Lord Watson of Invergowrie

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the response by Lord Nash of 23 November to the 10th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee on the Education and Adoption Bill, whether it is possible to amend the definition of a co...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many A-level German entries there were between 2006 and 2009, and between 2010 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many A-level French entries there were between 2006 and 2009, and between 2010 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many A-level Modern Languages entries there were between 2006 and 2009, and between 2010 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many A-level English entries there were between 2006 and 2009, and between 2010 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many A-level Physics entries there were between 2006 and 2009, and between 2010 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many A-level Maths entries there were between 2002 and 2009, and between 2010 and 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many formal notices have been issued to the Academies Enterprise Trust or individual schools within that Trust; and what discussions they have had with the relevant Regional Schools Commissioner regarding that Trust.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to provide support for the Family Rights Group advice service when its current funding expires in March 2016.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding they plan to make available to promote walking to school initiatives when the Local Sustainable Transport Fund comes to an end in March 2016.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Nash on 1 December (HL Deb, col 1054), what is the role of the Charity Commission in scrutinising academies.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost per pupil of auditing the accounts of a 1,000-pupil secondary school, in (1) the maintained sector, and (2) the academy sector.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to lay regulations implementing sections 148 and 149 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015; and what plans they have to propose changes to existing regulations to bring student nurses in t...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish their response to their consultation on the implementation of the recommendations, principles and actions set out in the report of the Freedom to Speak Up review.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to other G7 and G20 countries to adopt in principle public registers of the beneficial ownership of companies within their jurisdiction.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to introduce public registers of beneficial ownership of companies within their jurisdictions.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had, or intend to have, with other European Union member states with regard to registers of beneficial ownership of companies being made publicly available.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what checks are in place to ensure that the sources of the funds of foreign nationals seeking to invest in the United Kingdom are legitimate; and who carries out such checks.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what checks are carried out on individuals applying for investor visas; and by whom.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a Government response was prepared following the submission by the Northern Regional Health Authority of its report Action Taken Following the Judicial Inquiry into Child Abuse in Cleveland in 1988; and, if so, what...