Lord Campbell-Savours

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons nominated for a peerage for each of the political parties have been referred to the House of Lords Appointments Commission since 30 March.

To ask the Leader of the House on what basis a political party with 7.9 per cent of the national vote at a general election holds front bench status in the House of Lords.

To ask the Leader of the House whether the percentage of the vote cast for a political party at a general election is a consideration in deciding whether a political party is granted opposition front-bench speaking rights in the House of Lords.

To ask the Leader of the House whether UKIP Peers in the House of Lords are to be granted opposition front-bench speaking rights; and if not, why not.

To ask the Leader of the House what cross-party discussions have taken place regarding the recognition of opposition front-bench speaking rights for Liberal Democrat spokesmen in the House of Lords.

To ask the Leader of the House what rules apply, and what advice is sought, when a political party seeks to establish or assume front-bench speaking rights in the House of Lords; and when the rules were first established.

To ask the Leader of the House whether the speaking rights of the second largest opposition party front bench in the House of Lords can be reallocated to the opposition party with the second highest votes cast at the last general election.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether permitted development rights on the conversion of offices to residential premises, due to expire in May 2016, are to be extended beyond that date.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proportionality objective on appointments to the House of Lords as set out in the agreement made by the governing parties in the 2010–15 Coalition agreement remains an objective for Her Majesty's Government over...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the benefits to the Exchequer of ending the right to transfer from a deceased spouse to a remaining spouse the unused inheritance tax nil rate threshold band.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of raising the inheritance tax threshold to £500,000.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost of raising the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the gain to the Exchequer of ending relief against tax to gifts made up to seven years prior to death.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the effect on receipts to the Exchequer of the abolition of inheritance tax and the taxing of recipients of inherited wealth at the recipients' marginal rate of tax.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list all the exemptions from inheritance tax.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list all classes of assets which are subject to relief from inheritance tax.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 110 named persons referred by the Australian authorities to the National Crime Agency have been (1) the subject of an investigation, (2) the subject of a charge, (3) prosecuted, and (4) the subject of treatm...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the Australian referrals of paedophile activity were made to the National Crime Agency.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether documentation held by the Highways Agency on the M4 junctions smart motorway proposals includes any reference to the charging of motorists within those junctions.