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1727461

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Russia: Ukraine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current state of the global crude oil fleet, and (2) the number of vessels that have 'gone dark' since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport holds data on the number and type of vessels within the world fleet, and as of 31 December 2023 there were 15,700 chemical and oil tankers in the world fleet with a total deadweight tonnage of 714 million tonnes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government are aware of 'going dark' activities conducted by vessels since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, it is not possible to ascertain the exact figure of 'dark vessels' or 'dark periods', as while they can be due to deceptive practices, they may also be for safety reasons in high-risk areas or arise from technical issues and GPS jamming. The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) have established a (Russian) Maritime Sanctions Assessment Team focusing on the movements of oil tankers that are assessed to be associated with the movement of Russian oil.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 16/09/2024 12:04:38 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1727462

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	Ammunition: Lead
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Health and Safety Executive will have regard to the environmental principles policy statement when formulating its final restriction opinion on the risks to human health and the environment of using lead in ammunition.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is currently finalising its UK REACH opinion on further action to restrict the use of lead in ammunition and is considering the environmental principles policy statement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sherlock question first answered 16/09/2024 12:15:11 answering member 4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1727463

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates: Valuation
	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 impact of the last Valuation Office Agency business rates revaluation on critical national infrastructure, including airports and power stations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The last business rates revaluation, which came into effect in England and Wales on 1 April 2023, resulted in a fall in the total rateable values for each of the sectors shown below. Using the examples provided, the figures below demonstrate the overall change in total rateable value (RV) for civil airports and fossil fuel power stations, between the 2017 and 2023 rating lists.</p><p> </p><p>Civil airports.</p><p>2017 RV: £392,425,000</p><p>2023 RV: £390,997,000</p><p> </p><p>Fossil fuel power stations.</p><p>2017 RV: £164,653,000</p><p>2023 RV: £138,420,000</p><p> </p><p>For transparency the VOA publishes official statistics for each property class, which show the change in RV. These can be found on the Non-domestic Rating Stock of Properties statistics pages for 2023 and 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA carried out a revaluation of around 2.1 million non-domestic properties in England and Wales to produce the 2023 rating list. The new RVs came into force on 1 April 2023, with the 2023 RV reflecting changes in rental values between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to a fairer business rates system. In our manifesto, we pledged to level the playing field between the high street and online giants, as well as to take steps to incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 17/09/2024 14:32:35 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1727464

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence and Security: Innovation
	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 scale of innovation in the UK’s defence and security sector, in the light of the success of non-legacy defence contractors in recent US procurement rounds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the importance of engaging with non-traditional defence suppliers and is working closely with UK Industry and Academia to identify and invest in innovative technologies that address our most pressing capability challenges.</p><p>This includes initiatives such as the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), which is designed to find and fund innovative solutions to defence and security challenges, for example through Regional Defence and Security Clusters (RDSCs)</p><p>This Government is committed to bringing forward a Defence Industrial Strategy, working closely with industry to support UK resilience and innovation.</p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 18/09/2024 14:18:47 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1727465

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Treaties: Dispute Resolution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to assess whether current investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms within treaties to which the UK is a signatory have produced outcomes that are in the UK’s national interest.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK is party to over 80 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which contain investment protection and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions.</p><p>The UK is a significant capital exporter and investment protection provisions backed by ISDS provide UK investors with legal protection against arbitrary, discriminatory or unfair treatment and expropriation without compensation. ISDS provides a framework to resolve disputes with host governments through independent arbitration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 12/09/2024 14:30:01 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1727466

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 24 July (HL Deb col 501), what further discussions, if any, have taken place about the formulation and timetabling of anti-SLAPP legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that SLAPPs pose a risk to the integrity of our legal system. We are considering all options for reform in relation to this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 13/09/2024 12:13:10 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1719166

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2024
	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	Colombia: Human Rights
	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 briefing by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, People power under pressure: Human rights defenders & business in 2023, published on 7 May, and its finding that Colombia ranked 8th of the countries that had the highest numbers of attacks on human rights defenders challenging corporate harm in 2023; and what action, if any, they plan to take in response to that finding.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL4773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to promoting responsible corporate behaviour by companies overseas and supporting the implementation of the Voluntary Principles on Human Rights. We remain concerned at the worrying rate of murders of, and threats against, human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia. In March, Minister Rutley met with the Colombian Vice Foreign Minister to raise our concern over attacks on human rights defenders and reiterate our commitment to supporting efforts to tackle the root causes of violence in Colombia. At the UN Security Council meeting on Colombia in April, we set out our commitment to supporting efforts to tackle the root causes of violence in Colombia.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2024 16:52:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1713985

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Colombia: War Crimes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to support the Colombian Ministry of Equality and Equity, particularly pertaining to its work on reparations for victims of sexual and gender-based violence during conflict.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL4092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>Colombia is a Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) and Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan focus country. Colombia is current chair of the UK-founded International Alliance on PSVI, a key forum for coordinating global action on conflict-related sexual violence. The UK contributed to the opening of a landmark case to address sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) from the armed conflict in the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP), the authoritative transitional justice body providing reparations to SGBV victims. We continue to support this work, as well as assistance to victims and survivors seeking access to justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/05/2024 10:42:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1699275

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to resume the publication of timeliness data in respect of employment tribunals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL3658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service anticipate that publication of employment tribunal timeliness data will be at the end of the calendar year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 11/04/2024 14:53:56 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1699276

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any work is underway to prepare for a fiscal event outside of the usual Treasury timetable.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL3659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury develops policy throughout the year, in line with the Chancellor’s priorities and regardless of whether a date for a fiscal event has been announced.</p><p>The government is required by law to commission the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to produce two forecasts per year and to hold a Budget each fiscal year.</p><p>The Chancellor has not announced the date of the next fiscal event.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/04/2024 14:17:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton