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1050779
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Wildlife: Smuggling more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Browne of Belmont more like this
uin HL13204 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>Combatting the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a priority for the UK Government and the UK plays a leading role globally. We are investing over £36 million from 2014 to 2021 on action to counter IWT, including work to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement, ensure effective legal frameworks and develop sustainable livelihoods.</p><p> </p><p>The UK initiated and supported a series of international conferences, starting with the first conference in London in 2014, to drive the fight to eliminate IWT and in October last year brought together global leaders at the latest and most ambitious of these. The conference brought a new focus and determination to tackle IWT as a serious organised crime, to build coalitions and to close markets for illegally traded wildlife products. Sixty-five countries, including the UK, have reaffirmed their commitment to counter the illegal trade and have declared what further action they will be taking. Full details of all the commitments made at the conference have been published in the 2018 London IWT conference declaration.</p><p> </p><p>New UK pledges made at the conference which complement our existing initiatives in this area include the following commitments:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>an additional £6 million for the UK’s IWT Challenge Fund;</p></li><li><p>£900,000 of new funding to develop a British military counter-poaching taskforce;</p></li><li><p>£2.1 million for public-private partnerships in Indonesia, to secure and extend critical habitats for species including the Sumatran tiger and Asian elephant;</p></li><li><p>£50,000 to support a new WILDLABS Tech Hub, which has since partnered with the Open Data Institute to reduce the level of illegal trade of wildlife by sharing data to develop innovative technologies;</p></li><li><p>up to £40,000 to create education packs for children in multiple languages which will teach them about key conservation and IWT issues, in partnership with Tale2Tail, a citizen ivory action group, and the WWF;</p></li><li><p>to establish a new global consortium made up of specialists in demand reduction and behaviour change, to make sure that our future work on IWT is as binding and effective as possible.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>At home we have passed tough new legislation to close our domestic ivory market. The Ivory Act 2018 effects a total ban on commercial dealing in elephant ivory that could directly or indirectly fuel poaching, with five narrow exemptions. When the ban comes into force it will be the toughest in Europe and one of the toughest in the world, with some of the strongest enforcement provisions.</p>
answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T12:43:49.28Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T12:43:49.28Z
answering member
4161
label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble more like this
tabling member
3801
label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont more like this
1050804
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Buscombe on 14 January (HL12638) and 22 January (HL12887), whether they will now answer the question asked, namely, why they no longer record centrally the information on domestic violence easements provided in the answer of the Minister of State for Employment on 10 February 2015 (HC223651). more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Lister of Burtersett more like this
uin HL13227 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>The Department still collects centrally information on domestic violence easements for Job Seeker Allowance claimants. However, this data is not considered robust enough to report in Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of Universal Credit, it has not been possible for the Department to report specific easements applied to individual claimants. This is because this has not been included in the Universal Credit Management Information build. We are committed to gathering better data to support claimants with complex needs and have registered this as part of the wider work programme for the Universal Credit, anything we do will be introduced incrementally and could be broad across complex needs rather than focusing on one particular group.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Buscombe more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T12:33:50.653Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T12:33:50.653Z
answering member
3349
label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe more like this
tabling member
4234
label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett more like this
1050808
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Northern Ireland Office more like this
answering dept id 21 more like this
answering dept short name Northern Ireland more like this
answering dept sort name Northern Ireland more like this
hansard heading Northern Ireland Assembly Members: Pay more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total continuing payment to Members of the Legislative Assembly in each party in the Northern Ireland Assembly since the Assembly ceased to function; and what has been the overall payment to each of those party's staff during that period. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass more like this
uin HL13231 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-04more like thismore than 2019-02-04
answer text <p>The budget for the payment of salaries to MLAs, along with the associated financial figures, is held by the Assembly Commission. This is the corporate body of the NI Assembly. They are the appropriate body to advise on exact figures paid. Details of this expenditure are not held by the Northern Ireland Office.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-04T15:41:51.157Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-04T15:41:51.157Z
answering member
4686
label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank more like this
tabling member
648
label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass more like this
1050810
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Public Sector: Billing more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12844), what is the data source for their claim that the amount owed to smaller businesses in late payments has more than halved in the past five years; and what was the amount owed to small businesses in late payments in each of the past five years. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Mendelsohn more like this
uin HL13232 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>The statement in HL12844 was from Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy, and can be viewed<br>at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ending-late-payments-to-small-businesses</p><p><br>The overall level of late payment debt owed to small and medium sized businesses is reported by BACS Late Payment Data. In July 2017, this was reported as £14.2bn, more than halving from £30.2bn in 2012.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T12:37:52.607Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T12:37:52.607Z
answering member
57
label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham more like this
tabling member
4286
label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn more like this
1050811
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Public Procurement Review Service more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 23 January (HL12960), how many spot checks the Public Procurement Review Service will undertake to ensure public bodies are complying with their duty to report late payment performance, and by what date; and how many spot check exercises were previously completed by its predecessor the Mystery Shopper Service. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Mendelsohn more like this
uin HL13233 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>There were 52 spot checks completed by the Mystery Shopper Service since the introduction of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Public Procurement Review Service has completed 88 checks within this financial year. There is an ongoing programme of spot checks which we target to the trends identified. We report findings from our spot check programme in the Public Procurement Review Service progress report which is produced annually.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T12:37:30.71Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T12:37:30.71Z
answering member
57
label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham more like this
tabling member
4286
label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn more like this
1050812
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Public Procurement Review Service more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12843), how many businesses had their late payment cases resolved by the Mystery Shopper Service in 2018; and what was the average value of those cases. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Mendelsohn more like this
uin HL13234 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>In 2018 the service resolved 54 payment cases for 22 different businesses. The mean value of outstanding amounts was £31,599.58. (Total range in values is from £98.65 to £275,112.00).</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T12:37:03.053Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T12:37:03.053Z
answering member
57
label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham more like this
tabling member
4286
label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn more like this
1050814
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Public Sector: Billing more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12843), what is their estimate of the total value of overdue payments owed to UK businesses in 2018; and what proportion of the total value they estimate is represented by the £1.7 million resolved by the Mystery Shopper Service in that period. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Mendelsohn more like this
uin HL13236 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>The Public Procurement Review Service does not hold this data and is not able to estimate the total value of overdue payments owed to UK businesses. The service is only aware of the late payments owed to suppliers who contact PPRS for help. In 2018 the amount recovered for UK businesses in resolved cases totalled £1,706,377.13.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T12:34:23.137Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T12:34:23.137Z
answering member
57
label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham more like this
tabling member
4286
label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn more like this
1050815
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Patisserie Valerie: Insolvency more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many complaints the insolvency service has received about the collapse of Patisserie Valerie; whether they plan to launch an investigation into the role played by its directors and its corporate governance in its collapse; and if so, when. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Mendelsohn more like this
uin HL13237 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>No complaints have been received by the Insolvency Service to date.</p><p> </p><p>When a company enters administration, the administrators have to report to my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State within three months on the conduct of the directors.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of Patisserie Valerie the Insolvency Service will be making early contact with the administrators and other authorities to discuss the directors’ conduct, and to consider whether further steps, such as a detailed investigation, may be necessary.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Henley more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T16:18:43.51Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T16:18:43.51Z
answering member
2616
label Biography information for Lord Henley more like this
tabling member
4286
label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn more like this
1050824
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
The Senior Deputy Speaker more like this
answering dept id 204 more like this
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL) more like this
hansard heading Parliament: Demonstrations more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what are the average daily costs to Parliament of any additional Parliamentary security personnel who have been required to deal with the demonstrators near to the Palace of Westminster since 23 June 2016. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Palmer more like this
uin HL13245 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-06more like thismore than 2019-02-06
answer text <p>There have been no additional costs to Parliament. The additional security staff fall into two categories, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and private security provision for the broadcasters. The resources for the police officers who are part of the wider MPS response to Brexit do not fall within the contractual arrangement between MPS and Parliament, therefore Parliament is not paying any extra for policing these protests. Private security provision for the broadcasters is contracted by various broadcasters on Abingdon Green, which Parliament does not pay for.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-06T12:34:00.95Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-06T12:34:00.95Z
answering member
4148
label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith more like this
tabling member
3192
label Biography information for Lord Palmer more like this
1050843
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-29more like thismore than 2019-01-29
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Freedom of Information more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the scope of freedom of information laws to include bodies in the private sector that provide public services. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Taylor of Warwick more like this
uin HL13262 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-05more like thismore than 2019-02-05
answer text <p>The Government has already introduced a range of measures to increase transparency in public sector contracts and is publishing more data than ever before. At present, the Government has no plans to legislate in this area.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-05T12:33:14.377Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-05T12:33:14.377Z
answering member
57
label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham more like this
tabling member
1796
label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick more like this