Lord Godson

HL9811 • Visas: Iran

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) religious worker visas, and (2) minister of religion visas, have been issued to Iranians since March 2023; who those visas were issued to; and what plans they have, if any, to review that visa system.

HL9812 • Visas: Iran

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) religious worker visas, and (2) minister of religion visas, have been issued to Iranians since July 2024; who those visas were issued to; and what plans they have, if any, to review that visa system.

HL9644 • Anti-muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the representatives from (1) overseas governments, and (2) non-governmental organisations, that the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group has met during the course of its research.

HL8766 • Finland: Land Mines

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Finland's decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel landmines; and what plans they have to change their own position.

HL8767 • Finland: Land Mines

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of Finland on that country's recent decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel landmines.

HL8768 • Land Mines

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ongoing effectiveness of the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel landmines following Finland's recent decision to withdraw from it.

HL8527 • Civil Servants

To ask His Majesty's Government what institutional governance arrangements exist to facilitate dialogue between civil service networks across government departments.

HL8476 • Government Departments: Staff

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they maintain a central list of all departmental staff networks; if so, how often that list is updated; and whether that list is published or otherwise accessible to staff and the public.

HL8477 • Civil Service: Ethnic Groups

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings of the Civil Service Race Forum's network leaders have taken place in each of the past four years; whether minutes are recorded and published; and how many ministers or Permanent Secretaries participated in those meetings in the past 12 months.

HL8478 • Civil Service: Ethnic Groups

To ask His Majesty's Government what formal governance structures underpin the Civil Service Race Forum (CSRF), including whether it operates under a constitution or terms of reference; who is accountable for oversight of the CSRF; which department sponsors or hosts the CSRF; whether the departmental sponsor has changed since the inception of the CSRF; and what formal responsibilities the sponsoring department has in relation to CSRF governance, cost and activity.

HL8479 • Civil Servants: Muslims

To ask His Majesty's Government what formal governance framework underpins the Civil Service Muslim Network, and whether that network operates under a written constitution, charter or terms of reference agreed with the Cabinet Office.

HL8480 • Civil Servants: Muslims

To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria determine eligibility for membership of the Civil Service Muslim Network, and whether membership is open to all Civil Servants regardless of faith or belief.

HL8481 • Civil Servants: Muslims

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Civil Service Muslim Network receives financial support from departments or other public funds; and if so, how that expenditure is recorded, authorised and scrutinised.

HL8437 • Civil Servants: Muslims

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impartiality of the Civil Service Muslim Network, and whether the principles of Civil Service impartiality are understood and adhered to by that body.

HL6948 • Convention on Cluster Munitions

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of legal challenges when relying on the provision in Article 21 of the Cluster Munitions Convention allowing the United Kingdom to fight alongside states that are not party to that Convention.

HL6836 • Cluster Munitions and Land Mines

To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) operational, and (2) net, assessments they have made of the effectiveness of cluster munitions and anti-personnel landmines.

HL6343 • Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to place in the Library of the House a summary of (1) each meeting between the Minister for Faith, Communities and Resettlement the chair of the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, and (2) any advice received from the working group; and if they do not plan to do so, why not.

HL6344 • Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure advice provided to ministers by the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group is open to scrutiny by Parliament.

HL5902 • Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 3 March (HCWS487), and the Written Answer by Lord Khan of Burnley on 11 March (HL5102), why the terms of reference and full membership of the Anti-Muslim Hate/Islamophobia Definition Working Group have not yet been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.

HL5099 • Community Relations

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Rapid Analytical Sprint reports leaked on 28 January, whether they plan to retain the previous Government’s policy on community engagement or disapply it.