Lord Allen of Kensington

HL7402 • Economic Growth

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the recently announced Mansion House Accord on economic growth.

HL7403 • Workplace Pensions

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish new rules on accessing surpluses in defined benefit pension schemes to allow companies to access £160 billion in corporate defined benefit schemes; and what assessment they have made of the potential effect the changes will have on UK growth.

HL7404 • Individual Savings Accounts

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their ISA scheme; what the rationale for any review would be; and whether improving UK economic growth would be an objective of the review.

HL7405 • Business: Investment

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their Industrial Strategy; and whether it will include a road map for improved economic growth.

HL5060 • Industry

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their industrial strategy.

HL5061 • Financial Services: Economic Situation

To ask His Majesty's Government whether their Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy will include policies to encourage more firms to list on the London Stock Exchange.

HL5062 • Apprentices: Management

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the study by Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of Management Apprenticeships, published in February 2025; and what action they intend to take to support the take-up of management apprentices.

HL5063 • Construction: Young People

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to encourage young people to start a career in the construction industry.

HL3374 • Pensions: Veterans

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of UK Armed Forces veterans who are living overseas and in receipt of a frozen UK state pension; and what plans they have to ensure those veterans benefit from uplifts to their state pension from now on.

HL3375 • Housing: Flood Control

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure housing stock built in areas susceptible to flooding is adequately protected from flooding risks.

HL3376 • Employment Schemes

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on implementing the proposals outlined in the Get Britain Working White Paper.

HL3377 • Great British Energy: Job Creation

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of Great British Energy on job creation in industrial communities.

HL1138 • Unemployment: Young People

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Labour Force Survey released by the Office for National Statistics on 10 September, which shows there were 597,000 young people aged 16 to 24 who were unemployed from May to July, an increase of 51,000 from the previous year; and what steps they are taking to take to reduce youth unemployment.

HL1139 • Food Poverty

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 94 per cent increase of food parcels distributed to people in hardship by the Trussell Trust in the five years to March 2024; and what action they are taking to eliminate the need for people to use foodbanks.

HL1140 • Ophthalmology: Waiting Lists

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the waiting list of people in England who are currently waiting for their first specialist appointment with an ophthalmologist.

HL1141 • Homelessness

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of the rise in homelessness as published on 3 October in the Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Government's report Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2023–24.

HL552 • Asylum: Employment

To ask His Majesty's Government, under the policy whereby asylum seekers whose claims have been outstanding for more than 12 months through no fault of their own can request permission to work in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List published by the Home Office, how many such requests have been (1) made, and (2) granted, since the policy was introduced; and how many asylum seekers have taken up employment under that policy.

HL553 • Asylum: Employment

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to alter the current arrangements for asylum seekers whose claim has been outstanding for more than 12 months through no fault of their own to be able to request permission to work in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List published by the Home Office.

HL554 • Skills England

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce the Skills England bill.

HL555 • Fuel Oil: VAT

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefit of zero-rating VAT on fuel oil to assist households that are reliant on fuel oil to heat their homes; and what plans they have to reduce VAT on fuel oil.