House of Lords

written question – answered on 12 October 2011.

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  • Armed Forces: Medals

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 14 September (WA 58), they wish to revise the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach...

  • Bats

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what surveys have been made of the use by bats of the two bat bridges constructed over the A38 Dobwalls Bypass; and what conclusions have been drawn regarding the...

  • Bats

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what cost-benefit analysis has been made of the cost to public funds of the construction by the Highways Agency of bridges for bats; and what proportion of the...

  • Bats

    To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to finalise the design of the bridge for bats which the Highways Agency proposes to build over the A11 Fiveways to Thetford road improvement in...

  • Benefits

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any changes have recently been made in determining the entitlement to United Kingdom benefits of applicants from other European Union member states.

  • Equality Act 2010

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact the reduced resources and the restructuring of the Equality and Human Rights Commission will have on the implementation of the provisions of the...

  • Finance: Credit Easing

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether HM Treasury's representative in attendance at the next meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England will be explaining, or answering...

  • Finance: Eurozone

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what means the European Union can employ to force member states to remain in the eurozone against their wishes.

  • Finance: Foreign Exchange

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to intervene to prevent currency exchange bureaux advertising zero commissions while charging exchange rates with margins in excess of 25...

  • Government Departments: Telephone Calls

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what departmental telephone calls were made by (a) the Secretary of State for Transport, (b) the Minister of State for Transport and (c) the Permanent Secretary of...

  • Gypsies and Travellers

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the equality impact assessment with regard to the ending of specialist consultancy services on the...

  • Health: Diabetes

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals are being considered in the European Union to change the law with regard to drivers with diabetes; and what discussions they are holding regarding...

  • Infrastructure Planning

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the speech given by the Deputy Prime Minister at the London School of Economics on 14 September 2011, which infrastructure projects will be given...

  • International Labour Organisation: Domestic Work

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are signatories to the International Labour Organisation Convention on Domestic Workers of June 2011; and when they expect to be able to ratify the...

  • Judiciary: Retirement Age

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the retirement ages of (a) magistrates, (b) County Court Judges, (c) High Court Judges, (d) Lords Justices of Appeal, and (e) Justices of the Supreme Court.

  • Migrant Workers: Bulgarians and Romanians

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Bulgarian and Romanians, including students, the self-employed and dependents, they estimate have come to reside in the United Kingdom since those...

  • Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 11 August (WA 427) concerning the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, what process was used to reduce the...

  • Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 11 August (WA 427) concerning the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, what process was used to reduce the...

  • Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of the process to appoint the chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and whether consultants were used in the...

  • Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 3 October (WA 132), how the number of hours to be worked by the chairman is to be calculated; by whom; and who...

  • Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 3 October (WA 132), who was the "independent expert" in human rights; what are their qualifications...

  • Olympic Games 2012: Air Quality (1 annotation)

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they, or other authorities in London, will have powers during the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to control road traffic in order to keep air pollution...

  • Pensions

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 11 August (WA 414-5), what percentage of those who responded to the sample of United Kingdom pension payees...

  • Prisons: HMP Spring Hill

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the concerns expressed by the Independent Monitoring Board in its annual report on HMP Spring Hill for the year to December 2010...

  • Probation Case Management System

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that the proposed new Probation Case Management System, which is due to be completed by the end of March 2012, will be delivered on time. To...

  • Probation Case Management System

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what contingency plans have been made in the event that the proposed new Probation Case Management System is not completed by March 2012. To ask Her Majesty's...

  • Protection from Harassment Act 1997

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons were sentenced to more than 12 months' imprisonment for breach of a restraining order under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the...

  • Public Procurement

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether contracts subject to European Union legislation, such as the Thameslink contract, require an assessment to be made of the net overall cost to the Exchequer...

  • Public Procurement

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, when assessing tenders from companies overseas for public works contracts in the United Kingdom, what consideration they give to (a) the impact on unemployment...

  • Quality of Life

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the outcomes of quality of life assessments for people living and working in the United Kingdom.

  • Transport: Sleep Apnoea

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to put in place initiatives in the Department of Health and the Department for Transport to improve the collection of statistics, in order to...

  • UK Statistics Authority

    To ask Her Majesty's Government where advertisements were placed for the post of chair of the Statistics Authority before Sir Michael Scholar's appointment; and what salary was offered.