HL5355

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with (1) the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and (2) other Malaysian ministers; and what topics were discussed.  HL5356

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their target in their Environmental Impact Plan to "restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat", whether they have considered the advice of the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) that "habitat destruction and degradation could therefore continue in other areas, with negligible positiv… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hampton to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Barran on 19 January (HL Deb col 1920), what were the outcome of talks with Ofqual about the use of  AI in secondary schools.  HL5358

Lord Inglewood to ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to enforce their policy that food produced to lower environmental and welfare standards outside the UK will not be placed on the UK market, despite being allowed tariff-free access to the country.  HL5359

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the total number of people who are currently eligible for the five-year route to settlement introduced in 2022 as Appendix Private Life to the Immigration Rules, and (2) the number of those people who would meet the threshold to be granted a fee waiver for a limited leave to remain ap… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government what number and proportion of people aged under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the Immigration Rules Appendix Private Life were granted a fee waiver in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.  HL5361

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of providing a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications for people aged under 25 who can demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee after meeting essential living costs.  HL5362

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to disseminate information on COVID-19 to at risk groups, given that the monthly updates provided by the Department of Health and Social Care have ceased; and where they will get their updated information from to inform their decision regarding how to (1) protect, and (2) support, the clinically vulnerable f… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the average daily savings in pension contributions employers have made on days lost to strike action in the public sector, including strike action in the rail and postal sectors.  HL5364

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government how much public health funding per head was allocated to each local authority in England in (1) 2020–21 and (2) 2021–22.  HL5365

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had on the level of funding required from the public health grant in order to ensure that local authorities are able to fulfil their statutory public health responsibilities.  HL5366

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming NHS workforce strategy will include specific projections of workforce needs with respect to (1) health visiting, (2) school nursing, (3) sexual health services, and (4) drug and alcohol treatment.  HL5367

Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to hold further consultations on charity lottery limits; and when they will be held.  HL5368

Lord Robathan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 9 January (HL4498), what consideration they have given to including swift bricks as a biodiversity net gain in the schedule of the Environment Act 2021.  HL5369

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 31 January (HL4816), what consideration they have given to increasing the £350,000 given in aid to the Start Fund for Nagorno-Karabakh due to the ongoing blockade of (1) food, and (2) medicine, caused by the closure of the Lachin corridor.  HL5370

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of infrared panels as a low carbon heating technology for (1) new homes, and (2) off-gas-grid homes.  HL5371

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government how much has been claimed in energy efficiency grants for energy retrofit programmes by each local authority in each year since 2008.  HL5372

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with international partners regarding how the international development programme can help to support less developed countries that are at the forefront of climate change-related damage.  HL5373

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the additional (1) ambulances, and (2) hospital beds, announced on 30 January to be staffed and in operational use by patients.  HL5374

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what forecasts they have made of the number of additional (1) GPs, (2) nurses, (3) hospital consultants, and (4) radiographers, they will need by 2030, compared with the numbers currently available, according to the latest available data.  HL5375

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what forecasts they have made of the number of extra NHS staff required to make operational the additional (1) ambulances, and (2) hospital beds, announced on 30 January; and what estimates they have made of the revenue costs of employing those extra staff.  HL5376

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government which financial year or years the additional £250 million announced on 9 January 2023 to speed up hospital discharges relate to; whether this is additional funding or a reallocation of existing budgets; and whether some of the £250 million will be spent on adult social care provided by local government.  HL5377

Lord Warner to ask His Majesty's Government what is the latest information they have, by financial year, on (1) adult social care providers handing back contracts to local authorities, (2) the number of new residential and nursing home care providers being registered, (3) the rise or fall in the registration of new home care providers, and (4) the number of people waiting to be as… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely effectiveness of the UK Single Trade Window in 2023.  HL5379

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the forecasted additional number of customs declarations they will need to process as a result of the UK leaving the EU; and what additional resources they have earmarked for HMRC in order to process them.  HL5380

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding Northern Ireland (1) received in 2022/23, and (2) and will receive in 2023/24, through the (a) block grant, or (b) other government funding, which arises from circumstances specific to Northern Ireland and is ringfenced, rather than non hypothecated funding as a result of the Barnett formula.  HL5381

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess the (1) effectiveness, and (2) appropriateness, of funding through the Barnett formula for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  HL5382

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the operation of the Barnett formula.  HL5383

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) percentage, and (2) value, of goods transported from Great Britain to Northern Ireland that are intended to remain within the Northern Ireland market.  HL5384

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government which (1) organisations, and (2) individuals, they consulted prior to making their departmental funding allocations as outlined in the Northern Ireland Budget Bill.  HL5385