Lord Alton of Liverpool

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of (1) the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and (2) and the People’s Republic of China, about (a) Hong Kong’s basic freedoms, including freedom of expression, an...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that HS2 will go significantly over budget; and whether they will consider using the funds allocated to HS2 to improve existing infrastructure, including railway lines in the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the side effects of anti-depressants; and for how long on average anti-depressants are taken by patients.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many anti-depressants have been dispensed to (1) people under 18 years old, and (2) primary school children in each of the past ten years; and what was the total cost to the NHS.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to discuss the obligations under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the government of Burma; and whether they intend to call for a revision of Burma’s Official Secrets Act to br...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conditions in which Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are incarcerated; and what representations they have made to the government of Burma about reports that they have been denied (1) sleep durin...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to the United Nations Special Rapporteurs who have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo following their arrest and detention for reporting on human right...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they give to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to support the complaint recently filed by Alessandro Amicarelli to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention against China for its use of arbitrary detention against unregistered religious...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many anti-depressants have been dispensed by the NHS in each of the past ten years; and what was the total cost to the NHS.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) prosecutions, and (2) convictions, for female genital mutilation there have been since it was criminalised in 1985; and in each case, what sentences were imposed by the courts.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reconsider the decision of the UK Visa Agency to suspend the licence of the charity, L’Arche, to sponsor international visa applicants under the rules for Tier 5 visas for Temporary Charity Workers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose the establishment of an international day commemorating the victims and survivors of religious persecution to be held annually on 3 August.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that communities in Plateau State, Nigeria, who have been victims of attacks by Fulani herder militia have been searched for weapons though the perpetrators of such attacks have not...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 March (HL5931, HL5932 and HL5933), what progress has been made in assessing the capacity of the Iraqi courts to prosecute Daesh in pursuance of UN Security Co...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent disclosure during a plenary session of the Nigerian House of Representatives that 52 villages in four local government areas in Plateau State have been occupied by the herder mil...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they are making to ensure that their public procurement policies do not involve supply chains in which slave labour is used.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether it is safe to deport families, including children, to Pakistan when there is evidence that they have received death threats due to their religious beliefs; when they last considered...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports and satellite images in The Wall Street Journal on 1 July which suggest that North Korea is completing a major expansion of a significant missile manufacturing facility in Hamhung a...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full time teachers left the profession last year; and how many teachers were in service in each of the past ten years.