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Questions for Written Answer for 18 December 2024

Tabled on 17 December 2024 and due for answer by 3 January.

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan for the £30 million allocated to prevention for the gambling statutory levy to be administered by a statutory body.  HL3522
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government how many physician associates currently working in the NHS or in private healthcare have not passed the Physician Associate National Examination; and whether they plan to ensure that physician associates currently working have passed it before the deadline for registering with the General Medical Council in December… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what are the outstanding issues delaying full implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.  HL3524
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning on 21 November (HCWS244), whether, in light of the “serious flaws” identified in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, they intend to institute a review of the performance of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.  HL3525
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish a roll-out plan for Fracture Liaison Services in England.  HL3526
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to use the NHS Planning Guidance to direct integrated care boards to establish and maintain high-quality Fracture Liaison Services.  HL3527
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Lord Black of Brentwood to ask His Majesty's Government what action they have taken following the findings by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman about the failures by the Charity Commission in its handling of complaints about the case of Lara Hall.  HL3528
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Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 10 December (HL3181), when they expect the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to respond to the correspondence sent by Lord Blunkett on 21 October.  HL3529
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Lord Booth to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote trade with Japan, as a fellow member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.  HL3530
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Lord Booth to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a unit within the Civil Service dedicated to promoting trade with parties to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the CPTPP as a bloc.  HL3531
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Lord Dodds of Duncairn to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ongoing violence against Christians in Nigeria, including the actions of Fulani militant groups; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the government of Nigeria's efforts to protect religious minorities from persecution.  HL3532
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Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist in the introduction of a renewable energy support scheme in Northern Ireland.  HL3533
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Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard to ask His Majesty's Government how many migrants in 2024 were (1) returned from the Republic of Ireland to the UK, and (2) returned from the UK to the Republic of Ireland.  HL3534
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Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide any consular support to citizens of Israel in the Republic of Ireland, following the closure of Israel’s Embassy in Dublin.  HL3535
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to make it a policy to publish the agendas and minutes from their mission boards.  HL3536
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government whether mission board decisions have the same authority as Cabinet decisions.  HL3537
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government how many and which Permanent Secretaries have left office since the general election; and how many and which Permanent Secretaries have given notice that they intend to stand down in the next six months.  HL3538
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have further plans to re-introduce the Union Learning Fund, the Union Modernisation Fund, or similar schemes for state funding of trade unions.  HL3539
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office on 19 November (HC14112), whether there are any informal working groups or sub-committees of the HD Committee.  HL3540
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Baroness Fookes to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take account of the role played by environmental horticulture in their definition of green jobs.  HL3541
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Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission's report Findings of the investigations conducted by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan into violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and related crimes, committed in the Sudan in the contItem text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the government of Sudan to prevent atrocities in that country; and whether they plan to deploy any members of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict team of experts to Sudan or neighbouring countries.  HL3543
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Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the £113 million aid package for Sudan announced in November will be committed to addressing conflict-related sexual violence.  HL3544
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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult with a range of civil society organisations representing a diversity of women’s voices for their National Statement at the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2025.  HL3545
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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include specific references to older women and widows in their National Statement for the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2025.  HL3546
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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of establishing a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England.  HL3547
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Baroness Hoey to ask His Majesty's Government when the independent review of the Windsor Framework will be established.  HL3548
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Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to update the assessment of abortion statistics by the UK Statistics Authority in order to comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics.  HL3549
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Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what recent advice they have taken from the UK Statistics Authority on fulfilling their responsibility under the Abortion Act 1967 to produce abortion statistics.  HL3550
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Lord Murray of Blidworth to ask His Majesty's Government whether local authorities are required to continue to accommodate former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children for whom they had responsibility once those individuals are over the age of 18; and, if so, in what circumstances and on what basis do such requirements arise.  HL3551
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Baroness Neville-Rolfe to ask His Majesty's Government what has been the total cost of the Department for Work and Pensions' pension credit advertising campaigns since 5 July.  HL3552
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The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the safety valve agreement, and of its impact in the local authorities where such agreements have been made.  HL3553
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The Lord Bishop of Norwich to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the most vulnerable pupils with special educational needs in local authorities where a safety valve agreement has been made; and how they propose to minimise this impact.  HL3554
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 6 August (HL443), what assessment they have made of the uptake of the maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme in relation to other year-round maternal vaccination programmes so far.  HL3555
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the latest data on uptake for the maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme, broken down by (1) region, and (2) integrated care system.  HL3556
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government how they are monitoring the impact of the maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination programme on paediatric hospitalisations; and what steps they are taking to assess and improve the programme.  HL3557
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Lord Roborough to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to keep and publish detailed records of farmer, landowner, and family business owner suicides in the months leading up to the reduction of agricultural and business property reliefs for inheritance tax, for the purpose of public interest.  HL3558
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Lord Roborough to ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of farmers, tenants, partnerships, or limited companies, who do not use agricultural property relief but rely on business property relief, and who will be impacted by the reduction of business property relief for inheritance tax.  HL3559
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Lord Strathcarron to ask His Majesty's Government how they intend online intermediaries to combat misinformation and disinformation on their websites, as set out in their Draft Statement of Strategic Priorities for online safety, published on 20 November, when this is not explicitly referenced in the Online Safety Act 2023.  HL3560
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Lord Swire to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks of Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman, the national police lead on hunting, that he is "very happy" with claims of two-tier policing of hunts in favour of saboteurs, and how they intend to respond.  HL3561
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Lord Swire to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of  Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Matt Longman’s relations with the League Against Cruel Sports and their implications for his role as national police lead on hunting.  HL3562
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Lord Swire to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly about the leadership of the Devon and Cornwall Police.  HL3563
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to invest in artificial technologies to aid health diagnosis, particularly in relation to detecting diabetic retinopathy.  HL3564
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the estimated costs of HS2 remain manageable and within the planned budget.  HL3565
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the Creative Rights in AI Coalition, published on 16 December; and whether they intend further regulations on the use of creatively owned property to train AI.  HL3566
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Lord Truscott to ask His Majesty's Government how many social homes they expect to be delivered in each of the next five years.  HL3567
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Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government, for each Academy Order made between 1 January 2024 and 30 November 2024 under section 4(A1) of the Academies Act 2010, whether they will list (1) the name of the school, (2) the school's unique reference number (URN), (3) the date of the order, (4) the date on which the Academy was established, if applicable, and the Acad… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government how many sessions each local authority-maintained school and each Academy school provided education in the 2022–23 school year; and what was the proportion of Academies that provided fewer than 380 sessions in that year.  HL3569
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Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government how many school libraries and school librarians there are in England; and how those figures compare with the figures for 2010.  HL3570
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Lord Watson of Invergowrie to ask His Majesty's Government what investment has been made in secondary school libraries in England over the past fifteen years.  HL3571
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Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how many higher education institutions in England offer courses in (1) mathematics, (2) music and (3) both.  HL3572
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Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils sat A level examinations in music in 2015 and 2023.  HL3573
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Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the change in the volume of freight shipped through Holyhead between 2015 and 2023.  HL3574
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Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to maintain the frequency, reliability and journey times of passenger trains between Cardiff and London during the construction of HS2.  HL3575
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Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government how much financial support has been provided to schools for the promotion of chess in each of the last three years.  HL3576
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Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the volume and value of trade between the UK and Argentina.  HL3577
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