House of Lords Business

Baroness Alexander of Cleveden to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to facilitate US-based academics and researchers who may wish to consider relocating to the UK's higher education sector.  HL6865

Baroness Alexander of Cleveden to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are planning to tackle trophy hunting trips to kill wild animals.  HL6866

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that child-related official development assistance spending is not disproportionately impacted by cuts to the official development assistance budget.  HL6867

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask His Majesty's Government whether they carried out any child rights impact assessments prior to applying restrictions on the official development assistance budget; and, if so, whether they intend to publish them.  HL6868

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact on the most vulnerable children globally of the cuts to the official development assistance budget.  HL6869

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to support negotiations on the United Nations framework convention on international tax co-operation.  HL6870

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government how many Afghan women who have applied for asylum in the UK since the fall of Kabul in 2021 have been denied that status; and what provision they are making for such women and their families.  HL6871

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the report Computer Says No by the New Britain Project that Britons spend 1.52 billion hours a year dealing with personal administration; and what impact this issue has on overall productivity.  HL6872

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of UK–USA donor coordination, and of the impact of the reduction of spending of the United States Agency for International Development in sub-Saharan African.  HL6873

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the America First Trade Policy on the Government's aid policy in relation to the least developed countries.  HL6874

Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States of America on the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and its effectiveness to date in delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  HL6875

Lord Caine to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 12 April (HL6549), whether they intend to review how the reliability criteria, that is being able to carry out an activity safely, repeatedly and within a reasonable time period, are applied for Personal Independence Payment assessments in cases involving fluctuating conditions or neu… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Caine to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 12 April (HL6549), what training or guidance is given to Personal Independence Payment assessors to ensure that fluctuating or invisible conditions, such as myasthenia gravis, are properly evaluated under the mobility descriptor including the reliability criteria, that is being able t… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to consult with private sector digital identification providers about the future development of the UK digital identification ecosystem, including the Gov.uk digital wallet and the mobile driving licence.  HL6878

The Earl of Effingham to ask His Majesty's Government what meetings the Secretary of State for Transport has had with Heathrow Airport Limited since its acquisition by a consortium led by Ardian in December 2024.  HL6879

The Earl of Effingham to ask His Majesty's Government what meetings the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had with Heathrow Airport Limited since its acquisition by a consortium led by Ardian in December 2024.  HL6880

The Earl of Effingham to ask His Majesty's Government what meetings Ministers in the Department for Transport have had with Heathrow Airport Limited since its acquisition by a consortium led by Ardian in December 2024.  HL6881

The Earl of Effingham to ask His Majesty's Government what meetings Ministers in the Treasury have had with Heathrow Airport Limited since its acquisition by a consortium led by Ardian in December 2024.  HL6882

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they use to determine the number of diplomatic staff for a country that are permitted to work in the United Kingdom.  HL6883

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government how many citizens of Russia are resident in the United Kingdom.  HL6884

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government how many citizens of China are resident in the United Kingdom.  HL6885

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the application for a new site for the embassy of China.  HL6886

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government how many tourists from Russia have visited the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.  HL6887

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government how many tourists from China have visited the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.  HL6888

Lord Freyberg to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop UK sovereign AI capacity; and on what timeframe.  HL6889

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton to ask His Majesty's Government whether minutes of Advisory Military Sub-Committee meetings are kept.  HL6890

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Khan of Burnley on 11 April (HL6310), whether they plan to formulate a new official definition of hatred or abuse against adherents of any religions other than Islam; and if not, why not.  HL6891

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Khan of Burnley on 11 April (HL6311), whether they will answer the question put, namely whether they will require the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group to take into consideration the views of adherents of religions other than Islam.  HL6892

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government whether all the members of the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group that they have appointed, except the chair, are Muslims; and what assessment they have made of the impact the composition of the Group may have on the public reception of its report.  HL6893

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Khan of Burnley on 11 April (HL6313), whether they will answer the question put, namely whether the planned definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia will allow for ridicule or abuse of Islamic beliefs and practices.  HL6894

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Khan of Burnley on 11 April (HL6314), whether the final conclusions of the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group will be published; and if not, why not.  HL6895

Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Khan of Burnley on 11 April (HL6315), whether they will answer the question put, namely whether they will invite the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, in formulating its definition, to protect freedom of expression in similar terms to the saving provision in secti… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to combat the pricing strategies of (1) under-shifting, and (2) over-shifting, by the tobacco industry to protect the public health aims of tobacco taxation.  HL6897

Lord Rennard to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the pricing strategies of (1) under-shifting, and (2) over-shifting, by the tobacco industry on smoking prevalence.  HL6898

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform 'save as you earn' and 'share incentive' plans.  HL6899

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the European Court of Human Rights ruling against Serbia regarding the extradition of Ahmed Jaafar Mohamed Ali; and what steps they have taken to address the misuse of Interpol Red Notices by authoritarian states.  HL6900

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the operational independence and security of UK sovereign interests of accepting gifts from host governments in Gulf states, including the recent sports complex gifted to the Royal Navy by the King of Bahrain.  HL6901

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government how many requests for intervention the British embassy in Bahrain and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have received over the past year regarding British-Bahraini dual nationals facing delays and challenges in leaving Bahrain; and how many of those cases remain unresolved.  HL6902

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of intimidation and targeting of the family of Sheikh Ali Salman and individuals who visit his home by Bahrain’s Criminal Investigation Directorate; and whether this will impact the technical support and assistance they provide to that body.  HL6903

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to make representations to the government of Bahrain in the light of reports of medical neglect of Abduljalil al-Singace by Bahraini authorities; and whether they plan to endorse calls for his immediate release.  HL6904

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 24 April (HL6663), what religious and non-religious groups they are aware of that wish to conduct legally recognised marriages in England and Wales and are unable to do so.  HL6905

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty's Government how much public money is being spent on steelmaking in Scunthorpe.  HL6906

Baroness Smith of Llanfaes to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had with devolved governments ahead of the Chancellor's meeting with Treasury counterparts in the United States.  HL6907

Viscount Stansgate to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to remove the restriction that renders Roman Catholics ineligible for consideration as a Counsellor of State.  HL6908

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara to ask His Majesty's Government, following reports that Meta will introduce a "consent or pay" model for Facebook and Instagram, whether they will make arrangements to amend the Data (Use and Access) Bill to provide in legislation a person's right to choose to use online services without personalised advertising regardless of the availability of paid ad… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government how many women have been sentenced in the Intensive Supervision Court in Birmingham since June 2023; and how many received (1) community orders, and (2) suspended sentence orders.  HL6910

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government how many women sentenced in the Intensive Supervision Court in Birmingham received a community order with (1) a drug rehabilitation requirement, (2) a mental health treatment requirement, (3) an alcohol treatment requirement, (4) an unpaid work requirement, and (5) a curfew requirement, since June 2023.  HL6911

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of a community order with (1) a drug rehabilitation requirement, (2) a mental health treatment requirement, (3) an alcohol treatment requirement, (4) an unpaid work requirement, and (5) a curfew requirement.  HL6912

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government what is the average number of requirements attached to a community order given to a woman sentenced in the Intensive Supervision Court in Birmingham since June 2023.  HL6913

Lord Wasserman to ask His Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of post-sentence supervision of an individual.  HL6914