House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the United Nations about allegations of corruption in respect of UN World Food Programme resources for the alleviation of malnutrition and hunger in Tigray; whether the UN is investigating any such allegations; if so, when this investigation will be completed; and when the UN’s food assista… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the statutory post implementation reviews of (1) the African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012, (2) the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2015, (3) the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, (4) the Sea F… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government how many police (1) callouts, (2) investigations, (3) charges, and (4) convictions, there were to reported incidents of abuse and hostility towards public service workers in the last year for which figures are available.  HL9097

Lord Berkeley to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker on what dates in the last 20 years full scale evacuation drills of the House of Lords parts of the Palace of Westminster were undertaken, and which of these involved (1) the whole Palace building occupied by the Lords or parts, (2) the main Committee corridor, (3) an evacuation whilst the House was sitting, (4) the use of volunteer st… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the mental well-being of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.  HL9099

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to undertake a detailed review of the effectiveness of the Barnett formula and its effect on allocations of finance to devolved governments within the UK.  HL9100

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for reviewing the maximum legal alcohol limit in relation to driving motor vehicles as measured by breathalyser tests.  HL9101

Lord Carrington to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Early Career Framework for teachers.  HL9102

Lord Carrington to ask His Majesty's Government why financial incentives for teachers are not offered for teaching additional subjects to support a broad school curriculum.  HL9103

Lord Carrington to ask His Majesty's Government why Religious Education is not included in the list of subjects for English Baccalaureate qualification.  HL9104

Lord Carrington to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons why there are not sufficient teacher applicants from overseas.  HL9105

Lord Carrington to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to adapting the Early Career Framework for teachers to take account of the need for diverse skillsets.  HL9106

The Lord Bishop of Coventry to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to identify the presence of alleged Rwandan war criminals in the UK, and (2) to prosecute those who participated in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.  HL9107

Lord Dodds of Duncairn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will list those intended to be covered by the term “or anyone acting on their behalf” in Regulation 2 of the Windsor Framework (Disclosure of Revenue and Customs Information) Regulations 2023; whether there are any statutory limits on what information anyone acting in this capacity could provide to the EU; and whe… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn (HL5751), for what reasons they consider that introducing duty free at airports in Northern Ireland for passengers flying to the EU would undermine their commitment to maintaining frictionless trade.  HL9109

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is any link between benzodiazepine prescribed drugs and an increased risk of (1) Alzheimer's disease, (2) brain damage, (3) lung cancer, and (4) seizure.  HL9110

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people in England addicted to benzodiazepine prescribed drugs.  HL9111

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to establish (1) a helpline, and (2) specialist services, to enable patients to break free from addiction to benzodiazepine prescribed drugs.  HL9112

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 4 July (HL 8691), what measures they have in place to evaluate the effectiveness of abortion providers’ ability to safeguard vulnerable women, who may experience coercion to end a pregnancy, from accessing home-use early medical abortion.  HL9113

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government how they ensure that abortion providers offer appropriate staffing levels and training to safeguard vulnerable women who access home-use early medical abortion and may be subject to coercion to end a pregnancy.  HL9114

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to update the Department of Health and Social Care’s Required Standard Operating Procedures for approved independent sector abortion providers to collect data on medical complications arising from women accessing home-use early medical abortions, presented across all clinical settings, to measure the ef… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what legal costs they have incurred to date as a result of their decision to seek a judicial review on the application of the Inquiries Act 2005 to the Covid-19 Inquiry.  HL9116

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to give planning authorities more flexibility to set fees for planning applications.  HL9117

Baroness Kennedy of Cradley to ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the effectiveness of Combined Authorities in delivering strategic planning objectives.  HL9118

Lord Lee of Trafford to ask His Majesty's Government how long they expect the construction of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens will take; and what proportion of those Gardens they estimate will be occupied by the Centre (1) during construction, and (2) on completion.  HL9119

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the use of innovative medical technology in the treatment of glaucoma.  HL9120

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve glaucoma care in independent sector treatment centres.  HL9121

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure equity in the provision of glaucoma care (1) across the country, and (2) in different health settings.  HL9122

Lord Mann to ask His Majesty's Government how many 'orphan' waste sites deal with hazardous waste; and what recent discussions they have had with businesses about minimising taxation barriers for such sites.  HL9123

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the findings of a study led by the University of Manchester, published in Nursing Standard on 9 May, on nurses’ adoption and use of digital technology during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what plans they have to improve access for nursing staff to efficient, effective and reliable digital i… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the availability of digital infrastructure to enable effective digital working in healthcare organisations.  HL9125

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of digital literacy of the healthcare workforce.  HL9126

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the University of Manchester, published in Nursing Standard on 9 May, that there is a significant variation in reported usability of the same types of digital technology across different healthcare organisations.  HL9127

Baroness Merron to ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the usability of electronic health record systems across healthcare organisations; and what plans they have to improve usability.  HL9128

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham (HL8662) on 3 July, whether such English Raw Drinking Milk, together with unpasteurised cheddar cheese and whey butter, can be sold from England into (1) Northern Ireland, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales.  HL9129

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 27 June (HL8446), what plans they have to discuss with South Western Railways that company's failure to provide water for passengers during hot weather, unlike the other operators cited.  HL9130

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 9 June (HL8162), whether these figures for the incidence of rough sleepers can be divided into females and males.  HL9131

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase international rail freight journeys through the Channel Tunnel; and what assessment they have made of the benefits and value for money of rail gauge enhancement projects as a way to increase the number of rail freight journeys.  HL9132

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits and value for money of the Dollands Moor to Wembley W12 gauge enhancement project; what steps they are taking to implement this project; and what discussions they have had with businesses to unlock private investment in this project.  HL9133

Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the change to the overall cost of building the Birmingham to Crewe section of HS2 which will result from the proposed delay to building this section.  HL9134

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's resilience against nuclear weapons.  HL9135

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support armed forces personnel with the increased cost of living.  HL9136

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case of Joana Mamombe MP and other political activists recently detained in Zimbabwe; whether they have made representations to the government of that country in respect of those detentions in the context of the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe; and what plans they have to press for an incr… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which detention centres for migrants and refugees in Libya are (1) routinely visited by United Nations agencies, and (2) receive international aid, irrespective of who operates those centres.  HL9138

The Earl of Sandwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of success that they or United Nations agencies are having in reaching refugees fleeing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.  HL9139

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been housed in Home Office temporary hotels in the past 18 months; and of those, how many were aged between (1) five and nine, (2) 10 and 13, and (3) 14 and 16.  HL9140

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what was the age of youngest unaccompanied child seeking asylum who has been housed in a Home Office temporary hotel; and how long that child was housed there for.  HL9141

Baroness Sheehan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Callanan on 3 July (HL Deb col 984) that "the “Panorama” programme provided an inaccurate representation of practices by the forestry and biomass sector on the ground", what evidence they have for that assertion.  HL9142

Baroness Sheehan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Callanan on 3 July (HL Deb col 983), when they expect the investigation by Ofgem on Drax Plc to conclude.  HL9143

Baroness Sheehan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Callanan on 3 July (HL Deb col 983) that most of the pellets used for biomass are “by-product from normal sustainable commercial forests”, what evidence they have to support the claim; and whether that evidence been corroborated and verified by independent experts.  HL9144

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the strikes relating to marking of university exams and essays on students awaiting end of year grades.  HL9145

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Foreign Secretary on 29 June, what assessment they have made of the UK’s future relations with growing regional powers in (1) the Indo-Pacific region, and (2) Latin America.  HL9146

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Foreign Secretary on 29 June, what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposed addition of a permanent member of the UN Security Council from an African nation.  HL9147

Lord Storey to ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of children with special needs completed the education healthcare plan within 20 weeks in each of the last three years.  HL9148

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely timing of a free trade agreement with the USA.  HL9149

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for promoting economic cooperation between the UK and Saudi Arabia.  HL9150

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist local retailers in adapting to a changing high street environment, including rising costs and an increase in online shopping.  HL9151

Lord Trees to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of Dengue Fever being transmitted in the UK, now and in the future.  HL9152

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Renters (Reform) Bill will make leases in apartment blocks banning short lets illegal.  HL9153

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects of clauses 16B and 16C of the Renters (Reform) Bill on blocks of flats whose leases prohibit pets which may cause a nuisance.  HL9154

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of long-term rental properties in holiday resorts and city centres as a result of the introduction of periodic tenancies.  HL9155

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to end the shortage of private rental accommodation; and whether such steps include restoring tax relief on buy to let mortgages.  HL9156

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of dog attacks (1) in general, and (2) on postal workers in particular.  HL9157

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the abolition of assured shorthold tenancies on those seeking a mortgage from mortgage companies which require tenancies of at least six months without a break.  HL9158

Lord Tyrie to ask His Majesty's Government how many Hong Kong citizens have entered the UK since the introduction of that territory's National Security Law (1) using the British National (Overseas) route, and (2) as asylum seekers; and in each case, what was the age profile in terms of (a) absolute number, and (b) relative percentage, for each age cohort of five years.  HL9159

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government whether they were represented, and if so by whom, at the Somme Commemoration and wreath laying ceremony at Belfast City Hall on 1 July.  HL9160

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government how they are supporting and strengthening the Union of the United Kingdom; and how much was spent on projects for that purpose in each of the last three years.  HL9161

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government how many school pupils are currently being home schooled in England; and how this figure compares with pre-pandemic figures.  HL9162

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent banks from closing, or refusing to open, accounts for any reason other than unlawful activity.  HL9163

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the continued effectiveness of the Barnett formula for the devolved nations of the UK.  HL9164