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76556

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Research
	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 of producing internally at the Department of Health the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 setting out the assistive technology research and development activity under way across the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1174440

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Islamophobia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to appoint a second adviser on the matter of defining Islamophobia.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>It is unacceptable for anyone to feel unsafe while practising their religion, and this government will never allow prejudice and discrimination of any kind against the Muslim community.</p><p>We will continue to take a zero-tolerance approach to anti-Muslim hatred and recognise the importance of this matter. We will continue to explore and interrogate the issue of publishing a definition of Islamophobia in further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL840 question first answered 06/02/2020 17:12:57 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1331050

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
	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 number of small businesses that will be unable to retain current staff numbers after the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends; and what steps they are taking to financially support small businesses after September 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Throughout this pandemic, our Plan For Jobs has supported jobs and businesses with over £400 billion of economic support – one of the most generous and comprehensive packages in the world.</p><p> </p><p>At the Budget, the Chancellor announced a generous extension of economic support to reflect the easing of restrictions and enable the private sector to bounce back as quickly as possible. As the Chancellor put it in his Budget speech: “we’re going long, extending our support well beyond the end of the Roadmap to accommodate even the most cautious view about the time it might take to exit the restrictions”.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible businesses and employees across the United Kingdom are benefitting from the extension of the CJRS until the end of September, with employees receiving 80% of their salary for hours not worked, up to £2500 per month. From July, employers will contribute 10% of costs of unworked hours, followed by 20% in August and 20% in September. Many other countries have already done the same (Denmark, Netherlands, France, Spain), and economy-wide schemes have ended in Australia and New Zealand. Furthermore, the economy now is in a stronger position than it was last autumn, when businesses also contributed up to 20 per cent of wage costs. And lastly, the labour market is in a stronger position, with 5.5 million fewer people on furlough than in April 2020 and hiring intentions and job vacancy levels in June around 29 per cent above February 2020 levels.</p><p> </p><p>As restrictions have been lifted, it is right that we ask employers to contribute more to strike the balance between supporting the economy as it opens up, continuing to provide support and protect incomes, and ensuring incentives are in place to get people back to work.</p><p> </p><p>The delay of Step 4 is accommodated by the continuation of the Government’s package of economic support for businesses, which can continue to benefit from extensions to the furlough scheme; a UK-wide recovery loan scheme; business rates relief; enhanced Time to Pay for taxes; and support for paying deferred VAT.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/06/2021 11:30:53 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1470014

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have now set up the independent Monitoring Committee under the Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Rwanda concerning the asylum partnership arrangement; if so, who are the members of the Committee; and if not, when will it be set up.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership is in the process of being set up. Details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/06/2022 16:24:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1675733

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	North Wales Coast Line: Electrification
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the anticipated timetable for the electrification of the mainline railway connection between Crewe and Holyhead.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>We are working closely with the rail industry to develop and deliver on the Government priorities outlined in the Prime Minister’s Network North announcement, which includes an unprecedented £1 billion investment to fund the electrification of the North Wales Main Line, bringing parts of North Wales within an hour of Manchester. We are in the early stages of planning the next steps for this scheme and will share further information when that work is complete. Our investment is intended to enable the operation of electric trains over the full North Wales Coast line between Holyhead and Crewe.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 15/12/2023 11:43:26 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

386101

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Infectious Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research is being supported by Public Health England and the Animal and Plant Health Agency into the global health and economic security threats posed by pandemics caused by emerging zoönoses and coronaviruses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has robust systems in place to detect, assess and respond to infectious disease threats of both natural and deliberate origin. This was tested during the assessment of the application of the Global Health Security Agenda Assessment Tool and was considered to be an exemplar of good practice. These systems are particularly strong across Public Health England (PHE) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for emerging zoonotic threats, and the UK has been seen as one of the world leaders in putting One Health into action. Zoonotic diseases are included within the Government’s National Risk Register as high risk and needing cross Government action to reduce the threat, mitigate the risk and respond to cases/outbreaks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE undertakes a varied programme of research into infectious agents and medical tools required to detect, diagnose, recognise, and respond to outbreaks of infectious disease. PHE collaborates with academia on modelling threats posed by emerging zoonoses and assess the roles of cross-immunity and seasonal influenza vaccination on the emergence of pandemic strains. During the recent Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, PHE conducted research on the design and assessment of containment equipment for safe diagnostics in West Africa; improving diagnosis, understanding pathogenesis, and assessing treatment/prevention approaches for Ebola virus disease in animal models and human clinical trials. This capability is and can be applied to all pathogens, including those which are zoonotic.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>APHA is engaged in a number of research projects on the subject of zoonotic pathogens with pandemic potential. This includes: the rapid detection of coronaviruses, studies into the ability of H5N1 avian influenza viruses to infect, adapt and become transmissible in mammalian species and research into risks and pathways for the introduction of Chinese-origin H7N9 avian influenza virus into United Kingdom and European poultry. APHA is also engaged in various research projects with international and external collaborators, including European consortiums assessing new and emerging diseases.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2015 14:27:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

530738

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Motor Sports: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Prisons Inspectorate has raised concerns about the conditions in any UK prisons in the past 12 months, and if so, which.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons has a statutory duty to report to the Secretary of State for Justice on conditions in prisons, and the treatment of prisoners, in all prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales. For each inspection completed, a report is published which includes recommendations for improvement. These reports are all in the public domain and available from the Inspectorate’s website. Inspections of prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland are the responsibility of their respective inspection authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/07/2016 14:34:25 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

752454

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so when, the Welsh Government asked HM Treasury and the National Infrastructure Commission for their view or advice concerning the public sector accountancy treatment of government financial guarantees to the Circuit of Wales project.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>HMT have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on a range of subjects. Any decisions on the classification of government financial guarantees to the Circuit of Wales project are for the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2017 10:05:54 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley