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143445

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2014
	date	07/11/2014
	date tabled	07/11/2014
	ddp created	07/11/2014 19:22:20
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:27:42
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2730
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	21/11/2014 14:44:34
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many times in the last 10 years no Government response to a Lords Select Committee report was forthcoming eight months or longer after the report’s publication; and what were the subjects of the report or reports in question.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2730
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2730
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This information is not held centrally; it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/11/2014 14:44:34 answering member 4205
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1123750

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	29/04/2019
	date tabled	29/04/2019
	ddp created	29/04/2019 20:35:28
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	29/04/2019 20:45:59 14/05/2019 11:54:01
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Archives: Fire Hazards
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15388
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/05/2019 11:22:28
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment has been made of the fire risk to the Parliamentary Archives; and whether consideration is being given to moving them to fire-proof premises.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15388
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15388
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>The last fire risk assessment for Victoria Tower was carried out in 2016. It highlighted several fire safety issues, the majority of which have been dealt with as part of the Fire Safety Improvement Works Programme. This included the upgrade of the fire detection, new fire escape signage, emergency escape lighting and fire doors. There is also inherent fire compartmentation within the tower with the floors providing at least 30 minutes separation between the different levels. The fire risk assessment is scheduled for a review following the recent works and any issues highlighted in this review will be addressed.</p><p>Planning work is being undertaken to move the Parliamentary Archives ahead of Restoration and Renewal of the Palace, under the auspices of the Archives Accommodation Programme. The programme is developing requirements and designs for a range of options. The designs will take into account all known fire risks and will meet the necessary British Standards, both for fire mitigation and for archival storage, care and use of such important heritage collections.</p> question first answered 14/05/2019 11:22:28 answering member 2079
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

452280

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2016
	date	11/02/2016
	date tabled	11/02/2016
	ddp created	11/02/2016 21:56:25
	ddp modified	25/02/2016 18:16:03
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Acts: Publishing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6181
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	25/02/2016 17:44:37
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees why the use of vellum for the record copies of Acts of Parliament has been abandoned without the passage through both Houses of a resolution to authorise its discontinuation.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL6181
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6181
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The House of Lords agreed to cease using vellum for public Acts in 1999, with a resolution to that effect being passed on 14 October 1999. That resolution still stands. At that time, the change was not agreed by the House of Commons.</p><p>In the past six years (2009/10 to 2014/15) the Lords has spent a total of £620,440 on vellum Acts; an average of just over £103,000 per year.</p><p>This is despite the availability of archival paper which is of extremely high quality and durability.</p><p>Private Acts of Parliament have been printed on archival quality paper since 1956, and I am not aware that vellum is now used for any other UK governmental or parliamentary records.</p><p>The National Archives has confirmed the view it took in 1999: that it does not require a vellum copy, and that archival quality paper is sufficient to maintain the public record. It also maintains a comprehensive database of legislation, both “as originally enacted” and “as amended”, on <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>Switching from vellum to high quality archival paper would, on a conservative estimate, save approximately 80% on current costs - or around £80,000 per year. The exact level of savings to public funds will depend on the number of Acts passed, and number of pages per Act, per year, and the precise specification and contractual arrangements agreed for future printing.</p><p>As well as being an expensive raw material, vellum requires a highly specialised form of printing which is not widely available, the machinery for which is expensive to maintain, and which is likely to be more difficult to procure on the expiry of the House’s current printing contract in March 2016.</p><p>As the start of a new Parliament seemed a natural point at which to implement the change previously agreed by this House, and we were coming to the end of present contracts, the House Committee was content that we were seeking to take forward the House’s 1999 decision. I then wrote to the Chairman of the House of Commons Administration Committee to invite that House to agree to the change. The view of the House of Commons authorities is that this is a matter for the House of Lords.</p> question first answered 25/02/2016 17:44:37 answering member 2079
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

455982

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/03/2016
	date	29/02/2016
	date tabled	29/02/2016
	ddp created	29/02/2016 23:27:07
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	ddp modified	29/02/2016 23:37:08 14/03/2016 13:09:02
	hansard heading	Acts: Publishing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6562
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	14/03/2016 12:37:34
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to his Written Answer on 25 February (HL6181), whether he plans to reconsider the decision to cease using vellum for Public Acts.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL6562
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6562
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As the House Committee was content that we were seeking to take forward the House’s 1999 decision and the House of Commons has indicated that this is a matter for the Lords, I have no such plans.</p> question first answered 14/03/2016 12:37:34 answering member 2079
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

515888

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/05/2016
	date	26/04/2016
	date tabled	26/04/2016
	ddp created	26/04/2016 23:34:48
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	ddp modified	26/04/2016 23:38:01 10/05/2016 15:35:56
	hansard heading	Acts: Publishing
	house id	2
	identifier	HL7954
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	10/05/2016 15:00:16
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what are the implications of the vote in the House of Commons on 20 April in favour of retaining vellum for the printing of record copies of public Acts of Parliament.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL7954
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7954
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The House Committee considered this matter at its meeting on 3 May. The Committee agreed that, in response to the letter from the Clerk of the House of Commons about the debate, I should write to the Chairman of the House of Commons Administration Committee in the following terms:</p><p>“I am writing further to the backbench debate on printing record copies of public Acts of Parliament on vellum. I have consulted the House of Lords House Committee in preparing this reply.</p><p>As you know, this House agreed in 1999 to move to printing Acts of Parliament on archival paper instead of vellum. We are persuaded that printing on archival paper is a more appropriate use of public funds, and that the case for continuing to print on vellum is not made.</p><p>If, in the light of the debate, the House of Commons wishes to arrange a contract for printing record copies of public Acts on vellum then the House of Lords Administration will gladly share experience of managing the legacy contract to assist you in making any such arrangements. I am sure you will appreciate that this House does not wish to contribute financially to any future printing on vellum. It is also important that we ensure the longevity of any public Acts, as the Clerk of the Parliaments must certify a record copy of them.</p><p>Perhaps at our next regular meeting it would be possible for us to discuss some of the points made in the debate. I am, as ever, grateful to you for all your help in this matter.”</p><p>I wrote accordingly on 4 May.</p> question first answered 10/05/2016 15:00:16 answering member 2079
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

788328

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/11/2017
	date	13/11/2017
	date tabled	13/11/2017
	ddp created	13/11/2017 22:48:55
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	ddp modified	13/11/2017 22:56:47 22/11/2017 12:45:05
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3120
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2017 12:13:59
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she has plans to ensure that Government departments (1) abide by their undertaking to provide responses to the reports of select committees within two months of publication, and (2) reply fully to the recommendations set out in those reports.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3120
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I have recently written to Lords ministers to reiterate the importance of providing timely responses to select committee reports and I am assured that ministers are working hard to ensure the Government respond to reports within two months of their publication. However, sometimes circumstances dictate that it will not be possible to provide a response within this timeframe. Sometimes a later timeframe is agreed with the committee in question when it may be possible to give a fuller response at a later point. In such instances the relevant government department will maintain contact with the relevant select committee chairman and secretariat.</p><p>The Government values the work of the select committees of this House, and understands the importance of proper engagement with them. The House has the opportunity to consider Government responses alongside the report at the point at which it is debated and I recognise the importance of having sufficient time to consider it beforehand. This is an important way that the House holds Government to account for the quality and timeliness of the response.</p> question first answered 22/11/2017 12:13:59 answering member 4329
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

168482

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/12/2014
	date	08/12/2014
	date tabled	08/12/2014
	ddp created	08/12/2014 23:24:56
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:48:28
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Succession to the Crown Act 2013
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3512
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/12/2014 17:08:26
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Tankerness on 26 February (HL Deb, col 922) and the Written Answer on 23 June (HL224), when they now expect all the necessary processes to be completed so that the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 can be implemented.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL3512
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3512
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Further to the answers of 26 February (HL Deb, col 922) and 23 June (HL224), all Realms have concluded the necessary processes before implementation with the exception of Australia. Out of the six Australian States, five have now enacted legislation and the remaining State has introduced its legislation. Once that has been enacted we understand that the Australian Government will introduce the Commonwealth’s Succession to the Crown Bill into the Australian Parliament as a priority. The UK Government will then be in a position to make the commencement order for the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 15/12/2014 17:08:26 answering member 1816
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

173001

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/01/2015
	date	12/01/2015
	date tabled	12/01/2015
	ddp created	12/01/2015 23:35:44
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 20:01:31
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4073
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	20/01/2015 11:54:26
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish the results of their inquiry into the premature disclosure of certain honours included in the New Year's honours list; and if so, when.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL4073
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4073
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As is the practice of previous Governments, we do not normally comment on such inquiries.</p><p> </p><p>The honours committees have adopted the following indicative guidelines as to the criteria for assessing the award of MBEs and BEMs:</p><p> </p><p>Member of the British Empire (MBE)</p><p> </p><p>Achievement or service in and to the community which is outstanding in its field and has delivered sustained and real impact which stands out as an example to others.</p><p> </p><p>British Empire Medal (BEM)</p><p> </p><p>Achievement or contribution of a very “hands-on” service to the community in a local geographical area. This might take the form of sustained commitment in support of very local charitable and/or voluntary activity; or innovative work that has delivered real impact but that is relatively short (three to four years) in duration.</p><p> </p> question first answered 20/01/2015 11:54:26 answering member 1816
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

173002

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/01/2015
	date	12/01/2015
	date tabled	12/01/2015
	ddp created	12/01/2015 23:35:44
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 20:01:32
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Privy Council
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4074
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/01/2015 15:25:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total size of the Privy Council on (1) 1 May 1997, (2) 1 May 2010, and (3) 1 January 2015.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL4074
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4074
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong>The information is set out in the table below. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Privy Counsellors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1st May 1997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>423</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1st May 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>554</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1st January 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>639</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 15/01/2015 15:25:46 answering member 1816
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

173003

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/01/2015
	date	12/01/2015
	date tabled	12/01/2015
	ddp created	12/01/2015 23:35:45
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 20:01:33
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4075
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	20/01/2015 11:54:27
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria are used to determine (1) appointment as MBE, and (2) award of the British Empire Medal.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL4075
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4075
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As is the practice of previous Governments, we do not normally comment on such inquiries.</p><p> </p><p>The honours committees have adopted the following indicative guidelines as to the criteria for assessing the award of MBEs and BEMs:</p><p> </p><p>Member of the British Empire (MBE)</p><p> </p><p>Achievement or service in and to the community which is outstanding in its field and has delivered sustained and real impact which stands out as an example to others.</p><p> </p><p>British Empire Medal (BEM)</p><p> </p><p>Achievement or contribution of a very “hands-on” service to the community in a local geographical area. This might take the form of sustained commitment in support of very local charitable and/or voluntary activity; or innovative work that has delivered real impact but that is relatively short (three to four years) in duration.</p><p> </p> question first answered 20/01/2015 11:54:27 answering member 1816
	creator	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden