Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce mandatory Children’s Rights and wellbeing impact assessments for all policy development and decision-making across Government to promote the needs and best interests of children and young people.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they take to consider the needs of children and young people when developing policies across Government.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to adopt a cross-Government strategy and outcomes framework to drive improvements for children and young people.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November 2023 (HL180), whether they plan to publish an assessment of the state of readiness of (1) the UK, and (2) EU member states, for the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November 2023 (HL180), what potential risks have been identified as a result of the Government’s monitoring.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 22 November 2023 (HL136), whether they received representations from businesses and business groups that they would need all the information to prepare for the Border Target Operating Model at least six months or a year before implementation.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November 2023 (HL180), what are the timescales for commencing operational testing with users of the border before changes are implemented; how users will be identified and selected to undertake the operational testing; and how they will ensure that the users are representative of the logistics...
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November 2023 (HL180), whether they have undertaken an assessment of whether the Sevington border facility will have the required capacity for physical checks from 30 April 2024.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November (HL180), whether they have developed plans for managing traffic flows through the Sevington border facility (1) when the facility is operating smoothly, and (2) during periods of congestion and queuing.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November 2023 (HL180), what "appropriate contingencies" are under consideration to be deployed by (1) importers, and (2) the Government.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of adopting crop diversity to mitigate against climate change crop failure and promote sustainable food production and security.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support communities in becoming more aware of the risks of flooding and developing flood preparation measures.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to collecting data on communities at risk of flooding with a view to designing a purposeful early warning system.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to ban the commercialisation of products derived from deforested areas and certify more strongly the origin of products imported to the UK.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of access to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulator therapies for people with cystic fibrosis on the ability of people with other respiratory conditions to receive lung transplants.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November (HL183), whether the Common User Charge is being defined as a ‘tariff measure’ and therefore not included in its modelling of the inflationary impact of the Border Target Operating Model.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November (HL183), whether they plan to review the inflationary impact of the Border Target Operating Model once it has been fully in place for 12 months.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November (HL183), whether they have undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of differing user charges at government run Border Control Posts and non-government run Border Control Posts on (1) traffic flows, (2) congestion, and (3) emissions.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 to deliver their policy to remove certain migrants to Rwanda.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Energy Charter Treaty.