House of Lords Business

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Nolan and Ormondroyd’s systematic review published on 30 March in Clinical Genetics, setting out the consequences for consumers and health services of direct-to-consumer genetic testing and how it relates to equitable healthcare; and what assessment they have made of the reg… 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 Emma Wilkinson’s article published in October 2022 in The BMJ on the impact of direct-to-consumer testing on the public and the NHS, and of how this relates to the regulation of direct-to-consumer health testing.  HL10677

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that the environmental horticulture industry receives adequate support and acknowledgement, and is regarded as part of the "green economy" in assessment and support.  HL10678

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of other G7 members or EU countries regarding bringing people-smugglers to justice.  HL10679

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions of people-smugglers there have been in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.  HL10680

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what was the outcome of the due diligence exercise undertaken by the Gaelic Athletic Association and Stormont officials after one of the developers involved with Casement Park, the Buckingham Group, went into administration.  HL10681

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government who will be replacing the Buckingham Group as a contractor working on the redevelopment of Casement Park for the 2028 UEFA European Championship.  HL10682

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government, following the statement of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in May that the money to redevelop Casement Park will be found, where is it envisaged such money will be coming from.  HL10683

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what current action they are taking to work with (1) major supermarket chains, and (2) fruit and vegetable farmers, to protect the future of British food and farming for the long term, and to ensure that farmers have job security and stability.  HL10684

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to ensure that asylum seekers who are granted refugee status in the UK are not at increased risk of homelessness and destitution as a result of recent policy changes to the ‘move-on’ process, which requires newly-recognised refugees to quit Home Office accommodation on seven days’ notice instead… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what is their understanding of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, following the series of strong earthquakes in Herat province since 7 October; and what aid they are providing following the World Food Program in Afghanistan’s appeal for $19 million to assist the more than 100,000 people affected.  HL10686

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Human Rights 75 initiative, on 10 December.  HL10687

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government what practical steps they intend to take to strengthen bilateral relations with Ecuador, and in particular whether they intend to arrange UK ministerial meetings with new president-elect Daniel Noboa.  HL10688

The Marquess of Lothian to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have figures for the number of seals in coastal waters which have been (1) killed, or (2) badly injured, by lost flying rings in the past five years; and whether they have any plans to ban the manufacture of such rings to protect seals.  HL10689

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding on 13 September (HC197778), how specifically the £37 million Modern Slavery Fund has been spent.  HL10690

Lord McColl of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government to outline how much they have spent on supporting victims of modern slavery through the Modern Slavery Victim Care and Coordination Contract in each of the last three years; and what they expect to spend in the next three years.  HL10691

Lord Oates to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with UK media outlets about the importance of verifying reports before broadcast, particularly in a volatile war environment.  HL10692

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Viscount Younger of Leckie to all members of the House of Lords on 13 October, whether the money allocated in the Household Support Fund is new money or money that has already been spent.  HL10693

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill to ask His Majesty's Government how money from the Household Support Fund is allocated; and what criteria they use when deciding how much money each local authority is given.  HL10694

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the tourism industry in the Falkland Islands and its territorial waters.  HL10695

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the government of the Falkland Islands to assist with the provision of mental health services for young people.  HL10696

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government whether, following the recent recommendation by the World Health Organization on the R21 malaria vaccine, they intend to provide sufficient funding to (1) Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, (2) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and (3) Unitaid, over their next funding cycles to ensure that vaccines and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to UK life sciences and investment in the innovation pipeline to build on recent successes such as the development of a malaria vaccine by the Oxford-based Jenner Institute.  HL10698

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the development of a malaria vaccine by the Oxford-based Jenner Institute will have on saving lives around the world.  HL10699

Lord Stone of Blackheath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 26 September (HL10323), in view of the current backlog of asylum cases, what plans they have to allow asylum seekers to work if their claim has been outstanding for nine months or more, as opposed to 12 months or more.  HL10700

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the provision of employability services in rural areas.  HL10701

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Sustainability journal article 'Scoping Potential Routes to UK Civil Unrest via the Food System: Results of a Structured Expert Elicitation', published on 12 October, which found that 45 per cent of people surveyed believed civil unrest was possible in the future due to c… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to update their policies ensuring that the UK meets its future carbon budgets and its legal obligation to achieve net zero by 2050.  HL10703

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether banks charge fair and reasonable arrangement fees, and of the impact of such fees, combined with restrictive affordability criteria on the affordability of consumer mortgages.  HL10704

Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what were the UK's export figures to the EU for (1) 2022, and (2) 2019; and what, if any, estimates they have made of figures for 2022 if the UK had remained in the EU.  HL10705