Lord Teverson to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enable the expansion and electrification of public transport networks to meet their net-zero emissions target.  To be answered by Lord Katz (Department for Transport)

Lord Spellar to ask His Majesty’s Government when they expect to make an announcement on the award of contracts for small modular nuclear reactors.  To be answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Lord Clement-Jones to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to strengthen science and innovation following reports that the Alan Turing Institute is cutting research projects.  To be answered by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Minister to be confirmed)

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town to ask His Majesty’s Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 on 16 April, what discussions they have had with Sports England on the meaning of “sex” in the Equality Act 2010.   To be answered by Baroness Twycross (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Lord Addington to ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have a plan to support the use of assistive technology throughout an individual’s education and adult life.  To be answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Department for Education)

Baroness Alexander of Cleveden to ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reverse recent declines in healthy life expectancy, and to address poverty-related inequalities in life expectancy.  To be answered by Baroness Merron (Department of Health and Social Care)

Baroness Anelay of St Johns to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in establishing a Contact Group for Sudan ceasefire talks.  To be answered by Lord Collins of Highbury (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made on plans to expedite and streamline armed forces recruitment processes.  To be answered by Lord Coaker (Ministry of Defence)

Baroness Berger to ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the challenges facing young people from online harms, as raised in the Netflix drama series Adolescence.  To be answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard to ask His Majesty’s Government, following the declassification of files which stated that the Government “turned a blind eye” to serious crimes of the IRA in 2001, whether they will refer any murder cases to the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.  To be answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Northern Ireland Office)

The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty’s Government what recent steps they have taken towards securing the release of Jimmy Lai.   To be answered by Lord Collins of Highbury (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Baroness Pitkeathley to ask His Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in cross-party talks on the reform of social care.  To be answered by Baroness Merron (Department of Health and Social Care)

Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve young people’s media literacy by providing additional resources to schools, in terms of IT equipment, staffing, training and appropriate curriculum materials.  To be answered by Baroness Blake of Leeds (Department for Education)