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1200737

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Divisions: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration has been given to implementing arrangements for Members of the House of Lords to vote in person in divisions in line with the method used by the House of Commons on 2 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL5325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>In late March arrangements were made for members to vote in the Royal Gallery, allowing for social distancing, should the need for a division arise. Use of these temporary arrangements was not ultimately required. The Procedure Committee and the House agreed to concentrate on the development of electronic voting facilities, given the high number of members who are currently unable to attend Westminster and are required to participate remotely in the business of the House. Operation of the electronic voting system commenced on 15 June and is to be used by all members whether remote or on the Estate. Engagement with the remote voting system has been extremely good. These arrangements will be kept under review by the Procedure Committee, which continues to meet regularly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 18/06/2020 13:58:03 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1204222

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Hybrid Proceedings and Virtual Proceedings: Costs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the cost to date of setting up a virtual House of Lords; and what are the ongoing monthly costs of the hybrid House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL5758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The cost to date of setting up a virtual House of Lords and the ongoing monthly costs of the hybrid House are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Capital set up costs</p></td><td><p>£20,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other project set up and running costs to 31<sup>st</sup> May 2020</p></td><td><p>£436,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£456,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular monthly running costs (based on known commitments at 18<sup>th</sup> June 2020)</p></td><td><p>£300,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures show the combined implementation/other one-off costs and running costs as at 31 May 2020, and cover committed spend up to that date, as well as the monthly running costs based on known commitments as at 18<sup>th</sup> June 2020.　 All figures include VAT where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 30/06/2020 13:25:21 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1201043

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker what is his roadmap for restoring the (1) procedures, and (2) sitting patterns, in place in the House of Lords before COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL5443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Procedure and Privileges Committee has been meeting weekly and has made a series of changes to procedure to allow the House to sit first virtually and then as a hybrid House. We will continue to keep procedures under review and listen to feedback from members and staff. Advice from Public Health England has been central to all the Committee’s considerations and plans to return to physical sittings and procedures will depend on how and when that advice changes.</p><p>The sitting patterns of the House are a matter for the Usual Channels.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 22/06/2020 11:09:38 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1202056

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Public Statues
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are to conduct a public consultation on the removal of the statue of Oliver Cromwell from outside the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL5445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster belongs to the House of Commons. Any such action in relation to the statue will therefore be for the House of Commons to determine.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 17/06/2020 10:56:08 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

1203085

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Art Works
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are, if any, to survey statues, pictures and items on display on the Parliamentary Estate to assess whether (1) their display is appropriate, and (2) further explanatory materials are required.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL5593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Lord Speaker’s Advisory Panel on Works of Art and the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art, with the support of the staff in the Heritage Collections team, develop and manage the Parliamentary Art Collection including its care, display and interpretation. The current concerns around public art are being taken very seriously and both the Panel and the Committee will consider these issues at their next meetings.</p><p>In advance of this the Heritage Collections team are reviewing the works in the Collection and will be presenting the Panel and Committee with information and proposals for further interpretation. The Parliamentary Art Collection website is currently the main platform for providing context to the artworks in the Collection and further supporting information is provided to visitors by the Visit Parliament team, who deliver guided and audio tours. As a listed building and a busy working parliament, there is a limit on the amount of printed information that can be added next to artworks on display in the building but the possibilities for leaflets and other forms of information being made available are being considered. The Heritage Collections team continue to work with colleagues across Parliament to ensure that the context provided about works in the Collection are appropriate.</p><p>The Parliamentary Art Collection documents the history of Parliament and in recent years efforts to make the Collection more diverse and inclusive have been pursued by both the Panel and Committee. In 2019 the Panel secured the loan of a bust of Lord Constantine, the first black Life Peer, from the National Portrait Gallery to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his taking his seat in the House of Lords. The bust is now on long term display in Millbank House.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 25/06/2020 15:27:06 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1175169

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Peers: Attendance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker when the members' attendance feature will be restored to the parliamentary intranet site.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Digital Service has completed work to build a new Lords Attendance Page which will allow Members of the House to access their attendance data while connected on the Estate. The Page is currently being tested by a small group of members and if the test proves successful the Digital Service will roll out the facility to all members of the House in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 04/02/2020 13:59:08 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1199283

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord McFall of Alcluith on 27 May (HL4295), whether he will supply full details of the regular surveys and other measures proposed to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives to tackle bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL5032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme, which constitutes a Parliament-wide regime for tackling bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct, was subject to a review after six months of operation, which has been published on the UK Parliament website, and a further review (the ’18-month review’) is planned for later this year, which is also expected to be published. This will be led by an independent reviewer, supported by an advisory panel, and will be an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the Scheme, as well as to consider specific policy changes as directed by the 6-month review. The Codes of Conduct for Lords Members and Lords Members’ Staff now include the ICGS provisions on bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct, and these are kept under active review by the Conduct Committee.<br></p><p>In addition to the work to review the effectiveness of the ICGS, additional formal mechanisms are in place or planned which will help to assess progress on improving the broader workplace culture in the House of Lords and specific progress on addressing the recommendations made by Naomi Ellenbogen QC in 2019 in her review of bullying and harassment in the House of Lords. These include the Steering Group for Change, composed of staff and peer representatives, tasked with monitoring progress of implementation of Naomi Ellenbogen QC ’s report on bullying and harassment in the House of Lords, and providing advice and support to the Management Board and House of Lords Commission on their response to the report. There will also be a 12-month review of progress in implementing the recommendations of that report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p><p /> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 16/06/2020 16:13:59 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1132309

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Bullying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many complaints regarding bullying and harassment have been received since the report by the Committee on Privileges and Conduct Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme: Changes to the Code of Conduct, published on 4 April, was agreed by the House on 30 April.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL16378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>On 30 April the House agreed to changes to the Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords that incorporated the Parliamentary Behaviour Code, which sets out the standards of behaviour expected of everyone who works within the Parliamentary Estate, and introduced provisions to deal explicitly with behaviour that constitutes bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct. Since then, there have been fewer than ten complaints of bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct made against members of the House of Lords under the Code. To protect the confidentiality of those reporting complaints, and in line with Parliament’s publication policy for statistics under the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme, the exact numbers are only provided where they are ten or more.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 27/06/2019 11:38:38 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1244738

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Members: Committees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many current members of the House have not (1) attended a sitting of the House, Grand Committee or committee meeting, (2) spoken, and (3) voted, since 1 January.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mann
	uin	HL9305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2020 answer text <p>(1) 42</p><p>(2) 192</p><p>(3) 91</p><p> </p><p>The answer is based on the total number of members who were members on 20 October (819). The total includes members on leave of absence and those yet to be introduced, and excludes those who were members from 1 January but have since died or retired.</p><p>Office holders, or the holders of ceremonial roles, may speak rarely or not at all, and for some voting is not appropriate to their role.<br></p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 30/10/2020 14:22:53 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1273639

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Peers: Attendance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many members of the House of Lords did not attend any proceedings between 12 December 2019 and 20 December 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mann
	uin	HL11753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>29. The answer is based on the total number of members who were members on 6 January 2021 (817). The figure of 29 includes 10 members on leave of absence, 2 disqualified as members of the judiciary and 6 members who were yet to be introduced including two who joined the House after 20 December 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 13/01/2021 13:17:06 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann