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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation to force water companies to become public benefit corporations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support business confidence in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make Omaveloxolone available through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many professional libraries have moved out of local authority control since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have permanently closed since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will include goat farmers in the eligibility criteria for the Animal Health and Welfare grant in the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39118 on Prime Minister: Press Conferences, what his Department’s policy is on the use of political party (a) fittings and (b) furniture at official government...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 48553 on Prime Minister: Public Service, what the annual remuneration is for this appointment; and if he will publish the declaration of interests made by the app...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 12 May (HL7055), which sites are being considered for the potential ten new reservoirs; and on what timescale they intend that the new reservoirs should become ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of discriminatory language in schools in Surrey Heath constituency.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement the recommendations in the proposal from the Health and Safety Executive to restrict the use of lead ammunition.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average temperature increase in the UK over the past 50 years; and what estimate have they made of further warming over the next 50 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade what assessment he has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on availability of jobs in the (a) legal and (b) financial sectors; and what steps he is taking to support workers transiti...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Katz on 14 May (HL Deb col 2181), which powers the Welsh Government and Senedd Cymru have over the construction and extension of reservoirs in Wales for the supply of water to English conurba...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who underwent a Work Capability Assessment were placed in (1) the work-related activity group, (2) the support group, and (3) the fit-for-work group, for the year January to December 2024, broken down by gen...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the effect of the 'triple lock' pension policy on the relative and absolute pensioner poverty rates between 2011 and 2024; and what proportion of pensioner households that benefited from the ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reflect the findings of the Water Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote water reuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing a ban on male chick culling on the egg producing industry.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who currently receive the limited capability for work and work-related activity element of Universal Credit also receive Personal Independence Payment, broken down by gender.