Written Questions

Lords HL16485

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people displaced in Lebanon since the commencement of the current phase of the conflict with Israel.

Tabled: 2026-04-16

Lord Roberts of Llandudno

LD

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

The UK has not made its own estimates, but the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has published figures - based on data from the Lebanese Ministry of Health - stating that more than 2,000 pe...

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Lords HL16507

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they will take to ensure that UK and International charities are able to provide (1) women in Gaza and Lebanon with immediate access to sanitary products and medication, and (2) babies and infant...

Tabled: 2026-04-16

Baroness Uddin

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

The UK is deeply concerned about the humanitarian impact of ongoing hostilities on civilians, particularly children in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. Last financial year, the UK provided £81 mill...

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Lords HL16506

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza and Lebanon.

Tabled: 2026-04-16

Baroness Uddin

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

The UK is deeply concerned about the humanitarian impact of ongoing hostilities on civilians, particularly children in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. Last financial year, the UK provided £81 mill...

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Lords HL16505

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to prevent children from suffering from malnutrition or serious and life-threatening injuries in the course of Israel's bombing of Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.

Tabled: 2026-04-16

Baroness Uddin

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

The UK is deeply concerned about the humanitarian impact of ongoing hostilities on civilians, particularly children in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. Last financial year, the UK provided £81 mill...

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Lords HL16658

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants in the Cabinet Office are working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Tabled: 2026-04-22

Baroness Coffey

Con

To: Cabinet Office

Answered 2026-04-29

No Cabinet Office officials are currently working on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill beyond minor administrative tasks such as preparing responses to Parliamentary Questions. The Cabin...

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Lords HL16615

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current fuel supplies in the UK; and what discussions they have held with forecourt operators about securing supplies of petrol and diesel.

Tabled: 2026-04-21

Lord Hay of Ballyore

DUP

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.

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Lords HL16631

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an estimate of the number of engineers required to decarbonise the supply of electricity by 2030.

Tabled: 2026-04-21

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough

Con

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.

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Lords HL16667

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 23 March (HL Deb col 316GC), what representations they have made, if any, to the government of Pakistan about the filing of the independent medical report ...

Tabled: 2026-04-22

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Con

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given on 6 March to Question HL14686.

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Lords HL16415

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan about the suggestion by the Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on X on 18 March that family members of Imran Khan use National Identity Cards for Over...

Tabled: 2026-04-15

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Con

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given on 6 March to Question HL14686.

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Lords HL16414

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan regarding any vision impairment symptoms in (1) Bushra Bibi, and (2) Imran Khan, in Adiala Jail; and, with regard to the UN Bangkok Rules on women in de...

Tabled: 2026-04-15

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Con

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given on 6 March to Question HL14686.

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Lords HL16682

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to require set amounts of local news from local commercial radio stations.

Tabled: 2026-04-22

Lord Storey

LD

To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Answered 2026-04-29

Local radio continues to bring communities together by reflecting local experiences and delivering local news and information. However, it does so against a backdrop of changing listener behavior, ...

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Lords HL16632

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount that will be spent on Chinese products to decarbonise the supply of electricity by 2030.

Tabled: 2026-04-21

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough

Con

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Answered 2026-04-29

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.

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Lords HL16665

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the proposed (1) governance, (2) ownership, and (3) operating model, for the Creative Content Exchange (CCE); and whether the CCE will be structured to be commercially independent of AI deve...

Tabled: 2026-04-22

Lord Freyberg

XB

To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Answered 2026-04-29

The Creative Content Exchange is a proof of concept pilot, funded by UKRI’s Research and Development Missions Accelerator Programme. Governance structures, ownership and operating model will be con...

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Lords HL16698

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential economic impact of the full implementation of financial risk assessments on gambling on the horse racing industries.

Tabled: 2026-04-23

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Con

To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Answered 2026-04-29

The Government recognises the significant contribution that racing makes to British sporting culture and its importance to the British economy. Horseracing is the only sport in receipt of a direct ...

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Lords HL16599

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report in the Daily Telegraph, ‘Chagos supply mission ‘thwarted by officials’’ published on 11 April, what role, if any, the Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory had in authorising the...

Tabled: 2026-04-21

Lord Callanan

Con

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Answered 2026-04-29

The Commissioner has a constitutional responsibility to discharge the powers conferred on him under the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 and related instruments, and does so...

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