Lord Kempsell

To ask His Majesty's Government what consultation process they undertook before announcing the recent reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief for inheritance tax.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many staff making decisions on asylum cases are employed by the Home Office; and how many additional staff they plan to recruit by the end of 2025.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 7 November (HL1811), which Chagossian groups or representatives they engaged with to ensure that the agreement to transfer sovereignty of the British India...

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the estimated costs of reversing the policy of the previous government to freeze Civil Service hiring and reduce staff numbers to pre-COVID-19 levels.

To ask His Majesty's Government what are their plans for the future of the Community Ownership Fund.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the commitments set out in the Autumn Budget, by how much the Continuity of Education Allowance will increase.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many government departments met the June target for having a costed and reviewed artificial intelligence adoption plan in place; and which, if any, did not meet that target.

To ask His Majesty's Government how much they will pay per annum to lease Diego Garcia; and what is the expected total cost of the financial support that the UK has agreed to give to Mauritius, including any cost of annual payments.

To ask His Majesty's Government, since the general election, what (1) number, and (2) proportion, of prisoners released early have been electronically tagged; and what assessment has been made by the Ministry of Justice and its arm's-length bodies as to w...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether consultations were held with representatives of the Chagossian community prior to the decision to hand over sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius and, if so, how many meetings were held; and...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many special advisers are employed by the Government.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the portraits of Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Raleigh, William Gladstone, Margaret Thatcher and William Shakespeare, which formerly hung in 10 Downing Street, have either been (1) rehung elsewhere; or (2) moved into stor...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Home Office caseworker employees there were in each month since July.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many investigators, intelligence officers and police officers have been recruited into the Border Security Command to date.

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they are making regarding a free trade agreement with India.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 September (HL846), what additional funding they will provide to schools to ensure that every child between the ages of 5 and 14 has the opportunity to learn ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces.

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in setting up a new returns and enforcement unit to fast-track removals to safe countries for people who do not have the right to stay in the UK, and in particular how many of the additional 1,0...

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish an updated list of ministers' interests.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of applying Value Added Tax to independent school fees on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff based abroad who have children studying at UK boarding schools.