Mawrth, 30 Gorffennaf 2013
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many F35B aircraft they are planning to purchase.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to establish an Operational Conversion Unit for the F35B aircraft; and, if so, of how many F35B aircraft it will consist. To ask Her...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements are being put in place for delivery of supplies to Ascension Island once RMS St Helena is withdrawn from service.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there have been any discussions with the government of the United States about that country contributing towards the running costs of Ascension Island.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to establishing an air link between St Helena and Ascension Island once the airport is completed on St Helena; and whether...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to update the agreement with the government of the United States on the use of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island to allow...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to update the agreement with the government of the United States on the use of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island to allow a...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assumptions they have made about interest rates when calculating and forecasting their debt interest payments.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the absence of warnings from the Financial Services Authority or the Bank of England on the market in the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 10 July (WA 45), whether any portion of the licence fee is retained by the Government for its...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many requests for information in connection with incapacity benefit were made to general practitioners in 2008; how many have been made in the first...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases of bovine tuberculosis have been reported in domestic animals for each year since 2002.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the future reliability of inter-island links in the South Atlantic for the transport of imports and exports and the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 July (HL Deb, cols 876–7), whether the United Kingdom’s new military relationship with...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what applications have been received for licences for export of small arms ammunition to Burma; and from whom.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the last United Nations General Assembly resolution on human rights in Burma; and whether they intend to make any recommendations...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the latest date by which it is likely that all remaining political prisoners in Burma will have been released.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what help they are providing to people who wish to start small businesses.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of potential cuts in coastguard funding on deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning when boating.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have been held between the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal and the Ministry of Justice about the possibility of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to amend the current system of awarding costs in children's care cases so that local authorities found to be acting against the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to prevent excessive charges being billed to independent forensic scientists to allow them to examine relevant material in criminal...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of smartphones with remote tracking functionality stolen in 2012; how many such thefts were reported to the police; how...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for future engagement with the United Kingdom's allies in the Five Powers Defence Arrangement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the Department for International Development’s study on the impacts on developing...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what definition they give to the term “digital company” in the United Kingdom economy. To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what circumstances the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency divulges individual addresses of vehicle owners to private car park enforcement companies.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made to implement the recommendations of Health at work—an independent review of sickness absence; and which recommendations...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans (1) to re-instate the time limit for returning evidence with the ESA50 work capability questionnaire to six weeks to allow claimants...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government , further to the Written Statement by Lord Freud on 22 July (WS 151–2) which noted that “a recent DWP audit identified a reduction in the quality...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to assist in the conservation of endangered species living in the wild.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made by the Crown Prosecution Service in implementing its action plan on female genital mutilation.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to release a new position paper on nutrition for 2015 by way of an update to the position paper of 2011, Scaling Up Nutrition.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Randerson on 19 July (WA 157), concerning the Northern Ireland Parades Commission, whether they will now answer...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government , in the light of recent reports that the flow of goods from Egypt to Gaza has reduced, what assessment they have made of food security in Gaza.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action the Foreign Secretary is taking to follow the recommendations of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 June (WA 112), whether they will add information relating to the websites of human papillomavirus vaccine...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 February (WA 251), what steps the National Health Service is taking to ensure that eye care services are...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of those individuals sleeping rough on the streets are former members of the United Kingdom armed forces.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of rough sleepers on the streets of London in (1) 2010, and (2) 2013. To ask Her Majesty’s Government what...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many units of low cost housing, under each category of affordable housing, have been built, and are currently being built, in each local district...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that labour mobility into regions with high housing costs is possible for low-income families.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) council-owned housing units, and (2) other social housing units, have been available to rent in each local housing authority, in each year since...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the current rules that determine when an impact assessment is conducted in relation to a new policy or proposed piece of legislation; when those...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government , further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 10 June (HL Deb, col 1400), whether Baroness Warsi delivered a speech at the Organisation of Islamic...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish their own guidelines to supplement the recent European Union rules which prohibit funding to Israeli bodies connected with...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assurances they seek from the government of Israel about the uses to which arms sold to that country will be put before granting export licences for...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to investigate reports of the use of tear gas by Israeli armed forces around and inside Palestinian homes in Abu Dis.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made any representations to the government of Israel regarding the approval process by that government for construction of further...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 4 June (WA 173), why they have decided not to use their powers under section 26 of the Northern...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many National Insurance numbers were active on 31 December 2012.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government who authorises the issue of an individual's National Insurance number.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they pay the University of Nottingham for the pension of the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and how much has been...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government , in appointing the current Chairman of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission, whether the Chairman's political career and current political affiliations...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the Department for International Development’s current aid budget allocation for nutrition in (1) Malawi, and (2) Tanzania.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the Department for International Development currently spending on child health in (1) Malawi, and (2) Tanzania.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which 10 countries are receiving the most Department for International Development nutrition funding; and how much bilateral funding from the United Kingdom...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of non-violent protestors killed and injured by (1) live fire, (2) rubber bullets, and (3) other weapons, in...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost to public funds of (1) unfunded public sector pension schemes, and (2) locally administered pension schemes, in each of the last five...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy regarding the registration and reporting of the results of clinical trials by the pharmaceutical industry.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 22 June 2011 (WA 316), whether, in the case of Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider extending the deadline for local authorities to submit local plans in respect of proposed Green Belt land, in the light of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Northover on 3 June (WS 87), what plans they have to advance the “transformational shift” Leave no...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British citizens are in prisons abroad.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government to which public bodies the Home Office has appointed a chairperson since May 2010; and who was appointed in each case.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government to which public bodies the Ministry of Justice has appointed a chairperson since May 2010; and who was appointed in each case.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will answer the Questions for Written Answer HL1115-17, tabled on 24 June and due for answer by 8 July.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Deighton on 23 July on Crossrail and small and medium-sized enterprise access to local contracts, what work they are...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any authority responsible to them has investigated the implications of the presence of asbestos at Cwmcarn school in Gwent.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government , in the light of the recent killing of two World Vision International aid workers in Nyala, what assessment they have made of the effectiveness with which...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what security measures can be put in place by the United Nations and African Union to protect non-governmental organisations working in Darfur, Sudan,...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have asked the government of Sudan to end the aerial bombardment of and use of military force against civilians in Blue Nile and South Kordofan;...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have asked the government of Sudan to open up South Kordofan and Blue Nile to enable access for humanitarian aid; if so, when; and what response...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the absence of negotiated humanitarian access into Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountains, what they are doing to explore alternative options with the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have asked the United Nations Security Council to implement targeted sanctions against the government of Sudan to protect people in South...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have asked the United Nations Security Council to establish an international independent committee of inquiry to investigate and report on human...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the proposed merger in October of the role of the European Union special representative to Sudan and South Sudan with that...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 23 July (HL1696), whether they will consider the issue of temporary disability parking badges with a...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 9 July (WA35), what funding has been provided to churches and faith-based organisations from the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is being done to ensure that the most vulnerable people are getting the help they need in the recent hot weather.
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