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Questions for Written Answer for 3 March 2023

Tabled on 2 March 2023 and due for answer by 16 March 2023.

Lord Allan of Hallam to ask His Majesty's Government how many passport applicants were required to send their foreign passports to the Passport Office when applying for a UK passport; and what was the average time that foreign passports were held by the Passport Office before being returned to the applicant in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.  HL6066
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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government why they have not responded to the report by The Right Reverend James Jones KBE The patronising disposition of unaccountable power: A report to ensure the pain and suffering of the Hillsborough families is not repeated, published on 1 November 2017; whether they support the recommendations concerning (1) the duty of… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what is the current status of the Arts Premium funding for secondary schools.  HL6068
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Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with their Cultural Education Plan, as outlined in their Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child white paper, published in March 2022; when the expert advisory panel for that plan will meet; and when the report will be published.  HL6069
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Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the introduction of (1) Music Education Hubs, and (2) the National Plan for Music Education, whether they have plans to initiate similar schemes for other art forms including (a) drama, and (b) theatre; and if not, why not.  HL6070
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Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the discrepancy in the (1) scale, and (2) investment, of arts education in (a) state schools, and (b) independent schools.  HL6071
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Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the plays students study include Black, Asian and minority ethnic representation.  HL6072
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Baroness Benjamin to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that all children, including those who have special educational needs, have full access to (1) theatres, and (2) arts centres.  HL6073
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Lord Birt to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current range of waiting times for funerals; and whether they will investigate the reasons for delays in areas of the UK with the longest wait times.  HL6074
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Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Attorney General will review the sentence of three years for manslaughter given to a pedestrian who remonstrated with a cyclist riding on the pavement on the basis that it is unduly harsh.  HL6075
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Lord Blencathra to ask His Majesty's Government what measures they will take to protect pedestrians from cyclists or e-scooter drivers riding at speed on the pavement.  HL6076
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Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the repatriation of artefacts in UK museums and galleries and the legality of the acquisition of such artefacts; and, where acquisition is contested, whether they have any plans to legislate to facilitate the return of any such artefacts.  HL6077
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Lord Boateng to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the trustees of the British Museum about the return of artefacts of historic, cultural or religious significance in the Museum’s collection to their countries of origin where the legality of their acquisition has been contested; and whether this includes the Ethiopian tabots.  HL6078
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Baroness Grey-Thompson to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enforce the new British Standards Institute Accessible Electric Vehicle Standard for charging stations.  HL6079
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Lord Hampton to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about any revenue generated from Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, and any plans they may have for using that revenue to improve cycling infrastructure.  HL6080
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Baroness Hamwee to ask His Majesty's Government whether all unaccompanied children seeking asylum on arrival in the UK and accommodated in Home Office-funded hotels are now being referred to Kent County Council Children’s Services ”at the earliest possible point” in accordance with Home Office guidance; and how quickly such referrals are being made.  HL6081
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Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government which laws, if any, as listed in Annex 2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland have been disapplied to Northern Ireland by the Windsor Framework.  HL6082
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Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government whether fishing boats that leave harbours in Northern Ireland can land their catches back in those harbours under the Windsor Framework.  HL6083
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Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what is the status of grace periods granted under the Northern Ireland Protocol.  HL6084
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Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the enhanced economic value to Northern Ireland of "privileged access” to (1) the UK homes market, and (2) the EU single market, as described by the Prime Minister on 28 February, compared to the ordinary access enjoyed elsewhere in the UK.  HL6085
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the impact on attendance at school of (1) World Book Day, and (2) other non-uniform days.  HL6086
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Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Home Office collects data on non-crime hate incidents; and if not, why not.  HL6087
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Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 9 January 2023 (HL4491), what guidance local authorities are given on the European Convention on Human Rights when using Public Space Protection Orders to ensure that any restrictions on freedom of speech and religion are necessary and proportionate.  HL6088
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The Lord Bishop of Leicester to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to support (1) an international pledging conference to encourage humanitarian assistance to the East Africa region, and (2) negotiations for the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.  HL6089
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of pollution caused by surface water runoff from highways into the sewers; and what plans they have to hold the highways authorities responsible for the pollution caused in this way and to eliminate the contribution of these sewage overflows in future.  HL6090
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Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of people who will be in prison serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence, in each of the next five years.  HL6091
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Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of people who will be in prison serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence having never been released from custody, in each of the next five years.  HL6092
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Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of people who will be in prison serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence having been recalled to custody, in each of the next five years.  HL6093
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Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of (1) first releases from custody, (2) recalls to custody, and (3) re-releases from custody having been recalled, of people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence, in each of the next five years.  HL6094
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Lord Patten to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of any difference in life expectancy of prisoners to the population a whole; and if so, what is that difference.  HL6095
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of female genital mutilation have been (1) investigated, and (2) prosecuted, in (a) 2022, (b) 2021, (c) 2020, and (d) 2019.  HL6096
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many instances of forced marriage occurred in (1) 2022, (2) 2021, (3) 2020, and (4) 2019.  HL6097
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of number of girls under the age of 18 who are British Citizens who have been married abroad.  HL6098
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by (1) Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 11 January (HL4504), and (2) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at DCMS on 14 December 2021 (88799), why they provided statistics on the amount of customer suicides that have been reported by gambling operators in the past three years in 2021 but not in 2023… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government how much carbon dioxide each operational gas-fired power station has emitted in each year of production.  HL6100
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what investment they are making in the UK’s cultural infrastructure.  HL6101
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to community heat and power networks to assist them in delivering net zero targets.  HL6102
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prospects for progress on (1) the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiations, (2) political prisoner releases, and (3) gas supplies to the UK and EU, of strengthened democratic governance and transparency in Iran; and what discussions they will have with the government of the United States… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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