Barry Gardiner

69205 • Iron and Steel: Corby

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the records of all the sites where waste was deposited following the site reclamation of the Corby Steelworks in the 1980s.

69206 • Cancer and Congenital Abnormalities: Corby

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the ruling of Mr Justice Akenhead in the case of Corby Group Litigation v. Corby Borough Council, if he will conduct a review of the incidence of birth defects and rare cancers recorded in children by hospitals serving the population around Corby and the sites where spoil was deposited.

69207 • Deep Sea Mining: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the independent evidence review commissioned by the previous government and undertaken by scientists from the British Geological Survey, National Oceanography Centre, and Heriot-Watt University will be taken into account in his determination of the sponsored exploration licences for Deep Sea Mining.

69208 • Glomar Minerals: Deep Sea Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to assess the suitability of Glomar Minerals Ltd as a licence holder for deep sea exploration.

69209 • Deep Sea Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance he has issued to the UK delegation to the International Seabed Authority about the establishment of a global moratorium on deep sea mining following recent legal analysis of President Trump's Executive order on deep sea mining.

64388 • Marine Protected Areas: Byelaws

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department adopted the features-based approach for the assessment method for the stage 3 Marine Protected Area byelaws.

64389 • Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of England's waters would be closed to bottom trawling when the proposed stage 3 byelaws are implemented.

64390 • Marine Protected Areas: Byelaws

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the implementation of the stage 3 offshore MPA byelaws once the consultation has been concluded.

64391 • Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for implementing measures in Inshore Marine Protected Areas.

42390 • Marine Environment: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish an implementation plan for the Marine Wildlife Bycatch Mitigation Initiative.

35215 • Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is to complete work necessary for the participation of the UK in the first conference of Members of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction.

32907 • Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22880 on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, whether his Department has drafted the secondary legislation required in advance of ratification for the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.

32908 • Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's progress in ratifying the Global Oceans Treaty ahead of the United Nations Oceans Conference in June 2025.

28878 • Biofuels: Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change draft rules on the attribution of emissions reductions from bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to the country of origin on UK subsidies for BECCS.

27085 • British Overseas Territories: Darwin Plus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the objectives set out in the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs' speech entitled The Kew Lecture: Foreign Secretary's speech on the climate crisis, published on 17 September 2024, if he will make an assessment of the contribution of the Darwin Plus Programme to the UK Overseas Territories.

27086 • Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) waking watch and (b) other indirect consequences of measures introduced in the Building Safety Act 2024 on costs to residential leaseholders in higher risk buildings.

27087 • Judges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many promotions of judges from the first tier tribunal have been made within six months of receiving formal advise for misconduct from the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office in the last five years.

27088 • Councillors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of the principles set out in the Porter v. Magill 2001 House of Lords ruling in last six moths, in the context of advising on promotions from the first tier tribunal.

27089 • Judges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of tribunal judges who have been promoted to become Circuit Judges by the Judicial Appointments Commission within six months of receiving a formal advice of misconduct from the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office in the last five years.

25969 • Commonhold and Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of converting all existing residential leasehold tenure to commonhold on economic growth.

EDM 1156 • Birth anniversary of Basaveshwara

That this House welcomes the birth anniversary celebrations of the social philosopher and Hindu Saint, Basaveshwara, whi...

EDM 1065 • Securing habitat for endangered swifts and other cavity nesting birds

This House notes with concern the dramatic decline in the breeding population of swifts whose numbers have dropped by 60...

EDM 1637 • Government policy on the Hillsborough Law

That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniv...

EDM 1386 • Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill

That this House welcomes the contribution made by the Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill, published ...

EDM 1199 • Legal protection of the nurse job title

That this House notes with concern that the job title of nurse is not currently a legally protected term, despite the hi...

EDM 1156 • Birth anniversary of Basaveshwara

That this House welcomes the birth anniversary celebrations of the social philosopher and Hindu Saint, Basaveshwara, whi...

EDM 1128 • Death of Pope Francis

That this House expresses its sadness at the death of the Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis, affectionately known as the Peo...

EDM 1065 • Securing habitat for endangered swifts and other cavity nesting birds

This House notes with concern the dramatic decline in the breeding population of swifts whose numbers have dropped by 60...

EDM 557 • Knowsley Livv Housing industrial dispute

That this House notes with concern the ongoing industrial dispute at Livv Housing Group; further notes that this dispute...