Baroness Lister of Burtersett

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to set a commencement date for section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent Joseph Rowntree Foundation study of neighbourhood approaches to loneliness, whether they will set out, and if necessary reconsider, the rules governing volunteering while on benefits.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimates they have made of the impact on debt levels of the proposal to increase the repayment level of rent arrears to 40 per cent under Universal Credit.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on reaching a final decision on the proposal to increase the rent arrears deduction rate under Universal Credit.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will develop and implement a cross-departmental strategy for tackling food poverty in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the recent report by Church Action on Poverty, Oxfam GB and The Trussell Trust Below the Breadline: The relentless rise of food poverty in Britain.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to monitor the scale and causes of food poverty in the United Kingdom; and what steps they plan to take.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 6 May (WA 322), what form the review of asylum support rates will take; and which stakeholders will be consulted.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 19 March (WA 32), whether they will make a Written Ministerial Statement when they place in the Library of the House a copy of the review of the way local authorities have use...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Pensions, Steve Webb, on 13 March (HC Deb, 317W) and the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 3 March (WA 278–9), how they reconcile the statements tha...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times magistrates have issued warrants to utility companies permitting the forcible installation of prepayment meters in the homes of their customers in each year since 2002–03.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of providing a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain applications for people aged under 25 who can demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee after meeting essential livin...

To ask His Majesty's Government what number and proportion of people aged under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the Immigration Rules Appendix Private Life were granted a fee waiver in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the total number of people who are currently eligible for the five-year route to settlement introduced in 2022 as Appendix Private Life to the Immigration Rules, and (2) the number of tho...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of multiple placement moves on the well-being and mental health of children in the care system in England.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the charity Become Home for Christmas, published on 2 January; and in particular, the finding that, on average, 150 children in the care system in England were moved each day ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme with the Energy Bill Discount Scheme will have on the hospice sector.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 24 January (HL Deb cols 93–94), what plans they have, if any, (1) to publish regular data on the numbers of families and children affected simultaneously by the benef...

To ask His Majesty's Government what processes they have put in place to allow people on Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme to be joined by family members who were not evacuated to the UK under Operation Pitting; and why those resettled ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to safeguard the ability of refugees and people seeking asylum to reunite with family members in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.