Baroness Whitaker

HL8932 • Caravan Sites: Standards

To ask His Majesty's Government how Awaab's Law will provide equal protection to Gypsies and Travellers living permanently in caravans on sites with amenity blocks that are rented from social landlords.

HL7218 • Syria: Druze

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent violence against the Druze community in Syria.

HL7219 • Syria: Druze

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about offering support or protection to the Druze population in Syria, and what steps they are taking to support these actions.

HL6864 • Environment Protection: Crime

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to criminalise acts of ecocide.

HL6090 • Nigeria: Religious Freedom

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 6 February (HL4583), what specific measures they are taking to address the root causes of marginalisation of minority faith communities in Nigeria, and what targeted support they are providing to protect individuals' freedom of religion or belief in the light of local blasphemy laws.

HL6091 • Religious Freedom

To ask His Majesty's Government what specific legal and judicial expertise they are funding to support legislative changes aimed at protecting freedom of religion or belief in countries with blasphemy laws.

HL5221 • Iran: Baha'i Faith

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran regarding the arrest and imprisonment of Behnam Momtazi, a member of the Baha’i religious minority; and regarding the persecution of Baha’is in that country.

HL4968 • Youth Custody: Travellers

To ask His Majesty's Government how many children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds are currently held in the youth secure estate, broken down by (1) young offender institutions, (2) secure training centres, and (3) secure children's homes.

HL4345 • Holocaust: Education

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to disseminate the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Persecution and Genocide of the Roma during the Nazi Era, published in December 2024, to schools and to incorporate it into teacher training.

HL4170 • Speech and Language Disorders

To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued on which speech, language and communication difficulties (1) count, and (2) do not count, as a disability within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010.

HL4127 • Tidal Power

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of wave and tidal energy in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.

HL2732 • Travellers: Statistics

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 4 November (HL1791), what plans they have to separate the categories of "Gypsy" and "Irish Traveller" in statistics in Government departments; and whether they plan to modify the Census to reflect this.

HL2441 • Travellers: Equality

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the inequalities faced by Romani, Roma, and Irish Traveller communities; and which team within the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is responsible for leading that work.

HL2442 • Primary Care: Travellers

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the finding set out in the joint report by the Roma Support Group and Friends, Families and Travellers Enablers of digital inclusion in primary care for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities, published in June, that 46 per cent of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people surveyed reported they had no access to digital primary care services due to a lack of confidence in using technology, language barriers and a preference for in-person services, what steps they plan to take to improve those communities’ access to digital primary healthcare services.

HL2188 • Primary Care: Travellers

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 25 October (HL1693), what assessment they have made of the June report, Enablers of digital inclusion in primary care for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities, published by the Roma Support Group, and Friends, Families and Travellers, on access for Roma and Traveller people to digital services in primary care contexts such as GPs, opticians, pharmacies, and dentists.

HL2189 • Suicide: Travellers

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 25 October (HL1778 and HL1779), how the Suicide Prevention Strategy envisages improving the suicide rate of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities over its five-year period.

HL2138 • Health Services: Roma and Travellers

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve access to digital primary healthcare services among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.

HL2139 • Health Services: Roma and Travellers

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made since the 2021 Friends, Families and Travellers mystery shopping exercise in ensuring that nomadic Gypsy and Traveller patients are not wrongfully refused access to GP services.

HL2013 • Iran: Baha'i Faith

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the joint letter by United Nations Special Rapporteurs on 31 July regarding a rise in the instances of imprisonment of Baha'i women in Iran; and whether they intend to make any representations to the government of that country calling for their release.

HL1778 • Suicide: Travellers

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their statement in the Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy, published on 11 September 2023, that "there needs to be comprehensive research on, and better understanding of national trends and suicide rates in particular groups, including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people", what research they have carried out on the national trends of suicide rates of those groups; and what results they have found.