To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by governments overseas on human rights standards in those countries.
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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Human Rights: Coronavirus
Asked 5 May 2020
Answered 11 May 2020
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that Part 5(23)(2) of the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020 is implemented, and victims' payments are made as soon as reasonably practicable fr...
Asked 16 March 2020
Answered 27 March 2020
By Viscount Younger of Leckie (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answered
Lords
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that the payment scheme set up under the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020 will be implemented in line with the statutory commitments passed by...
Asked 16 March 2020
Answered 27 March 2020
By Viscount Younger of Leckie (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answered
Lords
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Cross Border Cooperation: Northern Ireland
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) people living in Northern Ireland will be able to access blood transfusions, health treatment and educational provision in the Republic of Ireland, and (2) people living in the Republic of Ireland will be able t...
Asked 16 March 2020
Answered 25 March 2020
By Viscount Younger of Leckie (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Prorogation
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister or Cabinet Secretary first discussed prorogation with Sir Edward Young, the Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen.
Asked 3 September 2019
This answer is a correction from the original answer. To view the original answer alongside the correction, view the question on the written questions and answers website.
Answered 9 September 2019
By The Earl of Courtown (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answer corrected
By The Earl of Courtown (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Dominic Cummings
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary have agreed to any exemptions for Dominic Cummings, Special Political Advisor to the Prime Minister, from the Cabinet Office Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.
Asked 3 September 2019
Answered 9 September 2019
By The Earl of Courtown (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Brexit
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether private email accounts, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal or other encrypted services or email accounts have been used by special advisers, ministers or senior civil servants to discuss Government policy on prorogation, di...
Asked 3 September 2019
Answered 9 September 2019
By The Earl of Courtown (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
South African Revenue Service: Bain and Company
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 July (HL16912), what assessment Her Majesty's High Commissioner to South Africa has made of Bain and Company's consultancy work for the South African Revenue S...
Asked 18 July 2019
Answered 30 July 2019
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Bain and Company
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 15 July (HL16909), whether they will now (1) cancel existing future contracts, and (2) commit to not taking out any future contracts, with Bain and Company in the l...
Asked 18 July 2019
Answered 22 July 2019
By Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Bain and Company
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 15 July (HL16911), whether they will cease using Bain and Company for consultancy work.
Asked 18 July 2019
Answered 22 July 2019
By Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
South African Revenue Service: Bain and Company
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to instruct Her Majesty's High Commissioner to South Africa to compile a report to the Prime Minister on the probity and quality of Bain & Company’s consultancy work for the South African Revenue...
Asked 3 July 2019
Answered 15 July 2019
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Bain and Company
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, they have given to the probity and quality of Bain & Company's consultancy work for the South African Revenue Service in regard to any work by that consultancy for government departments.
Asked 3 July 2019
Answered 15 July 2019
By Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Bain and Company
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any government department has used Bain & Company for any consultancy or advisory work since 2010.
Asked 3 July 2019
Answered 15 July 2019
By Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Bain and Company
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consultancy contracts they have with Bain & Company, broken down by each government department.
Asked 3 July 2019
Answered 15 July 2019
By Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Finance
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients were in receipt of continuing healthcare payments in England, broken down by category of payment, in (1) 2010, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, (4) 2017, (5) 2018, and (6) 2019.
Asked 1 July 2019
Answered 15 July 2019
By Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Somerset
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients were in receipt of continuing healthcare payments from Somerset Health Authority in (1) 2010, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, (4) 2017, (5) 2018, and (6) 2019.
Asked 1 July 2019
Answered 15 July 2019
By Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care: Finance
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients were in receipt of continuing healthcare payments in England in (1) 2010, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, (4) 2017, (5) 2018, and (6) 2019.
Asked 1 July 2019
Answered 15 July 2019
By Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Occupational Money Purchase Schemes
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 5 June (HL15876), whether they intend to legislate to introduce collective defined contribution schemes by the end of 2019.
Asked 5 June 2019
Answered 19 June 2019
By Baroness Buscombe (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Occupational Money Purchase Schemes
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to legislate to introduce collective defined contribution schemes by the end of 2019.
Asked 4 June 2019
Answered 18 June 2019
By Baroness Buscombe (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will legislate to provide a pension for severely injured victims of The Troubles in Northern Ireland represented by the Wave Trauma Action Group.
Asked 20 May 2019
Answered 7 June 2019
By Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords