House of Lords

written question – answered on 12 May 2011.

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  • Alcohol

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been prosecuted for selling alcohol to those who are under the legal age each year since 2000.

  • Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for the ratification of the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement.

  • Anti-social Behaviour: Databases

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 26 April (WA4-5), on what basis, and by whom, the eight police forces which are to trial a new...

  • Apprenticeships

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Wilcox on 5 April (WA343), whether they have initiated, or plan to initiate, preliminary discussions on routes to...

  • Apprenticeships

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific objectives have been set for the National Apprenticeship Service for the current year.

  • Armed Forces: Afghanistan

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, in view of the high risk of lower limb injury as a result of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and the number of military personnel surviving these...

  • Armed Forces: Homecoming

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Ireland regarding holding a homecoming march past by the Royal Irish Rangers on their return from Afghanistan.

  • Bahrain

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the political and human rights situation in Saudi Arabia; and whether they have made representations regarding the use of Saudi Arabian...

  • Banking: Royal Bank of Scotland

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the superinjunction granted to Sir Fred Goodwin, and referred to by Mr John Hemming MP on 10 March (Official Report, Commons col. 1069), relates to events...

  • Banks: Regulation

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that Irish banks selling products in the United Kingdom are subject to the same standard of regulation as United Kingdom banks.

  • Benefits

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (a) alcoholics, and (b) drug addicts, are in receipt of (1) disability living allowance, and (2) incapacity benefit.

  • Birds of Prey

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the kestrel population in the United Kingdom.

  • Care Homes

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for elderly people of occupying care homes under licences which can require them to leave at four weeks' notice....

  • Care Services: Day Centres

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the needs of elderly and vulnerable people faced with closure of day centres previously provided by local authorities.

  • Census

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Written Answers by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 6 April (WA384-5) and 23 March (WA174), why the Polish population in Scotland and England of 1.1 per cent...

  • Children: Obesity

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to deal with childhood obesity.

  • Cornwall: EU Funding

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds were allocated to Cornwall in objective one funding in the most recent programming period; and when the funding will begin and end.

  • Education: Overseas Students

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will address the skill gaps and shortages in the United Kingdom outlined recently by Professor Steve Smith, president of Universities UK, Professor...

  • Finance: Interest Rates

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Baroness Wilcox on 3 May (WA332), how exactly they are "looking at every possible way to stop interest rates from spiralling out of...

  • Gaza

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Israel regarding access to Gaza via the Erez border crossing for foreign parliamentary delegations.

  • Government: Red Tape Challenge

    To ask Her Majesty's Government to which regulations on discrimination and harassment they are referring in the Red Tape Challenge when asking whether they should be scrapped altogether or be...

  • Health: Diabetic Macular Oedema

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 May (HL8627 and HL8628), whether they will make an assessment of the prevalence of diabetic macular oedema.

  • Health: Homeopathy

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as part of the current review of the homeopathy content of the Department of Health website, they will make clear on the website that homeopathy has been...

  • Health: Kidney Transplants

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients aged 60 and over have received kidney transplants in the past five years for which figures are available; and whether there is an upper age limit...

  • Health: Kidney Transplants

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current waiting time for patients who have been deemed suitable for a kidney transplant.

  • Health: Mental Health

    To ask Her Majesty's Government why there is an increase in the number of patients suffering from mental health conditions; and whether the use of mood-changing drugs may be a factor.

  • Health: Paediatric Cardiology

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation took place with hospital trusts to obtain evidence used in the review of children's heart surgery units.

  • Immigration

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are inconsistencies in the decisions of immigration judges and in the procedures of immigration bail hearings; and, if so, what plans they have to...

  • Israel and Palestine: West Bank

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rights of Bedouin herding communities in the West Bank; and what discussions they have had with the Government of Israel to...

  • Justice: Family Justice Review

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will have regard to the final report of the Family Justice Review before introducing legislation on the subject matter of the review.

  • Legal Aid

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that victims of domestic abuse, forced marriage and human trafficking are not adversely affected by changes to legal aid.

  • Libya

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure the safety of any United Kingdom deployed personnel in the event of their being taken prisoner by the forces loyal to Muammar...

  • Libya

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken any planning, either unilaterally or with international partners, to increase military engagement on the ground in the event of a lack...

  • Medical Practitioners: Non-EU Nations

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 March (WA97-8), whether they consider that the number of United Kingdom medical graduates needed to fill current...

  • National Crime Agency

    To ask Her Majesty's Government which department is responsible for establishing the National Crime Agency; whether this has changed; and whether the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial...

  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: Clinical Trials

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 May (HL8631), what is their assessment of the impact on patient safety of the use of unlicensed comparators in...

  • National Insurance

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for national insurance numbers have been made in total by nationals of each European Union country since 1997; and what is the total number...

  • NHS: Allied Health Professional Services

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to collate information about the number of redundancies, vacancies, average caseload, referrals and waiting times for ancillary medical...

  • NHS: Primary Care Trusts

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what was (a) the revenue expenditure, and (b) the approved revenue resource limit, for each primary care trust in the East of England region of the National Health...

  • NHS: Trusts

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what was (a) the revenue expenditure, and (b) the approved revenue resource limit, for each hospital trust (including foundation trusts) in the East of England...

  • Railways: Caledonian Sleeper

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Scottish Government to ensure that, in anticipation of the end of the current franchise agreement with First ScotRail in...

  • Railways: Franchises

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the costs of tendering for railway franchises to the public purse, bidders and passengers respectively.

  • Schools: Race Equality

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence was used to assess the race equality impact for black school pupils who are prevented from making appeals against their permanent school exclusions...

  • Shipping: Irish Lights

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the detail of the timetable for the Irish Government to provide full funding for the Commissioners of Irish Lights has been established; and whether an...

  • Syria

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 24 January (WA122), whether they have received any further news concerning Ms Hassan; and what is the...

  • Tobacco

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been prosecuted for selling tobacco products to those who are under the legal age each year since 2000.