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437014

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Eurostar
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the building developments in Stratford, the Olympic Park, and the Lower Lea Valley, what practical steps they are taking to ensure that Eurostar stops at Stratford International in future.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL4480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>I recognise the international importance of the HS1 network in allowing high-speed rail services from London to reach Europe, whilst noting that no international services currently serve Stratford International station.</p><br /><p>Eurostar, in which the government recently sold its 40% stake, accesses the HS1 network on an open access basis and is not subject to the terms of a franchise agreement or a contract let by government. Government has no power to direct or specify that Eurostar stops at Stratford International station. A decision made by Eurostar not to serve Stratford International would be as a result of commercial imperatives and priorities, for example, the potential revenue derived from customers using the station or the increased journey time which a further stop would involve. It would not be appropriate for government to interfere with that decision-making process.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2015 12:40:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

435749

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Debates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she now considers the advisory time limit on speeches in debates should be compulsory, and if so, what recommendations she will bring forward for enforcement of the limit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL4324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>It is already open to the House to time-limit debates in the Chamber or Grand Committee to a specific number of hours, with attendant compulsory time limits for speakers (Companion to the Standing Orders, Paras. 6.65-6.66). As this facility is already available, I do not plan to bring forward additional proposals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/12/2015 17:52:14 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

436993

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, on the current definition of "coasting", what percentage of secondary schools with an average KS2 points score of (1) below 26, (2) 26–28, (3) 28–30, and (4) more than 30, would achieve the required benchmarks with regards to (a) achieving below 0 on progress, and (b) achieving below –0.5 on progress, on their (i) 2014, and (ii) 2015, results.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>No school can be defined as coasting under the government’s proposed coasting definition until after the 2016 results are available. The definition of coasting is determined by performance over a three year period.</p><p>Progress 8 results for 2015 will be published as part of the key stage 4 performance tables in January 2016 for schools which chose to opt-in early. Progress 8 was not used as an accountability measure in 2014, and does not form part of the government’s proposed definition for coasting in that year.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/12/2015 17:17:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

436992

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, on the current definition of "coasting", what percentage of secondary schools with an average KS2 points score of (1) below 26, (2) 26–28, (3) 28–30, and (4) more than 30, would achieve the required benchmarks with regards to (a) 60 per cent of students achieving 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths, at A*–C grade, (b) expected progress in English, and (c) expected progress in maths, on their (i) 2014, and (ii) 2015, results.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>No school can be defined as coasting under the government’s proposed coasting definition until after the 2016 results are available. The definition of coasting is determined by performance over a three year period.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/12/2015 17:15:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

436061

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	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	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent flooding in the UK, the slowing of the Gulf Stream, and the COP21 climate talks in Paris, what strategy they have to address increasingly extreme weather patterns affecting the UK’s climate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL4357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act 2008 requires Government to identify, every five years, the risks from a changing climate, including from extreme weather, and to put in place programmes to address them.</p><p>The first Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) was published in 2012 and identified over 100 risks to the UK, up to the 2100s. Work is well underway on the second CCRA, which will be published in January 2017. The first National Adaptation Programme, which laid out how risks identified in the CCRA are being addressed, was published in 2013, and the second will be produced around 2018.</p><p>In the biennial National Risk Assessment (NRA), the Government assesses the most significant hazards and threats that could affect the UK over the next five years. It considers natural events such as extreme weather and their resulting impacts (for example, flooding, severe storms and gales, low temperatures and heavy snow, heatwaves, drought). The NRA informs the National Resilience Planning Assumptions which support response and recovery planning at both local and national levels.</p><p>The Government also works with the owners and operators of the UK’s most critical infrastructure to produce annual Sector Resilience Plans (SRPs), which set out the resilience of the UK’s most important infrastructure to the relevant risks identified in the NRA. Plans identify potential vulnerabilities and set out a programme of measures to improve resilience where necessary.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/12/2015 17:16:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

436038

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	European Union: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of Article 2, section 1(b)(xiv) of EU Regulation 235/2014 and the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education, what action they have taken, and what action they plan to take, ahead of the EU Referendum to ensure that (1) active and engaging European and EU citizenship education is integrated into every primary and secondary school's curriculum, and (2) training for specialist citizenship teachers is included in initial teacher education, and in teachers' continuing professional development.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Schools are aware of their duties regarding impartiality and treatment of political issues. Sections 406 and 407 of the Education Act 1996 require maintained schools to prevent political indoctrination and secure the balanced treatment of political issues. The new national curriculum includes an improved programme of study for citizenship education at key stages 3 and 4, which is organised around core knowledge and democracy, government and how laws are made and upheld. Pupils are also taught about local, regional, and international governance, and about the United Kingdom’s relations with the rest of Europe, the Commonwealth, the United Nations, and the wider world.</p><p>The Government does not prescribe initial teacher training (ITT) content. However, all ITT courses must ensure that trainee teachers can meet the Teachers’ Standards. This sets clear expectations and defines the minimum level of practice expected of teachers in England. The standards require all teachers and trainees to have secure knowledge of relevant subject and curriculum areas and demonstrate a critical understanding of developments in them. Ofsted inspects the quality of ITT against the Teachers’ Standards and no trainee can be recommended for qualified teacher status (QTS) until they have met the Standards in full at the appropriate level. Schools and headteachers are best placed to determine which development activities will be most beneficial for their schools and we expect them to lead on the development of their teachers.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/12/2015 16:56:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

435729

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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	Flood Control: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 3 December (HL Deb, col 1205), how much of the estimated £600 million "additional partnership funding" has been received from private sources; and from which sources.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL4304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Six months into a six-year programme, £250 million has been secured. A further £350 million of potential contributions has been identified. Of the £250 million secured to date, £61 million comes directly from private sources.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/12/2015 16:54:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

435706

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Marriage: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Faulks on 18 November (HL Deb, col 132), whether they have commended the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 to the Northern Ireland Executive; and if not, what are the reasons behind the decision not to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL4281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government has demonstrated its commitment tomarriagefor same sex couples by introducing it for England and Wales, and haswelcomedits introduction in other jurisdictions.</p><br /><p>The UK Government recognises and respects the devolution settlement in Northern Ireland. The constitutional arrangements in place mean that any decision to extend marriage to same-sex couples in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2015 14:23:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

435735

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Islam
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Earl Howe on 2 December (HL Deb, col 1193), what actions will be criminalised from next April under the specific offence of anti-Muslim hatred, and whether the actions criminalised under that offence will include (1) criticism of the Muslim religion, and (2) statements from people who have left that religion explaining why they have done so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL4310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister announced in October, we have asked the police to record all existing religious based hate crimes by the faith or belief (including absence of belief) of the victim from April next year.</p><p>Under existing hate crimes it is not an offence to criticise Islam or for those who have left the faith to explain why they have done so. The new recording system does not constitute a new offence of anti-Muslim hatred, but will require this to be recorded specifically.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2015 12:44:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

439507

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 10 December (HL Deb, col GC213), whether HS3 has now been subsumed into the Northern Powerhouse rail network.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL4692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The Northern Powerhouse Rail network develops the HS3 concept to offer a vision for radically improved journey times and service frequencies between the major cities of the North, building on the substantial rail improvements to which the government is already committed.</p><br /><p>In November, the government and Transport for the North published the Northern Transport Strategy: Autumn Report, providing a progress update on the Northern Powerhouse Rail network.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2015 14:35:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley