To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether there are plans to erect observation towers in front of Peers' Entrance to provide security officers a clear view of St Margaret’s Street over the security fence.
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To ask His Majesty's Government when the current consultation on banning bottom trawling in designated marine protected areas will conclude, and what timeline they anticipate for implementing any resulting protections.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their consultation on banning bottom trawling in marine protected areas (MPAs), whether the 42 sites currently under consultation are in addition to the MPAs in which bottom trawling is already banned.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker for how many days the disabled entrance door at Peers' Entrance has been out of action; and whether he is seeking compensation from the installers of the door for its failure and the additional cost of security personnel t...
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker which officials initiated, approved and signed-off on the new security barrier on the West Front of the House of Lords and which members of the House were consulted on the design.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the justification for the difference in style and design between the steel bars on the West Front of the House of Lords and the bars surrounding the House of Commons.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, before the approval of the security barrier installed along the West Front, what assessment was made of the ability of armed police officers guarding entrances along the West Front to have an unobscured view of Abingdon S...
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans he has to replace the kerb adjacent to Peers' Entrance with a dropped kerb and whether any reason has been given for not doing so.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to minimise the operational and administrative compliance work for small and medium-sized enterprises.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps will be taken by the Circular Economy Taskforce to engage with small and medium-sized enterprises about the development of the circular economy strategy.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what guidance they will issue about teaching biological sex in relationships, sex and health education classes.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether they plan to issue guidance to departments to undo processes or methodology introduced as part of membe...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to ensure that GP practices, NHS hospitals and clinics have dedicated changing facilities ...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether they plan to issue guidance to the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure that biological sex is used in...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether they will issue guidance to sports public bodies about the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling; ...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether they will lay before Parliament a report setting out the implementation of the ruling by the Department...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to issue guidance to organisations and other stakeholders that interact with the Departmen...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to include the biological sex of staff in reports about those employed by the Department f...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what guidance they will issue to (1) the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and (2) agencies and public b...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, whether they plan to issue guidance to the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that all people involved in a ca...