To ask His Majesty's Government how the needs of the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable, as distinct from the disabled, will be addressed in the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.
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Question for Cabinet Office
Covid-19 Inquiry: Immunosuppression
Asked 24 July 2023
Answered 7 August 2023
By Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Elm Zig-zag Sawfly
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the elm zigzag sawfly in the UK; and what mitigating measures can be taken to slow its spread.
Asked 12 June 2023
Answered 19 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Larger Eight-Toothed European Spruce Bark Beetles
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the damage caused by the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle to the UK's forests.
Asked 12 June 2023
Answered 19 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
European Mountain Ash Ringspot-associated Virus
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the spread of European mountain ash ringspot-associated virus in the UK; and what mitigating measures can be taken to slow its spread.
Asked 12 June 2023
Answered 19 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Acute Oak Decline
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of acute oak decline in the UK; and what steps they are taking to minimise its impact.
Asked 12 June 2023
Answered 19 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beetles: Disease Control
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent Asian and citrus longhorn beetles arriving in the UK.
Asked 12 June 2023
Answered 19 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beetles: Disease Control
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat posed by bronze birch beetles to the UK's forests.
Asked 12 June 2023
Answered 19 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Land Use
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on UK food security of giving over farm land to solar farms.
Asked 22 May 2023
Answered 6 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Land Use
To ask His Majesty's Government how many acres of agricultural land which were previously being farmed were given over to solar farms in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022.
Asked 22 May 2023
Answered 6 June 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ash Dieback Disease
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of spread of ash dieback; and what preventative measures are being put in place to minimise the impact.
Asked 24 May 2023
Answered 31 May 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Land Use
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of acres of Grade 4 agricultural land that could be used for planting trees; and what consideration they have given to providing incentives to owners to use such land for that pu...
Asked 22 May 2023
Answered 30 May 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Land Use
To ask His Majesty's Government how many acres of agricultural land which were previously being farmed were set aside for rewilding in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022.
Asked 22 May 2023
Answered 30 May 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Land Use
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for using Grade 5 agricultural land for carbon capture.
Asked 22 May 2023
Answered 30 May 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Dartmoor Line
To ask His Majesty's Government how many passengers on the Dartmoor Line used the re-opened Exeter to Okehampton railway in each month for the past year.
Asked 2 May 2023
Answered 10 May 2023
By Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Dartmoor Line: Railway Stations
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans under the ‘Restoring your Railway’ initiative to open other railway stations on the Dartmoor Line in addition to the second station planned in Okehampton Parkway.
Asked 2 May 2023
Answered 10 May 2023
By Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Okehampton-Bude Railway Line
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to re-opening the railway line from Exeter to Holsworthy and Bude.
Asked 2 May 2023
Answered 10 May 2023
By Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare and Environment Protection: Standards
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the differences in environmental and animal welfare standards in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, and the impact of these differences on British farmers, given the UK–Australia and UK–New...
Asked 27 March 2023
Answered 4 April 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dairy Farming: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage dairy farmers to undertake a Greenhouse Gas Protocol audit.
Asked 28 March 2023
Answered 4 April 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horticulture: Exports
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total amount of exports from the horticultural sector in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022.
Asked 27 March 2023
Answered 3 April 2023
By Lord Benyon (Conservative, Life peer)
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use 4G coverage, which covers 99 per cent of the country, as an alternative to fibre to provide access to broadband in remote rural areas.
Asked 20 March 2023
Answered 24 March 2023
By Viscount Camrose (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
Answered
Lords