Baroness Curran

HL7056 • Apprentices: Young People

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that young people have access to apprenticeships.

HL7057 • Economic Growth

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the government of Scotland, and (2) the government of Wales, to facilitate economic growth across the United Kingdom.

HL6339 • West Bank: Violence

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of recent settler violence in the West Bank.

HL6294 • Development Aid: Disability

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement to reduce Official Development Assistance and ahead of the Third Global Disability Summit, what steps they are taking to protect disability inclusion in giving development aid both now and in the future.

HL5717 • Slavery: Victims

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March.

HL5718 • Caribbean: Slavery

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have met recently with representatives of Caribbean governments; and whether the legacy of slavery and its impact on the Caribbean was discussed.

HL7846 • Hydrogen: National Grid

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult on the issue of hydrogen transmission blending in 2025.

HL7847 • Hydrogen: Power Stations

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of hydrogen power stations to complement renewable energy.

HL7848 • Gas Interconnectors: Republic of Ireland

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had any discussions with the government of Ireland about the gas interconnector from the UK that supplies blended gas.

HL7849 • Hydrogen

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of hydrogen in the energy network to improve energy security.

HL7850 • Hydrogen

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial benefits to businesses of a core hydrogen network, instead of a small cluster network that requires business to provide local infrastructure.

HL7851 • Hydrogen and Natural Gas

To ask His Majesty's Government what technical assessment they have made of the potential level of hydrogen blending with natural gas in the National Transmission System.

HL7857 • Forests: Fires

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that destruction of the world's forests reached the highest level ever recorded in 2024, primarily due to a surge in fires.

HL7859 • Spoil Heaps: Coal

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Wales in the last month on public safety of coal tips.

HL7778 • Hydrogen and Natural Gas

To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the gas entering the UK via interconnector pipes is blended with hydrogen.

HL7779 • Hydrogen and Natural Gas

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the energy industry about decarbonising the energy system by blending low carbon hydrogen with natural gas since 4 July 2024.

HL7780 • Heating: Hydrogen and Natural Gas

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of domestic boilers that are ready for using blended gas.

HL7781 • Hydrogen: Job Creation

To ask His Majesty's Government which department is leading the development of a hydrogen market capable of creating new manufacturing jobs.

HL7750 • Rented Housing: Energy

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 14 May (HL Deb cols 2301), what plans they have to introduce low-interest loans for landlords to install energy efficiency measures, similar to schemes in Scotland.

HL7782 • Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Project HySpeed, in particular the project's impact on assisting faster decarbonisation solutions for UK foundation industries such as steel, cement and glass production.

HL7751 • Rented Housing: Energy

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 14 May (HL Deb cols 2301), what plans they have to introduce property-linked finance for energy efficiency improvements.

HL7783 • Hydrogen: Infrastructure

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan for a core hydrogen pipeline network to operate in the UK.

HL7752 • Energy: Housing

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 14 May (HL Deb cols 2301), what assessment they have made of the results of the Green Homes Finance Accelerator programme, and what plans they have to take forward and scale up any of its initiatives.

HL7753 • Warm Homes Plan

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to produce a warm homes plan, as set out in the Labour Party Manifesto 2024; and when they expect to publish it.

HL7754 • Agriculture: Land Use

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 15 May (HL7063–7), what plans they have to monitor the amount and types of land that solar panels are installed on in the future.

HL7772 • Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

To ask His Majesty's Government how many installations accredited under the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive reported zero metered heat generation in each of the past two scheme years; and what was the total value of public subsidy paid to these installations in each year.