Lord Browne of Ladyton

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 30 April (HL3303), in the absence of a suitable equipped aircraft for observation flights, how they carry out or participate in such flights; and whether they hav...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the consultation on Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Business Models, which opened on 22 July 2019 and closed on 16 September 2019.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the strategic importance of the Open Skies Treaty; and what discussions they have had with the government of the United States about their reported intention to leave that treaty.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to affirm their commitment to the International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC); and what consideration they have given to the UK’s future membership of the ISTC as a state party.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the National Insurance Fund of the payments (1) made, and (2) which will be made, by the redundancy payment service and the insolvency service to Thomas Cook employees who are owe...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to affirm their commitment to the International Science and Technology Centre (ISTC); what consideration they have given to the UK’s future membership of ISTC as a state party after Brexit; and what pla...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of tax and duty owed by Thomas Cook at the time of their entry into administration; and what assessment they have made of whether there is any prospect of recovering the amount owe...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the taxpayer of repayments to Thomas Cook customers who lost future bookings.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of the cost to the taxpayer arising from the administration of Thomas Cook they will be able to recoup from (1) travel insurers, (2) debit and credit card providers, and (3) other ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the Ministry of Defence's definition of an autonomous weapons system since the publication of the report of the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee AI in the UK: Re...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the relationship between increasing autonomy in weapons systems and cyber security.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a comprehensive cyber security assessment procedure for proposed weapon systems that operate at a high level of complexity.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings, if any, ministers and special advisers have held on autonomy in weapons systems during the last year.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the notice period that the scotch whisky industry would require to make changes to company software systems and internal procedures should movements of their products to the EU need to be t...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the notice period that the scotch whisky industry would require to ensure that any requested changes to exporting processes can be made in time for both (1) the beginning, and (2) the end o...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what customs processes they plan to apply to movements of scotch whisky to and through the EU following the end of any Brexit implementation period; and when they expect to be in a position to announce such processes.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they plan to provide to scotch whisky exporters to ease the impact of any increased cost burdens faced by the industry should access to the Excise Movement and Control System not continue after March 2019.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what structures they plan to put in place to ensure that scotch whisky can continue to move to and through the EU freely after March 2019 should access to the Excise Movement and Control System not continue during any Brexi...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance to industries such as the scotch whisky industry of maintaining access to the Excise Movement and Control System.

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent representations they have?made to the government of Colombia about recent attacks and threats against members of the Peace Community, including the killings of Nallely Sepúlveda and Edinson David Higuita on 19 M...