Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals for large county-based unitary authorities they are considering.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many proposals to create new unitary authorities in England they have agreed since 2010; and what will be the names of those new authorities.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy towards the creation of large unitary authorities in English counties where there is significant opposition to that approach.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the deterrent effect of fines for persons convicted of hare coursing, in the light of the finding by the House Commons Library that the average fine is £256.43.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many reported hare coursing offences there have been in each year from 2010 until the latest year for which records are available.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of (1) limonene, and (2) pinene, on people’s health.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of air pollutants in the home on people’s health.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of poor ventilation on people’s health.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest estimate of the effect on London local authority budgets of the proposed retention of business rates.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the independent research commissioned for the County Councils Network on restructuring two-tier areas.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of revaluation and the introduction of a new system for managing business rate appeals on expected income levels for local authorities from business rates.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Troubled Families Programme.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 31 October (HL2511), what lessons they have learnt in respect of the use of aid to support mixed public and private health systems to deliver high quality, accessible and affo...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 31 October (HL2510), in which developing countries the UK supports private healthcare providers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the research by Professor Graham Seymour into controlling the softening of the tomato fruit.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of erucic acid contamination of oilseed rape.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the harvest forecast for arable crops across the EU.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the demand for seasonal workers in the agricultural industry to ensure crops are harvested in the required timescales.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they are giving to farmers to reduce the number of incidents of mud getting onto the roads.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.