Written Questions

To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker on 19 December 2023 (HL926), what assessment has been made of whether that answer was accurate in light of cost information provided to the Finance Committee in 2

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report that the new Irish Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland described herself as the Ambassador to Great Britain when presenting her credentials.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of volunteering to the UK economy.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of volunteering for work-readiness.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage volunteering.

To ask His Majesty's Government why photographs on the Number 10 Flickr account are being published with a Creative Commons license which is not compatible with the terms of the Open Government License.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is their intention to pay off all, or part of, outstanding student loans to those recruited to the armed services.

To ask His Majesty's Government which body will be accountable for assessing variation in waiting times for specialist interstitial lung disease centres between integrated care boards and between regions in England; and when that assessment will be made.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the survival rates for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by deprivation quintile.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of introducing public country by country reporting to tackle profit shifting by large multinational corporations.

To ask His Majesty's Government what powers they are considering devolving to local authorities.

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to devolving the power of setting business rates to Northern Ireland as part of the government's devolution agenda.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they support the development of additional international legal standards specifically concerning the protection of survivors of conflict-related sexual violence; and, if so, what form they consider such standards sh

To ask His Majesty's Government what specific gaps they have identified in existing international legal frameworks for securing accountability for conflict-related sexual violence.

To ask His Majesty's Government what specific proposals they have advanced in international discussions on the development of international law relating to conflict-related sexual violence, beyond their participation in negotiations on a future Crimes Aga

To ask His Majesty's Government whether conflict-related sexual violence is treated as a distinct policy area rather than solely as a component of violence against women and girls; and how their policies and programmes address the needs of male survivors.

To ask His Majesty's Government which specific provisions or areas of international law relating to conflict-related sexual violence they consider require clarification, development or strengthening; and what changes they are seeking in each area.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of international sanctions regimes in deterring conflict-related sexual violence and holding perpetrators accountable.

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with regard to their small modular reactor programme.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of productivity in the building industry; and what steps they are taking to improve it.

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of structural steel and steel rebar procured for use in High Speed 2 was produced in the United Kingdom.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 3 September (HL Deb col 243), what steps they have taken to ensure that water shortage is not significantly due to poor management by water companies of leakage.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality of Thames Water's supply and its potential impact on health and well-being of children in the area.

To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of their decision to approve the Truman Brewery redevelopment in Tower Hamlets, whether they plan to commission a health impact assessment of the proposed data centre, specifically in relation to (1) residents’ we

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report that the Board of Peace is seeking that the Palestinian Authorities remove all references to Palestine in their curriculum and published education materials.