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Questions for Written Answer for 19 December 2024
Tabled on 18 December 2024 and due for answer by 6 January.
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage free and fair elections in Bangladesh. HL3578
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of transnational repression and other politically linked harassment taking place in the UK towards British residents and visitors with links to Bangladesh; and what steps they have taken in response. HL3579
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce a compensation scheme for farmers for any damages to crops by (1) beavers and (2) wild boars, or to provide other financial support for farmers whose land beavers and wild boars are living on or travelling through. HL3580
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a national monitoring system for wild boars and feral pigs to support environmental goals, manage social conflicts, and increase preparedness in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever. HL3581
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to update the Feral Wild Boar Action Plan published in 2008. HL3582
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of funding for the Dover Port Health Authority in conjunction with UK Border Force to carry out checks for illegal personal imports of meat; and whether funding is adequate at other border points for arrivals by air and sea. HL3583
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Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on developing the Avenue Verte cycle route launched at the UK–France Joint Leaders' Declaration in March 2023. HL3584
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Lord Berkeley to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 18 December (HL3382), whether they will publish a cost estimate for the construction of HS2 tunnels from Old Oak Common to Euston before construction work starts; and before its destination and design is published and approved, as required by government procurement rules.… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Booth to ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to raise awareness among small and medium-sized enterprises of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and of the benefits of membership, including by reference to the size and growth of the CPTPP market. HL3586
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Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to revise the school food standards guide so as to maximise the nutritional value of food served through the school breakfast programme. HL3587
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Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce mandatory reporting of food waste within the supply chains of large food retailers. HL3588
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Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of aligning subsidies paid out of public expenditure with the food waste hierarchy statutory guidance. HL3589
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Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have estimated what proportion of food being sent to anaerobic digestion plants that is edible and fit for human consumption. HL3590
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Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact on the living standards of different groups of people in receipt of Universal Credit resulting from the difference between the benefit uprating of 1.7 per cent from April 2025 and a higher inflation forecast for 2025–26. HL3591
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Baroness Boycott to ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the most recent five years for which data are available, what was the total amount of public expenditure that has been allocated to companies or charities for the purposes of (1) anaerobic digestion and (2) redistributing surplus food for human consumption. HL3592
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The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 25 November (HL2389), in which he says that the Home Office review into immigration detention will not assess all areas of the Brook House Inquiry, whether they intend to review the recommendations in another review or assessment, and what would the timescale be… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Colgrain to ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the cost of the work on the Restoration and Renewal programme since 2012 in respect of (1) the salaries, recruitment fees, and redundancy payments for non-parliamentary staff, such as those working for the Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority, (2) the costs of contractors to undertake surveys and preparatory work, and (3)… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government, following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s request to departments to identify 5 per cent efficiency savings, what consideration has been given to economies in the cost of constructing a planned underground Holocaust Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens. HL3595
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Baroness Deech to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to give consideration to the options for reform set out by the Law Commission in its scoping report Financial remedies on divorce and dissolution (HC 460), published on 17 December. HL3596
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Lord Dodds of Duncairn to ask His Majesty's Government what were the levels of overpayments in benefit expenditure by the Department for Work and Pensions in (1) 2022–23, and (2) 2023–24; and what is that as a percentage of overall benefit expenditure. HL3597
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Lord Dodds of Duncairn to ask His Majesty's Government what was the level of fraud and error in relation to benefits payments by the Department for Work and Pensions in each of the past two years. HL3598
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Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the High Court in Northern Ireland that a public inquiry must be established into the murder of Sean Brown in 1997. HL3599
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Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to appeal the judgment of the High Court in Northern Ireland that the Government must establish a public inquiry into the murder of Sean Brown in 1997. HL3600
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Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost implications of the judgment of the High Court in Northern Ireland that the Government must establish a public inquiry into the 1997 murder of Sean Brown. HL3601
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Lord Empey to ask His Majesty's Government what are the implications of the judgment of the High Court in Northern Ireland that the Government must hold a public inquiry into the death of Sean Brown in 1997 for other such inquiries, particularly in light of the Government's decision not to establish an inquiry into the Patrick Finucane case. HL3602
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide a list of all Civil Service committees that exercise management functions in relation to the Civil Service, including the membership of each committee; and what changes, if any, have been made to the Civil Service Governance Framework since the publication in November 2023 of the Independent Review of Gove… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 4 December (HC16604), whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of the reference numbers of Government Art Collection works that have been removed from 10 and 12 Downing Street since the general election; and a li… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Twycross on 1 November (HL1767) and by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 7 November (HC9001), on what dates before the Taylor Swift concert did representatives of the Prime Minister speak to representatives of Taylor Swift in relation to the provision of a police escort for… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Finn to ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on the length of time that (1) Cabinet Ministers, and (2) the Foreign Secretary, should remain in office. HL3606
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Baroness Helic to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made regarding the implementation of the recommendations from the 2021 Ethiopia scoping mission by the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. HL3607
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make it simpler and quicker for communities to request changes to speed limits and implement road danger reduction measures. HL3608
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to devolve drugs policy to councils or mayors. HL3609
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that County Council elections cannot be cancelled for purely partisan political purposes. HL3610
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered alternative proposals to local government unitarisation put forward by district councils. HL3611
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will apply to "small unitary authorities" when assessing whether they will be expected to merge with other authorities. HL3612
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Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of any findings or outcomes of the exploratory work completed by NHS England that is described in the National Data Guardian’s Annual Report for 2023–2024 on the topic of adding a patient-facing function to GP Connect to enable people to see who has accessed their health records.… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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The Earl of Lytton to ask His Majesty's Government how many residential mortgages were handled by or on behalf of UK Asset Resolution in each 12-month period beginning with 1 July 2017; for each period what were (1) the number of compulsory repossessions and sales of underlying security; (2) the average surplus or shortfall realised upon sale of a security as a percentage of the s… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Moylan to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue or replace the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme beyond its expiry date in March 2025. HL3615
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The Lord Bishop of Newcastle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to make apprenticeships more financially viable for young people and their families. HL3616
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The Lord Bishop of Newcastle to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address loneliness and social isolation as a root cause of foodbank usage following a recent report published by the Centre for Social Justice which found that over twice as many people who use foodbanks feel lonely most of the time compared to other adults. HL3617
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Lord Offord of Garvel to ask His Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of carbon prices in 2030. HL3618
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Lord Offord of Garvel to ask His Majesty's Government what assumptions they use for internal modelling purposes for traded carbon values in each year up to 2030. HL3619
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Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick to ask His Majesty's Government when the communique for the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs held on 18 November will be published on GOV.UK, given their commitment to publish communiques within two weeks of the Inter-Ministerial Group taking place. HL3620
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Report on the Call for Evidence about the Financial Conduct Authority, published by the APPG for Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services, and what steps they are taking to implement its recommendations. HL3621
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation from the APPG for Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services to establish a Financial Regulators’ Supervisory Council and to conduct periodic reviews of the operational effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority. HL3622
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reform the process for appointing the Financial Conduct Authority's senior leadership and to introduce Parliamentary oversight of the appointment of its Chair. HL3623
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research led by Dr Mary Abed Al Ahad of the University of St Andrews showing that people exposed to high levels of pollution are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and psychosis; and whether they plan to reduce pollution in cities as a result. HL3624
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure consumers' data is protected from smart devices collecting more information than their function requires. HL3625
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage more investment into new data centres in the UK. HL3626
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential the Laboratory for AI Security Research could offer for both the public and private sector. HL3627
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Lord Teverson to ask His Majesty's Government, further to their policy paper 30by30 on land in England: confirmed criteria and next steps, published on 29 October, what role they intend Local Nature Recovery Strategies to have in achieving their '30 by 30’ targets. HL3628
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer is planning to visit China in early 2025, and what level of priority they are giving to developing a relationship with China built on trade and investment. HL3629
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government to what extent pragmatic but stable engagement with China is integral to their foreign policy. HL3630
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of a "G2", similar to the G20, between China and the United States, and what steps they are taking to influence the establishment of such a group. HL3631
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted an impact assessment of adding China on to the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. HL3632
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an estimate of the reduction in foreign direct investment from China from adding it to the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. HL3633
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Viscount Waverley to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have of the impact on economic growth of adding China to the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. HL3634
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Lord Wigley to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with the Welsh Government the full implications of the proposed rises to National Insurance contributions which the Welsh Government will be responsible for implementing in the financial year 2025–26 and the timeframe; and what proportion of the additional payments which the Welsh Government as an employer… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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The Lord Bishop of Winchester to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to provide aid to Christian communities in Nigeria facing persecution and violence. HL3636
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