Baroness Altmann

HL9572 • Investment

To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that investors in long term asset funds are protected against the losses, gating and trading suspensions which have arisen when open-ended funds cannot sell their investments to meet redemptions.

HL9573 • Investment

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the suitability of (1) closed-ended and (2) open-ended investment companies for holding illiquid long-term real assets.

HL9574 • Investment

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to protect UK-listed closed-ended funds against cost-disclosure regulations which deter investment.

HL9575 • Chronic Illnesses: Health Services

To ask His Majesty's Government what they have done to ensure parity in patient education and empowerment resources between osteoporosis and other long-term conditions.

HL9030 • Government Securities

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential demand from defined benefit pension funds and insurers for new issuance of Government bonds aiming to match pension liabilities or annuities and linked to (1) consumer price index, (2) limited price indexation and (3) life expectancy in the United Kingdom.

HL8992 • Pension Funds

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of pension fund buyouts on the volume of gilt sales in the government bond market.

HL8993 • Annuities

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Debt Management Office and the Bank of England about the impact of quantitative tightening gilt sales on insurance company sales of gilts following bulk annuity transactions.

HL8994 • Pension Funds

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that (1) regulatory risk aversion, and (2) the encouragement of pension fund buyouts and the accompanying sales of holdings of UK Government bonds once buyout is completed, have had on the availability and cost of start-up and scale-up capital in the UK.

HL8995 • Annuities

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the sale of Government bonds by insurance companies who have taken over pension fund assets in exchange for annuities on (1) growth and (2) Government bond yields.

HL8996 • Pension Funds

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the potential use of UK-listed closed-ended investment companies in order to fulfil the Mansion House pension fund commitments, and (2) the risks to pension scheme members of using open-ended long-term asset funds to hold illiquid long-term assets.

HL7879 • Pension Funds: Investment Trusts

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of listed closed-ended investment companies by pension funds as a means for smaller schemes to invest in illiquid alternative assets such as energy, housing, infrastructure and small businesses.

HL7880 • Investment Trusts: Disclosure of Information

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of information provided by retail investment platforms to investors in UK-listed closed-ended investment companies, and specifically that relating to whether charges are deducted directly from shareholders or are expenses paid by the company.

HL7881 • Blood

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of donated blood which is discarded due to the lack of MHRA authorisation for the use of medically relevant components, other than immunoglobulin and albumin, from blood donated in the UK.

HL7882 • Defence: Equality

To ask His Majesty's Government what individual diversity networks, and trade union diversity networks, are recognised by the Ministry of Defence and each of the Armed Forces.

HL7883 • Universities: Databases

To ask His Majesty's Government what requirements are placed on universities to collect data on (1) sex, (2) gender, (3) gender identity or (4) gender reassignment, of students when (a) applying for university, (b) joining the university and (c) graduating from university, and whether they have reports showing what data are collected.

HL7884 • Government Departments: Advertising

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to section 3 of the Government Communication Service's SAFE Framework: the 4 principles for HMG Brand Safety, whether the expression of gender-critical comments would be considered as "content that could be perceived as offensive to protected groups in society".

HL6625 • Subversion: Iran

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to counter Iranian state activities in the UK, particularly with regard to the Al Quds Day marches on 23 March.

HL5580 • Housing Benefit and Pension Credit

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made in bringing together the administration of Pension Credit and Housing Benefit.

HL5581 • Attendance Allowance

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average processing time for Attendance Allowance.

HL4579 • Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that low-paid workers in net pay workplace pension schemes can receive the same level of tax relief as they would if their employer used a relief at source scheme; and, if so, when they intend to implement them.