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106180

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the funding they provide to Action on Smoking and Health.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department holds regular meetings with ASH to monitor delivery according to the terms of the grant awarded under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials meet a range of organisations on a regular basis to discuss tobacco control. Identifying the notes taken at these meetings would involve a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-external-meetings-2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the amounts awarded to ASH under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act are below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Project name</p></td><td><p>Award</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Capitalising on Smokefree: the way forward.</p></td><td><p>£220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2013-2014</p></td><td><p>£175,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>Supporting the Tobacco Plan for England 2014-2015</p></td><td><p>£200,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Awarded but not yet paid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ASH has not received any funding from Public Health England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The applications for grants provided under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act are considered individually on their own merit. Any grants awarded are monitored according to the objectives set out in the grant award letter in line with terms and conditions set out in the Act. ASH provides the Department with an end of grant report for each grant.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL2649 HL2650 question first answered 18/11/2014 12:42:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1185149

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	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	Pesticides
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to changing (1) UK pesticide standards, in particular maximum residue levels, and (2) the UK's approach to authorising pesticides, in order to achieve future trade agreements.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK is proud of its world-leading food, health and animal welfare standards. We will not compromise on our standards nor put the UK’s biosecurity at risk as we negotiate new trade deals. Any trade agreements must respect the regulatory autonomy of both parties. Now that we have left the EU, the UK will operate an autonomous Sanitary and Phytosanitary regime, which covers the regulation of pesticides, to uphold our existing high standards.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government and devolved administrations have assured stakeholders that we will maintain current standards of environmental and health protection. Our EU exit legislation has carried across unchanged all of the statutory requirements of the EU regime relating to standards of protection, maximum residue level and approval of active substances. We will continue to ensure that decisions on the use of pesticides are based on careful scientific assessment of the risks, with the aim of achieving a high level of protection for people and the environment.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to draw on the considerable scientific and technical expertise of the Health and Safety Executive which will continue to operate as our expert national regulator on behalf of the UK Government and the devolved administrations. This puts the UK in a strong position in terms of having the necessary capacity and expertise to be able to take its own independent decisions after the transition period. There is a comprehensive Government programme of monitoring of pesticide residues in food, including imports, to determine whether food available to UK consumers complies with the statutory residue levels and is safe. The results of this monitoring are published following consideration by the Defra Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food. We will not compromise on these standards in our trade negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 25/03/2020 11:57:12 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1355108

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Brain: Tumours
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a strategy for the (1) prevention, and (2) treatment, of brain tumours in children and young adults, and (3) aftercare for such people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>NHS England has no plans to do so.</p><p>Services for the treatment of brain tumours in children and young adults falls under NHS England’s direct commissioning responsibilities for specialised services. The NHS Long Term Plan includes a number of commitments for improving the outcomes and experience of children, teenagers and young adults with cancer including: implementing networked care; simplifying pathways and transitions between service; ensuring that every patient has access to specialist care and increasing participation in clinical research.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 29/09/2021 15:24:06 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1522699

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect that their commitment to increase defence spending to three per cent of GDP by 2030 will have on the number UK service personnel.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Defence is re-organising and re-equipping to face future threats, however, as the Secretary of State has stated, as the threat changes, we need to change with it.</p><p> </p><p>The 2021 Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper highlighted that we must focus on capabilities rather than troop numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the Government’s spending plans are currently due to be announced in the Autumn Statement on 17 November. It would not be appropriate for the MOD to pre-empt the Chancellor’s statement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 31/10/2022 16:11:11 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1690932

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Peacekeeping Operations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possibility of a new United Nations, African Union or other regional peacekeeping force in Sudan.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>Neither the UN nor the African Union have suggested peacekeeping as a suitable response to Sudan's conflict at this stage. The UK Government's main objectives remain to pursue all diplomatic avenues to end the violence in Sudan, improving humanitarian access and addressing human rights violations carried out by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces. We continue to work closely with the UN, African Union and with counterparts from African and Gulf states as well as our closest allies to achieve these aims, which our partners share.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 06/03/2024 12:57:30 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

421280

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many acres of land are now occupied by solar energy farms.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>While DECC holds information on the numbers and capacities of solar farms, DECC does not hold information on the quantity of land used for each. This information may be held by individual local planning authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/10/2015 15:04:09 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

621134

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Itai Dzamara
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they last made representations to the government of Zimbabwe regarding the whereabouts of the political and human rights activist, Itai Dzamara, who was abducted on 9 March.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government frequently raises human rights with the government of Zimbabwe including specific issues such as the disappearance of Itai Dzamara or the disproportionate response of the police to peaceful protesters. EU Member States released a statement on 9 March to mark the one year anniversary of Itai Dzamara's disappearance and another on 12 July to express concern at the reports of human rights abuses during and in the aftermath of protests. The former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge) raised human rights when he met Zimbabwe Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa on 5 July; the Department for International Development Permanent Secretary Mark Lowcock raised human rights with Mr Chinamasa on 8 October; the British Ambassador to Harare raised human rights with the Zimbabwean Minister for Information, Media and Broadcasting on 18 October.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 03/11/2016 15:46:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

778742

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	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 length of time that it would take to negotiate aviation agreements between the UK and third party countries following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
	uin	HL2651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK is entering negotiations with the EU from a position of complete harmonisation with EU regulations. This will be the foundation upon which the UK will negotiate a bespoke relationship. We do not want to simply adopt a model already used by other countries, like Switzerland.</p><p> </p><p>The importance of air services to the UK economy is recognised across Government and we continue to work closely with the aviation sector to ensure its ongoing success. Securing liberal market access to EU and global markets is a high priority for the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are in discussion with third countries regarding post-Brexit air services arrangements. They are on course to reach an understanding with each of those countries well before the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including upon cabotage rights, and plans to negotiate the best possible relationship between the UK and EU in the field of aviation. It will be in the interests of both sides in the negotiation to maintain closely integrated aviation markets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL2649 HL2650 HL2652 question first answered 08/11/2017 13:09:34 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser