The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 21st May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure the Gambling Commission complies with its obligations under the Gambling Act 2005, including taking regulatory action against operators if necessary to protect vulnerable people from harm.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about role of the gambling commission in regulatory action”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 21st May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to redefine affordable housing according to local incomes instead of market rates.
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The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on access to mental health support services for those in isolated and rural areas on 20th May 2025, during a discussion on declining life expectancies and poverty related inequalities:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: My Lords, I welcome His Majesty’s Government’s commitment to bringing forward a child poverty strategy. The interaction between mental ill-health and poverty is well known. Will the strategy address access to vital mental health support services, especially for those in more remote rural areas where they are difficult to access?
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about health inequalities in rural areas”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 20th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what further steps they plan to take to reduce microplastic pollution.
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab, DEFRA): Defra recognises the importance of addressing contaminants in soil, including microplastic pollution. To tackle microplastics in soil, we need to tackle plastics up-stream. The plastic problem is one of management, not removal or eradication, to reduce, reuse, and recycle the material we have and not let it escape into, and damage, our environment.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about reducing microplastics pollution”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 20th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce cross-subsidy between rural and urban areas for franchised bus services where routes exist that are not themselves profitable.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about subsidisation of franchised bus services”The Bishop of St Albans asked a question on rural proofing public transport decarbonisation plans on 19th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans: My Lords, it is absolutely right that we try to move forward to decarbonise our public transport system, but many of our rural areas have quite inadequate public transport already, before we start to add that as an extra burden. Could the Minister tell us what rural-proofing is being done on this policy so that we can make sure that we are getting levelling up among rural areas?
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about rural proofing transport decarbonisation”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 19th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report published on 22 April by Friends of the Earth International, Climate and biodiversity in freefall, particularly the finding that 78 per cent of the top 50 carbon offsetting projects are likely ineffective or worthless.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about carbon emissions”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 15th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government, following the publication of polling data on 11 April by Christians Against Poverty, Child poverty in the UK, what action they are taking to support parents and carers experiencing financial distress.
Continue reading “Bishop of St Albans asks about support for families experiencing financial distress”The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 14th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government,
The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answer on 14th May 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to tackle rural homelessness.
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