House of Lords

written question – answered on 25 October 2010.

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  • Agriculture: Genetically Modified Crops

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessments they have made of the health and environmental effects of roundup herbicide in the precise formulations currently used on genetically modified crops.

  • Armed Forces: Defence Cuts

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the planned defence cuts will affect the United Kingdom's contribution to NATO.

  • Armed Forces: Medals (7 annotations)

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ask the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals to review the advice given to HM the Queen on the acceptance and...

  • Banking

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether adoption of the Basle III capital requirements will reduce systemic and idiosyncratic risk in the banking system; and what steps they have taken to...

  • Benefits

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of establishing means-tested systems for child benefit payments.

  • Benefits

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria are used to decide whether universal benefits should continue for pensioners and children.

  • Benefits

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households in Essex currently receive child benefit; and to how many children it relates. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households in Norfolk...

  • Businesses

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage the start-up of new businesses.

  • Businesses

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage businesses to remain in the United Kingdom.

  • Cambodia

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Cambodia concerning Sam Rainsy; when they were made and what the result was.

  • Civil Service: Redundancy

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what redundancy compensation arrangements are in place for entrants to the civil service since 30 July 2007 who are members of the nuvos pension scheme; and what...

  • Commission for Rural Communities

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation they undertook prior to their decision to abolish the Commission for Rural Communities.

  • Common Agriculture Policy

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations of the High Level Experts' Group on Milk regarding reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.

  • Commonwealth

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth about his responsibility for expressing disapproval of infringements of democratic...

  • Courts: Magistrates' Courts

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many district judges preside in magistrates courts in Wales; and at what courts they are located.

  • Defence: UK-France

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enhance co-operation between United Kingdom and France in the defence sector.

  • Defence: UK-France

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment regarding a joint United Kingdom-France accord on the servicing of nuclear warheads.

  • Employment

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecasts they have made of future private sector job growth in the northern regions of England in the period 2010-15 and how those compare with the increase...

  • Energy: Nuclear Power

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will re-consider their policy of disregarding nuclear energy as a renewable source.

  • EU: Legislation

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what effect their plan to reaffirm Parliamentary sovereignty by further legislation will have on the supremacy of European law and the direct effect of European...

  • EU: UK Rebate

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any proposals to end the United Kingdom's rebate were made at the European Union budget meeting on 7 October; if so, whether any objections to the...

  • FIFA World Cup 2018

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations have they made to FIFA following the reports of corruption in connection with the staging of the World Cup in 2018.

  • Finance: Borrowing

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Government borrowing is owed to (a) overseas private bodies, (b) overseas public bodies, (c) United Kingdom insurance companies, (d) United Kingdom...

  • Finance: Borrowing

    To ask Her Majesty's Government to which overseas governments they owe money; in what form; on what terms; and what percentage of total borrowing each represents.

  • Finance: Interest Rates

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the average real rate of interest at which they have borrowed money over (a) the past five years, and (b) the past 12 months.

  • Finance: Interest Rates

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether current long-term interest rates are an impediment to investment and to economic recovery.

  • Flooding

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, following this year's exceptional floods in Pakistan and the danger of further flooding in many developing countries, whether they will be increasing the United...

  • Gaza

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the supply of basic medicines to Gaza, with a view to preventing minor illness becoming serious or chronic.

  • Gaza

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to reduce the damage being done to the healthcare system in Gaza, especially in relation to children, by the Government of Israel's...

  • Government Departments: Closures

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of the cost of closing Government Office North East, including the cost of redundancy and severance payments, premises, pension...

  • Government Departments: Closures

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what functions carried out by Government Office North East will be discontinued following its closure; what functions will be continued and by whom; and what...

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated net saving in the pay bill of the Ministry of Defence for each of the next four years if all salaries and increments are frozen.

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated net saving in the pay bill of the Department of Energy and Climate Change for each of the next four years if all salaries and increments are...

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated net saving in the pay bill of the Scotland Office for each of the next four years if all salaries and increments are frozen.

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what number and percentage of Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff have received or are due to receive increments in pay in the year ended 5 April 2011; and what...

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what number and percentage of Department for Work and Pensions staff have received or are due to receive increments in pay in the year ended 5 April 2011; and what...

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what number and percentage of Department for International Development staff have received or are due to receive increments in pay in the year ended 5 April 2011;...

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what number and percentage of Department for Culture, Media and Sport staff have received or are due to receive increments in pay in the year ended 5 April 2011;...

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what number and percentage of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs staff have received or are due to receive increments in pay in the year ended 5...

  • Government Departments: Salaries

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what number and percentage of Scotland Office staff have received or are due to receive increments in pay in the year ending 5 April 2011; and what is the...

  • Government: Non-Ministerial Departments

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is meant by the expression "non-ministerial department", as used by officials in evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee on 15 September.

  • Gypsies and Travellers

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will undertake to retain Circular 1/2006, Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites; or, alternatively, whether they will undertake to consult...

  • Heritage Lottery Fund

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how the rebalancing of the Heritage Lottery Fund will compensate for the loss of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, with particular reference to (a) the...

  • Heritage Lottery Fund

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Heritage Lottery grants for listed places of worship can be used for (a) small-scale works of repair, and (b) preventative repairs.

  • Higher Education: Funding

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional grants are given to Oxford and Cambridge Universities to support the college tutorial system.

  • India

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will invite all Commonwealth members to support India in measures to prevent internal trafficking and modern slavery affecting the Dalit minority.

  • India

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Annual Review of Human Rights by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will in future include a section on the Dalit minority in India.

  • India

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of India with regard to (a) the legal system and remedies for domestic and personal violence, (b) the right to...

  • Israel and Palestine (1 annotation)

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the Palestinian Authority to take up the offer by Israel to freeze settlement building in response to a recognition by them...

  • Millennium Development Goals

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in making progress towards the millennium development goals; and what...

  • Millennium Development Goals

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the United Kingdom will meet its millennium development goals by 2015.

  • Millennium Development Goals

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take to follow up the United Nations millennium development goals summit in New York in September.

  • Office for Budget Responsibility

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many, and what proportion, of the senior staff at the Office for Budget Responsibility are on secondment from HM Treasury.

  • Scientific Research

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop scientific research in the United Kingdom.

  • Sudan

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide expertise to British companies being encouraged to invest in Sudan; and whether they have any plans to monitor the...

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

    To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Special Prosecutor will conclude her investigation into alleged corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands; and whether the results of her investigation...

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

    To ask Her Majesty's Government when they anticipate elections will take place in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

  • Vehicles: Taxation

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what effect the proposals to amend EU Directive 1999/62 regarding tax and charges will have on the operations and costs of haulage firms and drivers and owner drivers.

  • Visas

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the exact fall in temporary employment in the United Kingdom from December 2005 to June 2010, as displayed in the graph in figure 3.1 on page 14 of the...