Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ask the NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board to hold discussions with the trustees of The Light House Christian Care Ministry about supporting the trustees of the charity to enable it to continue to provide counselling services in the Coventry area.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

There are no plans for Ministers or officials in the Department to meet with the Light House Christian Care Ministry. NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) understands the pressures felt across the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise sector and is in dialogue with The Light House (Christian Care Ministry) Trust Ltd. The ICB holds a £15,000 grant with the trust for counselling services and will consider the trust as part of its activities to assess its portfolio of grants.

The ICB has a duty to regularly review the services it commissions, ensuring taxpayer money is spent wisely, waste is minimised, and resources are used in the best way to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. In line with this approach, the ICB is currently reviewing counselling services in its area to ensure they deliver best value and meet the needs of its population.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will meet the trustees of The Light House Christian Care Ministry to discuss its financial viability and ability to continue to provide counselling services in the Coventry area.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

There are no plans for Ministers or officials in the Department to meet with the Light House Christian Care Ministry. NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) understands the pressures felt across the voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise sector and is in dialogue with The Light House (Christian Care Ministry) Trust Ltd. The ICB holds a £15,000 grant with the trust for counselling services and will consider the trust as part of its activities to assess its portfolio of grants.

The ICB has a duty to regularly review the services it commissions, ensuring taxpayer money is spent wisely, waste is minimised, and resources are used in the best way to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. In line with this approach, the ICB is currently reviewing counselling services in its area to ensure they deliver best value and meet the needs of its population.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the outcome of the consultation on improving the implementation of biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield development.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government is carefully considering responses to the consultation on ‘Improving the Implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain for Minor, Medium and Brownfield Development’ and will publish a Government response in due course.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson followed the advice given by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointment in April 2024 in relation to a paid role with Better Earth, in particular the advice that he should not personally lobby contacts that he made while in office for a period of two years after leaving office.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Chapter 11 of the Ministerial Code sets out the obligations on leaving office, including in relation to the Business Appointment Rules. The obligation is on former ministers to abide by the advice they receive about any outside appointment or employment they wish to take up within two years of leaving office.

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