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Questions for Written Answer for 17 December 2024

Tabled on 16 December 2024 and due for answer by 2 January.

Lord Balfe to ask His Majesty's Government when, if at all, they expect that the drug abiraterone will be available on NHS prescription in England; and why NHS England has not made it available while it is in Scotland and Wales.  HL3488
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to advocate for a ban on the presence of fossil fuel lobbyists at future United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conferences of the Parties.  HL3489
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to ensure that medical schools have integrated antimicrobial stewardship competencies into undergraduate curriculums, to help meet the aims of the five-year antimicrobial resistance action plan; and whether the Department of Health and Social Care is primarily responsible for coordinating this with the… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Bradley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to restore the Campaign Against Living Miserably telephone helpline piloted at HMP Birmingham and to roll out this service to every prison in England.  HL3491
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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask His Majesty's Government, further to data released by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities on 3 December showing that alcohol-specific deaths in England in 2023 rose to their highest level for the fourth year in a row, what plans they have to produce a new national alcohol strategy.  HL3492
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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to launch their new Road Investment Strategy; and whether lowering the drink-drive limit will be included as part of the strategy.  HL3493
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Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 26 November (HL2661), whether they intend to make their 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions legally binding in UK law, in the same way as they have made carbon budgets legally binding under the Climate Change Act 2008.  HL3… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the European Union's new General Product Safety Regulation.  HL3495
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Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a current organisational chart of the senior staffing structure of the Cabinet Office and 10 Downing Street, including (1) all organisational units and (2) their headcount.  HL3496
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Lord Kempsell to ask His Majesty's Government what are the objectives, work and structure of any units, teams or groups within the Cabinet Office working on European Union matters, relations or policy, and what is the headcount for those units.  HL3497
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton to ask His Majesty's Government what the budget for the office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces has been for each year since its creation on 1 January 2016.  HL3498
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton to ask His Majesty's Government what the projected budget is for the office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces for 2025–26.  HL3499
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton to ask His Majesty's Government what budget has been allocated by each of the Ministry of Defence’s six Top Level Budget (TLB) areas to the office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman since 2016, by (1) year and (2) TLB area.  HL3500
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton to ask His Majesty's Government what budget will be allocated by the Ministry of Defence’s Single Service Top Level Budget (TLB) areas to the office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman for 2025–26 by TLB area.  HL3501
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Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister's trade envoy programme will continue; and if so, when new trade envoys will be appointed.  HL3502
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Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of deep-sea mining.  HL3503
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Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government what research they are undertaking on the long-term effects of deep-sea mining.  HL3504
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Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government when the UK Deep-Sea Mining Environmental Science Network last met.  HL3505
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Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to ensure that deep seabed mining activities and their long-term effects are transparent.  HL3506
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Lord Mott to ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Action Plan.  HL3507
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Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what measures they plan to take in response to the recent report by the Office of Rail and Road which showed that a quarter of stations in England had Help Points that were not working.  HL3508
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Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what improvements they are considering to rolling stock alarm systems in order to increase confidence in passenger safety, particularly among women, and whether they plan to assess the effectiveness of the IlluminateSafe system proposed for use alongside the current Call for Aid system.  HL3509
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Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government what advice, support and guidelines are given to local authorities regarding home to school transport, and whether they are given guidance on the restrictions they can impose in cutting transport costs.  HL3510
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Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the statutory guidance Travel to school for children of compulsory school age published in January, whether parents are entitled to an explanation of why their child has been allocated a school placement in another education authority, whether such a decision can be made on the basis of transport costs… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what preventive measures they are considering to address a potential rise in excess deaths from COVID-19 in 2025, particularly among at-risk groups, due to the changes in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's recommendations on eligibility for vaccination against COVID-19.  HL3512
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether an increase in the number of GP appointments will be needed as a result of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's recommendations on COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for 2025.  HL3513
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Civil Aviation Authority, airline carriers and authorities of the main airports about the operation of the air traffic control system following technical failures at Edinburgh Airport on 15 December; and what assessment they have made of the operation of air traffic control tech… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the missiles manufactured by the Thales Air Defence bases in Belfast and Crossgar are transported annually to (1) Ukraine, and (2) Israel, for defensive purposes.  HL3515
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the rate of statutory stick pay on (1) employee retention, (2) economic activity, and (3) growth.  HL3516
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Civil Aviation Authority and NATS Holdings about the delays and cancellations at Edinburgh Airport on 15 December.  HL3517
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Lord Swire to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to placing the Devon and Cornwall Police under special measures.  HL3518
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare system.  HL3519
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support local councils in achieving their target for 1.5 million new homes.  HL3520
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Lord Wallace of Tankerness to ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to signing and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents.  HL3521
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