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1010091

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their planned domestic abuse legislation will consider and provide for domestic abuse in communities where men assume that abuse is sanctioned by their faith.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL11538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that domestic abuse is a crime irrespective of whether that abuse is claimed to be sanctioned by faith.</p><p><br>We will be publishing a response to our public consultation on domestic abuse, together with a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, later this Parliamentary session.</p><p>The draft Bill will clearly define the types of behaviours that comprise domestic abuse be they controlling, coercive, threatening or violent and recognise that abuse can encompass psychological, physical, sexual, economic and emotional harms.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:37:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

1010106

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	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 the announcement in the 2018 Budget of making HMRC a secondary preferential creditor in insolvency on (1) secured creditors, (2) floating charge holders, and (3) unsecured creditors such as pension funds and small businesses.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL11553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The government does not expect this reform to significantly impact access to finance or the cost of borrowing.</p><p>The independent OBR did not make any adjustments to their economic forecast in regard to this measure.</p><p>At Budget 2018, the Government published the following assessment:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Creditor</p></td><td><p>Explanation and Examples</p></td><td><p>Current Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td><td><p>New Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol><li>Fixed charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders to whom the business granted security, primarily financial institutions. When a fixed charge is provided, the company loses the right to sell or trade the item. These assets tend to be fundamental to the business; for example, machinery, property or vehicles.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>36% (unchanged)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="2"><li>Insolvency practitioners</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Fees for overseeing the process.</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="3"><li>Preferential Creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Claims by the Redundancy Payment Service (RPS) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) on behalf of employees and customers (to statutory limits); and from 2020, HMRC will be a secondary preferential creditor (below the RPS and FSCS) for Value-Added Tax, Employee National Insurance contributions, Pay-As-You-Earn Income Tax and Construction Industry Scheme Deductions.</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>83% (unchanged) for existing preferential creditors; 14% for HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="4"><li>Floating charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders for whom the company is not granted security, primarily financial institutions. This tends t be the case in relation to assets that are not fixed; for example, stocks, raw materials, fixtures and fittings or cash.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>Less than 36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="5"><li>Unsecured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>All remaining creditors, including HMRC debts levied directly on businesses; and debts owed to suppliers, contractors, landlords and customers.</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>Less than 4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="6"><li>Shareholder</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Only get paid if all the above creditors are paid in full.</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11554 HL11555 question first answered 03/12/2018 14:50:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1010107

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	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 lending to UK businesses of the announcement in the 2018 Budget of making HMRC a secondary preferential creditor in insolvency.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL11554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The government does not expect this reform to significantly impact access to finance or the cost of borrowing.</p><p>The independent OBR did not make any adjustments to their economic forecast in regard to this measure.</p><p>At Budget 2018, the Government published the following assessment:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Creditor</p></td><td><p>Explanation and Examples</p></td><td><p>Current Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td><td><p>New Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol><li>Fixed charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders to whom the business granted security, primarily financial institutions. When a fixed charge is provided, the company loses the right to sell or trade the item. These assets tend to be fundamental to the business; for example, machinery, property or vehicles.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>36% (unchanged)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="2"><li>Insolvency practitioners</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Fees for overseeing the process.</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="3"><li>Preferential Creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Claims by the Redundancy Payment Service (RPS) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) on behalf of employees and customers (to statutory limits); and from 2020, HMRC will be a secondary preferential creditor (below the RPS and FSCS) for Value-Added Tax, Employee National Insurance contributions, Pay-As-You-Earn Income Tax and Construction Industry Scheme Deductions.</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>83% (unchanged) for existing preferential creditors; 14% for HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="4"><li>Floating charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders for whom the company is not granted security, primarily financial institutions. This tends t be the case in relation to assets that are not fixed; for example, stocks, raw materials, fixtures and fittings or cash.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>Less than 36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="5"><li>Unsecured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>All remaining creditors, including HMRC debts levied directly on businesses; and debts owed to suppliers, contractors, landlords and customers.</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>Less than 4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="6"><li>Shareholder</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Only get paid if all the above creditors are paid in full.</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11553 HL11555 question first answered 03/12/2018 14:50:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1010108

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what economic analysis they used to support the decision in the 2018 Budget to make HMRC a secondary preferential creditor in insolvency.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL11555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The government does not expect this reform to significantly impact access to finance or the cost of borrowing.</p><p>The independent OBR did not make any adjustments to their economic forecast in regard to this measure.</p><p>At Budget 2018, the Government published the following assessment:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of Creditor</p></td><td><p>Explanation and Examples</p></td><td><p>Current Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td><td><p>New Average Percentage of Debt Recovered in Insolvency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol><li>Fixed charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders to whom the business granted security, primarily financial institutions. When a fixed charge is provided, the company loses the right to sell or trade the item. These assets tend to be fundamental to the business; for example, machinery, property or vehicles.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>36% (unchanged)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="2"><li>Insolvency practitioners</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Fees for overseeing the process.</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td><td><p>As charged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="3"><li>Preferential Creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Claims by the Redundancy Payment Service (RPS) and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) on behalf of employees and customers (to statutory limits); and from 2020, HMRC will be a secondary preferential creditor (below the RPS and FSCS) for Value-Added Tax, Employee National Insurance contributions, Pay-As-You-Earn Income Tax and Construction Industry Scheme Deductions.</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>83% (unchanged) for existing preferential creditors; 14% for HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="4"><li>Floating charge secured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Lenders for whom the company is not granted security, primarily financial institutions. This tends t be the case in relation to assets that are not fixed; for example, stocks, raw materials, fixtures and fittings or cash.</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>Less than 36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="5"><li>Unsecured creditors</li></ol></p></td><td><p>All remaining creditors, including HMRC debts levied directly on businesses; and debts owed to suppliers, contractors, landlords and customers.</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>Less than 4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol start="6"><li>Shareholder</li></ol></p></td><td><p>Only get paid if all the above creditors are paid in full.</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11553 HL11554 question first answered 03/12/2018 14:50:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1010114

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will include abuse by coercive control in their proposed legislation on domestic abuse.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL11561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The previous Government created a ground-breaking new offence of controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship which came into force in December 2015 to recognise the patterns of manipulation and control that characterise domestic abuse. <br>Since then we have seen 294 successful convictions and the number of prosecutions increased threefold in 2017.</p><p>As part of the Government’s domestic abuse consultation earlier this year, we asked whether further action should be taken to strengthen the offence. We will be publishing a response to the consultation, together with a draft Domestic Abuse Bill, later this Parliamentary session.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2018 16:39:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1010135

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Yemen: Ceasefires
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are working on a UN Security Council resolution to formalise calls for a ceasefire in Yemen; and if not, whether they plan to do so.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL11582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>A cessation of hostilities must be the first priority as we seek to put in place a longer term solution to the Yemen conflict. On Monday 19 November, the UK circulated a draft UN Security Resolution. We are discussing with our partners on the Security Council how best to take this forward. We have a window of opportunity in the political process in which to work for the best solution for the people of Yemen and support the efforts of the UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths towards planned talks in Stockholm this week.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/12/2018 16:54:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1010136

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M11
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering extending the M11 using funds announced for road infrastructure in the Budget.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL11583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is using evidence gathered about local priorities for road investment, such as the proposal to extend the M11, to inform the development of the second Road Investment Strategy. Investment decisions, using the £25.3 billion announced at Budget, will be confirmed in late 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/11/2018 15:49:54 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1010145

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Gaza: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to (1) make representations to the government of Israel, and (2) take other steps, to ensure the safety of people in Gaza (a) from incursions by the Israel Defense Forces, and (b) when protesting peacefully at border fences.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL11592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>​The UK is very concerned at the high numbers of Palestinians killed and injured by Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in the West Bank and Gaza. We have raised the issue with the Israeli authorities, encouraging them to carry out transparent investigations into whether the use of live fire had been appropriate. The UK has repeatedly made clear to Israel our longstanding concerns about the manner in which the IDF police protests, including use of live ammunition. We will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/12/2018 13:47:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1010146

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Gaza: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the (1) reduction of the permissible fishing zone off the coast of Gaza, and (2) the reports of shots fired at fishermen outside the zone.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL11593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>We regularly raise with the Government of Israel on Gaza the urgent need to ease all access and movement restrictions including fishing limits. This would help to restore the fishing industry. We are concerned by all acts of violence in Gaza, including in the fishing areas. All sides have a responsibility to protect civilians.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/12/2018 14:05:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1010147

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Gaza: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current status of Gaza, (2) the control which Israel exerts over it, and (3) Israel’s obligations towards civilians living there.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL11594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>​We consider that the level of control that Israel retains over the Gaza strip amounts to occupation under international law and hence Israel's presence is governed by the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which Israel is a state party. The UK is closely monitoring the situation in Gaza. We remain deeply concerned about restrictions on movement and access in Gaza, and the impact that these have on the humanitarian situation. We have frequent discussions with the Government of Israel about the need to ease restrictions on Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/12/2018 14:06:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge