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452259

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Balance of Trade: Burundi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the balance of trade between Burundi and the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL6160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the UK had a trade in goods surplus with Burundi of £1.7 million (Source: HM Revenue and Customs’ Overseas Trade Statistics database).</p><p>It is not possible to estimate the trade in services balance between the UK and Burundi as data on UK trade in services with Burundi are not published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 13:51:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

452297

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Governing Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to ensure that every academy has its own governing body.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>Under the Academies Act 2010 an academy is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is therefore required under the Companies Act 2006 to have members and a board of trustees/ directors.</p><p> </p><p>In a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), individual academies do not have a separate legal identity and are all under the control of the trust board. Whether the board establishes local governing boards for each academy or local governing bodies to oversee groups of academies, and the range of functions delegated to any such boards, are both a matter for the board to determine – but in all cases the board remains accountable for all the academies in the MAT.</p><p> </p><p>Fewer, higher quality and more highly skilled boards overseeing groups of schools is central to the Government’s strategy for improving the quality of governance. It is also the key to schools realising a wide range of other financial and educational benefits. While every academy may not therefore have its own governing body, our guidance in the Governance Handbook makes clear that boards should have meaningful and effective arrangements in place for engaging with and listening to the views and needs of parents, staff and the wider local community.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/02/2016 15:19:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

452304

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when British military liaison began with Saudi Arabia regarding its intervention in Yemen.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL6205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have a long history of defence co-operation and this involves an ongoing defence engagement relationship.</p><p>In addition, we have deployed a small number of military personnel serving as liaison officers in Saudi headquarters to provide insight into Saudi operations in Yemen. These liaison officers are not involved in the targeting process - whether it be selection, decision-making or directing.</p><p>The first of these liaison officers was deployed in May 2015.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/02/2016 14:51:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

452306

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether UK military personnel trained in, or dedicated to, cultural protection have been involved in liaison with Saudi Arabia regarding its intervention in Yemen.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL6207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>All UK Service personnel receive mandatory annual training in the Law of Armed Conflict and this includes training in cultural protection. They will also receive further training prior to their deployment.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/02/2016 14:52:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

452150

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on exports of the decision to reduce the budget of UK Trade and Investment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL6097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Savings will be broadly delivered through implementing a new digital infrastructure to provide cost-effective access to export services; contractual efficiencies; and prioritising market and sector opportunities that will add most value to UK exports. This is about being more efficient and delivering for UK businesses, including through enhancing direct support and developing the private sector market.</p><p>HM Treasury has recognised the importance of the exports agenda by agreeing that £175m of further proposed savings between 2016-17 and 2019-20 should be reinvested in priority areas. The Government is committed to driving a step-change in UK exports and the reinvestment secured to refocus UK Trade &amp; Investment will help us deliver this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 14:05:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

452179

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Union Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the legal advice sought from First Treasury Counsel in relation to the impact of the Trade Union Bill on the devolved administrations of the UK, in particular in relation to Wales; and whether they will place a copy of that advice in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morgan of Ely
uin	HL6126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>As noble Lords would expect, the Government has carefully considered a range of legal issues in relation to the Trade Union Bill. The Government does not disclose the content or the source of its legal advice. It is essential to good government that ministers of the day are able to seek and receive legal advice on a confidential basis. To do otherwise might inhibit governments from seeking legal advice in the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/02/2016 12:09:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4226 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Ely

452186

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 10 February (HL Deb, col 2239), whether a ministerial direction has been given to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence to continue spending on the Vanguard successor submarine programme.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL6133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>There has been no ministerial direction given to the Permanent Secretary on spending plans for the Successor submarine programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/02/2016 14:53:03 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

451435

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EDF Energy: Loan Guarantee Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the loan guarantee facility offered by his Department to EDF Energy for construction of the twin Hinkley Point C nuclear power plants will be conditional on the prior successful operation of the same model elsewhere in the world before entering into force.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	26672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced in September 2015 an initial guarantee of £2 billion of bonds which must be repaid by December 2020 by the shareholders of the project company. There is no further obligation to issue guarantees after that date.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/02/2016 14:42:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

451436

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 903457, when the Spending Review settlement to her Department will be fully allocated.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	26558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Budgets for 2016/17 to 2020/21 have not yet been finalised. Defra’s internal business planning process is still underway, and it would not, therefore, be appropriate at this time to comment on how particular policy areas may be affected.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/02/2016 16:32:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

451437

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban the use of whips for encouragement in horse racing.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	26556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government considers that the British Horseracing Authority’s rules on use of the whip during horseracing, which were drawn up in consultation with the RSPCA, together with the Animal Welfare Act 2006 provide protection for the welfare of racehorses.</p><p> </p><p>There are, therefore, no proposals to ban the use of the whip during horseracing.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/02/2016 16:57:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn