Oral & written questions in the Lords and Commons
The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 24th January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to draw on academic expertise to help deliver financially sustainable rail infrastructure in developing countries.
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The Bishop of Gloucester received the following written answers on 24th January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester asked His Majesty’s Government what proportion of cells in (1) the female prison estate, and (2) the male prison estate, have in-cell telephony; and what proportion of cells in each prison have that facility.
Lord Bellamy (Con): There are a total of 10 Women’s Public Sector Prisons (8 closed and 2 open) in England which are run by His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service.
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The Bishop of Chelmsford received the following written answer on 24th January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford asked His Majesty’s Government on how many occasions an asylum seeker has been given fewer than five days’ notice before a transfer to the Bibby Stockholm.
Continue reading “Bishop of Chelmsford asks about process of transferring asylum seekers to Bibby Stockholm barge”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 24th January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to provide education and outreach programmes to consumers to reduce food waste and promote sustainable food choices.
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The Bishop of Worcester received the following written answer on 24th January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Worcester asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking (1) to assess the lessons of the Oslo peace process, especially in relation to the inclusion of regional actors, and (2) to apply those lessons in their response to current calls from regional players for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Continue reading “Bishop of Worcester asks about government approach to peace process in Israel and Gaza”The Bishop of Chelmsford received the following written answer on 23rd January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford asked His Majesty’s Government what risk assessments are carried out when facilitating room-sharing on the Bibby Stockholm, and at what intervals this is repeated after the outset of an asylum seeker’s relocation to the vessel.
Continue reading “Bishop of Chelmsford asks about conditions for asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge”The Bishop of Chelmsford received the following written answer on 23rd January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for annually indexing Local Housing Allowance to rent levels.
Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con): The Secretary of State (SoS) has recently completed his review of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates for 2024/25. As announced by the Chancellor in the recent Autumn Statement, from April 2024 the Government will be investing £1.2 billion increasing LHA rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This ensures 1.6 million private renters in receipt of Housing Benefit, or the Housing Element of Universal Credit will gain, on average, nearly £800 per year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25. This is a significant investment of £7bn over five years.
Continue reading “Bishop of Chelmsford asks about local housing allowance”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 23rd January 2024:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to manage grocery inflation in light of disruption to the Red Sea and the potential delay in shipping times.
Lord Douglas-Miller (Con): The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain, which is well equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about plans to manage grocery inflation levels”The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on whether the government would work with leaders of faith communities to increase vaccine uptake on 22nd January 2024, following a discussion on a rise in measles cases in the UK:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: My Lords, on the relatively low take-up in minority communities, either the message is not getting through, sometimes for language reasons, or there is a lack of trust. There is quite a lot of evidence, not least in other parts of the world, that the way to address that is to clearly target the recognised community leaders so that they can act as brokers. What attempts are being made to work in our gurdwaras, temples and mosques in particular, to get those leaders to commend these vaccinations to the people with whom they are in direct contact?
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about methods to increase vaccine uptake”The Bishop of Gloucester asked a question on the issue of migrant women disclosing domestic violence to the police being reported to immigration enforcement on 22nd January 2024, during a discussion on the overrepresentation of black, Asian and minority ethnic women in numbers of female domestic homicides:
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester: My Lords, after contacting the police to report domestic violence crimes, migrant women in the UK have often been reported to Immigration Enforcement. For this reason, those women often stay silent for longer. What are the Government doing to ensure that black, Asian and minority-ethnic women who are victims of domestic violence can report abuse without fear of detention or deportation?
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