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1123665

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Birds: Pest Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish an independent inquiry on the reasons his Department and Natural England decided on the proposal to revoke General Licences 04/05/06.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	248559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The decision to revoke the licences was made by Natural England (NE) as the licensing authority, not the government. We have not yet decided on a review of the recent situation.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/05/2019 12:44:51 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1124400

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	National Lottery Heritage Fund: Public Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 24 April (HL Deb, cols 600–602), what specific steps the National Lottery Heritage Fund will take to “strengthen the emphasis on creating a legacy record for funded projects and on making this publicly accessible wherever possible”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
	uin	HL15449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund (the Fund) is in discussions with various representatives from the archives sector, including The National Archives and the Archives and Records Association. The aim of these discussions is to find ways to ensure that grant recipients make application material more widely accessible in future, partly by removing practical obstacles to doing so.</p><p> </p><p>The Fund is also expediting the compilation of a list of 1300 park and garden projects for which Conservation Management Plans may have been produced, which they will make available to interested parties upon request.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/05/2019 12:27:00 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

1124401

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	National Lottery Heritage Fund: Public Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 24 April (HL Deb, cols 600–602), whether records held by the National Lottery Heritage Fund were digitally recorded before the physical copies were de-stroyed; if so, what form this digitisation took; what facilities the digital version offers; who holds the digitised version; and what access there is for the public and other users.
	tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
	uin	HL15450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund (the Fund) digitally recorded documents critical to its grant contracts, and securely destroyed records no longer required for retention. The documents that were retained were scanned in PDF format. The retained records are held by the Fund, and are not accessible to the public because they contain confidential commercial information. Data regarding the Fund’s grant decisions has recently been released as part of its commitment to Open Data.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/05/2019 12:28:16 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

1124417

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 3 April (HL Deb, col 165), what is their definition of "indefinite" as applied to the term "indefinite detention".
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL15466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to detain people for an indefinite – or unrestricted – period.</p><p><br>In order for detention to be lawful there must be a realistic prospect of the individual’s removal within a reasonable timescale.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/05/2019 07:37:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1124425

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A1
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any of the 11 planned road building schemes announced by Highways England in April as being paused indefinitely affect the A1; and if so, which parts.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL15474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>In delivering the road investment strategy, Highways England routinely reviews its delivery plans to ensure that proposed road schemes will deliver value for money and minimise disruption for motorists. Highways England publishes its annual Delivery Plan each year to provide details of its planned work programme for the next 12 months and beyond. The next regular update of this is scheduled to be published this summer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2019 07:38:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1124426

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reconsider their decision to not reopen the Uckfield to Lewes railway line.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL15475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to reinstate the line between Lewes and Uckfield, but are committed to improving services on both the Uckfield line and the wider Brighton Main Line.</p><p> </p><p>You may also be aware that £19.2m has been spent on the Uckfield line to enable longer ten car trains to operate, providing much needed extra seating and space for passengers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2019 07:38:46 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1124428

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	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 reasons for the variation between train operating companies in the percentage of compensation claims from passengers which are rejected; amd what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure a more consistent approach to such compensation claims.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL15477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not collected or made assessments as to the reasons for passenger claims being rejected. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR), as the industry regulator, is responsible for approving and monitoring train operator’s complaint handling procedures under which compensation claims are managed and deciding whether action is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>We are mandating increased use of technology through the introduction of simple and speedy ‘one-click’ automated claims systems, available via smartphones and smartcard registration. This forms part of obligations for future train operators under new franchises.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2019 11:34:45 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1124439

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways
	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 smart motorways; and how many penalty notices have been issued for non-compliance with smart motorway restrictions on each motorway.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill
	uin	HL15488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Smart motorways are an important part of the modernisation of England’s motorways. The Government’s policy is to implement smart motorways on the busiest sections of motorway, as they provide a way to increase capacity and improve performance without the need to widen the road.</p><p> </p><p>Smart motorways have reduced congestion and improved journey time reliability, by making the hard shoulder available as a traffic lane and using variable speed limits to smooth traffic flow. Each scheme has to meet a strict safety objective, which is to be at least as safe as a traditional motorway.</p><p> </p><p>An assessment of the first two smart motorway ‘all lane running’ schemes, on the M25, shows that they are delivering the intended benefits. This assessment is detailed in the ‘M25 J5-7 Monitoring Third Year Report’ and the ‘M25 J23-27 Monitoring Third Year Report’, both published on 16 July 2018 by Highways England.</p><p><em><em> </em></em></p><p>The issuing of penalty notices is a matter for the police force in each area, since Highways England is not an enforcement body.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2019 11:36:22 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3125 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill

1124440

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Contracts
	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 effects of the recent decision to cancel the remaining contracts with no-deal Brexit ferry operators on supply chains in the freight sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL15489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not expect there to be a significant impact on supply chains in the freight sector. Shippers will continue to have access to ferry and Channel Tunnel freight services provided on a commercial basis, as usual.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2019 11:37:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1124623

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motorways: Cameras
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of time that has been spent on giving type approval for the cameras needed to enforce regulations on smart motorways.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL15491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>It is important that systems which are approved by the Home Office can be relied upon in court. They are therefore subjected to a stringent and robust process.</p><p>The length of time that takes depends on many variables, not all of which are under the control of the Home Office, for example meeting the technical requirements, meeting deadlines for submission of devices and documentation and then performing satisfactorily during the testing stages.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/05/2019 11:37:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw