Baroness Eaton

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increase in employer national insurance contributions on town and parish councils.

To ask His Majesty's Government what financial resources they intend to provide to those local authorities who wish to pursue local government re-organisation ahead of the upcoming English Devolution White Paper.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the data released by the Office for Local Government in April concerning the performance statistics of councils across England.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to appoint a Chair for the Office for Local Government.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to refund local authorities following the decision to increase national insurance contributions from employers.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their White Paper on English devolution.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Environment Agency will publish the findings of its investigation into the faults of the Horncastle Flood Alleviation Scheme.

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the Environment Agency’s maintenance budget for flood defences has been spent on assets in (1) flood zone 1, (2) flood zone 2, (3) flood zone 3, and (4) flood zone 3b during the current financial year.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Environment Agency holds regional data on the average time taken to respond to reports of environmental incidents and faults in relation to flood defences.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps the Environment Agency is taking to support Internal Drainage Boards in maintaining flood defences in low-risk flooding areas.

To ask His Majesty's Government what additional resources will be provided to local authorities to carry out their enforcement obligations under the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to invite officials in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to sit on, and become members of, the Flood Resilience Task Force.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to invite officials in the Department for Transport to sit on, and become members of, the Flood Resilience Task Force.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to consult local authorities before Government contractors decide to use hotels in those respective areas for the purpose of housing asylum seekers.

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to allowing local authorities to veto the use of hotels for the purpose of housing asylum seekers in their respective areas.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to ensure that the freedom to pray silently will be upheld when section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 comes into effect.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any risks to a woman's health are accurately assessed before she may be sent abortion pills to be taken at home.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether additional new burdens funding will be committed to local authorities who will require additional enforcement capacity within trading standards teams to enforce the policies included in the 2023 Department For Healt...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of establishing a specific policing unit to support local councillors who are experiencing threats and intimidation.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to support local authorities with cyber security and the rise in related threats.