Lord Bruce of Bennachie

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to offering British Sign Language as a language choice for examination in the national curriculum.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees have been re-settled in Scotland, per council since May 2016, and from which country each of those refugees originated.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans there are for reviewing the decommissioning policy for UK oil and gas installations at the end of their operating life.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures are proposed to stimulate new exploration and appraisal drilling on the UK Continental Shelf.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on humanitarian assistance for each of the last three financial years; and what proportion of ODA was comprised of humanitarian assistance in each of ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the annual contribution in Official Development Assistance provided by the UK to India in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the Official Development Assistance contribution to India will fulfil the objectives set out by the Secretary of State for International Development on 15 August following her visit to India.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total value of their support to disabled people in developing countries.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they provide to deaf people in developing countries.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what specific support they provide to deaf children in developing countries.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the total contribution in the form of Official Development Assistance that the UK plans to provide to India for (1) the current financial year, and (2) each of the following three years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe following her five-year prison sentence in Iran; and what priority they assign to reuniting Nazanin and her daughter with her husband in the UK.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to secure the return of the passport of British citizen Gabriella Ratcliffe which is currently being held by the government of Iran.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what changes, if any, they are seeking to the OECD Development Assistance Committee guidelines on official development assistance.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider re-opening a bilateral development programme in Burundi, in the light of recent violence in that country.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Ethiopia in the wake of reported deaths following demonstrations in and around Addis Ababa.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the recent violence in Burundi.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department plans to take to advocate for disability-disaggregated reporting in forthcoming negotiations on (a) the post-2015 framework on disaster risk reduction and (b) the post-...