To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve English language proficiency amongst those with English as a second language.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve integration in communities by supporting English language proficiency.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support local authorities to reduce spending on translation into foreign languages, and whether they have issued any guidance to local authorities on this.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce spending by the civil service on translation into foreign languages, and what guidance has been given on this.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) total amount raised from employers, (2) total value of unspent funds in employers' digital voucher accounts at year end, and (3) total value of funds which expired unspent, in each financial year since the i...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to (1) the Written Answers by Lord Gilbert of Panteg on 5 June 2018 (HL7937), 20 November 2018 (HL11157) and 5 June 2019 (HL15875), and Earl Howe on 12 February 2020 (HL923), and (2) remarks made by Lord Ashton of ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Berridge on 2 June (HL434), and on 20 July (HL1599), whether they still intend to publish "a new national strategy for English language in England", as set out in the Integrated C...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Berridge on 2 June (HL434), whether they still intend to publish a cross-Government English language strategy, as set out in the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, published on 14 March 2018, when they plan to publish an English language strategy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to facilitate the sharing of information on child abuse between social media companies; and whether such plans will include reforming data protection law.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 5 June 2019 (HL15875), what is the latest timetable for laying the secondary legislation on electoral registers, following the Cabinet Office’s engagement with stak...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Young of Cookham on 5 June 2018 (HL7937) and 20 November 2018 (HL11157), what is their proposed timetable for amending the secondary legislation on electoral registers in the light of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 5 June (HL7937), what is the status of their review of existing electoral registration legislation; and what discussions on supporting democratic engagement they ha...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review secondary legislation on access to electoral registers to ensure that the Data Protection Bill, once in force, will not negatively affect the use by elected representatives or political parties...