The Lord Bishop of St Albans

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to providing eligible families with the Warm Home Discount automatically.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the number of households eligible for the Warm Home Discount.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report from the Mothers’ Union entitled Bye Buy Childhood, what consideration they have given to working with relevant regulators to strengthen penalties against companies which have repeatedly had comp...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL5086), when the United Kingdom Statistics Authority expects to complete its assessment of "statistics on homelessness covering homelessness prevention ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether further military action by coalition forces in Syria and Iraq will further displace civilians; and what plans are in place if that happens.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial and other support has been given, or will be given, to the governments of Lebanon and Jordan to ensure they can keep their borders open for Syrian refugees fleeing the conflict in that country.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they have given to traumatised Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent research from the National Farmers' Union on the decline in food production in the United Kingdom and its impact on food security.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to involve those displaced by the conflict in Syria in any future peace process, in particular to ensure that the voices of minority groups are heard.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they provide as part of their homelessness prevention strategy to help prevent relationship breakdown.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to review their resettlement policy for Syrian refugees in the light of the number who are continuing to seek refuge.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to requiring all listed companies to report annually on the ratio between the pay of chief executives and the median pay of workers in that company.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the way in which local authorities collect data on homelessness, so as to better account for the spectrum of ways in which homelessness is manifested.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review their policies and resources which support relationships, in the light of recent research by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Salvation Army which suggests that relationship breakdown is the most c...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to ensure that the legislative process of making the Somerset Rivers Authority a precepting body progresses in order for it to be established by April 2016.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of library closures on educational standards across the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Egypt, following the release of Peter Greste, on behalf of Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to gather data on the number of girls under the legal age of marriage who had married abroad and have been brought back to the United Kingdom, as part of the work of the Forced Marriage Unit.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that support is made available for vulnerable defendants by registered intermediaries in the criminal justice system, as currently is the case for vulnerable witnesses.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether changes to the information and guidance provided on Short Term Benefit Advances have led to an increase in the number of applications for Short Term Benefit Advances.