Lord Allen of Kensington

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to encourage young people to start a career in the construction industry.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their industrial strategy.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether their Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy will include policies to encourage more firms to list on the London Stock Exchange.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the study by Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of Management Apprenticeships, published in February 2025; and what action they intend to take to support the take-up of management appren...

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure housing stock built in areas susceptible to flooding is adequately protected from flooding risks.

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on implementing the proposals outlined in the Get Britain Working White Paper.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of Great British Energy on job creation in industrial communities.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of UK Armed Forces veterans who are living overseas and in receipt of a frozen UK state pension; and what plans they have to ensure those veterans benefit from uplifts to their state pen...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of the rise in homelessness as published on 3 October in the Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Government's report Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2023–2...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 94 per cent increase of food parcels distributed to people in hardship by the Trussell Trust in the five years to March 2024; and what action they are taking to eliminate the need for p...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the waiting list of people in England who are currently waiting for their first specialist appointment with an ophthalmologist.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Labour Force Survey released by the Office for National Statistics on 10 September, which shows there were 597,000 young people aged 16 to 24 who were unemployed from May to July, an in...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefit of zero-rating VAT on fuel oil to assist households that are reliant on fuel oil to heat their homes; and what plans they have to reduce VAT on fuel oil.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce the Skills England bill.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to alter the current arrangements for asylum seekers whose claim has been outstanding for more than 12 months through no fault of their own to be able to request permission to work in jobs on t...

To ask His Majesty's Government, under the policy whereby asylum seekers whose claims have been outstanding for more than 12 months through no fault of their own can request permission to work in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List published by the Home ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to increase the pipeline of skilled workers in the domestic workforce in occupations in the immigration salary list for the Skilled Worker visa.

To ask His Majesty's Government what role the Migration Advisory Committee and the proposed body “Skills England” will play in facilitating the recruitment of overseas workers to train workers and job seekers in the UK in occupations with skills shortages...

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that young people have access to careers advice.

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce the number of 16–24-year-olds not in education, employment or training.