House of Lords

written question – answered on 28 October 2013.

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  • Adoption

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many same-sex couples adopted children in (1) Northern Ireland, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) England, in each of the last five years, and to date in 2013.

  • Agriculture: Pesticides

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord De Mauley on 30 July (HL Deb, col 1637–8), which scientific studies demonstrate that “chemicals with different...

  • Agriculture: Pesticides

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have commissioned any research into the effects of glyphosate on the shikimate pathway of gut bacteria in insects, including bees, and mammals,...

  • Bullying

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any link between homophobic bullying and HIV transmission.

  • Children: Sexual Abuse

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the incidence of sexual abuse of children in England in each year since 2000.

  • Christians in the Middle East

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the Joint Resolution of the European Parliament (2013/2872(RSP)) of 10 October 2013 concerning religious persecution, particularly...

  • Crime: Migrants

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many victims in the United Kingdom in 2012–13 of (1) violent crime, (2) sexual assault, and (3) female genital mutilation were (a) illegal...

  • Energy: Green Deal

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households have signed up for the Green Deal and had the measures installed to date.

  • Energy: Prices

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the energy price freezes put in place by npower, EDF and Scottish Power.

  • Female Genital Mutilation

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of female genital mutilation operations carried out in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.

  • Finance: Payday Loans

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce and prevent the ill effects of payday and other, similar, loans; and whether they are consulting the Financial Conduct...

  • Fluoridation (2 annotations)

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the finding by the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination at the University of York in its 2000 report A Systematic Review of Water...

  • Government Departments: Opinion Polls

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many opinion polls have been carried out in the past two years for the Department for Transport; on what issues the polls were conducted; when they were...

  • Habitual Residence Test

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 23 September (WA 461), on what basis they have judged the proposed residence test a “fair and...

  • Health: Mental Health

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have commissioned a National Survey of Investment in Adult Mental Health Services for the year 2012–13. To ask Her Majesty’s...

  • Human Trafficking

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place with the devolved administrations in relation to action and policy to protect child victims of human trafficking.

  • Human Trafficking

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that guidelines and legislation relating to human slavery and the trafficking of children work effectively across the whole United Kingdom.

  • Interpol

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the increasing use of Interpol red notices by individual countries.

  • Israel and Palestine

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning (1) the three Palestinian civilians who were shot and killed by live fire in...

  • Local Audit and Accountability Bill

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 8 October (WA 27), what was the expenditure, both direct and indirect, incurred in anticipation...

  • Northern Ireland: Inquiries

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the total cost to date of the Saville Inquiry and each of the inquiries subsequent to the Inquiry by Judge Cory.

  • Northern Ireland Parades Commission

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the selection process for the appointment of Commissioners to the Northern Ireland Parades Commission; who will carry out the selections; and what...

  • Railways: High Speed 2

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the HS2 expenditure has been committed to private sector contracts to date.

  • Railways: High Speed 2

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a list of mitigation measures agreed by HS2 Limited as a result of the views expressed by the Community Forum undertaken in the...

  • Railways: High Speed 2

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a list of consultants advising the Department of Transport and HS2 Limited on HS2 in the last year.

  • Railways: High Speed 2

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the advice of consultants advising both the Department of Transport and HS2 Limited on HS2 has cost in the last year for which figures are available.

  • Royal Mail

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government which banks they employed to advise on the pricing of the Royal Mail privatisation; and how much each of those banks has or will be paid for that work.

  • Schools: External Visitors and Contributors

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish best practice guidance for schools that work with external visitors and contributors, and in particular, religion and belief groups.

  • Schools: Reading

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to reduce the proportion of seven-year-olds who do not reach the required level of reading capability.

  • Smithwick Tribunal

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have contributed to the cost of the government of Ireland's Smithwick tribunal into the murder by the IRA of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen...

  • Terrorism: Stop and Search

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent current consultations on the use of stop and search powers are involving community groups and the police. To ask Her Majesty’s...