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Questions for Written Answer for 25 April 2022
Tabled on 22 April 2022 and due for answer by 6 May 2022.
Lord Berkeley to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Imperial War Museum about (1) returning its research facilities to their opening hours from before the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) providing more research spaces, and (3) its response times to enquires, compared to those of similar institutions. HL7843
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Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the rates of interest on student loans. HL7844
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Lord Birt to ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) civil servants, (2) special advisers, and (3) contractors, were employed in the Cabinet Office in (a) 2001, (b) 2011, and (c) 2021. HL7845
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Lord Carlile of Berriew to ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy for providing in-patient accommodation for trans women in NHS hospital wards in England; and what steps they are taking to protect trans women in hospital from potential discrimination. HL7846
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Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 7 April (HL7377), which organisations in Nigeria benefit from the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) governance programme; which local government areas in Kaduna State benefit from PERL; and how much UK development aid has been allocated to PERL since 2017.… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 7 April (HL7377), how much UK development aid has been provided to (1) Christian Aid, and (2) the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, to support communities displaced due to intercommunal violence in Kaduna State in 2020. HL7848
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Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government when the North East Nigeria Transition to Development Programme will end; whether it will be renewed; and whether it will be expanded to include humanitarian assistance to the Middle Belt. HL7849
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Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Nuffield Foundation report, When is a wedding not a marriage? Exploring non-legally binding ceremonies, published on 8 March; and, in particular, of the conclusion that wedding law reform is achievable and long overdue. HL7850
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Baroness Cox to ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of displaced people in Nigeria's central states. HL7851
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Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what value for money assessments they conducted on the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre (1) before £50 million was committed to the project, and (2) before that sum was increased to £75 million; what criteria were used in each case to assess the effectiveness and value for money of the proposal; and whether they will… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took between October 2015 and June 2019 to ascertain whether there were any restrictions on the use of Victoria Tower Gardens. HL7853
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Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the legal advice they have received since July 2019 concerning the impact of the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1900 on the proposal for the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. HL7854
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Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government how much, to date, has been spent on the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and what further sums have been committed under contracts for the design, project management, site preparation and construction of the Centre. HL7855
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Baroness Deech to ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will (1) publish a list of the elements of the capital and running costs of the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre which are commercially confidential, with the reasons in each case, (2) indicate what steps are required before each aspect ceases to be commercially confidential, and (3) provide their assess… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the rising cost of living, what plans they have, if any, to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance. HL7857
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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the Local Housing Allowance being frozen will have on families with children. HL7858
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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the Local Housing Allowance being frozen will have in the northeast of England. HL7859
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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the Local Housing Allowance for families in its frozen state. HL7860
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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask Her Majesty's Government who will be on the Independent Monitoring Board referred to in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and the government of Rwanda for the provision of an asylum partnership arrangement; and when will the Board be fully operational. HL7861
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Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the expenditure on Marriage Allowance in (1) 2018–19, (2) 2019–20, and (3) 2020–21. HL7905
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Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what were the uptake figures for Marriage Allowance in the latest available year. HL7862
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Baroness Eaton to ask Her Majesty's Government what was the NHS England budget for relationship counselling in the latest available year. HL7863
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Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of higher rate tax payers they estimate to be university graduates. HL7864
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Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the top (1) one per cent, (2) 10 per cent, and (3) 50 per cent, of income tax payers they estimate to be university graduates. HL7865
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Lord Faulkner of Worcester to ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of income tax payers they estimate to be university graduates. HL7866
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Baroness Fookes to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported problems faced by British horticultural firms unable to complete export orders to the EU involving the use of topiary created from Ligustrum delavayanum. HL7867
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Baroness Fookes to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to speed up the consideration by the European Commission of a dossier which has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Agency on the safety of Ligustrum delavayanum. HL7868
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Baroness Gale to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce mandatory pre-stun slaughter for farmed fish in line with the protection afforded to terrestrial farmed animals. HL7869
