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895223

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made the use of zero-hours contracts; and what steps they are taking to ensure that people who would like to work more hours have the opportunity to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL7483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts were considered as part of the Review of Modern Working Practices. The review, and government, both recognise that zero hours contracts have an important part to play in a modern, flexible labour market and benefit those who cannot or do not want to work in a regular contract. Banning zero hours contracts altogether would negatively impact more people than it would help.</p><p> </p><p>We have published our response to the review which commits to firm action and future legislation where appropriate. This includes a commitment to provide a right to request a more predictable contract for all workers, including those on zero hours contracts. We are currently consulting on how this would work in practice.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/05/2018 15:02:18 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

638240

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice System Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish the Taylor Review of the Youth Justice System.
	tabling member printed	Lord Cormack
	uin	HL3310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Ministers are currently considering Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system. We intend to publish the final report and the government’s plans for reform of the youth justice system before the end of this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/12/2016 17:41:41 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	282 label Biography information for Lord Cormack

855414

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Wylfa Power Station
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to reach a decision on the shape of public financial involvement in the proposed new nuclear power station at Wylfa Newydd on the Isle of Anglesey.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
	uin	HL6020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials are working closely with the developer, Horizon Nuclear Power, on their proposals for building a new nuclear plant at Wylfa Newydd on the Isle of Anglesey.</p><p> </p><p>Horizon is continuing to develop its plans and is making good progress on its work to deliver Wylfa Newydd.</p><p> </p><p>We are in discussions with the developer on their financing plans, but cannot discuss details as they are commercially confidential.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 16/03/2018 14:55:11 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

884199

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to commemorate the victims of the explosion at the Chilwell Shell Filling Factory that took place on 1 July 1918.
	tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
	uin	HL6884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>In the last Parliament, The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy worked with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Recognition for Munitions Workers to explore ways to ensure that the collective efforts of all those who worked in munitions factories were not forgotten. This included several positive steps such as the march past of former munitions workers in the Remembrance Sunday parade in 2012. While the All Party Parliamentary Group is no longer active, my Department is continuing to work with campaigners to establish how the valiant collective effort of former munitions workers could be recognised.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has no plans for any specific local commemoration which are best determined at a local level.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL6885 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:00:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

884200

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to commemorate the women who worked at the Chilwell and other shell filling factories during the First World War.
	tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
	uin	HL6885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>In the last Parliament, The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy worked with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Recognition for Munitions Workers to explore ways to ensure that the collective efforts of all those who worked in munitions factories were not forgotten. This included several positive steps such as the march past of former munitions workers in the Remembrance Sunday parade in 2012. While the All Party Parliamentary Group is no longer active, my Department is continuing to work with campaigners to establish how the valiant collective effort of former munitions workers could be recognised.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has no plans for any specific local commemoration which are best determined at a local level.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL6884 question first answered 26/04/2018 16:00:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

910411

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	World Meteorological Organization
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK funding of the operational hydrology and water programmes of the World Meteorological Organisation continues at present levels and is not affected by the proposed reorganisation of that agency.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL8169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s Permanent Representative to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is actively engaged in discussions around the WMO budget, strategic plan and governance reform, with appropriate support from the UK Hydrological Adviser. The UK will remain closely involved in the ongoing assessment of options and the development of proposals over the next 12 months, up to the World Meteorological Congress in May - June 2019, where they will be further discussed and decisions made.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 04/06/2018 16:19:24 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

717841

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Pension Funds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce legislation (1) prohibiting companies withdrawing moneys from their pension funds for any reason, or (2) requiring them to keep their funds topped up to the level recommended by actuaries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL6650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Current legislation already requires schemes to have sufficient and appropriate assets to cover the cost of paying future pensions when they fall due, or to put in place a recovery plan to ensure that the scheme returns to full funding within a reasonable period. It also prohibits the transfer of funds from the scheme to the employer apart from some limited circumstances and where there is a surplus.</ins></p><p>The Government’s Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes Green Paper explores a number of aspects of defined benefit pensions, including scheme funding arrangements and invites views. This paper was laid before Parliament on 20 February 2017.</p><p>The closing date for comments is 14 May 2017; responses can be submitted to the following postal address:</p><p>DB Consultation Private Pensions</p><p>First Floor</p><p>Caxton House</p><p>6-12 Tothill Street</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 9NA</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/04/2017 09:35:00 question first ministerially corrected 20/04/2017 13:45:24 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley previous answer version 44619 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

673695

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is (1) the percentage, and (2) the number, of workers earning more than £5,824 and less than the earnings trigger of £10,000, who are over the age of 22 and below the state pension age and who have opted into pension auto-enrolment, by (a) gender and (b) earnings band, according to the most recent available statistics.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollis of Heigham
	uin	HL4687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The opt out rate for those automatically enrolled into workplace pensions is significantly lower than anticipated by government. The Employers’ Pension Provision (EPP) Survey 2015 estimated this to be less than 10 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not collect information about opt in rates for individual workers. Some workforce data is available via the EPP Survey 2015 but it is not possible to break down the data in the way sought by the question.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/01/2017 12:19:42 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1845 label Biography information for Baroness Hollis of Heigham

862922

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Working Hours: EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to abolish all EU-derived working time regulations after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Livermore
	uin	HL6370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has made a clear commitment to protect workers’ rights and the EU (Withdrawal) Bill will ensure that workers’ rights currently enjoyed under EU law will continue to be available in UK law after we have left the EU. The Government has no intention to abolish any EU-derived working time regulations after Brexit.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/03/2018 12:22:00 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore

936996

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Women on Boards Review and FTSE Women Leaders Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what budget was allocated to (1) the Davies Review in 2015, and (2) the Hampton-Alexander Review in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, and (c) 2018; and what budget they plan to allocate to the Hampton-Alexander Review in 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
	uin	HL9334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The noble Lord Davies chaired the government-commissioned, independent and business-led Women on Boards review from 2010 to 2015 to increase the representation of women on FTSE350 company boards to 25% by 2015. His initial report was published in February 2011 and the final report in October 2015. The former department (BIS) provided a small secretariat to support his work. A number of sponsors and stakeholders also contributed to events and the successful publishing of his reports.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned and supports the independent, business-led Hampton-Alexander Review to meet its targets of women holding 33% of senior leadership positions and 33% of board positions in FTSE350 companies by 2020. This succeeded the Davies Review into Women on Boards. It is led by Sir Philip Hampton, Chair of GSK. The late Dame Helen Alexander co-chaired the Review until her death in August 2017. The Review will be supported for the duration by a joint secretariat comprising of officials from BEIS and the Government Equalities Office. KPMG are the Review’s corporate sponsors. Like the Davies Review, there is no Government programme budget in addition to the support provided by officials.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 18/07/2018 16:56:32 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie