House of Lords Business

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government how many cargo planes flying the route from Urumqi to Bournemouth have been searched by UK border officials to ensure they are not carrying goods made by Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.  HL1356

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what priority they place on the promotion of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on freedom of religion or belief; and whether and when they intend to appoint a new Special Envoy to ensure that Article 18 forms an important part of their cross-departmental policies.  HL1357

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government in which countries people are discriminated against or suffer persecution because of their religion or belief; and what is their estimate of the total number of people affected.  HL1358

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government who will represent them at the forthcoming Ministerial on Freedom of Religion or Belief, being held in Berlin; and how they intend to engage with the theme of the conference: The Implications of Artificial intelligence for Freedom of Religion or Belief.  HL1359

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of the 120 million people who are refugees or displaced worldwide, who have been forced to leave their homes because of, as one of the factors, Article 18 violations involving persecution against them on grounds of religion or belief.  HL1360

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the targeting of women and of minorities around the world because of their religion or belief; and whether they plan to publish their estimate of the number of people adversely affected and of the countries where such violations occur.  HL1361

Lord Anderson of Ipswich to ask His Majesty's Government, who was responsible for (1) drafting, and (2) approving, The National Archives’ Re-closure Policy implemented as a result of sections 45 and 46 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010; and whether any consultation with external stakeholders took place.  HL1362

Lord Anderson of Ipswich to ask His Majesty's Government how many times The National Archives’ Re-closure Policy has been reviewed since its inception; and by whom.  HL1363

Lord Anderson of Ipswich to ask His Majesty's Government what processes are in place to ensure effective scrutiny of the operation of The National Archives Re-closure Policy.  HL1364

Lord Anderson of Ipswich to ask His Majesty's Government what is the legal basis for those provisions within The National Archives’ Re-closure Policy that allow for the retrospective application of exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to justify the re-closure of records that were previously open.  HL1365

Lord Anderson of Ipswich to ask His Majesty's Government what is the legal basis for those provisions within The National Archives Re-closure Policy that allow for the withdrawal of public access to open records on demand without The National Archives having established any of the exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 are engaged.  HL1366

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial risk to universities as a result of volatility in international student numbers.  HL1367

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the waiting lists for Level 4 and Level 5 engineering courses at further education colleges.  HL1368

Baroness Barran to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 12 September (HL Deb col 1717–51), when the Office for Students will receive the auditors' report it commissioned on market exits; and whether the main findings will be published.  HL1369

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the provision of charging points for electric vehicles.  HL1370

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote the use of electric vehicles.  HL1371

Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase funding to hospices in England.  HL1372

Lord Caine to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 4 October (HL1104), what role Sue Gray will have in her new Envoy position in liaising with political parties and politicians in (1) Northern Ireland, and (2) Ireland, including Sinn Fein.  HL1373

Lord Caine to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets on 10 September (HC5121), whether the Plan to Make Work Pay's policies of (1) the right to switch off, (2) 'day one' rights, and (3) ending fire and rehire, will apply to Government special adviser contracts.  HL1374

Lord Colgrain to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to impose legal duties on landowners for the purpose of restricting the growth of ragwort.  HL1375

Lord Dodds of Duncairn to ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for the reissue of a lost postal vote ballot paper were made for the 2024 general election in England.  HL1376

Lord Dodds of Duncairn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce a procedure to replace a lost postal ballot for elections in Northern Ireland.  HL1377

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have taken place in the past 10 years of individuals accused of smuggling migrants across the English Channel in small boats.  HL1378

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals convicted of serious criminal offences are awaiting deportation from the UK.  HL1379

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time taken to deport a non-UK citizen convicted of a serious criminal offence from the UK.  HL1380

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of their arrangements with the government of France in preventing illegal crossings of asylum seekers in small boats via the English Channel.  HL1381

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards tackling gangs of people smugglers facilitating English Channel crossings.  HL1382

Lord Farmer to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure the release of the British hostage, Emily Damari, held in captivity in Gaza since the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel, and hostages directly related to British citizens such as Eli Sharabi, Avinatan Or and Oded Lifschitz.  HL1383

Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Advertising Standards Authority regarding the compliance of gaming companies that are advertising products containing loot boxes with current UK advertising codes.  HL1384

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government what type of onsite mental health support is available at Wethersfield asylum accommodation site.  HL1385

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government what is the average stay of individuals at Wethersfield asylum accommodation site.  HL1386

Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government what methods are available for Ukrainian nationals displaced by war with temporary leave in the UK to bring a spouse or minor children to the UK.  HL1387

Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support flood relief efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  HL1388

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government how many people in the past 12 months have been arrested and charged with offences relating to the proscribed terrorist organisations Hamas and Hezbollah.  HL1389

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government how many people have been convicted in the past 12 months of offences relating to the proscribed terrorist organisations Hamas and Hezbollah.  HL1390

Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what has been the cost to date of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, each of the inquiries required after Judge Corey's report, the de Silva Finucane inquiry, the budgeted ICRIR legacy inquiries, and the expected costs of a Finucane judicial inquiry.  HL1391

Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to UK citizens of contravention of treaty rights under the European Convention on Human Rights in proposals for a Conversion Practices Bill; and whether they have sought their own legal advice in response to these specific concerns.  HL1392

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government how many people were killed or injured in crashes where the driver failed to stop at the scene since 2017, and how many of those crashes resulted in a prosecution.  HL1393

