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838333

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, in the light of the resolutions on Restoration and Renewal passed by both Houses, what are the likely next steps; and what will be the mechanism for Peers to submit suggestions and ideas.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL5466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>Both Houses have decided that the next steps of the Restoration &amp; Renewal Programme should be overseen by a Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority. It is expected that the Commission of each House will therefore immediately focus on establishing those bodies in shadow form. Until the shadow Sponsor Board has been appointed, the Programme will continue to be delivered under the governance of the bicameral Programme Board, which consists of officials from both Houses plus two external members, and acts with authority delegated from the Board and Accounting Officer of each House. Establishing both bodies in substantive form will require primary legislation.</p><p>The Programme Team, supported by its client advisory services consultants, CH2M and BDP, will continue work in the following areas:</p><ul><li>further investigation and documentation of the current physical condition of the Palace of Westminster and its building services;</li><li>further studies on the feasibility of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre as temporary accommodation for the House of Lords;</li><li>design of Richmond House as temporary accommodation for the House of Commons, which is being taken forward as part of the Commons’ Northern Estate Programme;</li><li>development of a client brief for the design of the works to the Palace of Westminster;</li><li>the development of the required Outline Business Cases (OBCs), compliant with HM Treasury’s <em>Green Book</em>; and</li><li>a further round of medium-term mechanical and electrical, public health and conservation work to mitigate the operational risks to Parliament presented by the condition of the building between now and the commencement of the construction phase of the R&amp;R Programme.</li></ul><p>The design phase will require extensive consultation with Members of both Houses, as well as a wide range of other stakeholders including staff, third-party occupants of the Parliamentary Estate, visitors and other members of society throughout the United Kingdom. It is anticipated that this engagement work will be developed and taken forward by the shadow Sponsor Board once it is established later this year.</p><p>In the meantime, members of the Programme Team would be happy to receive suggestions and ideas from Members of both Houses. They can be contacted via <a href="mailto:restorationandrenewal@parliament.uk" target="_blank">restorationandrenewal@parliament.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 21/02/2018 16:07:39 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

637343

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Cycling: Millbank
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will make representations to the Metropolitan Police about the dangers caused by cyclists ignoring the law to members of the public, Parliamentary staff and Members using the zebra crossing at 1 Millbank; and whether he will request the police to take enforcement action.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL3268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police were consulted by Westminster City Council in advance of the decision in 2013 to replace the pelican crossing at 1 Millbank with the current zebra crossing. Following the tragic accident that took place on the crossing on 16 November, the Metropolitan Police are conducting an investigation including safety aspects of the crossing. Additionally, the Director of Facilities has recently contacted the Council. I thank the Noble Lord for highlighting the issue.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 29/11/2016 16:02:47 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

418174

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Electronic Cigarettes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the Administration and Works Committee will reconsider the ban on e-cigarettes in rooms in the House of Lords which formerly permitted smoking, in the light of the conclusions of a report by Public Health England that e-cigarettes are a good substitute for tobacco cigarettes and should be available on the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Administration and Works Committee agreed that the e-cigarette policy should ideally be a bicameral one; it presently is. This has ensured that the policy is simple and applied across the whole Estate. The decision to ban the use of e-cigarettes across the Estate (except in smoking shelters and a dedicated e-cigarette use area) was based on the advice available at the time about uncertainty over the impact of e-cigarettes, safety concerns and the practice of other organisations. I recognise that the position on e-cigarettes is changing and we will keep this matter under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 18/09/2015 13:19:32 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

100594

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Veterans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he has any plans, in conjunction with the House of Commons Commission, to identify those posts in the Palace of Westminster which could be filled by recently disabled servicemen and servicewomen and to keep those posts open, in the first instance, only for such individuals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no current plans to reserve posts in the Palace of Westminster in the first instance for recently disabled servicemen and servicewomen.</p><p>Employment practice in both Houses is to recruit through fair and open competition and to welcome job applications from people with disabilities, making any reasonable adjustments to enable disabled applicants to compete equally for employment and promotion.</p><p>The bi-cameral workplace equality network ParliABLE promotes awareness and positive approaches to disability through publicity and events which continue to be well supported by Members of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 04/11/2014 12:36:33 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

693686

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	NATO
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of current instability in parts of Eastern Europe, what consideration they have given to calling for NATO headquarters to be moved to a frontline state such as Poland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL5589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>There are already NATO Headquarters in this region. At the Warsaw Summit in 2016, NATO Allies agreed that Multi-National Divisional Headquarters North East, based in Elblag in Poland, would co-ordinate the activities of the Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroups that NATO is deploying to the Baltic States and Poland. In addition, NATO’s Multi-National Corps North East Headquarters, capable of commanding operations, is located in Szczecin in Poland, and NATO Force Integration Units are located in all three Baltic States and Poland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/03/2017 16:46:31 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

619440

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Doctors: Migrant Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 26 July (HL1281), of the 1,095 doctors from the EEA who have been unable to demonstrate to the GMC that they have sufficient language skills to practise safely in the UK, how many are currently performing medical work in the UK for which a licence to practice is not required; and what medical work those doctors are performing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>A doctor cannot undertake any meaningful form of mainstream medical work in the United Kingdom if they do not have a licence to practise. It is possible for an unlicensed doctor to work in a healthcare role that the law has not reserved either to licensed doctors or to another regulated profession (for example, as a note taker or in some types of teaching or research). The General Medical Council does not hold any employment information about doctors who are not licensed to practise in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 07/11/2016 14:23:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

619441

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 September (HL1606), where a communications service provider is not based in the UK but has UK citizens or foreign nationals working for it and residing in the UK, what is the justification for not prosecuting executives when their company fails to take action to remove terrorist or extremist content which would be an offence if committed by a UK based company and its officers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government is actively considering whether to opt-in to the new Europol Regulation. We will inform Parliament of our decision in due course in the usual way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/11/2016 09:35:04 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

619445

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Middle East
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government,  further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 September (HL1580), what actions would amount to engaging in the conflict in Syria and Iraq without constituting a criminal offence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK advises against all travel to Syria and parts of Iraq. Anyone who does travel, for whatever reason, is putting themselves in considerable danger. People seeking to travel to engage in the conflict should be in no doubt we will take the strongest possible action to protect our national security. We have a wide range of powers and techniques at our disposal to disrupt travel and manage the risk posed by returnees. Criminal investigations and decisions to prosecute depend on the circumstances and available evidence of each individual case and are a matter for the police and CPS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/11/2016 14:15:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

659551

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	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	Electronic Commerce
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, whether they have any plans to investigate working conditions in warehouse distribution centres operated by large online retailers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely clear that employers must take their employment law responsibilities seriously - this means making sure workers are paid properly and enjoy the employment rights they are entitled to.</p><p>However, I am sure the Noble Lord will understand that it would be inappropriate for me to comment on proposed or ongoing investigations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/12/2016 11:21:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

658733

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of those child refugees who have been brought to the UK from Calais, how many fall into the age ranges of (1) under 10 years, (2) 10–12 years, (3) 13–15 years, (4) 16–18 years, (5) 19–21 years, (6) 22–24 years and (7) 25 years or over.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office will publish information on the transfer of unaccompanied asylum seeking children from France in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/01/2017 13:06:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra