House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of calls by the government of the USA, the EU Parliament and United Nations Special Rapporteurs for the release from prison in Hong Kong of the British citizen Jimmy Lai.  HL10649

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government why they have not called for the release from prison in Hong Kong of the British citizen Jimmy Lai, and under what circumstances they would do so.  HL10650

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they will give the continuing imprisonment of British citizen Jimmy Lai and other democracy advocates in Hong Kong in deciding to resume discussions in the UK–China Joint Economic and Trade Commission.  HL10651

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the treatment of British businessmen imprisoned in China such as Peter Humphrey, and whether they draw attention to his case and that of Jimmy Lai when encouraging British businesses to trade with China.  HL10652

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote the sharing of best practice in the provision of NHS services, including between (1) services in England, and (2) services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  HL10653

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government how many times PAVA spray has been (1) drawn, and (2) drawn and deployed, in prisons in England and Wales since 1 April 2019.  HL10654

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners in England and Wales have been subject to (1) the drawing, and (2) the drawing and deployment, of PAVA spray since 1 April 2019 by (a) age, (b) ethnicity, (c) religion and (d) disability.  HL10655

Lord Cashman to ask His Majesty's Government to which department the Port of London Authority is accountable, and whether its annual accounts are publicly available.  HL10656

Baroness Cumberlege to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect patients from (1) unregulated, and (2) unqualified, non-medical ultrasound practitioners.  HL10657

Lord Hampton to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to confirming final updates to their statutory guidance Keeping children safe in education: statutory guidance for schools and colleges, in the summer term of the academic year with effect from 1 September of the next academic year to enable schools (1) to update their safeguarding policies, a… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government whether any body authorised the temporary erection of a structure in the highway adjacent to the Cenotaph during the demonstration held on 14 October, and if so under what power.  HL10659

Baroness Pinnock to ask His Majesty's Government whether the transport infrastructure plan known as Network North includes the intent to electrify the whole of the Trans-Pennine line (1) from Liverpool to Hull, (2) and from Liverpool to Newcastle.  HL10660

Lord Sahota to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect the provision of Gurdwaras in Hounslow; and what assessment they have made of the impact on the Gurdwara in Alice Way, Hounslow, of the proposed sale of land owned by the Department for Education that is situated next to it.  HL10661

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 11 July (HL Deb col 1673), where the rural proofing reports on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill have been published.  HL10662

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Servier to expand access to vorasidenib for patients that might benefit by including it in the early access to medicines scheme, or by any other means.  HL10663

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government how many children in each of the last three years had an Education, Health and Care Plan and were permanently excluded from school.  HL10664

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government how many local authorities no longer have fostering placements in their area.  HL10665

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what is the total number of tutoring providers in England.  HL10666

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of tutoring providers for children in England not being required to be registered.  HL10667

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards establishing the Future System Operator; and when they expect it to be fully operational.  HL10668

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to help households struggling to pay their energy bills this winter if they fail to make an application for financial support.  HL10669

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 14 June pledging £31 million to create a UK and international research and innovation ecosystem for responsible and trustworthy AI, what progress they have made in this area.  HL10670

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials, or share of funding for Northern Ireland, of the additional capital funding for transport projects announced at the Conservative Party Conference.  HL10671

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the education departments of the devolved administrations concerning the proposed replacement of A-level and T-level qualifications.  HL10672

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with universities and further education colleges concerning the proposed replacement of A-level and T-level qualifications.  HL10673

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they used when selecting the 55 towns that received levelling up funding.  HL10674

Lord Weir of Ballyholme to ask His Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland for the levelling up funding that was announced for 55 towns.  HL10675