House of Lords Business

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government where the framework for the advice that the careers services provide to jobseekers with (1) dyslexia, and (2) other specific learning difficulties, can be found online.  HL7766

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister of State for the Department of Work and Pensions in evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee on 3 May, when the root and branch review of the Disability Confident scheme will take place.  HL7767

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence consultation, which closed on 21 April, when updates to the ITT core content and early career framework will be published.  HL7768

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence consultation, which closed on 21 April, what criteria they will use to assess the evidence presented and include it in the updated framework.  HL7769

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which trainees and early career teachers understand the legislative requirements, including their professional responsibilities, which relate to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.  HL7770

Lord Balfe to ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of Norway taking over the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on 11 May 2023, what plans they have to build a stronger relationship with the Council during the two years of Norwegian Chairmanship.  HL7771

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of families with children that will be (1) detained, and (2) removed, under the Illegal Migration Bill in 2024.  HL7772

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government whether additional detention sites to detain those subject to the duty to remove under clause 2 of the Illegal Migration Bill will operate under the Detention Centre Rules 2001.  HL7773

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government whether an individual subject to the duty to remove under clause 2 of the Illegal Migration Bill will be considered for release from detention if a rule 35 report is brought to the attention of the Home Office.  HL7774

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government whether an individual who has been deported due to being subject to the duty to remove under clause 2 of the Illegal Migration Bill will be able to return to the UK via a safe route, if a human rights challenge against their deportation is successful following a remote hearing.  HL7775

The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they follow in assessing whether a place of immigration detention is appropriate.  HL7776

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask His Majesty's Government what are the ministerial responsibilities of each of the three Lords ministers for the Department for Business and Trade.  HL7777

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 4 May (HL7280), which airlines fly from Belfast to the Republic of Ireland; and if there are none, why passengers flying from Belfast to EU countries are not eligible for duty free like passengers from the rest of the UK.  HL7778

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of freedom of religion and belief in Tunisia.  HL7779

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current political and security situation in Haiti, particularly the level of crime and gang violence in that country.  HL7780

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government further to the comments by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 2 May, what representations they have made to the government of Israel on the circumstances surrounding the death of Khader Adnan on 2 May.  HL7781

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what is the detection rate for underpayment of the National Minimum Wage by employers; what incentives there are to ensure that employers comply with the National Minimum Wage; and what action they are taking to enforce compliance with, and to prevent underpayment of, the National Minimum Wage.  HL7782

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any recent cross-border escalation of violence between Israel and militants in southern Lebanon; and whether they have made any representations to governments in that region to de-escalate any further violence in those countries.  HL7783

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current security situation in Sudan, and in particular of any escalation of violence in Khartoum between government forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF); how many British nationals they estimate remain in Sudan; and what action they are taking, together with internationa… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the UK chemical industry of simultaneously (1) adapting to the UK REACH programme, and (2) maintaining compliance with the EU REACH programme, insofar as it is necessary for trade with the EU; and what the impact has been on exports of chemicals in the past three years.  HL… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, published in January, what progress they have made in delivering 800 new ambulances and increasing the fleet by 10 per cent.  HL7786

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government how many of the ambulances ordered so far to meet the increase in numbers as set out in the Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, published in January, are replacement vehicles.  HL7787

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether, in pursuit of their Net Zero strategy, they will enquire into the relationship between the price obtainable for newly cut timber in the UK, and that paid for wood pellets under their Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.    HL7788

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many clinically extremely vulnerable and immunocompromised people are living in the England.  HL7789

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to protect clinically extremely vulnerable and immunocompromised people from COVID-19.  HL7790

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of Evusheld 2 in protecting clinically extremely vulnerable and immunocompromised people against COVID-19; and whether there are plans for it to be made available on the NHS.  HL7791

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing were reported and investigated by the Civil Service in (1) 2022, (2) 2021, (3) 2020, and (4) 2019.  HL7792

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing were reported and investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority in (1) 2022, (2) 2021, (3) 2020, and (4) 2019.  HL7793

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 10 May (HL Deb, col 1924), whether unaccompanied children seeking asylum who are to be detained under the Illegal Migration Bill are to be placed in "age appropriate accommodation", where these age-appropriate accommodation will be; what services will be provided in them, and by who… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 10 May (HL Deb, col 1924), what evidence they have collected since 2014 that leads them to conclude that excluding children from immigration detention would "incentivise the people smugglers" to target children to smuggle to the UK.  HL7795

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what was the percentage of total asylum claims for unaccompanied children seeking asylum for each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.  HL7796

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government which safe third countries they have made an agreement with for the purposes of processing asylum claims for people coming to the UK via irregular routes, as outlined in the Illegal Migration Bill; and how many individuals are logistically possible to be processed in each in each of  those countries in (1) 2023, and (2) 2024.  HL7797

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government which safe third countries they expect to make deals with in (1) 2023, and (2) 2024, for the purposes of processing asylum claims as outlined in the Illegal Migration Bill for people coming to the UK via irregular routes.  HL7798

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of staff working in the Department for Education have a teaching qualification.  HL7799

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any damage to waterways and rivers caused by chemical pollutants.  HL7800

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what was the average gender pay gap for each of the past five years.  HL7801

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the rural economy to tackle rural poverty.  HL7802

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government under which legal provision the Home Office has assumed child protection powers for unaccompanied migrant children.  HL7803

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government whether section 20 of the Children Act 1989 allows local authorities to delegate their duties under that section for child protection to other public bodies.  HL7804

Baroness Twycross to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the test of the UK’s emergency alert system on 23 April.  HL7805

Baroness Twycross to ask His Majesty's Government when they forecast rolling out the UK’s emergency alert system.  HL7806

Baroness Twycross to ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of developing, maintaining and testing the UK’s emergency alert system.  HL7807

Baroness Twycross to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a register of children who are not in school, with a view to monitoring school absence data more closely; and if so, to what timeline.  HL7808

Baroness Twycross to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered the case for requiring schools to share their pupil absences data with local councils.  HL7809

Baroness Twycross to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to expand pastoral and mental health support in schools to keep students in education.  HL7810

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the logistics infrastructure investment required over the next 30 years to support (1) UK business growth, (2) freight transport capacity growth, (3) freight transport decarbonisation, and (4) communities.  HL7811

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the energy infrastructure investment required over the next 30 years to support freight transport and decarbonisation.  HL7812

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made on the delivery of a National Freight Network; when they will publish their response to the Union Connectivity Review; and what consequence their response will have for the National Freight Network.  HL7813

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK’s freight transport capacity of decisions to delay (1) HS2, and (2) the third road investment strategy (RIS3), construction.  HL7814

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the measures in place to coordinate infrastructure, planning and energy policies, nationally and locally, to support the delivery of a National Freight Network.  HL7815

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have carried out any estimate of how many appointments annually are requested for doctors to approve sickness absences for periods of less than three days; and whether they have reviewed the requirement for doctors to authorise such sickness absences to in order to reduce workloads for doctors.  HL7816

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the development of wave energy technology.  HL7817