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 10 September (HL634) stating that they are monitoring ongoing research into the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, what assessment they have made of recent research papers that suggest collapse is a possibility this century such as '… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 September (HL846), what additional funding they will provide to schools to ensure that every child between the ages of 5 and 14 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument.  HL1395

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme, including the scheme’s requirement to devote at least 10 per cent of agricultural land to tree cover and to manage at least 10 per cent as semi-natural habitat, with the result that 20 per cent of agricultural land could be taken out of production; and… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces.  HL1397

Lord Lee of Trafford to ask His Majesty's Government how many civilians are currently employed by the Ministry of Defence; and how many civilians have been employed by the Ministry of Defence in each of the past five years.  HL1398

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to end losses in tax revenue from tobacco duty fraud.  HL1399

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual tax revenue loss from illicit and non-duty paid tobacco.  HL1400

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to reducing or freezing tobacco excise duty to curtail the illicit and non-duty paid tobacco market, and to minimise the annual tax revenue loss from tobacco duty avoidance.  HL1401

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent remarks by the Chief Executive of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on cutting the current rate of tobacco duty as a means of increasing tax revenues.  HL1402

Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that further increases in tobacco duty rates will fail to generate further revenue.  HL1403

Baroness Moyo to ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's call for a public sector productivity review, and findings in the recent report by Mario Draghi on The future of European competitiveness, what plans they have for a wider assessment of productivity across the UK economy, including the impact of AI.  HL1404Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of introducing a minimum floor for Universal Credit so that benefit deductions and the benefit cap do not push people into financial hardship.  HL1405

The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Household Support Fund will be extended to sustain crisis support this winter; and if so, for how long the extension will last.  HL1406

The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for extending support for private renters by maintaining the link between Local Housing Allowance and actual rents.  HL1407

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that misogyny and the language of gender-based violence is regulated and removed from online platforms.  HL1408

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will make an assessment of proposals to use tax deterrents for social media service providers as a measure to address harmful speech, as proposed by Dr Mihaela Popa-Wyatt from the University of Manchester.  HL1409

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the issue of 'farmwashing' by retailers; and what steps they intend to take to tackle this issue.  HL1410

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) health, and (2) environmental, implications of the disposal of plastic waste by incineration.  HL1411

Baroness Stedman-Scott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 29 July 2024 (HL467), whether ministers approved the change to the term "LGBT+" following the general election.  HL1412

Baroness Stedman-Scott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 25 July (HL351), which organisations (rather than individuals) responded to the consultation.  HL1413

Baroness Stedman-Scott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 7 August (HL347), whether misgendering will be a material consideration under their legislative proposals to make all forms of hate crime an aggravated offence.  HL1414

Baroness Stedman-Scott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Women and Equalities on 2 August (HC1880), what plans they have to consult on such changes to gender recognition laws; and whether the legislative changes would be delivered through primary or secondary legislation.  HL1415

Baroness Stedman-Scott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Vallance of Balham on 1 August (HL420), whether they will publish a copy of the submitted report.  HL1416

Baroness Stedman-Scott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Bar Standards Board 'Consultation on the Proposed Amendments to the Equality Rules', published on 3 September, proposing creating a duty on all barristers to promote equality, diversity and inclusion when practising or otherwise providing legal services; and of the effect on the Government… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Swire to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current situation regarding the frozen funds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club.  HL1418

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of data centres to ensure that the UK does not fall behind in its AI strategy.  HL1419

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support AI-driven research concerning the (1) early detection, and (2) cures, for diseases.  HL1420

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of small businesses closing since (1) the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) the UK’s departure from the EU.  HL1421

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to make regulations on requirements for short-term property lets under the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.  HL1422

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of removing fixed-term assured tenancies.  HL1423

Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ban e-scooters.  HL1424

Lord Wharton of Yarm to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the report by the Jewish Chronicle on 7 August that some UK charities had shown support for terror groups and that the Charity Commission was assessing whether to begin a formal investigation, whether a charity commission investigation has been initiated.  HL1425

Lord Wharton of Yarm to ask His Majesty's Government with reference to the report by the Jewish Chronicle on 7 August that some UK charities had shown support for terror groups, what steps they are taking to investigate allegations that trustees and leading figures of the charities Dar Alhekma and the Abrar Islamic Foundation have been involved in violent assaults targeting Irania… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Wharton of Yarm to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the report by the Jewish Chronicle on 7 August that some UK charities had shown support for terror groups, what assessment have they made of whether the charities Dar Alhekma, the Abrar Islamic Foundation, and other charities connected with them are promoting extremism in the UK.  HL1427Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Wharton of Yarm to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the report by the Jewish Chronicle on 7 August that some UK charities had shown support for terror groups, whether they plan to refer these charities for investigation by the Charity Commission to determine their eligibility for charitable status.  HL1428

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how much money each of the 22 counties of Wales paid to the Crown Estates in the financial year 2023–24.  HL1429

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how much money each of the national parks in Wales paid to the Crown Estates in the financial year 2023–24.  HL1430

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how much money the government of Wales paid to the Crown Estates in the financial year 2023–24.  HL1431

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how much money the Ministry of Defence paid to the Crown Estates in relation to their activities in Wales in the financial year 2023–24.  HL1432

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how much money private citizens paid to the Crown Estates in relation to their use of assets located in Wales in the financial year 2023–24.  HL1433

Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how much money Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water paid to the Crown Estates in relation to their activities in (1) Wales, and (2) England in the financial year 2023–24.  HL1434