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1583967

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2023
	answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept id	213
	answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	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 what is the total expenditure on Restoration and Renewal to date; and whether he can provide a breakdown on how it has been allocated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL5392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority were established in April and May 2020 respectively. From their establishment until the end of March 2022, those bodies spent £216.5m on the Restoration and Renewal Programme (this includes £5m of costs in April 2020 before the Delivery Authority was formally incorporated). A breakdown is provided in the table below.</p><p>The total forecast spend for the current financial year (2022-23) is £80m for the Delivery Authority and £7m for the Sponsor Body/R&amp;R Client Team (the Client Team having taken over the sponsor function for the programme from the Sponsor Body on 1 January 2023).</p><p>Both the Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority routinely published information on costs, for instance in quarterly reports, annual reports, and memoranda provided to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission. This transparency will continue under the R&amp;R Client Team.</p><p><strong>Expenditure on the Restoration and Renewal Programme</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> <strong>Spend area</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>Total spend in 2020-21 and 2021-22 (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Sponsor Body costs</p></td><td><p><br> 26.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Palace of Westminster Design</p></td><td><p><br> 56.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> House of Lords Decant</p></td><td><p><br> 9.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Heritage Collections Decant</p></td><td><p><br> 2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Programme Management</p></td><td><p><br> 40.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Delivery Authority Corporate Functions</p></td><td><p><br> 23.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Data and Digital</p></td><td><p><br> 55.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Non-cash adjustments and central provisions</p></td><td><p><br> 2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Total</p></td><td><p><br> 216.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures do not include House of Lords staff costs or costs of parliamentary scrutiny of R&amp;R through committees or in the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/02/2023 16:48:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1672031

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept id	213
	answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	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, following the professional and technical advice received by both Houses that a partial decant is both more risky and expensive than a full decant, why a partial decant is still being considered as an option for Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
	uin	HL458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>In July 2023 the Restoration and Renewal (R&amp;R) Client Board endorsed the R&amp;R Programme Board’s recommended shortlist of R&amp;R delivery options. This included a “full decant” option where both Houses move out of the Palace at the same time (with the Commons prioritised for earlier return) and an option whereby the House of Commons would maintain a “continued presence” in varying locations in the Palace during the works and the House of Lords would move out of the Palace. The Client Board has also requested that a fallback option of enhanced maintenance and improvement forms part of further detailed design work on these options to inform a decision on the preferred way forward in due course, currently expected in 2025.</p><p>The Client Board considered it important that more than one option should be subject to further detailed design work and analysis in order to meet the spirit of the new mandate for R&amp;R agreed by both Houses last year and to reflect that members of both Houses have differing views about how the programme can best be delivered.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/11/2023 17:55:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1693107

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept id	213
	answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	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 what has been the cost of the Restoration and Renewal programme to date; and whether there are any plans to scale-back future costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL2963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the R&amp;R Programme, from 2020-21 until the end of 2022-23, is £297m. This includes the costs of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority which were established in April and May 2020 respectively (including £5m of costs in April 2020 before the Delivery Authority was formally incorporated). It also includes the costs of Restoration and Renewal Client Team, which took over the sponsor function for the programme from the Sponsor Body in January 2023.</p><p>The total forecast spend for the current financial year (2023-24) is £83m, which includes the costs of the Delivery Authority and the R&amp;R Client Team.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s Main Estimate for 2024-25 is currently subject to parliamentary scrutiny and approval. As well as parliamentary approval being required for the initial budget provision, the Delivery Authority’s expenditure is subject to regular scrutiny and challenge throughout the financial year including by the R&amp;R Client Team and House finance teams, Delivery Authority Board, R&amp;R Programme Board, R&amp;R Client Board and Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s funding is based on what is required to deliver the key activities tasked to it by the R&amp;R Client Team. The Delivery Authority seeks to ensure that its expenditure remains taut and proportionate for the activities required to deliver the Programme and constantly re-assesses its resources, scaling up or down as appropriate. The R&amp;R Programme routinely publishes information on costs, for instance in quarterly reports, annual reports, and memoranda provided to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/03/2024 13:26:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

437012

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Republic of Ireland within the framework of the Belfast Agreement of 1998 about the provisions in that Agreement concerning the right of residence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL4478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK and Irish Governments meet regularly both at ministerial and official level to discuss issues of mutual interest and concern. These include rights issues in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as contained in the Belfast Agreement of 1998.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/12/2015 10:03:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

439517

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Parades Commission: Freedom of Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Northern Ireland Parades Commission can have its files and information accessed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL4702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>The Parades Commission for Northern Ireland is a specified public body under Part VII of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and subject to the provisions of the Act.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/12/2015 10:07:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

