Baroness Drake

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of the financial sector, including the pension sector, in decarbonising the UK economy while safeguarding investors' interests.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they anticipate the Bank of England will publish the results of its second climate biennial exploratory scenarios, the first having been published in May 2022.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 25 January (HL Deb col 843), what assessment the Bank of England has made of the accuracy of the new Low Demand scenario and Fragmented world scenario published by the ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will provide greater clarity on their plans for the phasing out of current emergency financial measures and the phasing in of any further support measures, so that businesses and organisations have time to assess ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what further initiatives they will put in place to build and maintain a consensus with Parliament, devolved administrations and local governments on how the national interests can best be met as the restrictions in place to...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many employees have been furloughed to date, broken down by (1) industry sector and (2) size of business.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional support to kinship carers who are caring for vulnerable children as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure alternative support will be provided if there are insufficient staff available to support residents in a care home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish data on the number of furloughed workers by (1) sector, and (2) size of enterprise. [T]...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that independent governance committees (IGCs) monitor and provide effective oversight of the suitability of all the retail fund choices available to pension scheme members through the fi...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of small pension savings pots held by individuals; whether that number has increased in the last five years and by how much; what assessment they have made of the problems arising ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of women who are carers of children and are eligible to claim credits for state pension accrual where crediting is not automatic; how many eligible women actually claim such credits; and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the number of mothers claiming their full entitlement to NI credits towards their state pension.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of families that would be affected, over the next five years, by the Child Tax Credits (Amendment) Regulations 2017 whereby a child or qualifying young person born before 6 April...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with HM Revenue and Customs about the annual publication, in standard format, of data on the drawing of pension savings that have to be reported as taxable income by (1) age, (2) gender, (3) c...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase private pension saving by the self-employed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure value for money is achieved for the pension savings of ex-employees in cases where the employer transfers their pension pots to a pension arrangement exempt from the charge cap regulatio...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to assist workers who change their jobs, or leave the labour force, to consolidate and aggregate small pension pots.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lower the level of fees for access to employment tribunals.