House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 22 June (HL8340), whether the implantation failure rate for all other treatments is therefore incomparably low relative to that to date for pronuclear transfer; or whether the number of successful treatments to date for pronuclear transfer is incomparably low; and what is the… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 11 May 2016 (HL7950), and the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 6 June (HL7725), whether any research applications submitted to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) since March 2011 have been rejected by the HFEA Licence Committee; whether any requ… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) ecological, and (2) human health, impacts of continuing to allow emergency use of asulam to control growth of bracken after such use was denied in Wales and Scotland; and whether they have a (a) plan, or (b) timescale, for ending such authorisations.  HL8710

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to assist part-owners of homes who may be unable to sell as a result of conditions of rent charges allowing repossession; and what estimate they have made of the numbers of homeowners affected.  HL8711

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of existing oil and gas fields within the UK’s territorial waters is owned by companies headquartered in the UK.  HL8712

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of oil and gas extracted from UK territorial waters was extracted by companies headquartered in the UK in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.  HL8713

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of oil and gas extracted from UK territorial waters was exported in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.  HL8714

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what is the expected grade of the oil reserves in licensed but undeveloped fields in the North Sea basin; and what estimate they have made of the likelihood of the oil from these fields being used domestically in the UK as opposed to being exported.  HL8715

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government how many looked after children were placed in boarding schools for the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by age.  HL8716

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by Josh MacAlister The Independent Review of Children's Social Care, published in May 2022, what is their response to the recommendation that the Department for Education "should consider investing some of the free schools capital budget into a new wave of state boarding capacity"; and whether funding w… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 21 June (HL7941, HL7942 and HL7945), how they define "bed equivalents from patient flow initiatives".  HL8718

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to improve the uptake of NHS health checks in England to spot early signs of a stroke, such as atrial fibrillation.  HL8719

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the review Preventing illness and improving health for all: a review of the NHS Health Check programme and recommendations, published in December 2021, what progress they have made in bringing forward the recommendations for the NHS Health Check contained in that review.  HL8720

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the national procurement deal secured by the NHS on direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) to help realise the atrial fibrillation aims in the The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019.  HL8721

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure consistency in the interpretation of the concept of value-based procurement in purchasing items in the health and social care sector; whether they intend to produce and publish a clearer tool for the assessment of such value based procurement; and whether patient groups and manufacturers… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to locate unaccompanied children who arrived in the UK since July 2021 who were placed in hotels in Kent and Sussex who have subsequently gone missing.  HL8723

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to support any deep geothermal pilot projects to provide power and heating, whether by tax relief, indirect investment or otherwise.  HL8724

Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government for what reasons they support the commemoration of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against people of Jewish origin and others in Victoria Tower Gardens, to the exclusion of other genocides and other available sites.  HL8725

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much the new Plan 5 loans for higher education starters will increase the average cost of higher education for graduates; and whether the new arrangements will result in graduates in England paying more and for longer than under the present system.  HL8726

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other donor countries about providing new funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA) following UNWRA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini’s forecast on 20 June of likely cuts to UNWRA's service provision.  HL8727

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made, if any, to the government of Israel in support of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ call on that government to immediately cease all settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.  HL8728

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what is the percentage of existing ATMs that will be protected under the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Bill to ensure the continued provision of free-to-use cash access services.  HL8729

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government, following the implementation of the Financial Services and Markets Bill, whether they anticipate that any changes will be made to the funding model for ATM operators to help to keep ATMs operational on a free-to-use basis.  HL8730

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the comments by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 21 June (HL Deb col 253–255), whether they have any further information concerning the attack on the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in Uganda on 16 June; and what discussions they have had with international partners about providing assistance to the Ugandan a… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the safety of abortion pills being sent by post.  HL8732

Lord Naseby to ask His Majesty's Government how they monitor whether local authorities are using funds provided by central Government for repairing potholes for that purpose.  HL8733

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide further opportunities for non-governmental organisations to comment on the UK’s plan to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.  HL8734

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to re-assess the UK’s contribution to humanitarian programmes in South Sudan in the light of the civil war; and whether they intend to make up any shortfall.  HL8735

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made by international agencies which the UK supports with conflict resolution in Abyei, on the South Sudan border.  HL8736

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens will affect the Buxton anti-slavery memorial location, in terms of (1) physical distance, (2) daylight, and (3) visitor numbers; and what research, if any, has been carried out by planners to obtain these answers.  HL8737

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding by the British Business Bank that there has been a 28 per cent drop in investment value in the first three months of 2023 compared with the last quarter of 2022.  HL8738

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to create guardrails for safe AI development by the end of 2023.  HL8739

Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that gypsy and traveller site residents have consumer choice of energy providers.  HL8740