Lord Freyberg

HL8952 • Health Data Research Service: Finance

To ask His Majesty's Government how the £500 million investment in the Health Data Research Service will be used to support large-scale, evidence-based preventative measures to address major public health challenges such as obesity.

HL8953 • Health Data Research Service

To ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure that the design and implementation of the Health Data Research Service includes the active participation of regional and local institutions, including those in areas of high deprivation.

HL8954 • Health Data Research Service

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the economic and employment benefits arising from the Health Data Research Service are distributed equitably across the UK, and not concentrated in existing research clusters such as Oxford and Cambridge.

HL8955 • Health Data Research Service

To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to involve communities, local authorities, and NHS Trusts in the co-design and governance of the Health Data Research Service to ensure that data use supports locally tailored public health interventions.

HL8956 • Medical Records: Data Protection

To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that the health data of people living in deprived communities will be used for the improvement of local service provisions and preventative health measures.

HL8957 • Health Data Research Service: Disadvantaged

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the £500 million allocated to the Health Data Research Service will be directed specifically towards addressing health inequalities in deprived communities.

HL8898 • Furniture: Fire Prevention

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health and environmental impacts of brominated and organophosphate flame retardants used in upholstered furniture; and whether they intend to update the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 to reduce reliance on such chemicals.

HL8899 • Furniture: Labelling

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce mandatory chemical labelling and traceability requirements in the furniture supply chain to aid the disclosure and responsible management of chemical flame retardants in consumer products.

HL8900 • Furniture: Fire Prevention

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that fire safety testing requirements for domestic furniture do not hinder product recyclability or circular economy goals; and what consideration they have made of the introduction of an extended producer responsibility scheme to support the safe disposal of items containing persistent organic pollutants.

HL8901 • Furniture: Fire Prevention

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with regulators and the furniture industry on adopting safer fire safety technologies that reduce smoke toxicity; and what measures they are considering, if any, to encourage the use of inherently fire-resistant materials and innovative design solutions in place of chemical flame retardants.

HL8902 • Fire Resistant Materials: Regulation

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to align regulation of flame retardants with the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation, particularly regarding the classification and restriction of substances of very high concern that are persistent and bioaccumulative.

HL8765 • Crafts: Training

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the recent Spending Review, what discussions they have held with further education providers, heritage craft training organisations, and relevant guilds regarding the development of targeted apprenticeships and upskilling programmes to support the transmission of traditional and endangered craft skills to ensure the sustainability of the UK’s heritage craft sector.

HL8705 • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the specialist heritage and construction skills that are required for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster.

HL8706 • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what steps he will take to ensure that there is an adequate pipeline of traditional craft and conservation skills in the workforce for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster.

HL8707 • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are to develop dedicated apprenticeship schemes, traineeships or bursaries linked to the restoration of the Palace of Westminster, particularly for endangered heritage crafts.

HL8708 • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what discussions he has had with further education providers, craft training bodies, and guilds, about the development of targeted apprenticeships and upskilling programmes that provide training in the skills needed for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster.

HL8709 • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what lessons from international heritage restorations, such as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, have informed the planning, public engagement and delivery models for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster.

HL7822 • Charities: Annual Reports

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of requiring all registered charities and non-profits with an annual turnover of over £25,000 to submit annual returns to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in machine-readable formats.

HL7823 • Employment: Databases

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that employment data submitted to public regulators such as Companies House, the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and the Mutuals Public Register are standardised, include full-time equivalent figures, and are accessible in machine-readable formats.

HL7824 • Arts: Finance

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the case for requiring publicly funded arts councils in each of the four UK nations to publish per-organisation data on staffing costs, freelance volumes, and artistic expenditure on a consistent and comparable basis.