House of Lords Business

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to introduce to a 'fee per item' system in NHS dental practices.  HL322

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any inequality in pay between NHS dental practices (1) with, and (2) without, high 'unit of dental activity' values.  HL323

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government how many NHS practices either terminated or did not renew their contract to provide NHS dental services in each of the past three years; what was the average size and annual income of these practices during the term of contract; and how that compares with the average income for NHS dental services for practices of a comparable size… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to increase pay for qualified dental nurses.  HL325

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce a bottle deposit return scheme in England; and if so whether glass bottles will be included, whether it will include provision for reuse of bottles, and when it would be implemented.  HL326

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a strategy for (1) the edible, and (2) the environmental, horticultural sectors in England.  HL327

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to make regulations to give effect to the terms of the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023, and what the timetable will be for their implementation.  HL328

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what restrictions they place on taxpayer-funded bodies in terms of their lobbying of parliamentarians and Government in relation to public policy affecting them, and in particular whether any such restrictions have been placed on the Press Recognition Panel.  HL329

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government whether any payments have been made from the Exchequer to the Press Recognition Panel during the calendar year 2024; whether any future payments are scheduled; and if so, whether they will publish any success criteria attached to them.  HL330

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what assessments they have made of the value for money of taxpayer funding made in 2022 and 2023 to the Press Recognition Panel; whether they will publish any such assessments; and if none were made, why not.  HL331

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve women’s health, and whether they are committed to implementing the Women’s Health Strategy for England.  HL332

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce deaths and injuries on roads.  HL333

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that kitchen facilities in primary schools are sufficient for new breakfast clubs to provide healthy and nourishing breakfasts.  HL334

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to update the school food standards to ensure that breakfasts served in free breakfast clubs are nutritionally beneficial.  HL335

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the monitoring and enforcement of school food standards to ensure that free breakfasts are nutritionally beneficial.  HL336

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure children that are from the most deprived households will be able to access free breakfast clubs.  HL337

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that primary schools have sufficient resources and staff time for free breakfast clubs to be delivered effectively.  HL338

Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to introduce free breakfast clubs in primary schools.  HL339

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the continued implementation of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative strategy in its final year, and whether they have considered extending the strategy after that point.  HL340

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to re-appoint a Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.  HL341

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure that there is ministerial leadership dedicated to women, peace and security.  HL342

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to strengthen the global response to conflict-related sexual violence by (1) addressing the root causes of sexual violence, (2) improving justice for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, and (3) enhancing support for survivors of, and children born from, sexual violence in conflict.… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government how many staff in the Department for Work and Pensions are permitted to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours; and what is the percentage of overall working time they are permitted to spend on such network activity.  HL344

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government how much network time, in terms of working hours and full-time equivalent, is given to the Civil Service LGBT+ Network.  HL345

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on civil servants wearing fetish clothing in the workplace.  HL346

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make it a criminal offence to misgender an individual.  HL347

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what plan they have to ensure that all GP surgeries and primary care centres offer an online booking option for appointments, and what progress has been made to date.  HL348

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what lessons the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS have learned from the recent global IT outage, and what plans they have to issue guidance to ensure that hospitals, primary care centres and care homes have local computer or analogue back-ups to avoid appointments and operations being cancelled in the event of a recurrence.  … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Lister of Burtersett to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to involve parents and children with experience of poverty in the work of the new Child Poverty Taskforce.  HL350

Lord Lucas to ask His Majesty's Government how many responses they received to their consultation Review of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education statutory guidance, which launched on 16 May and closed on 11 July; and when they intend to publish their response to the consultation and summary of responses.  HL351

Lord Lucas to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they also intend to lower the legal age for (1) applying, or (2) qualifying, for a Gender Recognition Certificate to 16.  HL352

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of future use for the disused military barracks and drill hall at 76D Rochester Row, London SW1.  HL353

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the right of Lords Spiritual to vote in general elections.  HL354

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he intends to reinstate the word "Peers" on the door to the gentlemen's toilets adjacent to the Prince's Chamber, and if not, why.  HL355

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what measures they will put in place to mitigate the administrative burden on firms sending business-to-business parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland following the full implementation of customs controls under the Windsor Framework from autumn.  HL356

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to communicate the next stage of the implementation of the Windsor Framework in autumn to businesses in Northern Ireland.  HL357

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many clinical diagnoses of alcoholism there were for women in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.  HL358

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue the Treasury received from gambling operator application fees, operator annual licence fees, and personal licence fees in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.  HL359

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue the Treasury received from fines and other compliance and enforcement costs from gambling operators in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.  HL360

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include the rights of Church of England Bishops to sit in the House of Lords in their public consultation on the reform of the Lords.  HL361

Lord Sikka to ask His Majesty's Government whether the recommendations of Lord Myners published in March 2001 in Institutional Investment in the United Kingdom: A Review will form part of their growth and productivity plans.  HL362

Lord Sikka to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 23 July (HL Deb col 364) that nationalisation of water companies “would cost billions of pounds”, whether they plan to provide details of that calculation.  HL363

Lord Sikka to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Offord of Garvel on 13 May (HL Deb col 456), what were the titles of the cases prosecuted by the Department of Work and Pensions against postmasters in England and Wales, and in each case what was (1) the date of proceedings, (2) the location of the court, and (3) the outcome.  HL364

Lord Sikka to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a list of the cases of sub-postmaster prosecutions which have been initiated by the Department of Work and Pensions between 1999 and 2018 and subsequently passed to the Crown Prosecution Service; and the outcome of each of those cases.  HL365

Lord Sikka to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Department of Work and Pensions has transcripts of court judgments and accompanying documents for all cases related to the prosecution of sub-postmasters that they have initiated.  HL366

Lord Sikka to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 6 December 2021 (HL4310), what is the median state pension for (1) men, and (2) women, for 2024–25.  HL367

Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for continuing the Household Support Fund after it ends in September.  HL368

Baroness Stowell of Beeston to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to make regulations under Schedule 7 to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 to provide limited exemptions for permissible investment funds associated with foreign powers, and other associated regulations.  HL369

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support first-time buyers in taking advantage of new lower mortgage rates; and what additional incentives they are considering to stimulate home ownership.  HL370

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of announced changes to nutrient neutrality regulations, what long-term plans they are considering implementing to support simultaneously both housing development and environmental sustainability.  HL371

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, following the increasing popularity of the use of digital wallets, what steps they are taking to ensure the (1) security, and (2) privacy, of consumers using digital wallets for contactless payments.  HL372

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce stress for children in poverty in schools and other educational settings in order to improve their mental health outcomes, and how they will assess the effectiveness of interventions in this area.  HL373

Lord Touhig to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to community-based mental health support for low-income families with children.  HL374

Lord Young of Cookham to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to proceed with the policy of street votes authorised by Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.  HL375