To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria does the Refractory Epilepsy Specialist Clinical Advisory Service use to make their decisions, and what is its evidence base.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many requests have been made to the Refractory Epilepsy Specialist Clinical Advisory Service since it was established; and how many NHS prescriptions have been made available to children and young people with drug resis

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to invest in professional and technical built environment skills, specifically (1) surveying, (2) architecture, (3) construction management, and (4) planning, beyond the 2025 announcement of £625

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL15076), when they expect to publish the baseline report.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL15076), whether the baseline report will quantify the reduction in child poverty they aim to achieve for the 10 year strategy period.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many teachers were employed in state schools in English as of 1 January 2025.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a super El Niño event on UK food security and the rural economy.

To ask His Majesty's Government what work is being undertaken by the COBR Unit and the Resilience Directorate to coordinate departmental contingency planning for the potential impact of a super El Niño in 2026.

To ask His Majesty's Government what contingency planning they are undertaking to mitigate the impacts of shortages of essential supplies, including fertiliser, as a result of the simultaneous impacts of the conflict in the Gulf and a super El Niño event

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 9 February (HL Deb col 4GC), whether water pollution, flooding and heatwaves are environmental factors under section 45 of the English Devolution and Community Empo

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment has been made of the impact of the 20 per cent VAT rate on the competitiveness of the UK tourism and hospitality sectors.

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions have been held with the Northern Ireland Executive about differential VAT rates for areas of the UK which are in direct competition with hospitality businesses in another jurisdiction.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the provisions of the Windsor Framework relating to VAT on the ability to reduce the rate of VAT for the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland.

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the High Value Council Tax Surcharge, whether the Treasury has discussed the wording required on council tax billing statements with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government; and what assessm

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Armed Forces Covenant extends to Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have existing powers to enable them to introduce minimum energy efficiency standards for the social housing sector, and if so, what they are.

To ask His Majesty's Government what technical controls are in place in the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform to monitor and restrict the download of participant-level data, and how long they have been in place.

To ask His Majesty's Government what logs are made of files downloaded from the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform; what level of detail is recorded in these logs; and how often they are audited.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fourth Report of the Defence Committee of Session 2014-15 entitled An acceptable risk? The use of Lariam for military personnel, HC 567, published on 10 May 2016, how many Service personnel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations she to the Government of Russia on the prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other peaceful religious groups under extremism legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's research study number 713/MoDREC/15 on anti-malarial chemoprophylaxis, including Lariam (Mefloquine).

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has provided to the NHS on appropriate treatment for former Service personnel presenting with suicidal ideation resulting from brain injury caused by neurological side-effects of Lari

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have (a) the Surgeon General’s Office and (b) the Ministry of Defence more widely taken as a result of the 2016 recommendations of the Defence Committee report (HC567) on its inquiry into the harmful e

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the number of commercial flights that would not be cancelled by banning private jet flights to save fuel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which company's commercial plans to supply broadband in Godshill prompted the decision to remove Godshill from the contract with Wessex Internet as part of Project Gigabit.