Oral Questions


Week beginning Monday 6 May 2024

Tuesday 7 May 2024

Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the warning by independent WHO experts at the Brownstone Institute that amendments to the International Health Regulations to be made at its forthcoming meeting in May 2024 may contravene Article 55 of those Regulations.  To be answered by Lord Markham (Department of Health and Social Care)

Baroness Verma to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the scale of period poverty.  To be answered by Baroness Barran (Government Equalities Office)

Lord Lexden to ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ireland about their approach to addressing the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland since April 1998.  To be answered by Lord Caine (Northern Ireland Office)

Baroness Burt of Solihull to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made on the impact of removing the admissions cap on state-funded faith schools on community integration and cohesion. To be answered by Baroness Barran (Department for Education)


Wednesday 8 May 2024

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address the decline in uptake of childhood immunisations.  To be answered by Lord Markham (Department of Health and Social Care)

Baroness Eaton to ask His Majesty’s Government, further to their 2022 response to the report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on Local Government Ethical Standards, what plans they have to address concerns about councillors having to publish their home addresses.  To be answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure political deepfakes on social media are not used to undermine the outcome of the general election.  To be answered by Viscount Camrose (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Baroness Hayman of Ullock to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take in response to the ruling of the High Court on 3 May that their carbon budget delivery plan was not sufficient to meet legally binding targets. To be answered by Lord Benyon (Department for Energy Security & Net Zero)


Thursday 9 May 2024

The Earl of Shrewsbury to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in tackling rural crime.  To be answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Home Office)

Lord Cashman to ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Uganda regarding its Anti-Homosexuality Act.  To be answred by Lord Benyon (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Lord Holmes of Richmond to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect intellectual property rights in relation to artificial intelligence, in particular large language models, since discontinuing plans to develop a code of practice.  To be answered by Viscount Camrose (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)


Week beginning Monday 6 May 2024