House of Lords Business

Baroness Alexander of Cleveden to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to relocate Civil Service roles outside London.  HL9068

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government how many prescriptions were given to women between the ages of 18–52 for sodium valproate in 2024, and what improvements have been made to the information provided to midwives to help them prepare expectant mothers with epilepsy.  HL9069

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to identify and act on trusts holding excessive quantities of reserves that are depriving pupils of resources for which public funds have been provided, following the Academy trust reserves guidance, published by the Department for Education on 2 June.  HL9070

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to follow the recommendation in the report by the Animal Welfare Committee, Advice on emergency culling for the depopulation of poultry affected by high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) – consideration of ventilation shutdown (VSD), published in June 2023, that research should be… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government, pursuant to the non-technical summaries of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 between January and March, what assessment they have made of the restriction of primates' access to food in order to induce them to perform behavioural tasks.  HL9072

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government, pursuant to the non-technical summaries of project licences granted Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 between January and March, what assessment they have made of the deliberate induction of pain on primates using methods such as heat, high intensity electrical stimulation or the injection of small… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they expect to provide a response to The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 4 February 2024 by the Patient Safety Commissioner before parliament rises for the summer; and if not, on what timeframe they expect to provide a response.  HL9… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Baroness Bertin to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 15 May (HL7084), what is the timetable for implementing the recommendations of Creating a Safer World–the Challenge of Regulating Online Pornography (HC 592), published on 27 February.  HL9075

Baroness Bertin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the draft guidance A safer life online for women and girls, published by Ofcom on 25 February under the Online Safety Act 2023; and what assessment they have made of whether there is a gap in the guidance on online pornography regulation.  HL9076

Baroness Bertin to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the national police database and its ability to analyse the link between (1) exposure to violent and misogynistic pornography,  and (2) violent offences against women and girls.  HL9077

Baroness Bertin to ask His Majesty's Government, following the findings of the Children's Commissioner's report ‘A lot of it is actually just abuse' - Young people and pornography, published in January 2023, what progress they have made in reducing the harms to adolescents and children caused by violent photography, including non-fatal strangulation and incest in… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 June (HL8470),  when they intend to announce the revised formula for allocating the growth and skills levy (formerly the apprenticeship levy), including (1) the total for each year of the spending review period, and (2) the amount to be held back by the Treasury.  H… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 June (HL8471), and with regard to paragraph 4.36 of the Spending Review 2025 (CP 1336), what proportion of the additional £1.2 billion allocated per year by 2028–29 for skills by the Treasury will be (1) part of the growth and skills levy, and (2) drawn down from the ski… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text

The Earl of Caithness to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to ensure that correspondence from a member of Parliament to a chief executive officer of a non-departmental public body is answered by the chief executive officer.  HL9081

Lord Davies of Gower to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regulatory challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises involved in the development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel, and what plans they have to simplify relevant processes.  HL9082

Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what is the current daily cost of providing accommodation for asylum seekers other than in hotels; and how this compares with the daily cost in 2024.  HL9083

Lord Grocott to ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers left the force in the past 12 months, broken down by how many served (1) for less than 12 months, (2) between 12 months and 5 years, (3) between 5 years and 10 years, and (4) over 10 years.  HL9084

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the priorities of the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union, and what plans they have to meet the presidency to discuss those priorities.  HL9085

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the development and implementation of a sepsis pathway, a standardised treatment plan to ensure sepsis patients receive the right care from the point at which they present their symptoms to a clinician through to receiving their diagnosis.  HL9086

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential implications for policy of the recommended Areas of Improvement of the report by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body, Sepsis: investigating under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), published on 26 June.  HL9087

Lord Pack to ask His Majesty's Government on what dates were the first and last payments they agreed for each of the past five sets of elections, excluding by-elections, for which returning officers received payments from the Consolidated Fund.  HL9088

Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 25 June (HL8364), whether they will now answer the question put; namely what period of time is meant by the phrase “in a generation” in their Plan for Change published on 5 December 2024.  HL9089

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the circular economy strategy with reference to environment, agriculture and rural affairs.  HL9090

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what tangible steps they will take to fulfil their manifesto pledges on tackling unsustainable debt for developing nations and unlocking climate finance, following reductions made to Official Development Assistance.  HL9091

Lord Scriven to ask His Majesty's Government, following reports that several NHS organisations have informed hospitals they will only finance procedures after a patient has waited more than three months, what guidance they have issued to NHS organisations regarding the use of minimum waiting times for treatment performed by hospitals.  HL9092

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of artificial intelligence on the job market.  HL9093

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the BBC report about high prices that businesses can pay to rent phone equipment on lengthy finance deals, what assessment they have made of the impact of finance agreements on equipment, such as phones, on small businesses.  HL9094

Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to protect consumers from the practice of some video game companies that allows games to become unplayable after the development cycle has ended.  HL9095

Baroness Thornhill to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 19 March (HL5631), whether the Collection of Client Level Adult Social Care Data (No 3) Directions 2023 will be revised to mandate collection of data on sex and not gender following the publication of the Sullivan Review and the decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scott… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text