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Lords HL120
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15443), what steps the Attorney General Office's has taken in the last year to meet its legal duty to keep under review the questi...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Pack
Lord Pack
LD
To: Attorney General
Answered 2026-06-01
Whilst the Law Officers sit on the Parliamentary Business and Legislation Committee, the Attorney General’s Office does not, itself, have legislation that falls within its areas of policy responsib...
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Lords HL124
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15443), what steps the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland has taken in the last year to meet its legal duty to keep under...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Pack
Lord Pack
LD
To: Attorney General
Answered 2026-06-01
The Office of the Advocate General, along with supporting the Advocate General as a Law Officer, is the Scottish legal team for other UK Government departments.  Decisions about the implementation ...
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Lords HL104
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish (1) any interests that the Attorney-General has declared to his Permanent Secretary and the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests in relation to his work for Gerry Adams when a ba...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Attorney General
Answered 2026-06-01
As has previously been set out to the house both in January 2025 and in June 2025, there is an established rigorous system in place within the Attorney General’s Office to ensure that a Law Officer...
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Lords HL59
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hermer on 27 April (HL16377), whether the artificial intelligence tool developed by the Cabinet Office and No.10 to identify disproportionate reporting and consultation duties ...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
Con
To: Attorney General
Answered 2026-06-01
The AI tool was developed to identify reporting and consultation duties in the statute book. The tool does not indicate whether the duties are useful, or unnecessary. It was tested on a small data ...
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Lords HL78
To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the outcomes of the recent elections in the devolved nations, what steps they plan to take to improve their capacity to "work closely with the devolved governments" as stated in the King's Speech made o...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Lord Wigley
Lord Wigley
PC
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-06-01
This government has been clear since day one that rebuilding the country requires UK-wide delivery, working effectively with all levels of government. Good intergovernmental relations remain a prio...
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Lords HL61
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 23 April (HL16380), whether any teams modelled on the Vaccine Taskforce to deliver Prime Ministerial priorities have now been established; and...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-06-01
Government has started the first two pilots of these taskforces. One that will improve data sharing across the criminal justice system with work taking place between the Ministry of Justice and the...
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Lords HL2
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in setting up taskforces to improve government delivery.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Alexander of Cleveden
Baroness Alexander of Cleveden
Lab
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-06-01
Government has started the first two pilots of these taskforces. One that will improve data sharing across the criminal justice system with work taking place between the Ministry of Justice and the...
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Lords HL143
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between pension scheme size and member investment outcomes in defined contribution workplace pension schemes.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
Evidence suggests there are a range of benefits to schemes achieving a greater level of scale through greater assets under management. This includes better governance, economies of scale, increased...
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Lords HL107
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 29 April (HL16424), what is the rationale for not including white Irish under the internship; and what assessment has been made of whether thi...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-05-29
The SIS Summer Intelligence Internship is one of a number of lawful measures (as set out in The Equality Act 2010) used to encourage people from under-represented demographics to consider national ...
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Lords HL128
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans for further devolution of powers to the devolved nations.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
LD
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-05-29
We are clear on our commitment to make the existing devolution settlements in Scotland and Wales work effectively to deliver on people’s priorities. We will continue to protect and respect devoluti...
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Lords HL146
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which investment strategy and asset allocation determine saver outcomes for pension schemes compared to the overall pension scheme scale.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
The Impact Assessment published alongside the Pension Schemes Act 2026 sets out that increasing scale in defined contribution pension schemes is expected to improve outcomes for savers. It finds th...
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Lords HL145
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difference in saver outcomes between (1) pension schemes with assets under management below £25 billion, and (2) larger pension schemes.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
Evidence suggests there are a range of benefits to schemes achieving a greater scale. This includes better governance, economies of scale, increased diversification of assets and improved bargainin...
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Lords HL129
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the May election results in Scotland and Wales on their relationship with those nations.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
LD
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-05-29
This government has been clear since day one that rebuilding the country requires UK-wide delivery, working effectively with all levels of government. Good intergovernmental relations remain a prio...
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Lords HL103
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 10 March (HC116158), whether the Parliamentary Press Gallery was consulted over the abolition of afternoon lobby media briefings; and what rol...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-05-29
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer provided on 10 March, Official Report, PQ HC116158:Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Downing Street Press Office no long...
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Lords HL148
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the potential risks associated with an increasing concentration of workplace pension assets within a small number of master trusts.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-29
As part of our assessment of the Pension Schemes Act 2026 reforms the Department published an Impact Assessment, in addition to its 2024 report on Pension fund investment and the UK economy. These ...
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