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1125836

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 19:24:00
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	10/05/2019 15:45:05 23/05/2019 15:47:04
	hansard heading	Local Government: Constituencies
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15626
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/05/2019 15:15:14
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following an election that has changed the political composition of a local authority, that authority is able to withdraw a submission made to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England on a local boundaries review in their area and replace it with an alternative submission.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15626
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15626
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This is a matter for the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England, which is accountable to the Speaker’s Committee of the House of Commons.</p> question first answered 23/05/2019 15:15:14 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	creator	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1126318

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 19:52:33
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 15:45:07 24/05/2019 13:09:02
	hansard heading	Euthanasia: Vulnerable Adults
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15678
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 12:37:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the current law permitting mentally competent adults to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment has ever been proven inadequate in the courts to protect vulnerable people from being pressured to end their life prematurely.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15678
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15678
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have not seen evidence from the courts that the current provisions permitting mentally competent adults to refuse life-sustaining treatment provide inadequate protection for vulnerable people.</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 12:37:47 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	creator	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1126319

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 19:52:35
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 15:15:06 24/05/2019 13:01:02
	hansard heading	Euthanasia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15679
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 12:29:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent research from the UK's Assisted Dying Coalition, published on 8 February, which found that more than one person a week now travels from the UK to Switzerland to end their life; and in light of that research, whether they plan to review the UK's assisted dying law.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15679
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15679
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It remains the Government’s view that any change to the law in this area in England and Wales is an issue of conscience and a matter for Parliament to decide rather than one for Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament has not so far voted to legalise assisted suicide in any circumstances.</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 12:29:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	creator	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1126320

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 19:52:36
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 15:05:08 24/05/2019 13:09:04
	hansard heading	National Preventive Mechanism
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15680
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 12:37:28
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendation of the UN Sub-Committee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment that the National Preventive Mechanism be placed on a legislative basis.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15680
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15680
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In 2009, the UK Government established the UK’s independent National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) which currently comprises 21 inspection, visiting and monitoring bodies covering detention places across the UK. The UK continues to comply with its international obligations under the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, under which the NPM was established.</p><p> </p><p>We note the sub-committee on Prevention of Torture’s recommendation, and we continue to explore with the NPM how it may be addressed.</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 12:37:28 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	creator	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1126332

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 19:52:50
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 15:15:09 22/05/2019 17:09:01
	hansard heading	Banking Hubs: Competition
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15692
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/05/2019 16:37:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to update competition law to allow for shared banking hubs in areas where local bank branches have been closed.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15692
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15692
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Branch closures can be difficult for the communities affected and the Government pays close attention to this issue. However, the decision to close a branch is a commercial one for a firm, and Government does not intervene in those decisions.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is equally clear that as banking providers seek to respond to technological advances and changes in customer behaviour, they must also consider carefully the needs of those who still rely on their local bank branch. Since May 2017, the major high street banks have been signed up to the Access to Banking Standard, which commits them to work with customers and communities to minimise the impact of branch closures and put in place alternative banking services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also supports the Post Office Banking Framework Agreement which enables 99% of the UK’s personal and 95% of the UK’s small business customers to withdraw money, deposit cash and cheques and check balances at any one of the Post Office’s network of 11,500 branches.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While banks do have to comply with competition law, there is no specific regulation that prevents banks from sharing branches or other premises where their strategies align. The Government therefore has no plans to update competition law on this basis. Government does not intervene in these commercial decisions, but will continue to encourage banks to think creatively about how they can ensure that consumers can access a wide range of banking services on a sustainable basis. For example, NatWest, Lloyds Bank and Barclays are trialling shared business banking hubs in 6 locations across the UK in the coming weeks.</p> question first answered 22/05/2019 16:37:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1126698

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/05/2019
	date	14/05/2019
	date tabled	14/05/2019
	ddp created	14/05/2019 20:17:03
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 15:35:12 24/05/2019 12:57:02
	hansard heading	Companies: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15715
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 12:25:21
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to introduce a public register of beneficial ownership for (1) the Crown Dependencies, and (2) other tax havens for which the UK has responsibility.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15715
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15715
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It is important to note that the Crown Dependencies are self-governing jurisdictions with their own legislative assemblies, administrative, fiscal and legal systems and courts of law. They have confirmed they will develop public registers of company beneficial ownership once it has been established as a global norm.</p><p>In October 2018 the UK Government launched an international beneficial ownership transparency campaign to shift global norms by encouraging and supporting more countries to implement free to access and publicly available company beneficial ownership registers by 2023. In line with this campaign, the UK Government will encourage the Crown Dependencies to voluntarily introduce measures to improve the transparency of their company ownership.</p><p>Similarly, the Overseas Territories are self-governing jurisdictions. However, in accordance with the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, the UK Government will prepare an Order in Council by the end of 2020 requiring all Overseas Territories to have fully functioning publicly accessible registers in place by the end of 2023. The UK Government will work consensually with the Overseas Territories on introducing publicly accessible registers, which includes through technical workshops.</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 12:25:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	creator	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth

