Deposited papers

Letter dated 03/06/2020 from Baroness Berridge to Baroness Armstrong regarding the position of vulnerable and disadvantaged children in relation to the wider opening of schools. 4p.

Letter dated 03/06/2020 from Baroness Williams of Trafford to Lord Randall of Uxbridge regarding the freezing of UK State Pensions for those who leave the UK to live elsewhere, as discussed during the debate on the Windrush Compensation Scheme. 2p.

Departmental Minute dated 2 June 2020 reporting contingent liabilities in relation to the activation of a previously approved £4 million Government Guarantee backing a borrowing facility and a new additional partially guaranteed borrowing facility of up to £26 million for Historic Royal Palaces (HRP)

Letter dated 02/06/2020 from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon to Baroness Coussins regarding how the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is supporting the British Council during the Covid-19 pandemic. 1p.

Letter dated 02/06/2020 from Baroness Stedman-Scott to the Lord Bishop of Durham regarding the impact of the two-child limit on families who have made a new Universal Credit claim since the lockdown. 1p.

Letter dated 01/06/2020 from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Members regarding questions raised in the food supply and security debate: seasonal agricultural workers, consumption of processed foods, sugar, decision-making systems in agriculture and the environment, sustainable development goals, dairy support scheme, imported eggs, technologies to provide resilience in the food chain, malnutrition as a result of COVID-19, school meal vouchers, access for food suppliers in Northern Ireland, food safety inspections, risk to livestock, engagement with the food sector unions. 11p.

Letter dated 29/05/2020 from Baroness Williams of Trafford to Lord Lucas regarding reassurances to current and prospective students in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic: higher education and supporting international students. 4p.

Letter dated 28/05/2020 from Victoria Atkins MP and Alex Chalk MP to Jess Phillips MP and others regarding points raised during the Second Reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill: the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, homelessness, perpetrator programmes, migrant victims, family courts, cross-examination of victims, impact on children, parental alienation, offence of coercive or controlling behaviour, Register of serial stalkers and domestic abuse perpetrators, employers, the Istanbul Convention, Universal Credit, attempted murder and the recovery of joint assets, women and girls in ethnic communities. 9p.

Letter dated 28/05/2020 from Baroness Sugg to Members regarding issues raised in the debate on the UK’s international response to COVID-19. 5p

I. Letter dated 27/05/2020 from Baroness Barran to Members regarding issues raised in the debate on the challenges faced by the charitable and voluntary sector during the COVID-19 pandemic: support for small charities and museums, distribution of the financial support package, support for specific sectors, PPE for charity workers, and funding for universities that are charities. 3p. II. Letter dated 22/05/2020 from Oliver Dowden MP to MPs regarding the coronavirus community support fund. 2p.

Letter dated 08/06/2020 from Nick Read, Group Chief Executive Officer, to Marion Fellows MP regarding the numbers of post offices temporarily closed, WHSmith's financial stability, and Apprenticeship Levy paid by Post Office Limited. 3p.

Letter dated 26/05/2020 from Lord Greenhalgh to Lord Hodgson and Lord Fowler regarding the failure to bring the draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Fire and Rescue Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020 into effect. 2p.

Letter dated 26/05/2020 from James Brokenshire MP to Jessica Morden MP regarding the failure to bring the draft Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Fire and Rescue Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020 into effect. 2p.

Letter dated 22/05/2020 from Baroness Berridge to Lord Watson of Invergowrie correcting a point made about the R Rate in the answer to a recent Private Notice Question. 2p.

Letter dated 28/05/2020 from Sally Collier, Chief Regulator, to John McDonnell MP regarding guidance issued to schools and colleges on assessing grades of students due to resit A-levels. 2p.

Letter dated 21/05/2020 from Lord Agnew to the Archbishop of York regarding issues raised during the debate on income equality and sustainability in the light of the current health emergency. 3p.

Guidance for the temporary extension of free school meals eligibility to no recourse to public funds (NRPF) groups. 5p.

Letter dated 21/05/2020 from Lord Keen of Elie to Lord Davies of Gower regarding body scanners in Welsh prisons. 2p.

Letter dated 20/05/2020 from Alok Sharma MP to Darren Jones MP, Greg Clark MP and Lord Patel regarding an increase in the grant programme to support UK businesses focusing on the needs of society and industries during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. 1p.

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act and Common Frameworks 26 December 2019 to 25 March 2020. 19p.