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Questions for Written Answer for 14 November 2022

Tabled on 9 November 2022 and due for answer by 23 November 2022.

Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the peace process in Ethiopia; and what representations they plan to make to the government of Ethiopia on the need to investigate atrocity crimes committed in recent months and bring those responsible to account.  HL3304
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Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask His Majesty's Government how many Regional Levelling Up Directors have been appointed so far.  HL3305
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Lord Bassam of Brighton to ask His Majesty's Government what the annual pay rate will be for a Regional Director of Levelling Up.  HL3306
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Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government whether the draft Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 apply to any type of (1) electric bike, or (2) electric scooter; and if so, in which part.  HL3307
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Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 8 November (HL2955), what criteria they used to decide which privy councillors would be given ex officio status and were therefore invited to attend the Accession Council on the 10 September.  HL3308
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Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the finding in the HM Inspectorate and Probation report Offender Management in Custody, published on 2 November, that only 25 per cent of keywork sessions were delivered against the prescribed model in May, what is the current rate of the delivery of keywork sessions in each of the prisons where staff have been auth… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children went missing from Home Office commissioned hotel accommodation in each month in the period from April to October.  HL3310
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Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government how many referrals to the National Referral Mechanism regarding unaccompanied children seeking asylum and placed in Home Office commissioned accommodation were made in each month from July to October.  HL3311
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Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government how many serious incident notifications regarding unaccompanied children seeking asylum and placed in Home Office commissioned accommodation were made to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel in the period from April to October.  HL3312
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Baroness Harding of Winscombe to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce legislation to regulate physician associates and anaesthesia associates.  HL3313
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government whether they require all home insulation and energy efficiency products recommended for retrofitting domestic properties to have (1) the appropriate product accreditation, (2) building regulations approval, and (3) evidence of gas safety compliance.  HL3314
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to analyse the risk of radon gas build-up in homes arising from the installation of insulation and other retrofit products approved by Government.  HL3315
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to ask His Majesty's Government what long-term impact assessments are required for home insulation and energy efficiency products in order for them to qualify for the PAS2035 standard.  HL3316
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what mechanism they will use to ensure that small operators are aware of the changes introduced under the Drivers' Hours, Tachographs, International Road Haulage and Licensing of Operators (Amendment) Regulations 2022.  HL3317
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of awareness amongst UK operators of the requirement for new tachograph equipment in goods vehicles weighing more than 2.5 tonnes on international journeys.  HL3318
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 8 November (HL Deb col 588), what consideration they have given to delaying the entry into force of the new provisions relating to the Drivers’ Hours, Tachographs, International Road Haulage and Licensing of Operators (Amendment) Regulations 2022 until (1) there i… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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The Duke of Montrose to ask His Majesty's Government what resources they are providing to the administration in Tigray to assist with the famine in that area; and what steps they are taking to increase such resources.  HL3320
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Lord Pendry to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of policing football clubs in the coming season; and what comparison they have made with the previous season.  HL3321
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Lord Pendry to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the restrictions placed on football clubs wishing to upgrade their facilities.  HL3322
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Lord Pendry to ask His Majesty's Government whether their assistance with rising energy costs will extend to football clubs.  HL3323
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Baroness Redfern to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the volumes of Russian steel entering the UK that have been processed in third countries; and whether steel entering the country in this way would violate existing sanctions.  HL3324
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Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding the UK has contributed to the G7 Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Crises Compact since 2021.  HL3325
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Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) their relationship with Oak National Academy, and (2) the ways in which students are taught about (a) society, and (b) history, through the National Curriculum.  HL3326
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Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government how much money they have spent on Oak National Academy; and what assessment they have made of the effects of that spending on the private academic publishing sector.  HL3327
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce new energy efficiency standards; and when they expect those standards to be introduced.  HL3328
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] would have, if enacted, broken down by local authority area.  HL3329
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what meetings they have held with this year with representatives from the mortgage lending industry regarding the increased cost of living and its impact.  HL3330
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