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1167886

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2019
	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	Fracking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban fracking in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Dissolution. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 16:58:08 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1167887

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2019
	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	Fracking: North West
	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 environmental impact of Cuadrilla’s latest drilling programme in north west England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Dissolution. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 16:58:30 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1167535

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland
	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 officers the Police Service of Northern Ireland needed to safely provide a police service for the people of Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hogan-Howe
	uin	HL543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and operational capability is a matter for the Chief Constable. The PSNI’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern Ireland block grant.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has provided the PSNI with the additional security funding it has asked for and needs to ensure that they have the resource (including officers) to tackle the SEVERE threat from Northern Ireland related terrorism. This additional security funding boosts PSNI’s ability to tackle the terrorist threat while ensuring day-to-day policing isn’t compromised.</p><p> </p><p>PSNI received £230m in additional security funding in the last Parliament and £160m in this one. In addition, the UK Government has, to date, provided PSNI with over £16.5m in EU Exit funding to help manage pressures and contingencies arising from ongoing EU exit preparations. This has enabled PSNI to recruit 206 additional officers this financial year.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 13:03:52 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4693 label Biography information for Lord Hogan-Howe

1167229

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Thomas Cook: 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 Thomas Cook's liquidation on (1) airline food suppliers, and (2) aircraft parts manufacturers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has convened a special cross-government taskforce alongside local stakeholders to support employees, local stakeholders and supply chains. The taskforce is considering existing support schemes available and will also monitor local business impacts.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 14:36:19 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1167230

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to protect Thomas Cook's suppliers from the financial impact of that company's collapse.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has convened a special cross-government taskforce alongside local stakeholders to support employees, local stakeholders and supply chains. The taskforce is considering existing support schemes available and will also monitor local business impacts.</p><p> </p><p>Local partners are able to advise on support available to suppliers affected by Thomas Cook going insolvent.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 14:36:54 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1167231

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Thomas Cook: 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 Thomas Cook's liquidation on the landlords of Thomas Cook's high street shops.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the announcement that Hays Travel Limited has acquired Thomas Cook’s entire UK retail estate of 555 outlets. It is a matter for Hays Travel Limited to negotiate contractual arrangements with landlords for the ongoing occupation of the sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 14:37:25 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1167243

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made towards meeting the requirement of section 3(21) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019, namely that the Secretary of State must, and before 1 December, publish a report on the future welfare mitigation support measures that will be in place after March 2020, unless an Executive is formed on or before 1 December.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has always been clear that he will continue to uphold the letter and the spirit of his obligations under the Northern Ireland (Executive Function etc) Act 2019 in full. That includes the obligation to report on welfare support measures in Northern Ireland. A report will therefore be published by 1 December 2019 if no Executive has been formed.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 12:54:36 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1167260

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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	Foreign Companies: Ownership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the public register of beneficial owners of overseas entities will be available for public inspection in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The draft Registration of Overseas Entities bill was published on 23 July 2018. The Joint Committee for the draft bill carried out pre-legislative scrutiny earlier this year, with the Government publishing its response to the Committee’s report and recommendations on 18 July 2019. In the response, the Government accepted a number of the Committee’s recommendations and has been considering other recommendations to ensure that the legislation is as effective as possible in tackling the use of UK property for the purpose of money laundering.</p><p> </p><p>It is essential that the new requirements are workable, proportionate and that the register strikes the right balance between improving transparency and minimising burdens on legitimate commercial activity. The Government intends to introduce the bill when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 14:38:45 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1156554

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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	Hydrogen: Storage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote hydrogen energy storage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The report published on the 2nd May 2019 by our independent advisors, the Committee on Climate Change, has stressed the importance of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero, however the technologies required to produce low carbon hydrogen are not yet fully developed. BEIS, through its Energy Innovation Programme, has committed more than £40 million to accelerate:</p><ul><li>the commercialisation of large-scale hydrogen energy storage technologies; and</li><li>the development of supplying low carbon hydrogen at scale for industry, power, buildings and transport.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 14:38:58 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1156570

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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	Fracking: Decommissioning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the (1) requirements, (2) regulations, and (3) responsibilities, in connection with (a) the decommissioning of onshore fracking wells in particular where an operator is no longer able to carry out the necessary work, (b) monitoring of a well for any leakages or emissions, or other environmental damage following its closure and decommissioning, and (c) liabilities for any damage caused by the well after that time.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>When operations finish at shale gas sites, the licensees are responsible for safe decommissioning of their well(s) and for restoring the well-site to its previous state or a suitable condition for re-use. As set out, in the joint Written Ministerial Statement of 17 May 2018, as a matter of policy the financial resilience of all companies looking to hydraulically fracture is now assessed, including their ability to cover decommissioning costs.</p><p>Only three onshore wells have been hydraulically fractured in the UK and one of these, Cuadrilla’s site at Preese Hall, has been decommissioned and the site fully restored to its previous state. The groundwater at Preese Hall has been monitored post decommissioning in April 2015 and results have been supplied to the Environment Agency and the other regulatory bodies. There has been no evidence of environmental harm. The remaining two wells are at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Lancashire. As part of its application for Hydraulic Fracturing Consent, Cuadrilla was required to undergo a financial resilience check to ensure that it had sufficient funding to cover the full decommissioning of their site.</p><p>If, in the unlikely situation there was an issue with the well in the longer term, the Environment Agency would seek to identify the person(s) responsible for any pollution and has powers it can apply in specific circumstances, to remediate the issues.</p><p>The Department is considering whether any further mitigations might be appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 05/11/2019 14:39:40 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves