Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign visits have been undertaken by Baroness Harman as UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls since March 2025. Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Lady Chapman of Darlington): Since being appointed UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls in March 2025, Baroness Harriet Harman has undertaken eight overseas visits, including attending multilateral meetings, and carrying out a three-country regiona

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government when the Common Travel Area Forum last met; whether ministers attended that meeting; whether minutes of that meeting will be published; and when the Common Travel Area Forum most recently discussed passport-free direct air travel between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Hanson of Flint): The UK and Ireland have a close and collaborative working relationship on a range of issues, i

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government what support they intend to provide to the National Specialty Lead for Rare Cancers to be appointed under the Rare Cancers Act 2026, including (1) budget, and (2) number of full-time equivalent staff. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, department for Health and Social Care (Lady Merron): The Government will implement the Rare Cancers Act 2026 by ensuring that a National Specialty Lead for Rare Cancers is appointed by summer 20

Lord Moylan: To ask His Majesty's Government how much, if any, student debt is outstanding that is owed by EU nationals formerly participating in the Erasmus+ scheme and how much of that is overdue. Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills (Lady Smith of Malvern): Students on Erasmus+ placements are exempt from tuition and registration fees at their host institution. This means that EU nationals who previously came to the UK through Erasmus+ would not have take

Lord Moylan: To ask The Senior Deputy Speaker whether, in connection with the Restoration and Renewal Project or otherwise, a 3D digital survey of the Palace of Westminster has been carried out; and, if so, when. ( Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) : Since its establishment in 2020, the Restoration and Renewal (R&R) Delivery Authority has developed a 3D Building Information Model of the Palace of Westminster for the purposes of the R&R Programme. This model is a

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government whether agreement has been reached with relevant trade unions on driver and operator arrangements for services on East West Rail; and, if not, what assessment they have made of the impact that has had on the project timetable. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE) : The Department understands that discussions continue between Chiltern Railways and the relevant trade unions on the operationa

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what policy objectives they have set for Great British Railways, and in what order of priority these objectives have been ranked. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE) : Clause 3 of the Railway’s Bill sets out the statutory functions of GBR – what we expect it to do, and Clause 18 its general duties – what we expect it to consider when it is delivering on its functions. Taken together, the

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of the level of Government support to the rail sector per passenger journey in (1) 2024–25, (2) 2025–26, (3 ) 2026–27, (4) 2027–28, and (5) 2028–29. (HL14612) Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE) : The Department for Transport's support for the 14 contracted operators and Network Rail was £8.47 per journey in 2024/25. It is currently estimated that this will

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the total expenditure on the maintenance of the rail network in each of the past six financial years; and what proportion this expenditure represented of total Network Rail expenditure for each of those years. Minister of State, Department for Transport (Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, CBE) : The table below shows the total expenditure on the maintenance of the rail network in the past six financial years and its propor

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what treatments exist for those mantle cell lymphoma patients unable to access allogeneic stem cell transplants due to (1) ethnicity, (2) age, and (3) ethnicity and age. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care (Lady Merron) : A number of National Health Service treatment options are available for patients with mantle cell lymphoma, and may include: - chemotherapy plus rituximab; - autologous s

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards exist to prevent patients from losing access to established, life-extending cancer treatments as a result of changes to NICE methodology. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care (Lady Merron) : The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) evaluates all newly licensed cancer medicines and may recommend promising treatments for use through the Cancer Drugs Fund (C

Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on patients of withdrawing access to an existing cancer treatment, namely CAR-T therapy for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma, which has been available on the NHS since 2021. Lord Moylan : To ask His Majesty's Government how many patients have received CAR-T therapy for mantle cell lymphoma via the Cancer Drugs Fund; and what assessment has been made of the clinical outcomes f