1126710

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/05/2019
	date	14/05/2019
	date tabled	14/05/2019
	ddp created	14/05/2019 20:17:18
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	16/05/2019 14:45:08 23/05/2019 15:46:02
	hansard heading	Social Science: Research
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15727
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/05/2019 15:14:39
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Government-funded social science research on deprived communities.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15727
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15727
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 2017, the department has commissioned around 20 studies to investigate and understand the needs of deprived communities and communities who face specific integration challenges. Key examples include the update to the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), The Integrated Communities Innovation Fund evaluation, a number of studies on reducing homelessness, and the ongoing troubled families evaluation. The results of these projects have provided invaluable insight into the issues and the findings are incorporated into policy development.</p><p>For example, the Randomised Control Trial research on community based English Language programmes has informed the development of the current English Language programme of support, providing people who don’t speak English with the skills and confidence to improve their integration outcomes.</p><p>Our Integrated Areas evaluation will test the impact of different interventions designed to improve real life social outcomes, including social mixing outcomes across different communities residing in the same place.</p><p>The previous 2015 version of the Indices of Multiple Deprivation fed directly into MHCLG and more widely into other Departments’ policy development, particularly where policies have been focused on working with the most deprived communities across the country.</p><p>More generally, much of our commissioned research aims to understand and address the needs of communities that most need our support and promote growth. Key examples include the English Housing Survey and European Regional Development Fund.</p> question first answered 23/05/2019 15:14:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	creator	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson written parliamentary question 1126710
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3830

1127000

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 20:49:15
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 16:05:15 29/05/2019 13:59:01
	hansard heading	Tourism: The Gambia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15761
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/05/2019 13:27:56
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist the development of the tourism sector in The Gambia.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord German
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15761
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15761
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The then Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Michael Ellis MP, had a useful bilateral meeting with his Gambian counterpart, Minister Hamat Bah, in the margins of a meeting of Commonwealth Ministers during the Edinburgh International Culture Summit last summer. They discussed a range of matters concerning the importance of tourism to the economy and future prosperity of The Gambia, and to the wider Commonwealth. The Government remains willing to explore all avenues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, including with the Commonwealth institutions and UNESCO, to support the development of sustainable tourism in The Gambia, and more widely across Africa.</p><p>I welcome the Noble Lord’s recent meeting with President Barrow, and the efforts of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to strengthen democratic institutions in The Gambia and across the Commonwealth.</p> question first answered 29/05/2019 13:27:56 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	creator	4163 label Biography information for Lord German
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1127237

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/05/2019
	date	16/05/2019
	date tabled	16/05/2019
	ddp created	16/05/2019 19:40:35
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	17/05/2019 16:15:04 24/05/2019 12:18:05
	hansard heading	International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15790
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/05/2019 11:46:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on 17 May and support its theme of "Justice and Protection for All".
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15790
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15790
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>​To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) government buildings across the UK and, where locally appropriate, our overseas missions flew the Rainbow flag. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office hosted an in-house panel event including LGBT Rights activists and lawyers that discussed tackling discrimination, advocating for decriminalisation and the issues facing LGBT equality globally. Our overseas missions celebrated in diverse ways including hosting civil society events and roundtables, and using social media to issue messages to mark IDAHOBIT that demonstrate the UK’s ongoing support for the human rights of LGBT people.</p> question first answered 24/05/2019 11:46:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	creator	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns written parliamentary question 1127237
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3474

1127240

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/05/2019
	date	16/05/2019
	date tabled	16/05/2019
	ddp created	16/05/2019 19:40:39
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	17/05/2019 16:05:15 22/05/2019 16:12:03
	hansard heading	Arts: Vocational Education
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15793
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/05/2019 15:40:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that businesses continue to have access to a workforce with sufficient creative and design-linked skills.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Blackstone
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15793
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15793
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our reforms to professional and technical education and apprenticeships are aimed at ensuring that people of all ages get access to the education and training that businesses across the sectors need.</p><p> </p><p>Both apprenticeships and T levels, when they are introduced, can be a valuable way of developing skills for the creative and design sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Employer-designed T levels will give students the skills needed to enter work or higher level technical study, helping young people to get a head-start in their potential careers. The first 3 T levels will be delivered in 2020, and we will confirm the timetable for the rollout of courses in creative and design before the end of this year.</p><p> </p><p>New apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed and driven by industry – creating higher quality training that will lead to a more skilled and productive economy. There are 23 Creative and Design Apprenticeship Standards approved for delivery with 6 standards currently in development.</p><p> </p><p>The National College for Creative Industries, opened in September 2016, is one of 4 national colleges which we are establishing to set new standards for higher-level technical training.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/05/2019 15:40:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	creator	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone