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175891

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House all correspondence including emails between Ministers and officials of the Department of Health and Action on Smoking and Health between 1 January 2012 and 27 January 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL4471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Health holds regular meetings with ASH to monitor delivery according to the terms of the grant awarded under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials meet a range of organisations on a regular basis to discuss tobacco control.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Searching for and preparing the correspondence requested for release could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4473 question first answered 10/02/2015 16:11:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

175893

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Action on Smoking and Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many meetings the Department of Health has had at ministerial and official level with Action on Smoking and Health between 1 January 2012 and 27 January 2015; and, for each meeting, what were the titles of those attending and the topics discussed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL4473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Health holds regular meetings with ASH to monitor delivery according to the terms of the grant awarded under Section 64 of the Health and Social Care Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials meet a range of organisations on a regular basis to discuss tobacco control.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Searching for and preparing the correspondence requested for release could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL4471 question first answered 10/02/2015 16:11:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

175890

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	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 likely impact on the illicit tobacco market of their announcement to proceed with standardised packaging for tobacco products.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL4470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has considered carefully all aspects relevant to standardised packaging of tobacco products, including potential impacts on illicit trade. HM Revenue &amp; Customs has prepared an assessment of the potential impact of standardised packaging on illicit tobacco, which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 10/02/2015 15:22:55 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

175894

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	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 potential costs of compensation due to the loss of intellectual property arising from the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL4474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has considered carefully all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products, including legal aspects.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 10/02/2015 15:46:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

177291

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Routes: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the possible sale of Aer Lingus, what plans they have to protect and maintain regular and frequent air links between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL4658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Airlines, as the airports they serve, operate in a competitive market. Northern Ireland is well-connected by air to London with over 17,000 flights per year between the two Belfast airports and Derry Airport and the five main London airports, carrying over two million passengers. The airports also maintain good connections with other UK airports – Belfast International Airport has connections to eleven domestic destinations, Belfast City Airport to nineteen and Derry airport to three.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:01:36 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

172983

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent joint training in peace-keeping methods has taken place involving the armed forces of the United Kingdom and those of the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL4055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>At present the UK and the Irish Defence Force cooperate in a limted number of activities, including the UK's support to the EU training mission in Mali and the UK's efforts to counter Ebola in Sierra Leone. However, the Memorandum of Understanding signed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence and his Irish counterpart on 19 January 2015 contains provisions for greater co-operation in training, as a result of which we hope to see UK/Irish training expanded in the future, including in the area of peacekeeping.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 10/02/2015 16:13:50 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

175913

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Export Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they give to countries' human rights records when granting arms export licences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL4493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 4 February 2015, HL4494.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 10/02/2015 16:39:54 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

175915

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total revenue to the Exchequer as a result of arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the last year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL4495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available. UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) does collect information from private sector companies on what contracts defence companies win with Saudi Arabia and other countries. This data is provided on a confidential basis and only published in aggregated format. This data exercise does not include details on tax paid to the UK however.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/02/2015 17:37:07 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

177293

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many electronic body scanners have been placed at airports of the United Kingdom and at what cost.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL4660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>On 1 February 2015 security scanners were in place at 17 airports with a further 2 airports expected to deploy security scanners in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of security scanners falls to the airports. The Department for Transport does not hold information on the cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:02:18 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

177294

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to place electronic body scanners at all airports of the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL4661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The further deployment of security scanners was advised in the ministerial statement of 21 November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway with those airports which already deploy security scanners to consider the case for increasing their deployment of security scanners. The Department for Transport keeps all aviation security measures under continual review to ensure that the measures are sustainable, proportionate and practicable and any wider deployment of security scanners would be considered on a risk assessed basis. UK airports comply with EU and UK regulations for the screening of passengers and there are a number of screening methods and equipment options in use.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:01:08 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames