Week beginning Monday 2 December 2024 |
Monday 2 December 2024
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress Great British Nuclear has made with its plans to deploy small modular reactors and advanced modular reactors, and what assessment they have made of the process for evaluating their design and manufacturing. To be answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Lord Bishop of London to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the consultation for the NHS 10 Year Plan reaches all communities, including those who have least interaction with the health service. To be answered by Baroness Merron (Department of Health and Social Care)
Baroness Thornton to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they conducted an equality impact assessment following the judgment in R (Harrison & Ors) v Secretary of State for Justice [2020] concerning humanist marriages. To be answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Ministry of Justice)
The Lord Bishop of Hereford to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve food security. To be answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Tuesday 3 December 2024
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate to ask His Majesty’s Government when they expect to announce the appointment of members for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Lord McNicol of West Kilbride to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that their proposed planning reforms contribute to the delivery of net zero carbon emissions. To be answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Lord Sharpe of Epsom to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards securing additional illegal migrant returns agreements with foreign governments. To be answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Home Office)
Wednesday 4 December 2024
Lord Londesborough to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage entrepreneurs to start up businesses in the United Kingdom. To be answered by Lord Leong (Department for Business and Trade)
Lord Blunkett to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to promote the attractiveness of the higher education sector, and what work is being undertaken by the Department for Education and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to promote the sector internationally. To be answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Department for Education)
Baroness Wilcox of Newport to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards giving decision-making over the allocation of the Shared Prosperity Fund to democratic representatives in Wales, as set out in the Labour Party Manifesto 2024. To be answered by Lord Khan of Burnley (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Thursday 5 December 2024
Baroness Neville-Rolfe to ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have for increasing productivity in the UK economy. To be answered by Lord Livermore (His Majesty's Treasury)
Baroness Quin to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have held or plan to hold discussions with regional mayors in England about the government’s targets for house building. To be answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Baroness Randerson to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the shortage of train crew reported across several train operators as the explanation for the cancellation of services. To be answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Department for Transport)
Week beginning Monday 2 December 2024 |