Lord Pearson of Rannoch

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a body to define Islamophobia; and what steps they are taking to ensure that freedom of speech is protected to allow the criticism of religions.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any abuse of Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in detaining journalists.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are in prison in England and Wales for contempt of court.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the psychological impact upon prisoners who spend long periods of time in solitary confinement.

To ask His Majesty's Government for how long is it lawful for a prisoner to be kept in solitary confinement.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil prisoners are held in His Majesty's Prison Woodhill, and of those how many are kept in its close supervision centre.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 22 January (HL3896), what assessment they have made of the appropriateness of identifying membership of grooming gangs by reference to Pakistani origin.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 22 January (HL3896), what assessment they have made of the proportion of Muslims among members of grooming gangs.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 22 January (HL3896), how and when they propose to “support victims and take action on delivering against the recommendations of the final report of the Independent I...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to initiate an inquiry into grooming gangs.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for banning the wearing of a burka in public.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for prohibiting the religious solemnisation of unregistered marriages to ensure that Muslim wives have the protection of divorce law.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for monitoring mosques and madrassas.

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the population was Muslim at the time of the last census, and what is their projection for the next 10 years.

To ask His Majesty's Government how much police time since 2014 has been spent recording and investigating non-criminal hate incidents, and how this compares with the amount of time spent investigating crimes involving (1) rape, (2) burglary and (3) Islam...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether non-criminal hate incidents are disclosed on prospective employees' criminal records; and if so, what assessment they have made of the implications for the careers of individuals affected.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many non-criminal hate incidents have been recorded but not pursued by police since 2014.

To ask His Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the report by Oxfam Climate Finance Unchecked, published on 17 October, which states that between $24 billion and $41 billion of World Bank climate finance is unaccounted for due to poor r...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks to Stephen Yaxley-Lennon's safety on the prison estate; and whether they intend to discuss this with the governor of Belmarsh.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will sign the Climate Intelligence World Climate Declaration; and, if not, why not.