Baroness Smith of Basildon

HL9137 • House of Lords: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Smith of Basildon on 19 June (HLWS717), how the Prime Minister recommending a limited number of candidates to sit as Crossbench peers will differ from the responsibility vested in the House of Lords Appointments Commission to nominate Crossbench peers.

HL9052 • Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House whether she has contacted the Permanent Secretaries at the Foreign Office, the Department for Education, and the Department for Health and Social Care to ask for explanations as to why these departments have failed to answer questions for written answer, tabled in May but still awaiting an answer in July.

HL9055 • House of Lords: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Baroness Smith of Basildon on 19 June (HLWS717) on nominations to the House of Lords, what is the limit on the number of recommendations they will make directly each year of candidates to sit as crossbench peers.

HL9056 • House of Lords: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Baroness Smith of Basildon on 19 June (HLWS717) on nominations to the House of Lords, what consultations took place with the House of Lords Appointments Commission and other relevant bodies prior to the statement.

HL8846 • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House when she expects a Written Answer to be given to the three questions asked by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton on 5 June (HL8180, HL8181 and HL8182).

HL7990 • House of Lords: Reform

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 16 April (HL6583), how they propose to engage formally with Members of the House on further House of Lords reform; and whether they have decided on a timeline for implementing the other House of Lords reforms outlined in the Labour Party manifesto.

HL7575 • Intellectual Property: Licensing

To ask His Majesty's Government how many intellectual property licences they hold under contracts or terms of reference for (1) grants, (2) pre-procurement or proof of concept work, and (3) procurement; how many of those have sub-licensing rights; how many of those have resulted in sub-licensing; and how many of those sub-licences are for patents, and for which countries.

HL7687 • Bluesky: Government Departments

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make more use of Bluesky in their digital communications.

HL7773 • House of Lords Appointments Commission: Public Appointments

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 14 May (HL7117), when they plan to conclude their review of membership of the House of Lords Appointments Commission and by what date a full complement of members will be in place.

HL7523 • EU Law: Northern Ireland

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of EU laws that apply to Northern Ireland; and whether they have any plans to address their continued application to Northern Ireland.

HL7190 • Public Services Committee (HL): Publications

To ask the Leader of the House when she expects His Majesty's Government to provide a response to the report of the Public Services Committee Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people (1st Report, HL Paper 12) which was due on 15 December 2024.

HL7075 • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House when she expects a Written Answer to be given to the question asked by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton on 26 March (HL6184).

HL6452 • Government Departments: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House what assessment they have made of government departments using artificial intelligence assistance in answering Questions for Written Answer, and whether this affects the integrity of the answers.

HL6548 • Government Departments: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House whether artificial intelligence is used to reply to written parliamentary questions and, if so, what is the extent of this.

HL3802 • Written Questions: Costs

To ask the Leader of the House what was the average cost of responding to a Question for Written Answer tabled in the House of Lords in the most recent year for which figures are available.

HL3770 • Peers

To ask His Majesty's Government which current members of the House of Lords will be affected by the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill as currently drafted.

HL2901 • Ministers: Official Residences

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 13 November (HC10698), which specific Minister has been allocated each individual official residence; and what criteria the Prime Minister used to decide which Minister would receive an official residence.

HL3146 • Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House when she expects a Written Answer to be given to the question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough on 22 October (HL1878).

HL2902 • Lord Alli

To ask His Majesty's Government what use Cabinet Office Ministers, including the Prime Minister, have made of Lord Alli’s house in London since 5 July.

HL2904 • Salisbury Convention

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the constitutional implications of the reforms in the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill for (1) the continued validity of the Salisbury-Addison Convention, and (2) the conventions of the House of Lords in not rejecting secondary legislation.