House of Lords

written question – answered on 13 October 2011.

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  • Armed Forces: Medals

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 14 September (WA 58), whether the assessments made at the time are in the public domain; and, if so, where.

  • Banking: AIB Group (UK) plc

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 3 October (WA 154-5), why the list of approved persons in AIB Group (UK) plc was not published in the Official...

  • Banks: First Trust Bank

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 11 August (WA 387) concerning the supervision of banks, whether the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has now...

  • Businesses: Pre-pack Administration

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any estimates of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that have failed, or suffered significant business damage, as a result of...

  • Energy: Wind Generation

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are initiating studies of how the future availability of wind and solar energy in different regions of the United Kingdom is likely to be affected by...

  • EU: Taxation

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that United Kingdom businesses are not subject to the proposed European Union financial transactions tax.

  • EU: Taxation (1 annotation)

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they could agree to an European Union financial transaction tax without parliamentary approval and a referendum.

  • Hallmarking

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their conclusions regarding the future of the hallmarking of items made from precious metals following the consultation launched earlier this year.

  • Higher Education: Sciences

    To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the additional undergraduate places made available in 2011 were made available for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics courses.

  • Manufacturing

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to counteract the continued long-term decline of United Kingdom manufacturing industry.

  • Ministry of Defence: Police

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the reduction in the number of Ministry of Defence police officers on local policing in communities where they operate.

  • Northern Ireland Office: Staff

    To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 3 October (WA 131), whether the flexible early retirement terms being provided for Hilary Jackson, the...

  • Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the salary of the previous Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; what is the proposed salary of the new chief commissioner;...

  • Police: Training

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the purpose of the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-Based Violence Risk Identification checklist as used by United Kingdom police services.

  • Police: Training

    To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all police services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are signed up to using the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-Based Violence Risk...

  • Poverty

    To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of additional people who fell below the poverty line worldwide in 2010-11 in comparison to the previous year; to what extent...

  • Questions for Written Answer

    To ask the Leader of the House what has been the reason for the failure of the Department for Transport to answer Lord Bradshaw's two Questions for Written Answer tabled on 13 July, due for...

  • Schools: Nurses

    To ask Her Majesty's Government who will be responsible for school nurses currently employed by primary care trusts if the trusts cease to exist following the passage of the Health and Social...

  • UK Statistics Authority

    To ask Her Majesty's Government where advertisements have been placed for Sir Michael Scholar's replacement as chair of the Statistics Authority; and what salary is offered.