Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be on the agenda for next meeting of EU-UK Partnership Council, and when will that meeting will take place.  To be answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).  

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to undertake further consultation on the professional use of peat.  To be answered by Lord Benyon (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Baroness Bryan of Patrick to ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they will give to the latest Office for National Statistics’ projections for (1) life expectancy, and (2) healthy life expectancy, when reviewing the state pension age.  To be answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott (Department for Work and Pensions).

Baroness Chakrabarti to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the equality of treatment between different groups in respect of the enforcement of lockdown regulations by the police since spring 2020. To be answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Home Office).

Lord Polak to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the destabilising activities in the Middle East of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. To be answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office).

Baroness Blower to ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Colombia about investigating human rights abuses, including killings, by police during the protests in that country in September 2020 and May 2021.  To be answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office).

Baroness Wilcox of Newport to ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with the Welsh Government about the remediation and repair of coal tips in Wales; and what plans they have, if any, to provide funding to support such remediation and repair work.  To be answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie (Her Majesty's Treasury).

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, if any, to seek to limit the bonuses of the executives of water companies responsible for persistently polluting rivers and waterways with raw sewage; and in what circumstances they would consider implementing such plans. To be answered by Lord Benyon (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Lord Browne of Ladyton to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) reports that on 21 December 2021 Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, expressed his intention to call for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council early in 2022, and (2) that on 22 December 2021 negotiators from the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe and the governments of Ukraine and Russia agreed to restore a full ceasefire between the Ukrainian government forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine.  To be answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the supply chain issues in the food and farming sector identified by the National Farmers Union and the British Retail Consortium at a food security summit on 14 December 2021; and what plans they have to prepare a long-term solution to these issues. To be answered by Lord Benyon (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock to ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the devolved governments regarding monitoring of their public expenditure.  To be answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton (Her Majesty's Treasury)