Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

To ask His Majesty's Government how many farms were in tenanted occupation in each of the last five years.

To ask His Majesty's Government how tenant farms will benefit under the Environmental Land Management Schemes.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring into force Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) one, and (2) two, bedroom homes have been built in (a) urban, and (b) rural, areas in each of the last three years in England.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the most recent UK trade figures published by the ONS on 12 October; and in particular, the decrease in imports and exports with non-EU countries.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of tenant farmers to benefit from Environmental Land Management Schemes.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the severe cold weather on (1) vulnerable households, and (2) the ability of those residents on pre-payment meters to access Government help with household bills; and what ste...

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made using building regulations to improve the energy resilience of properties.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the planned improvements by Network Rail over the Christmas period will still take place given the industrial action at that time.

To ask His Majesty's Government what data they collect on the average distances a resident in a rural community must travel to access (1) a bank, and (2) a cash machine.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the access to cash in rural areas for (1) vulnerable residents, such as the elderly and infirm, and (2) small businesses.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure the continuation of the independent Groceries Code Adjudicator; and whether they plan to extend the role to allow the adjudicator to open an investigation on their own initiative.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to bring fully into force Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Director General of Environment in the European Commission about the creation of a common approach to the treatment of migratory birds in order to reduce avian influenza rates in t...

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the development of a vaccine for domestic birds against avian influenza; and what assessment they have made of the entrance of vaccinated birds into the food chain.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to encourage the restocking of domestic birds following the outbreak of avian influenza.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the Youth Mobility Scheme to allow applicants from EU countries.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of avian influenza on domestic poultry and what support they will provide to domestic producers.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 8 November (HL Deb col 588), what consideration they have given to delaying the entry into force of the new provisions relating to the Drivers’ Hours, Tachographs, Int...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of awareness amongst UK operators of the requirement for new tachograph equipment in goods vehicles weighing more than 2.5 tonnes on international journeys.