House of Lords

written question – answered on 12 November 2012.

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  • Armed Forces: Dyslexia and Gender Dysphoria

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 18 July (WA 69), what are the disciplinary and discharge procedures for Members of the Royal Naval Reserve...

  • Aviation: Air Quality

    To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food and the Environment to report on the studies of cabin air quality conducted by Cranfield University...

  • Bees

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many bee experts are employed in (1) Natural England, (2) the Environment Agency, (3) the Forestry Commission, and (4) the National Bee Unit of the Food and...

  • Bovine Tuberculosis

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure differing scientific views regarding the use of badger culling to control bovine tuberculosis are considered by the public; and whether they...

  • Broadcasting: Independent Companies

    To ask Her Majesty's Government which independent television broadcasting companies also own commercial radio stations broadcasting in the same licence area.

  • Building Regulations

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the review of building regulations reported in the Guardian on 27 October, what were the results of the 2012 Building Regulations consultation...

  • Care Services: Abuse

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the monitoring arrangements to prevent the abuse of children and adults with special learning difficulties placed voluntarily or...

  • Civil Service: Secondments

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many senior civil servants at the Department for International Development are on secondment to companies or organisations in the United Kingdom; how many were...

  • Crime: Cable Theft

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the United Kingdom economy of the theft of telecommunications cable.

  • Debt: Scotland

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of the national debt that would pass to Scotland if Scotland left the United Kingdom.

  • Employment: Under-25s

    To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) for the last quarter, and (2) for the past year, how many (a) 18-21 year-olds, and (b) 22-24 year-olds, in England entered employment; and for each age group...

  • EU: Budget

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Sassoon on 24 October (Official Report, col. 204), which of the wealthiest regions of the European Union receive structural funds...

  • Government: Ministerial Correspondence

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether letters that Ministers have written to Members following a commitment made during oral questions are always placed in the Library of the House,...

  • Government Departments: Expenditure

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on (1) fire, and (2) theft, prevention in each of the past five years.

  • Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the difference between the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances that was abolished on 22 July and the Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee set up...

  • Health: Contraception

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the provision of contraception by schools and other organisations to children under the age of 16 constitutes a criminal...

  • Health: Costs

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether European Union nationals resident in the United Kingdom who are in receipt of a pension and whose healthcare costs could be paid for by their home country...

  • Homelessness: Ex-service Personnel

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Hanham on 30 October (Official Report, col. 502), what estimate they have made of the proportion of ex-service personnel who are...

  • Housing

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new housing units were built between 2005 and 2010; and how many new housing units will need to be provided each year between 2013 and 2033 to meet the...

  • Housing: Council Houses

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether provisions exist to enable local authorities to sell their properties at less than market value.

  • Iraq: Chilcot Inquiry

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Strathclyde on 29 October (Official Report, col. 407), what information they have regarding the reasons for the delay until the...

  • OpCapita

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the role of OpCapita leading up to the collapse of the electronics retailer Comet, and the manner in which OpCapita and its...

  • Overseas Aid

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of British overseas aid, provided both bilaterally and multi-laterally, is used to ensure that people in poor and developing countries are able to...

  • Piracy

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Henley on 26 March (Official Report, col. 1120), whether they have taken a decision on the sharing of suspicious activity reports...

  • Piracy

    To ask Her Majesty's Government under what statutory authority they have exempted the reporting of demands for ransom money for the release of persons captured by pirates from the requirement to...

  • Piracy

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Henley on 26 March (Official Report, col. 1120), whether the work requested by the Prime Minister on the payment of ransoms has...

  • Planning

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities regarding planning consent for out-of-town shopping precincts in relation to the profitability of high street...

  • Police: College of Policing

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the transitional and branding costs associated with the establishment of the new College of Policing.

  • Political Parties: Funding

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will re-open all party discussions on the financing of political parties.

  • Post-2015 Development Agenda

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the Secretary of State for International Development has had with the Prime Minister, as co-chair of the UN High-Level Panel on the Post-2015...

  • Racism

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 26 October (WA 89), which organisations are funded to work with victims of racist attacks; how much...

  • Railways: East Coast Main Line

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the failure to allocate the West Coast Mainline Franchise will alter the timetable to denationalise the East Coast Mainline.

  • Schools: Free Schools

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure responsible spending of public money on free schools.

  • Taxation: Corporation Tax

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact of introducing a turnover tax, offsetable against actual assessed corporation tax, for trans-national companies and groups of...