Found: Lord Leong will attend the debate on behalf of the Government in September.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Leong on 15 September (HL2978) regarding animal experiments, how they intend to measure progress their objective, set out in the Replacing animals in science strategy (November 2025), of increasing and sustaining investment in animal replacement methods, if funding for such methods is not separately identified across Government; and whether they plan to establish a cross-government baseline against which future investment in human-specific research methods and technologies can be assessed.

Answered by Lord Leong - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Progress in delivering the objectives of the strategy will be measured against a set of KPIs developed in consultation with delivery partners. A KPI framework covering the strategy's commitments will be published later this year.

While a unified reporting format that captures investments made through all relevant government departments and regulatory bodies is not yet available, individual delivery partners are developing and refining their reporting methodologies.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Leong on 1 September (HL2203), does the Minister for Small Business and Enterprise physically attend departmental offices to undertake ministerial duties during periods of strike action by departmental civil servants or contractors.

Answered by Lord Leong - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given to UIN HL2203 on 29 July 2026.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Written Answer by Lord Leong on 9 July (HL1468), what steps they are taking to ensure that the 484 zero emission buses to be funded by additional bus funding will be built in the UK.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

While the Government cannot mandate the purchase of British-built buses, at the final UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel, Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) agreed to commit that a 10% minimum of social value criteria would apply in all future bus procurement exercises.

This means that when procuring buses, MCAs will consider the positive impact a manufacturer has on our society, the environment, and on the local community as part of their decision-making process.

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Found: Letter dated 17/09/2026 from Lord Leong to Lord Hunt of Wirral regarding a correction to a figure quoted

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Found: Letter dated 19/08/2026 from Lord Leong to Peers regarding the Commercial Payments Bill committee stage

Found: Response on the Commercial Payments Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum UK Government Letter from Lord Leong

Found: Commercial Payments Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum UK Government Letter from the Convener to Lord Leong