To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to consult church organisations covered by the Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (England) Order 2010 as part of the Planning for the Future consultation; and what...
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To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date and at what time the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1010) (1) were laid before Parliament, (2) came into force, and (3) were published on the leg...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the registration process administered by the Office for Students following the denial of registration to Spurgeon's College in respect of financial sustainability; and what plan...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what provision, if any, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service has made for courts to sit in prisons when a prisoner refuses either to attend court or to take part in a video link between a prison and a court.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the implications of the Paris Agreement for policy on the opening of new coal mines; what has been their response to any such representations; and what assessment they have made...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements are in place to ensure the continuation of flights between the UK and Norway after the UK leaves the EU; and whether any UK–Norway air services agreement has been concluded.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals to replace the Berwick Infirmary with a new facility in Tweedmouth built in conjunction with a leisure centre rather than rebuilding on the existing site, and whether appropriate ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what matters they intend to be covered by regulations made under paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill; and whether they will publish draft regulations under that paragraph so as to assist ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that NHS Trusts have been advised to charge residents of Channel Islands 150 per cent of the cost of specialist treatments received at English hospitals.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the Heritage Lottery Fund's Grants for Places of Worship scheme, and (2) the future need to support religious buildings of historic or architectural significance.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answers by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 7 February (HL Deb, col 1592), and in the light of the comments by the Chief Executive of Highways England on 22 March that they will be publishing their delivery pla...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether former higher education students who are EU nationals who apply for permanent residence in the UK are required to have held comprehensive private health insurance during the time during which they were in higher edu...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which education authority areas in England new secondary or high schools have been built under the Priority Schools Building Programme on (1) existing sites, and (2) new sites.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people are currently on the prison officer reserve list; what proportion of those on the reserve list have received training in the duties of a prison officer; and how many of those on the reserve list have been de...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will bring forward a draft bill to make provision for guardianship of the property of missing persons.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that cases in the Court of Protection involving personal liberty are not delayed by lack of representation for persons with mental disabilities, following the recent ruling of that Court...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Bomber Command clasp is not awarded to veterans who served with 205 Group and flew sorties over occupied Europe from Southern Italy, and what recent consideration they have given to this issue.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the mechanisms for co-ordination of policy in the coalition.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that a full and substantive reply is given to the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed to his letter of 6 January 2015 regarding the Shared Services Directorate and his constituent M.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors her Department uses to determine the relative level of central Government funding given to each National Park authority; and what weight is given in that process to the mi...