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1059667

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Radar
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate the Radar Review will provide recommendations to the Ministry of Defence on the future approach to funding and development of the next generation of defence radars.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL13685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is currently undergoing a preliminary scoping analysis to consider our strategic objectives and understand any risks in our current and future Radar capabilities. We aim to conclude the first 'understand' phase in the spring which will set out the scope, structure and timelines for any further phases of work that may be required.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/02/2019 16:30:17 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1059232

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Licensing
	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 effectiveness of selective licensing schemes; when they intend to publish their review of the scheme; and whether they intend to support local authorities to expand the scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
	uin	HL13617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>In September last year the Government commissioned a thorough and independent review into the effectiveness of selective licensing. This is on schedule to report in Spring 2019. The Department will consider the outcomes of the review carefully and does not intend to pre-empt its findings with regard to changes in legislation or policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/02/2019 17:17:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1059231

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow Residents Associations to perform the same functions as Resident Management Companies in communities where the Residents’ Association represents the majority of home owners.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
	uin	HL13616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to allow residents' associations to perform the same function as resident management companies. Instead, the Government has asked the Law Commission to review and streamline the current right to manage procedures, to make it quicker and easier for leaseholders and leasehold resident associations to take control of their buildings. The Law Commission is currently consulting on its proposals, which can be found at www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/right-to-manage. The consultation closes on 30 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/02/2019 17:16:12 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1059230

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Service Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to stop landowners and managing agents from using service charges to recover legal defence costs from home owners who they have entered legal disputes with.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
	uin	HL13615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaseholders can apply to the Tribunal at any time to make an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 for the court or tribunal to limit or prevent the recovery of legal costs via the service charge. In addition Section 131 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 amended the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 to give the courts and tribunals a discretionary power to reduce or extinguish a leaseholders liability to pay a particular administration charge in respect of litigation costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/02/2019 17:16:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1059227

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	Shipbuilding
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) protect jobs, and (2) boost productivity, in the UK shipbuilding industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy published in 2017 set out how the Ministry of Defence would transform the way it procures naval ships. The Strategy committed the government to work with the industry to improve public procurement, increase trade and drive innovation.</p><p>An industry led Maritime Enterprise Working Group is undertaking a long-term programme of improvements for the UK shipbuilding industry. Its membership includes the major UK shipbuilders, government and universities.</p><p>The Group commissioned a Shipbuilding Market Evaluation and Competitiveness Study that is due to report shortly. The findings of the study will enable the UK shipbuilding industry to focus on specific productivity improvements based on the opportunities for the industry in terms of the domestic and international markets for commercial and naval ships, which could secure jobs for the long term.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/02/2019 14:16:56 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1059226

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	Manufacturing Industries
	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 falls in factory output on the recent growth slowdown in the UK manufacturing sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the latest Index of Production figures for December 2018 show that manufacturing output fell by 0.7% on the previous month, in fact, manufacturing output for the entirety of 2018 rose by 0.9% compared to 2017 levels.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that the manufacturing sector remains a vital contributor to the economy of the UK, driving innovation, exports, job creation, and productivity growth. The sector supports 2.7 million jobs, generates 49% of the UK total exports of goods and services, and accounts for 66% of all business expenditure on UK R&amp;D. Through our modern Industrial Strategy and Made Smarter – our key national industrial digitalisation programme – we are building an economy fit for the future. In the process, we are exploiting the wealth of opportunities from next generation technologies that foster competitive business environments, allowing for UK manufacturing to flourish. As the 9<sup>th</sup> largest global manufacturing economy, we are – and will continue to be – a major manufacturing nation.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/02/2019 14:16:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1059212

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the forthcoming Environment Bill and all other relevant environmental legislation enshrines legally binding provisions to meet air quality standards, set out by the World Health Organization.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL13598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The draft Environment Bill, published in December last year, would place the 25 Year Environment Plan on a statutory footing by establishing a new statutory cycle of environmental planning, monitoring and reporting. The Government also committed to exploring the inclusion of additional targets for environmental improvement within this cycle.</p><p> </p><p>In the Environment Bill policy paper, also published in December last year, we reaffirmed that improving air quality is a key part of our plan to leave the environment in a better state than we found it.</p><p> </p><p>In our Clean Air Strategy, published in January this year, we set out our ambition to reduce people’s exposure to fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) and committed to setting a new, ambitious, long-term target to reduce people’s exposure to PM<sub>2.5</sub>. We also committed to publishing a report this year examining what action would need to be taken to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) PM<sub>2.5</sub> annual mean guideline level of 10μg/m<sup>3</sup>, and we will use this evidence to inform the target which we set.</p><p> </p><p>The actions in the Strategy will reduce concentrations of PM<sub>2.5</sub> for everyone, resulting in a halving of the number of people living in areas with annual mean concentrations of PM<sub>2.5</sub> above the WHO’s guideline level of 10μg/m<sup>3</sup> by 2025, compared with 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We are the first major economy to set out ambitions based on the WHO’s PM<sub>2.5</sub> targets, and our Clean Air Strategy was welcomed by the WHO’s Director General as “an example for the rest of the world to follow.”</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/02/2019 14:06:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

1056910

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Research: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve access to information about sources of public funding in the UK to support international research collaboration and the mobility of researchers in the early stages of their careers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
	uin	HL13564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is committed to supporting international collaboration and promoting opportunities for doing so. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), the Newton Fund and the Fund for International Collaboration (FIC) are all specific avenues for UK researchers and innovators to develop international partnerships.</p><p> </p><p>Information about funding available for international collaboration is available on the UKRI website, as well as on individual Research Council websites. Information about funded research and innovation is available through Gateway to Research, including projects funded through the GCRF, the Newton Fund and the FIC. Social media platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, additionally allow UKRI to advertise opportunities for funding.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI works closely with the Research Organisation Consultation Group to disseminate funding information through UK research organisations. The UK Science and Innovation Network (operated as part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office), and Universities UK International are also well placed to promote these opportunities.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/02/2019 14:17:27 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

1056907

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Islamophobia
	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 All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims' working definition of Islamophobia, as set out in its report Islamophobia defined: the inquiry into a working definition of Islamophobia, published in November 2018, on (1) the efficacy of counter-extremism and integration policies, (2) the ability to study, investigate and criticise political and radical Islam, and (3) community relations, in particular for moderate or liberal Muslims and the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL13561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>We are examining the options for a definition of Islamophobia and intend to examine this issue through the newly appointed Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group. Any such approach would need to be considered carefully to ensure that this would have the positive effect intended.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/02/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1056904

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with Ofcom and mobile network operators, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, to (1) seek assurances that such operators will continue to incorporate overseas calls and internet access in their existing contracts for consumers, and (2) enable consumers to switch from contracts that have changed as a result of any new rules on roaming.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL13558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have carried out extensive engagement on EU exit with representatives of the telecommunications industry, trade bodies, consumer bodies and the regulator Ofcom. In the event of no deal, the government has published a technical notice on mobile roaming. The Technical notice is available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-roaming-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/mobile-roaming-if-theres-no-brexit-deal.</p><p> </p><p>On switching, certain changes in contractual terms during the term of a contract give the customer the right to exit that contract without penalty. For mobile phone contracts, telecoms companies have to follow rules set out by Ofcom. These set out that a customer is able to exit their contract penalty-free if the change in price under new roaming policies was considered to be material.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 19/02/2019 12:49:26 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe