House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of humanitarian aid that has been able to reach the four million Syrians in north-west Syria in areas not controlled by the Assad regime; and whether they plan to lay a UN Security Council Resolution codifying the use of crossings from Turkey to ensure humanitarian access.  HL5635

Lord Anderson of Ipswich to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the Framework Document to be agreed between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Office for Environmental Protection.  HL5636

Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government what is the procedure for a medical professional to contact the DVLA if an individual is considered unfit to drive, following a medical diagnosis.  HL5637

Lord Birt to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of France regarding the conclusions of the independent review of the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, chaired by Dr Tiago Brandão Rodrigues; and whether they intend to ask that government to seek from the French police (1) a response, and (2) an apology to Liverpool FC fans for the treatm… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government what mechanism has been proposed to select backbench peers for attendance at the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on 6 May.  HL5639

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the population in each of the 10 largest cities in England are in receipt of prescription medication for high blood pressure.  HL5640

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 14 February (HL5193), whether that figure includes (1) claims made within a person's Access to Work agreement, and (2) new claims for a new job where the claimant received Access to Work support in their previous employment.  HL5641

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of local authority compliance with the 2019 Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse in relation to the issuing of penalties as an intentional policy for generating revenue or profit.  HL5642

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what powers they have to reissue the 2019 Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse as binding statutory guidance on local councils and outsourced firms; and what plans they have, if any, to use those powers to do so in the current parliament.  HL5643

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding the former’s proposals of 16 February for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.  HL5644

Lord Dear to ask His Majesty's Government, further the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 7 February (HL5017), whether they have made a specific assessment of the impact of the leadership training provided to all senior police officers by the College of Policing over the past decade; if so, whether that assessment concluded that the training had (1) been successful, and (2)… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what barriers they have identified to increasing the number of people who could be resettled through the Mandate Resettlement Scheme.  HL5646

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult with local authorities on an annual quota for refugee resettlement; and when they anticipate the first of these annual quotas will be brought before Parliament.  HL5647

The Lord Bishop of Exeter to ask His Majesty's Government how many deaths were attributed to antimicrobial resistance in England in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.  HL5648

The Lord Bishop of Exeter to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Farmers' Union about reducing antimicrobial resistance in livestock.  HL5649

The Lord Bishop of Exeter to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 'One Health' approach outlined in the report by the United Nations Environment Programme's Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening environmental action in the One Health response to antimicrobial resistance, published on 7 February.  HL5650

The Lord Bishop of Exeter to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with water companies to mitigate the risks of antimicrobial resistance.  HL5651

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many universal credit claims were subject to deductions in the most recent month for which data are available, broken down by parliamentary constituency; how much was the (1) total, and (2) average, sum of deductions in each constituency; and what proportion of those sums was deducted to repay advance payments.  HL5652

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many benefit claims were subject to sanctions in the most recent three months for which data are available, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and how much was the (1) total, and (2) average, sum of benefit income lost by claimants due to sanctions in each constituency.  HL5653

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of expanding the sample size for the Food Standards Agency's Food and You 2 survey to a minimum of 10,000 households.  HL5654

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many universal credit claimants requested a deductions waiver in the most recent six months for which data is available; of those requests, what proportion were successful; and whether all universal credit claimants subject to a deduction are automatically informed of their option to seek a waiver.  HL5655

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government how many universal credit claimants were subject to deductions as a result of overpayments where the fault lay entirely with the relevant government department or agency, in the most recent month for which figures are available.  HL5656

Lord Field of Birkenhead to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered the potential merits of including the need to use a food bank, alongside undue hardship, in the criteria which may exempt claimants from having deductions taken from their universal credit claim.  HL5657

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Office for Environmental Protection's Progress in improving the natural environment in England: 2021 to 2022, published on 19 January, which concluded on the 25 Year Improvement Plan that "of 23 environmental targets assessed, none were found where Government’s progress was demonstrably on track", what st… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the report by the Office for National Statistics Habitat extent and condition, natural capital, UK: 2022, published on 3 May 2022; in particular, what steps they are taking in respect of the changes in the number of protected sites on semi-natural grassland (1) in favourable cond… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of development on grassland habitats that could be considered irreplaceable habitats under the National Planning Policy Framework that took place each year from 2015 to 2022.  HL5660

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of development on semi-natural grassland that took place each year from 2015 to 2022.  HL5661

Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask His Majesty's Government under what criteria migrants or refugees would be moved from an area once they have been satisfactorily settled in that area.  HL5662

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations, including Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 and connected domestic secondary legislation including the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 and its devolved equivalents, constitute EU-derived subordinate legislation in th… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations, including those that go further than EU requirements covering the protections for reptiles and amphibians, invertebrate animals and poultry, rabbits or hares killed elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse by their owner for the owner… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure in their meeting of international justice ministers in March that (1) practical, and (2) financial, support is provided to ensure perpetrators of alleged war crimes against women and children in Ukraine are brought to justice.  HL5665

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government how they will seek to ensure effective collaboration between the International Criminal Court and all other (1) international, and (2) national, accountability mechanisms when investigating alleged war crimes against women and children in Ukraine.  HL5666

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that survivors of all ages of war crimes in Ukraine, particularly sexual violence, are represented in discussions about the justice process for prosecuting war crimes in that country.  HL5667

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reform the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.  HL5668

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government whether legacy practitioners applying on behalf of a family member of a victim to the proposed Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery requesting a review of a Troubles death or serious injury will be eligible for legal aid; what annual estimate they have made of the likely cost of such legal aid; and which N… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government how much legal aid has been paid in respect of legacy claims in Northern Ireland in the last five years; and what proportion this represents of the total spending on legal aid in Northern Ireland during that period.  HL5670

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government whether, given the absence of a sitting Assembly in Northern Ireland, they will answer parliamentary questions on the governance of matters in Northern Ireland for which they are ultimately responsible.  HL5671

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of legal aid in England and Wales in the last five years.  HL5672

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to set up a public inquiry into the Gender Identity Development Service for Children (GIDS) at the Tavistock Clinic to establish whether the well-being and safeguarding of children were sufficiently protected.  HL5673

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 14 February (HL5455), whether they will direct NHS England to publish the agenda and minutes of its Data, Digital and Technology committee and other board committees, in the interests of transparency.  HL5674

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government how many people’s GP records have been made accessible to contractors and sub-contractors working on NHS England’s Cohorting as a Service system in 2023; and what data fields have been shared.  HL5675

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government which secure data environment is used by NHS England’s Cohorting as a Service system; and whether this is used by all current cohorting service projects.  HL5676

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government how many integrated care systems have established services for Huntington’s disease patients in their local areas.  HL5677

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to deliver their clinical research vision, and (2) to provide funding to support the growth of the UK’s phase 1 trial capacity.  HL5678

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review all cases of persons held for more than five years beyond their judicial tariffs.  HL5679

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to prisons to support the prevention of suicide in prisons in England and Wales.  HL5680

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reduce the number of persons imprisoned for reasons of public protection; if so, how they will achieve this; and whether they will require that reasons for recalls to prison need additional detail rather than being classified as “other”.  HL5681

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in Syria; and what consideration they have given to lifting the general economic sanctions imposed on that country.  HL5682

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government when the National Trust applied for, and when National Highways agreed to provide, £3 million from the environment and wellbeing designated funds to support a grassland reversion project in the Stonehenge landscape; what the terms of the grant are; and whether the grant has already been distributed in its entirety.  HL5… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what legal asylum or immigration routes there are for Afghan academics who worked with visiting British academics under the Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) scheme, and who have subsequently been threatened by the Taliban regime, but have had their application to come to the UK under Afghan Relocations and Assistance… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Leong to ask His Majesty's Government how many external management consultants have been contracted by departments since 2019; and how many senior civil servants have taken early retirement since 2019.  HL5685

Lord Leong to ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made to close Chinese Confucius Institutes in the UK, if any; and what estimate they have made of how much of the spending on Mandarin teaching at schools has been channelled through Confucius Institutes.  HL5686

Lord Leong to ask His Majesty's Government how much of UK’s aid budget has been spent in China in the last three fiscal years; and how aid allocated to China in the last three fiscal years has been spent.  HL5687

Lord Leong to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support small and medium-sized enterprises bidding for public contracts.  HL5688

Lord Leong to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to tackle fraud in public sector contracts; and what estimate they have made of how much money was lost to fraud in each of the last three years.  HL5689

Lord Leong to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of a network of “secret Chinese police stations” in the UK used by the government of China to identify political dissidents; and what steps they plan to take, if any, to shut them down.  HL5690

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the press statement by the Department for Work and Pensions on 27 January 2022, what assumptions were made (including regarding family type) to inform the statement that "people are at least £6,000 better off in full time work than on benefits".  HL5691

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to introduce an agreed definition of wholegrain, and (2) to set a recommended daily amount for its consumption.  HL5692

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to merits of introducing a public and private sector partnership aiming to increase the consumption of wholegrain foods.  HL5693

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address low wholegrain intakes in England.  HL5694

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 2 February (HL4910), when the next Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel is scheduled to meet to consider more recent evidence on COVID-19 risk; and who are the members of that panel.  HL5695

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 2 February (HL4910), whether the National Institute for Health and Care Research rapid study on those who remain vulnerable to poor outcomes from COVID-19 despite vaccination has been published; and if so, where that study can be accessed.  HL5696

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 1 February (HL4911), whether the work on the Cohorting as a Service platform has been completed; and if not, when this is scheduled to take place.  HL5697

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 23 June 2022 (HL731), what specific data is collected on the number of treatments prescribed and administered by the COVID Medicines Delivery Units in England; where this information can be accessed; and which body is tasked with overseeing and acting on the results of this data.  HL56… 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 1 February (HL4939), when the figures referred to in the Written Answer on 12 April 2022 (HL7711), which provide the number of clinically extremely vulnerable individuals who do not make antibodies through the vaccinations currently available but who would be protected by pre-exposure… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Mendelsohn to ask His Majesty's Government when antibody testing in the UK to determine the cohort most at risk from COVID-19 will be introduced; and what assessment they have made of the testing level of HL5700

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the utility and safety of robotic techniques in surgical operations for patients in the UK.  HL5701

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any forecast of the expected use of further robotic surgery in the NHS in the next five years; and whether this would be an increase or decrease from the current levels of use.  HL5702

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the use of robotic surgery in the UK compared to the use in (1) other European countries, and (2) the USA.  HL5703

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of prisoners who have neurodivergent conditions; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce a common screening system for these conditions throughout the criminal justice system.  HL5704

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of accessibility at train stations, such as Castle Cary station in Somerset, for passengers who are elderly, infirm or disabled.  HL5705

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of whether the size and structure of the Metropolitan Police has a positive or negative impact on its performance.  HL5706

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede to ask His Majesty's Government, how many parents whose children were subject to applications to deprive them of their liberty under (1) the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court, and (2) a secure accommodation order, were legally represented during the court proceedings in the last five years; and what percentage of such parents this represents.  HL57… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to strengthen regulatory powers in respect of the sale of vaping products to children.  HL5708

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government whether, as was announced in the 2021 Spending Review, the public health grants for 2023–24 and 2024–25 will increase in line with inflation.  HL5709

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of patients in paediatric intensive care units and wards this winter for Respiratory Syncytial Virus-related reasons; and what steps they are taking to mitigate the challenges of managing capacity in hospitals in respect of respiratory illnesses.  HL5710

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence regarding the suitability of its Single Technology Appraisal pathway to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of potentially one-time treatments such as novel cell and gene therapies for rare diseases.  HL5711

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to deliver on the commitment made in the Life Sciences Vision, published in July 2021, to introduce new treatment possibilities such as novel cell and gene therapies for patients with rare genetic diseases such as haemophilia.  HL5712

Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to start a visa scheme, similar to that introduced for Ukrainians in 2022, for the people from Turkey and Syria who are homeless following the earthquakes in those countries.  HL5713

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the government of Israel to prohibit Palestinians under the age of 22 from entering Israel to participate in organised peace-building activities and the impact that this will have on UK-funded cross-community peace building work in the region.  HL5714

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them transition to low carbon ways of working.  HL5715

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what financial assistance they are providing to local authorities to help them meet net zero targets.  HL5716

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent further disruption to the NHS given the industrial action taken by nurses.  HL5717

Lord Teverson to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to amend the terms of the Electricity Generator Levy to make it comparable with the equivalent regime relating to fossil fuels, including in the area of investment relief; and if so, when.  HL5718

Lord Trefgarne to ask His Majesty's Government what is the typical monthly salary of an ambulance crew member working in England.  HL5719

Baroness Valentine to ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for Priority Education Investment Areas is intended to provide an element of continuity funding to some of the previous Opportunity Areas; and whether they plan to distribute this funding in time to enable activity to continue during the current academic year.  HL5720

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Education Policy Institute A spotlight on Design and Technology Study in England, published on 23 March 2022; and in particular, the finding that take up of Design and Technology in schools has fallen significantly over the last decade.  HL5721

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve educational outcomes for deaf children.  HL5722

Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Auditory Verbal Therapy on educational outcomes for deaf children.  HL5723

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have committed to child mental health services in the current financial year; and how much funding they provided in each of the last three years.  HL5724

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time from receiving a referral to child mental health services to receiving an appointment.  HL5725

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what was the total number of referrals to child mental health services in each of the last three years.  HL5726

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the provision of mental health services for children and young people.  HL5727

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect (1) children, and (2) vulnerable adults, from online encouragement to pursue behaviours that may lead to eating disorders.  HL5728

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government when their Semiconductor Strategy will be published.  HL5729

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Centre for Policy Studies Cashing in our Chips: How to strengthen the UK’s semiconductor sector, published on 10 February.   HL5730

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to semiconductor supply in determining their national security policy.  HL5731

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to purchase Multi-Role Support Ships for the Royal Navy; and whether such vessels are necessary for the future formation of Littoral Response Groups following retirement of the Albion-class Landing Platform Dock vessels.  HL5732

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to retire the Albion-class Landing Platform Dock vessels from active service; and whether these vessels are necessary for the formation of Littoral Response Groups until the entry into service of any Multi-Role Support Ships purchased.  HL5733

Lord West of Spithead to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide aviation facilities to the Littoral Response Groups.  HL5734