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Questions for Written Answer for 17 May 2023

Tabled on 16 May 2023 and due for answer by 31 May 2023.

Baroness Altmann to ask His Majesty's Government how many companies provided bids for the contract to run their new emergency alert system.  HL7854
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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 2022 Trafficking in Persons report from the US Department of State, which concluded that the government of China continued to place ethnic Tibetans in vocational training and manufacturing jobs with elements of modern day slavery, throughout 2022.  HL7855
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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 2022 Trafficking in Persons report from the US Department of State, which concluded that the government of China (1) fails to act against traffickers who subject women and children from neighbouring Asian countries, Africa, and the Americas to forced labour and sex trafficking within that… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Bradshaw to ask His Majesty's Government how much is spent at present in subsidies for rail freight, including for the development of express parcel delivery traffic.  HL7857
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Lord Bradshaw to ask His Majesty's Government how much per annum is allocated to road building in England, as opposed to maintenance.  HL7858
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Lord Bradshaw to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they estimate would have been needed to supplement the bus service improvement plans called for in March 2021 if the submissions of the local transport authorities had been implemented in full.  HL7859
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Lord Bradshaw to ask His Majesty's Government how much it would cost to reduce public transport fares by (1) 30 per cent, and (2) 40 per cent, taking into account the likely increase in passenger numbers.  HL7860
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Lord Carrington of Fulham to ask His Majesty's Government whether Network Rail has requested Government funding for the proposed redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station, in particular for (1) additional lifts and escalators, and (2) the enlargement of the first-floor mezzanine level, to provide a separate route through the station on a different level to the gate line of ticket… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Carrington of Fulham to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the impact of the full opening of the Elizabeth Line on passenger interchange numbers at Liverpool Street Station; and if so, what impact is expected.  HL7862
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Lord Carrington of Fulham to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total income that has been generated by Network Rail's estate at Liverpool Street station over each of the past five years.  HL7863
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Lord Carrington of Fulham to ask His Majesty's Government whether they require Network Rail to maximise income generation at each site within its estate, regardless of heritage or other impacts; and if so, whether they will publish that policy.  HL7864
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Lord Carrington of Fulham to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have guidance in place preventing Network Rail from using the proceeds resulting from developing those parts of its estate with little or no heritage impact to fund high-cost improvements at sensitive heritage locations.  HL7865
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Lord Carrington of Fulham to ask His Majesty's Government what guidance applies to Network Rail entering into contracts with private companies to develop publicly owned assets for private profit; and whether a public tender for contracts is required.  HL7866
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The Lord Bishop of Durham to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda; and what humanitarian and financial support they are providing in response.  HL7867
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Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s 2022 report on UK aid’s results in education, and their official response to that report, what progress they have made in reforming and improving their capacity to assess the impact of their basic education programmes on improving foundational learning outcomes for children in partn… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of free, quality, public education systems in the developing world, particularly in areas where state provision is weak or non-existent.  HL7869
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Lord Harris of Haringey to ask His Majesty's Government which Ministers, including those at Cabinet level, have used private aircraft on official business during the past 12 months; and, for each journey, what were (1) the destinations travelled to and from, (2) the dates, and (3) the cost of travel.  HL7870
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Lord Harris of Haringey to ask His Majesty's Government which Ministers, including those at Cabinet level, have used military aircraft during the past 12 months; and, for each journey, what were (1) the destinations travelled to and from, (2) the dates, and (3) the cost of travel.  HL7871
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Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using the Export Control Act 2002 to filter unsuitable items crossing from Northern Ireland into the Republic of Ireland to prevent a border in the Irish Sea.  HL7872
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 11 May (HL7210), whether they will place copies of the “internal toolkit” and the “two models” referred to in that answer in the Library of the House.  HL7873
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Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what partnership arrangements they have in place to make progress on priority areas for the 2023 Global Refugee Forum.  HL7874
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Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government which of the Recommendations from the High Level Officials Meeting of 2021 following the Global Refugee Forum in 2019, they consider not to apply to the UK; and, in each case, what is their primary reason for this assessment.  HL7875
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Lord Hylton to ask His Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Azerbaijan about (1) that government’s artillery, mortar and drone attack on the village of Sotk in Armenia on 11 May, and (2) the continuing blockade of the Lachin Corridor, which has isolated at least four local communities; and whether they will consult the Organisation for Sec… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Kingsmill to ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to address the current shortage of baby milk formula.  HL7877
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Lord Pearson of Rannoch to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 15 May (HL7542), what assessment they have made of any effect arising from funding from Qatar Foundation International on the teaching of religious education and Arabic in UK schools.  HL7878
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government how many gambling or gaming machines are present on military bases in the UK.  HL7879
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to launch the consultation on gambling advertising promised in their white paper, 'High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age', published on 27 April.  HL7880
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Lord Selkirk of Douglas to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the case (1) for preserving the historic fabric of RAF Scampton, (2) for commemorating (a) the 53 RAF personnel who died on the Dambusters Raid, and (b) the 55,573 who died in total during operations with RAF Bomber Command, and (3) for providing necessities for any refugees to be ac… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 27 April (HL7380), whether they considered whether materials disseminated by public bodies in support of a public health campaign to increase routine vaccination uptake were seen to "promote the prescription, supply, sale or use" of specific medicine or medicines, either intentional… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the (1) availability, and (2) reliability, of broadband in rural communities.  HL7883
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure in each year since 2018.  HL7884
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government how national employment support is (1) targeted, and (2) funded.  HL7885
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Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 22 February (HL5634), how much it would cost the taxpayer to equalise the VAT rate for public charging (20 per cent) and home charging (5 per cent) for electric vehicles.  HL7886
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on innovation in the UK’s logistics sector of the UK’s potential departure from the Horizon Programme.  HL7887
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on innovation in the logistics sector of the Pioneer prospectus.  HL7888
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have for a successor to the Freight Innovation Fund for 2024 onwards.  HL7889
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the ability to trial innovative logistics vehicles in the UK of the UK’s current planning and regulatory systems.  HL7890
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the ability to trial innovative logistics vehicles in the UK resulting from delaying the introduction of the Transport Bill mentioned in the Queen’s Speech on 10 May 2022.  HL7891
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the proposed period test for an HGV Driver Certificate for Professional Competence on (1) the hours of training undertaken by HGV drivers, and (2) road safety.  HL7892
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