Lord Jones of Cheltenham

To ask Her Majesty's Government why an applicant for a spouse extension visa may not apply more than 28 days before the expiry of their current visa when the standard processing time for such extensions for someone resident in the UK is eight weeks; and w...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the additional workload of dealing with urgent problems of the Windrush generation will have any impact on timescales for processing spouse extension and other types of visa applications; and if so, whether they hav...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time for processing spouse extension visa applications.

To ask Her Majesty's Government why no premium service interviews are available for applicants for spouse extension visas.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to authorise and commission the removal of cataracts from Jonathan, the oldest giant tortoise in the world who lives in the grounds of the residence of the Governor of St Helena, in order to increase the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to press members of the Commonwealth to abolish laws which discriminate against the LGBT community.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they intend to take to eradicate the market in rhino horn products to protect the world’s population of rhinoceroses.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they intend to take to eradicate the market in ivory to protect the world’s population of elephants.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the report in the Farmers Guardian that up to a quarter of UK farms could go bankrupt after the UK leaves the EU; and what reassurances they can give to farmers that their plans for changes to farm...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to assist dairy farmers to stay in business.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the then Immigration Minister was invited to visit De La Rue’s Gateshead site during the tender process for the new British passports; if so, whether that invitation was accepted; and if not, who made the decision n...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to assess the impact on Gateshead of the decision to choose Gemalto to produce the new British passports; and if so, how they intend to ensure that the community in Gateshead is not "cast aside" (in the ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that choosing a foreign company to produce the new British passports will not undermine British security and essential services, as outlined in their 2017 manifesto.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the decision to award the contract for the new British passports to Gemalto, what estimate they have made of (1) the number of UK jobs that will be lost, (2) the number of UK jobs that will be created, (3) the co...

To ask Her Majesty's Government why they chose Gemalto to produce the new British passports; and what assessment they have made of profit warnings issued by Gemalto.

To ask Her Majesty's Government where the new British passports will be produced; and what proportion will be produced in the UK.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with (1) the government of Saudi Arabia, (2) the EU, (3) the United Nations, and (4) the government of Yemen, concerning the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they plan to introduce to deal with the border between Gibraltar and Spain following the UK’s departure from the EU; and what negotiations have taken place with (1) the EU, and (2) Gibraltar, regarding tho...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what economic and logistical plans they are making to assist the UK Overseas Territories following the UK’s departure from the EU.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to assess the views and concerns of all the UK Overseas Territories regarding the UK’s departure from the EU.