Lord Alton of Liverpool

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they decided not to lay the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 as separate Regulations for the two distinct procedures permitted by them; whether different outcomes are ex...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they took to establish that the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 are compliant and compatible with European Union law and other European conventions; and what a...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 February (HL4327), to what extent the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority contributed towards the content of the Draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondr...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the criteria employed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in determining which equipment, products or reagents require CE marking in order to be used in either research or clinical practice by all l...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what other techniques for mitochondrial donation, other than those being considered in the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015, are being considered by them and by the Chief Me...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 January (HL4065), what grant applications were made to the Medical Research Council over the last 10 years for mesothelioma research, including in each case the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of refugees in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan who have been identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as being in need of resettlement.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding has been provided, directly or indirectly, towards assisting the government of Burma to reform education services in Burma.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 26 January 2015 (HL4203), whether they will now answer the original question regarding the compatibility of their various statements that neither the nuclear DNA nor the mitoch...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the level of violence, civil unrest, and political tension in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new-born babies were available for adoption in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have signed any Memoranda of Understanding or other agreements with the Ministry of Home Affairs in Burma.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the remarks of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Yangjee Lee, on the "significant human rights concerns" of Burma’s new laws and her warning that they would "legalise discr...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 26 January 2015 (HL4063 and HL4228), how members of the Expert Panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) were assured that the children were ge...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 14 July 2014 (HC Deb, col 448W), by Earl Howe on 2 December 2014 (HL2907) and by the Parliamentary Under-Secr...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 26 January 2015 (HL4064), why the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) does not consider that discussion of genetic modification, as it might be considered to ap...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 21 January (HL4011) regarding the challenges facing the National Health Service of tackling obesity, what assessment the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 22 January (HL4043), why researchers "believe that being able to undertake the techniques in treatment would provide a greater understanding of the way in which mitochondrial D...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reasons why Syrian refugees are crossing the Mediterranean Sea in order to seek asylum in European Union member states.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees regarding the number of Syrian refugees in Syria’s neighbouring countries who have been identified as being in need of resettlement.