Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell

HL7813 • Ministers: European Court of Human Rights

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 14 January (HC22186) and Attorney General's speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council on 30 January, what guidance they have given on whether Ministers can (1) derogate from or (2) disregard rulings of the European Court of Human Rights where such issues are against (a) UK national interest or (b) the stated view of the UK Parliament.

HL7814 • Ministers: Codes of Practice

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 14 January (HC22186), whether the Ministerial Code permits Ministers to depart from international law when it is in the UK national interest.

HL7815 • Equal Pay: Disability and Ethnic Groups

To ask His Majesty's Government why their Equality (Race and Disability) Bill: mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting consultation (CP 1288) did not contain a question on the costs to employers of the new measures.

HL7816 • Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a response to the consultation Introducing fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal; and what assessment have they made of introducing fees for employment tribunal and appeal applications.

HL7817 • Companies: Audit

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets on 26 July 2024 (HC675), what new corporate reporting requirements they intend to introduce; and whether they intend to introduce new net-zero or 'environmental, social and governance' reporting requirements.

HL7818 • Companies: Audit

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of 'environmental, social and governance' corporate reporting requirements.

HL6491 • Universal Credit: Forecasts

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s assessment in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook March 2025 that 3 million people will be in receipt of the Universal Credit health element in 2029–30; and how many people they forecast will be in receipt of it in 2029–30, by age and region.

HL5899 • Energy Intensive Industries: Staff

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch on 11 March (HL5240), what is the turnover and gross value added for each of the 73 industries covered in their definition of energy-intensive industry.

HL5238 • Data Centres: Energy Supply

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the increase in data centre capacity, as measured in megawatts, in the UK for each year since 2008.

HL5239 • Data Centres: Energy Supply

To ask His Majesty's Government what is UK data centre capacity, as measured in megawatts, by region.

HL5240 • Energy Intensive Industries: Staff

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are employed in energy-intensive industries by (1) region, and (2) industry.

HL5241 • Industry: Land

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the physical size of the UK industrial production sector in terms of land area.

HL5242 • Industry: Land

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average size of a UK industrial site by land area.

HL5243 • Pre-school Education: Standards

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address falling school readiness, following the findings of the Kindred Squared School Readiness Survey, published on 30 January.

HL4247 • Confiscation Orders: Cryptocurrencies

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 18 December 2024 (HL3295), of the £243.3 million of assets recovered from confiscation, forfeiture, and civil recovery orders in the financial year 2023–24, what percentage was made up by cryptocurrencies; and how much of this has been redistributed to law enforcement agencies under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme.

HL4248 • Confiscation Orders: Cryptocurrencies

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 18 December 2024 (HL3295) for each year since 2019, how much cryptocurrency was recovered from confiscation, forfeiture, and civil recovery orders by (1) Police Forces in England and Wales, (2) the National Crime Agency, (3) His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, (4) the Serious Fraud Office, (5) the Crown Prosecution Service, (6) Border Force, (7) the Financial Conduct Authority, and (8) local authorities in England and Wales.

HL4249 • Bitcoin

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 19 December 2024 (HL3296), what advice they have sought on establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve for the United Kingdom; and whether they have had discussions with the government of the United States of America about any potential benefits this might offer the United Kingdom.

HL3295 • Bitcoin

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they currently hold any Bitcoin, and if so, how much they hold; when and under what powers they accumulated it; which body or individual has custody over it; and how it is being stored.

HL3296 • Bitcoin

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve for the UK and whether they will commission advice on this matter.

HL1542 • Employment Rights Bill

To ask His Majesty's Government why they have not yet submitted an impact assessment of the measures outlined in the Employment Rights Bill to the Regulatory Policy Committee; when they plan to do so; and whether they plan to place a copy of that impact assessment in the Library of the House.