Baroness Boycott

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 20 February (HL4788), whether they will publish the referenced independent studies exploring the sustainability of biomass electricity generation.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the sustainability criteria for the biomass electricity generation industry with the UK's domestic and international commitments on reaching net zero and restoring biod...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 3 December 2024 (col 1089) and his Written Answer on 6 February (HL4363), whether they have commissioned any independent research into the long-term sustainability of b...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 3 December (HL Deb col 1089), what is the evidence that sustainably sourced biomass can provide a low-carbon and renewable energy source; whether that evidence has been...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stating that they “do not automatically consider or assume biomass used for energy as ‘carbon neutral’, even in cases where t...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 19 December 2024 (HL3060), what remedy the public currently has against a failure by a water company to proactively publish the operational sewage treatment and...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact on the living standards of different groups of people in receipt of Universal Credit resulting from the difference between the benefit uprating of 1.7 per cent from April 2025 and a hig...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to revise the school food standards guide so as to maximise the nutritional value of food served through the school breakfast programme.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have estimated what proportion of food being sent to anaerobic digestion plants that is edible and fit for human consumption.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of aligning subsidies paid out of public expenditure with the food waste hierarchy statutory guidance.

To ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the most recent five years for which data are available, what was the total amount of public expenditure that has been allocated to companies or charities for the purposes of (1) anaerobic digestion and (2) red...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce mandatory reporting of food waste within the supply chains of large food retailers.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 30 October (HL Deb col 1186) and on 20 November (HL Deb col 276) in relation to transparency by water companies, what are the pre-existing requirements mentioned by th...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 30 October that "the commission will bring in expertise from a wide range of areas, including the environment, public health, investors, consumers, engineering and eco...

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to introduce free breakfast clubs in primary schools.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that primary schools have sufficient resources and staff time for free breakfast clubs to be delivered effectively.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure children that are from the most deprived households will be able to access free breakfast clubs.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the monitoring and enforcement of school food standards to ensure that free breakfasts are nutritionally beneficial.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to update the school food standards to ensure that breakfasts served in free breakfast clubs are nutritionally beneficial.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that kitchen facilities in primary schools are sufficient for new breakfast clubs to provide healthy and nourishing breakfasts.