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Baroness Goudie to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, in advance of the conference on the Horn of Africa drought on 26 April, to commit new funding to mitigate the effects of that drought. HL7870
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Baroness Hamwee to ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made to ensure (1) that council taxpayers entitled to the single person discount who host refugees from Ukraine do not lose the entitlement, and (2) that local authorities are compensated for any consequent loss of income. HL7871
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Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include metric-driven targets on improvements in respiratory mortality and provision of care within the NHS Long Term Plan. HL7872
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Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask Her Majesty's Government how they are proposing to address the finding by Asthma + Lung UK that the UK has the highest rate of lung disease deaths in western Europe. HL7873
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Baroness Harris of Richmond to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the universal restart of spirometry testing in primary care prior to the establishment of community diagnostic centres. HL7874
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to examine the deaths of predatory birds from the ingestion of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides, and (2) to review whether use of such rodenticides should be banned in the UK. HL7875
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask Her Majesty's Government what data they hold on the proportion of wood pellets used in the Drax Power Station that are sourced from British boreal and temperate forests; and what assessment they have made of the impact of this on keeping those forests intact. HL7876
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Lord Kilclooney to ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Armenia regarding its neutrality towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine. HL7877
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Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 April (HL Deb col 2185), what information they have sought from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland about a date for starting the misconduct hearing against Mike Veale. HL7878
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Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 April (HL Deb col 2185), whether the 100-day limit on starting a misconduct hearing against Mike Veale has expired; and, if so, when it expired. HL7879
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Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 April (HL Deb col 2185), whether the legally qualified chair of the misconduct hearing against Mike Veale has extended the time-limit on starting the proceedings; and, if so, (1) why, and (2) for how long. HL7880
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Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government how many inquiries into allegations of police misconduct have been conducted in the last 12 months; and how many such investigations are under way now. HL7881
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Lord Lexden to ask Her Majesty's Government how the success of Festival UK 2022 will be assessed. HL7882
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they (1) have held, and (2) will hold, with the (a) United Nations, and (b) EU, on the movement of perishable goods between the UK and the EU under the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement; what assessment they have made of the implications of the International Treaty on the movement of Perishable Goo… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Moonie to ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to place orders with (1) UK, and (2) any other, manufacturers to replace war stocks (a) supplied, and (b) promised to Ukraine. HL7884
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Lord Moonie to ask Her Majesty's Government, in light of the conflict in Ukraine, what plans they have to increase the quantity of UK defensive war stocks. HL7885
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Lord Moonie to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the defensive performance of the Ukrainian armed forces, what plans they have to review the doctrines of the UK military. HL7886
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress with the UK/EU negotiations on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. HL7887
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation on Northern Ireland and trade in the next session. HL7888
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will run for the three years originally envisioned. HL7889
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional financial measures to incentivise heat pump installations if the number of grant applications made under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme exceeds the permitted 30,000 per year. HL7890
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide additional financial support measures when the Boiler Upgrade Scheme closes in 2025. HL7891
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had about including hybrid heat pumps within the scope of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. HL7892
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether male asylum seekers from (1) Afghanistan, and (2) Ukraine, will have to go to Rwanda to complete their asylum claim. HL7893
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government how long they estimate that asylum seekers will have to stay in Rwanda prior to a decision on their application. HL7894
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of flying asylum seekers to Rwanda. HL7895
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister is planning to visit Rwanda; and if so, when. HL7896
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of their plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. HL7897
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 June 2019 (HL16339), whether they continue to be the custodians, through the Government Property Agency, of the Royal Naval Division War Memorial. HL7898
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 June 2019 (HL16339), whether the renovations due to be completed in 2019 have been carried out; whether there have been any further renovations since; and, if not, whether the Government Property Agency will conduct a survey to start renovations as soon as possible. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government, how long the fountain of the Royal Naval Division War Memorial has not been functional; and when they expect the necessary repairs to have been completed. HL7900
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace HMS Scott when it ceases service in 2023. HL7901
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace RFA Argus when it ceases service in 2024. HL7902
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Lord West of Spithead to ask Her Majesty's Government what are the timescales for building the new multi-ocean surveillance ship referred to in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. HL7903
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The Lord Archbishop of York to ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that a privatised Channel 4 will continue to have a duty to deliver diverse religious and ethical content. HL7904
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