Lord Taylor of Warwick

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that BAME civil servants struggle more than their white counterparts to reach senior positions in Whitehall.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce measures to set quotas for women on boards.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to promote gender diversity in the UK film industry.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2015, which found that women are being paid the average wage men earned in 2006.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to commission a review into the obstacles that prevent more people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds from reaching senior positions in business, similar to the Women on Boards review by Lord Da...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to promote racial diversity in the film industry.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce the deficit in the light of statistics from the ONS recording the highest level of borrowing in six years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to increase racial diversity in the workplace in the light of the Business in the Community report Race at Work 2015, which found that ethnic minority Britons are struggling against bias at work.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reconsider expanding Gatwick airport in the light of comments by the Chief Executive of that airport.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support is available for disabled entrepreneurs.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the claim by the Bank of England that up to 15 million jobs in Britain are at risk from increased mechanisation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are holding discussions about reducing EU regulation of UK business.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to use the forthcoming spending review to act on the findings of the Institute for Government report Managing with Less, in particularly the finding that "some government targets....look unachievable".

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take, if any, to help Britain’s aerospace and defence industry in the light of Rolls-Royce’s fifth profit warning in 21 months.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the Prince of Wales’ visit to the startup academy Wayra UK, they have plans to promote the #iwill campaign.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote the availability of computer-making and robot-making kits for children.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with Facebook about their recent updates to make it easier for businesses to interact with customers on that platform.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the role of women researchers in the global agriculture sector.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the claim by telecoms company Ericsson that the UK is lagging behind other countries in rolling out 5G networks, despite the opening of the 5G Innovation Centre at University of Surrey to i...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures are in place to promote apprenticeships in the construction sector.