House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government whether they are supporting efforts by the United States to encourage the warring parties in Sudan to enter ceasefire talks; and if so, what progress has been made in those talks, and in finding a resolution to the conflict.  <uin>HL399</uin>

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of fatalities and people displaced in the conflict in Darfur, and what part they are playing in ensuring that those responsible are brought to justice.  HL400

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government how many prescriptions for trazodone have been issued in each year since 2014; how many 'Yellow Card' reports of sexual dysfunction and persistent sexual dysfunction in respect of trazodone the MHRA has received each year since 2014; and what consideration NHS England has given to adding sexual dysfunction as a side effect on… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what human rights concerns they raised during the meeting between the Foreign Secretary and the Foreign Minister of China at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting held in Vientiane on 26 July, and whether they raised the case of Jimmy Lai and the imprisonment of pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong, and the reported genocide… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what security concerns they raised during the meeting between the Foreign Secretary and the Foreign Minister of China at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting held in Vientiane on 26 July, and whether they discussed the use of Chinese surveillance technology in the UK, the presence of Chinese intelligence agents in the Palace o… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government following Canada's decision to proscribe the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, whether they also plan to proscribe it; and if so, when.  HL404

Earl Attlee to ask His Majesty's Government how many drivers hold (1) a Category C licence and (2) a Category C+E licence; and of each of these groups, how many hold a valid Driver Certificate of Professional Competence.  HL405

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human, animal welfare, and environmental impacts of the use of aluminium phosphide in pest control, and whether they plan to further restrict its use.  HL406

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on non-target species of the use of difenacoum, bromadioline, brodifacoum, flocoumafen and difethialone as rodenticides.  HL407

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to Lithuania regarding that country’s proposed withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and what steps they will take to promote and secure the future of the Convention.  HL408

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the impact of the badger cull on the long-term viability and health of badger populations, and (2) the findings of Rogerson et al, in Absence of effects of widespread badger culling on tuberculosis in cattle, published in Scientific Reports on 15 July; and whether it pla… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce a legal definition of (1) sourdough bread and (2) other sourdough products.  HL410

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist women in Afghanistan who are at risk because of their activities promoting or supporting women's rights, democracy or human rights to come to the UK as refugees.  HL411

Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of their proposal to levy VAT on fees at independent schools with Article 2 of the First Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights; whether they have taken independent legal advice on this matter; and, if so, whether they plan publish such advice.  HL412

Baroness Cox to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile regions.  HL413

Baroness Cox to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund civil society organisations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile which provide emergency assistance to civilians in Sudan.  HL414

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to ensure that the freedom to pray silently will be upheld when section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 comes into effect.  HL415

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to review and respond to the recommendations of the Brook House Inquiry report, published on 19 September 2023.  HL416

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue the use of large-scale asylum accommodation centres, including (1) RAF Scampton, and (2) MDP Wethersfield.  HL417

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to respond to the report on an unannounced inspection of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, published on 9 July.  HL418

Lord Grocott to ask His Majesty's Government how many overseas voters took part in the 2024 general election and what proportion they represented of all of those who were eligible to vote.  HL419

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender, commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many responses have been received to (1) Strand 1, and (2) Strand 2, of the call for evidence; whether the date to submit the final report remains 31 August; and what is… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government whether the ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ referenced in the King’s Speech brief is now a Government policy commitment and, if so, whether this will include strengthened equality impact assessments for public sector bodies.  HL421

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what specific plans they have to introduce legislation on the prescription of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria issues, and whether they plan to address the issue of such drugs being brought into England from Northern Ireland using prescriptions by private providers, and from other jurisdictions.  HL422

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government how many abortion clinics run by (1) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (2) MSI Reproductive Choices, and (3) National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service, have (a) never been inspected by the Care Quality Commission, and (b) not been inspected in the past three years.  HL423

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the policing of safe access zones around abortion clinics will be consistent with the College of Policing’s wider guidance on managing protests.  HL424

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the police, the Local Government Association and other stakeholders on the impact of their plans for fast-tracking, and granting, multiple asylum applications, in respect of (1) public safety, (2) national security, (3) community cohesion, (4) the probation service, and (5) loca… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the motion proposed at the PCS Union’s annual conference 2023 requesting the establishment of a staff support network for Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism; and what representations, if any, they have received from PCS Union in this regard.  HL426

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the then Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office on 14 May (HCWS464), whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of every diversity network recognised (1) across government, and (2) within individual departments, broken down by department.  HL427

Baroness Jenkin of Kennington to ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism to be a protected characteristic within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.  HL428

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 23 July (HL Deb col 354) that taking Thames Water into public ownership would "cost billions of pounds and take years to unpick the current ownership model", whether they plan to publish a full analysis of those costs.  HL429

Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 26 July (HL259), by which date they expect to issue a response to the Hughes Report, and whether they plan to offer compensation as the report recommends.  HL430

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of England's coastal flood defences.  HL431

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the flood defences on the Somerset Levels.  HL432

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the consultation on the draft guidance for schools and colleges on gender-questioning children, published in December 2023.  HL433

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued on whether teachers should be required to use preferred gender pronouns for pupils whose legal sex remains the same as their biological sex.  HL434

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the years (1) 2019, (2) 2018, (3) 2017, (4) 2016, and (5) 2015, how many council or registered provider social homes they estimate were illegally sublet (a) by region, and (b) by property type, ranging from bungalows to high rise flat; and what percentage each of the foregoing figures represented of available sto… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Porter of Spalding to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to address concerns about the way in which internal drainage boards are funded; and if so, whether they have a timetable for implementing changes.  HL436

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of (1) 18–25 year-olds and (2) those over the age of 65, who were both eligible and registered to vote on the date of this year’s general election.  HL437

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential cost savings over the next decade from (1) scrapping compulsory photo ID at polling stations, and (2) including forms of ID acceptable for the purposes of collecting a parcel at a Post Office and official polling cards in the list of forms of ID that may be used to confirm eligibility to v… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that more young people receiving the official notification of their National Insurance Number are included on the electoral register, either by automatic inclusion on the register at the same time, or by changing the form of wording on the notification to encourage greater enrolment.  HL439

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reverse recent changes to the oversight of the Electoral Commission so as to guarantee its independence.  HL440

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number and proportion of UK overseas electors with postal votes who were able to return their ballots by polling day in this year’s general election.  HL441

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of postal ballots for this year’s general election that had not been delivered to voters by July 3rd, and how many returned postal ballots were received on or after 5 July.  HL442

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the expected coverage rates of maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in the first year of the programme.  HL443

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what are the national coverages rates of (1) influenza, and (2) pertussis, vaccination among pregnant women, and what steps they are taking to improve coverage rates for all maternal immunisations, ahead of delivering a new vaccination programme for the respiratory syncytial virus.  HL444

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to deliver Labour’s Child Health Action Plan, and in particular what actions they will take to improve access to childhood immunisation.  HL445

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what conditions they have attached to the renewal of funding and support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and whether they plan to increase funding to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza.  HL446

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government how they have responded to the Israeli Knesset's decision to designate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East as a terrorist organisation, and whether this will impact on future UK support and funding to that agency.  HL447

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to implement the enhanced physical checks set out in the Border Target Operating Model and if so, when they plan to do so.  HL448

Lord Sandhurst to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to by reintroduce the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill, originally introduced in the last Parliament, and if not, what steps they plan to take to mitigate the impact on third party litigation funding of the judgment in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Tribunal and o… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Sandhurst to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to impose a duty on the Courts to suspend custodial sentences of 12 months or less.  HL450

Lord Sandhurst to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that there are sufficient counsel available to prosecute rape offences.  HL451

Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 12 May 2022 (HCWS23), what plans are in plans to publish the cross-Government delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.  HL452

Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 12 May 2022 (HCWS23), whether the cross-Government delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome will include provision for hospital treatment and full consideration of how to safely prevent malnutrit… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Scott of Needham Market to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of the research budget allocated for myalgic encephalomyelitis and Long Covid, and whether they plan to increase this amount.  HL454

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government on what date they have asked the Tees Valley Mayor to submit his final response to the independent Tees Valley Review published on 23 January, and whether they plan to publish this response in full.  HL455

Lord Shipley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the scrutiny of NHS Foundation Trusts in cases where the chair of the board of directors is the same person as the chair of the council of governors.  HL456

Lord Shipley to ask His Majesty's Government what payments they have made to whistleblowers in the NHS in each of the last five years (1) as part of non-disclosure agreements reached through out-of-court settlements, and (2) as the result of a decision by an employment tribunal.  HL457

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 26 July (HL190), what specific plans they have to deliver enhanced protection for Welsh devolution.  HL458

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 26 July (HL190), what specific plans they have to deliver strengthened intergovernmental working.  HL459

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 26 July (HL190), what specific plans they have to deliver better access to economic resources for Wales.  HL460

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 26 July (HL190), what specific plans they have to deliver enhanced powers for the Senedd and Welsh Government.  HL461

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received about (1) the delay in introducing eVisas, and (2) the requirement that, notwithstanding this delay, those with biometric residence cards must apply for a replacement eVisa by 31 December.  HL462

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report, Carer’s Allowance Overpayments, published by Carer’s UK on 26 July.  HL463

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise (1) the limits on earnings and the number of hours that can be worked, and (2) the rate at which earnings above those limits can be reclaimed, for those in receipt of Carer’s Allowance.  HL464

The Lord Bishop of Southwark to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Azerbaijan regarding the release of prisoners of war and civilians detained by Azerbaijan when taking control of Nagorno-Karabakh.  HL465

Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government how many responses they have received to the Department for Health and Social Care's consultation, NHS Constitution: 10 year review, and when they plan to publish their response to the consultation and a summary of responses.  HL466

Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government which abbreviation they prefer to use when referring collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.  HL467

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the new border control facilities which were introduced to implement the regime that came into effect in April are being used.  HL468

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of their proposed increase in the windfall tax on the UK’s energy security.  HL469

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to banking services for individuals who rely primarily on cash because of digital exclusion.  HL470

Lord Udny-Lister to ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to manage the colonial aspects of the art and heritage of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and each of its arms’ length bodies.  HL471

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich to ask His Majesty's Government what was the level of staff turnover for (1) teaching, and (2) non-teaching, staff in (a) 2021–22, and (b)2022–23, for (i) state-funded primary schools, (ii) state-funded secondary schools, including academies, (iii) sixth-form colleges, and (iv) further education colleges.  HL472