The Marquess of Lothian

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February on critical food supplies from Ukraine to countries in the Middle East, in particular (1) Lebanon, and (2) Turkey; and what plans t...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current political and security situation in Belarus, (2) the future of the constitutional commitment to Belarusian neutrality, particularly in view of the 22–27 February referendum ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the UNESCO report 2022 Global Report Re|Shaping Policies For Creativity, published on 8 February, what steps they are taking to support creative industries in the UK in order to prevent job losses and cultural s...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Joint Statement on the Supreme Judicial Council in Tunisia by the UK Ambassador to Tunisia and others on 8 February, what discussions they have had with the President of Tunisia about his intention to dissol...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan; and in particular, what steps they are taking to protect children in that country.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister last discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many travellers who completed a passenger locator form and entered England from a non-red list country since 24 October failed to complete a day 2 lateral flow COVID-19 test; what percentage of the total number of such ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they taking to improve international cooperation on identifying (1) animal viruses, and (2) zoonotic diseases.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK troops are deployed in Mali; what plans they have to reconsider the (1) deployment of the UK Task Group in Mali, and (2) UK forces contributing through the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current average waiting time for (1) initial assessment at specialist Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), and (2) treatment by CAMHS, for each NHS Trust in England.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes underlying the increase in military takeovers in Africa in the past year, in particular in (1) Chad, (2) Guinea, (3) Sudan, (4) Mali, and (5) Burkina Faso; and what steps they in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what communications the Prime Minister had with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey after the Prime Minister’s visit to Kyiv on 1 February and before President Erdogan’s meeting with President Volodymry Zelenskiy of Uk...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employees have some level of Russian language ability; how many of those have reached C1 Operational level as defined in the Common European Framework of Reference for L...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the spokespersons of the Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain on 19 January, which urged the Israeli authorities to reverse the decision to build hundreds...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of China is providing assistance to the government of Saudi Arabia in building a ballistic missile programme; and what steps they are taking, including with inte...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current political and security situation in Burkina Faso, following the military coup which ousted President Kaboré in January.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last discussed with the governments of (1) India, and (2) Pakistan, the resumption at the earliest opportunity of formal bilateral relations over Kashmir since the suspension of those relations in 2019.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report UK Poverty 2022: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK, published on 18 January; and what steps they plan to take, if any, in response...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will announce their decision on the future policy for paving parking enforcement, following the Department of Transport’s consultation Pavement Parking: Options For Change which closed on 22 November 2020; and whe...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the potential (1) economic, and (2) inflationary, impact on the UK of any global shortage of computer chips; and what steps they are taking to mitigate any impact.