91863

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan
	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 effect of the recent announcement by the government of South Sudan that all foreign workers must leave that country; and what effect they expect that announcement to have on the United Kingdom’s aid, stabilisation and development programmes there.
	tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
	uin	HL1921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Minister of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development in South Sudan issued a circular on 12 September prohibiting and regulating the service and employment of aliens in certain positions in the private sector. The Minister subsequently issued a clarification on 17 September noting that this excludes all United Nations agencies, diplomatic missions and organisations that have signed bilateral/mutual agreements with the Republic of South Sudan; and also excludes many technical and professional positions in both private sector and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is supportive of South Sudan nationals filling positions where the relevant skills and experience exist within the labour force and we work to build capacity of the local workforce. The UK and other partners raised the issue of the Circulars at the Government Partners Forum on 18 September and stressed that much needed foreign investment could be seriously deterred by messaging that foreign workers are not welcome in South Sudan. We will continue to monitor the situation. The ability of humanitarian and development organisations to assist the most vulnerable must not be affected.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/10/2014 12:00:50 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

1002202

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Biodiversity
	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 findings in the Living Planet Report 2018, published by the World Wildlife Fund and Zoological Society of London, that (1) there has been a decline of 60 per cent in species population sizes between 1970 and 2014, and (2) species population declines are especially pronounced in the tropics; and what strategy, if any, they have to address these findings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL11223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that there have been declines in species populations across the world since 1970 and that declines have been pronounced in many tropical ecosystems. This downward trend and the impact it has on peoples’ economic and social wellbeing highlights the need to strengthen international efforts to tackle biodiversity loss.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to being the first generation to leave our environment in a better state than we found it. We are already working worldwide, including in the tropics, to tackle biodiversity loss, by:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Investing more than £36 million between 2014 and 2021 to tackle the illegal wildlife trade, and hosting the fourth international Illegal Wildlife Trade conference last month in London. The conference represented a significant step forward in the global fight to eliminate this trade;</p></li><li><p>Committing £210 million of Defra’s International Climate Finance to support projects that aim to protect and restore more than 500,000 hectares of the world’s most biodiverse forests. For example, we are supporting communities in Madagascar to protect mangrove forests, which are important habitats for the protection of many species, some of which are found nowhere else on earth;</p></li><li><p>Ambitious plans under the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan to reverse the decline of many species and help wildlife survive and thrive. We are committed to protecting the oceans, and have called for at least 30 per cent of the oceans to be in Marine Protected Areas by 2030. The UK is also leading the fight against plastic pollution; and</p></li><li><p>Introducing one of the world’s toughest bans on ivory sales to protect the elephant.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to developing an ambitious post-2020 strategic framework for biodiversity and are working with countries around the world to achieve this under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/11/2018 14:56:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1002212

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Food: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the UK total food import expenditure is made up of items (1) finished in the EU, and (2) part-finished in the EU, which could be finished in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL11233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p><br></p><p>Defra does not hold the statistics required to answer this question. Overseas trade commodity data collected by HMRC does not include any details of where products are manufactured, or of any intermediate manufacturing processes.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 17:48:22 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1002214

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Nature Conservation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what acreage of land in England is owned by conservation bodies; and which bodies own such acreage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL11235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Natural England is the statutory nature conservation body in England.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 224 National Nature Reserves (NNRs) in England, with an approximate area of 94,000 hectares. Natural England manages in whole or in part 143 NNRs, with a total area of approximately 65,000 hectares. Of these, Natural England owns about 20,000 hectares, leases about 30,000 hectares, and manages about 15,000 hectares under Nature Reserve Agreements. The remainder are managed by 53 'Approved Bodies' (organisations approved by Natural England to manage NNRs under Section 35 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981). Almost all NNRs are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) (over 99% by area) and 84% is designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPA), or both.</p><p> </p><p>Defra does not hold information on individual land ownership outside the government estate, although many environmental non-government organisations are open about the size of their land holdings. For example, the National Trust and the RSPB, both of whom own significant area of land, publish data and maps of their reserve boundaries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The public forest estate in England, which is managed by Forest Enterprise England (an executive agency sponsored by the Forestry Commission), covers over 250,000 hectares and is managed for multiple purposes, including conservation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 14:41:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1002238

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Animal Welfare
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the outcome of the consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill; and when the revised Bill will be published.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL11259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The summary of the responses to the consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill, including the government's next steps, was published on 7 August 2018 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-animal-welfare-sentencing-and-recognition-of-sentience-bill-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-animal-welfare-sentencing-and-recognition-of-sentience-bill-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>I have placed a copy in the Library of the House. Legislation will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/11/2018 15:49:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Draft Bill Consultation Response.pdf title Animal Welfare Bill - consultation response
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch