Deposited papers

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Lord Wilson of Sedgefield to Baroness McIntosh of Pickering regarding issues raised during the debate on Energy National Policy Statements EN-1, EN-3 and E-5: safety of battery storage plants and transport of energy stored from them. 2p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Lord Leong to Lord Popat regarding a question on the filing of accounts by small companies - correction to an answer. 1p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Lord Wilson of Sedgefield to Lord Grantchester regarding issues raised in the debate on energy National Policy Statements EN-1, EN-3 and E-5: multi-year capital spending plans and the outcome of the Green Book review. 1p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town and Hansard Managing Editors regarding a correction to a statement made following the Oral Statement on Trade Negotiations. 1p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Diana Johnson MP to Karen Bradley MP regarding the publication of Home Office statutory guidance on the police vetting withdrawal and dismissal process. 2p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Lord Leong to Baroness Kramer regarding a question concerning the filing of annual accounts by small companies - correction to answer. 1p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Lord Wilson of Sedgefield to Baroness Coffey regarding issues raised in the debate on energy National Policy Statements (NPSs) EN-1, EN03 and E-5: environmental assessments and planning applications, Strategic Spatial Energy Plan, undergrounding and overhead lines, and community benefits. 3p.

Product safety: checks and balances on developing policy and legislation. A Code of Conduct: updated version following PRAMA (Product Regulation and Metrology Act) Royal Assent. Incl. annexes. [Annex A explains the process of identifying and assessing risks and the consideration of regulatory and non-regulatory responses]. 42p.

Ransomware legislative proposals: reducing payments to cyber criminals and increasing incident reporting. Government response. Incl. annex. 89p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Baroness Wheeler to Baroness Bottomley regarding a question raised during the Still-Birth (Definition) Bill second reading debate: Part 2 of the Civil Partnership, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 and proposed powers of coroners to investigate stillbirths. 1p.

I.Home Office guidance for the withdrawal of police vetting clearance: Statutory Guidance on the police vetting withdrawal and dismissal process. 69p. II. Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Diana Johnson MP to Karen Bradley MP, regarding the publication of guidance for police vetting clearance withdrawals. 2p. III. and IV. Revised letter (correcting formatting in header) and revised guidance added 30/07/2025.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Baroness Jones of Whitchurch to Lord Sharpe of Epsom regarding questions raised following the Oral Statement on Trade Negotiations: preferential treatment, impact of a UK-US deal on relations with other international trading partners, the defence industry, agreements on certain industrial goods. 2p.

Letter dated 21/07/2025 from Lord Leong to Baroness Lister of Burtersett regarding the Government's position on the on-going review of employment support for unpaid carers, as discussed during the Report stage (first day) of the Employment Rights Bill. 1p.

The British Sign Language (BSL) report 2025. Incl. Annex. 21p.

Letter dated 21/07/2025 from Justin Madders MP to Liam Byrne MP informing the Business and Trade Committee that the draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill will not be put forward for pre-legislative scrutiny in this session. 2p.

Government update on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. 7p.

Civil Society Covenant. 21p.

Student Loans Company Limited: Annual report and accounts for financial year ending 31 March 2025. 111p. II. Letter dated 17/07/2025 from Bridget Phillipson MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding the above document for deposit in the House Libraries. 1p.

I. Letters dated 17/07/2025 from Douglas Alexander MP to Lord Strathclyde and Simon Hoare MP regarding the Common Framework programme update. 2p. II. Common Frameworks evaluation: Final report. 47p.

Local government: Best Value. I. Liverpool City Council: Letter dated 15/07/2025 from Jim McMahon MP to Council Leader Liam Robinson regarding the conclusion of departmental support for the City Council. 2p. II. London Borough of Croydon: Directions under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 and explanatory memorandum. 2 docs. III. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: Letter from Local Government Stewardship and Interventions Deputy Director James Blythe to Council Chief Executive Balvinder Heran regarding a best value notice issued to the Council 17 July 2025. 3p. IV. Thurrock Council: Directions under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 and explanatory memorandum. 2 docs.