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57546

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:14:54
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:20
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	identifier	HL19
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:08:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their total expenditure on financial support for organisations which lobby them on government policy.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL19
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL19
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Government Departments fund and contract with various organisations. It would be a matter for the relevant Department to determine whether any of these organisations lobby the government inappropriately.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:08:10 answering member 1816
	creator	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57562

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:33
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:42
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities
	house id	2
	identifier	HL35
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 18:00:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 18 March (WS 50–52), how many trustees have been removed by the Charity Commission since 2007; how many trustees have been suspended by the Commission since 2007; and what discussions they have had with the Commission about its using its powers to investigate a breach of charitable law.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL35
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL35
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of trustees of charities suspended or removed by the Charity Commission in each year since 2007 can be seen in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of trustees suspended</p></td><td><p>Number of trustees removed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A number of meetings have been held with the Charity Commission to discuss its use of regulatory powers. The draft Protection of Charities Bill, announced as part of the Queen's Speech, would strengthen the powers of the Charity Commission to tackle abuse in charities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 18/06/2014 18:00:15 answering member 1816
	creator	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

58550

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:06:26
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:36
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
	house id	2
	identifier	HL75
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 12:39:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to tackle election malpractices.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL75
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL75
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The integrity of elections is crucial to our democracy. The Government is introducing measures to strengthen the electoral system through the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration which will make the register more accurate and secure.</p><p>The Government will carefully consider any findings by the Electoral Commission in relation to the 22 May 2014 elections to determine whether any further measures may be needed to support electoral integrity.</p><p> </p> question first answered 19/06/2014 12:39:52 answering member 1816
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

57591

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:19:48
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:22
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Genetics
	house id	2
	identifier	HL64
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:59:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 511), and in the light of the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 April (WA 267) stating that they do not support eugenic practices in the United Kingdom, why they have no definitions of what these practices might be.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL64
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL64
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not support eugenic practices. It is not considered helpful to interpret the term ‘eugenic practices' other than by reference to its ordinarily understood meaning. Any attempt at a working definition would risk the unintentional exclusion of practices whose unacceptability is no less great than that of practices captured by such a definition.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, in the United Kingdom, the complex nature of devolved responsibilities in this range of policy areas has delayed consideration of full ratification. In the meantime, the UK continues to take an active role in Council of Europe negotiations and development of relevant protocols.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:58 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57592

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:19:52
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:23
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
	house id	2
	identifier	HL65
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:59:57
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 511), why they have no set date for the full ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL65
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL65
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government does not support eugenic practices. It is not considered helpful to interpret the term ‘eugenic practices' other than by reference to its ordinarily understood meaning. Any attempt at a working definition would risk the unintentional exclusion of practices whose unacceptability is no less great than that of practices captured by such a definition.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, in the United Kingdom, the complex nature of devolved responsibilities in this range of policy areas has delayed consideration of full ratification. In the meantime, the UK continues to take an active role in Council of Europe negotiations and development of relevant protocols.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:57 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57593

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:19:58
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:24
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL66
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:59:27
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 May (WA 499), what is their assessment of whether issuing guidance by amending the wording of form HSA1 would represent an act of secondary legislation or a change in the Abortion Act 1967.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL66
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL66
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Any changes to the wording of the HSA1 form, if needed, would require changes to secondary legislation. Such changes could not be introduced through guidance, which makes no changes to abortion legislation.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 11:59:27 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57594

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:20:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:26
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL67
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:24:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the evidence cited in the article "An Increase in the Sex Ratio of Births to India-born Mothers in England and Wales: Evidence for Sex-Selective Abortion" by Sylvie Dubuc and David Coleman published in Population and Development Review, vol 33, No. 2 (June 2007), pp383–400.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL67
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL67
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This article is a useful addition to the evidence base around sex selective abortions.</p><p> </p><p>On 23 May 2014 the Department published updated analysis of birth ratios for England and Wales 2008-2012. The analyses by country of birth and ethnicity did not offer evidence of sex selection taking place within England and Wales. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library. It is also available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-male-to-female-birth-ratios-in-the-uk-2008-to-2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will repeat this analysis on an annual basis following publication of birth data and remain vigilant and receptive to reports of such practice.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:24:40 answering member 2000
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

57547

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:14:56
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:22
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide
	house id	2
	identifier	HL20
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 18:37:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been killed in the United Kingdom since 1984 by persons previously convicted of homicide.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL20
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL20
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder and a whole life order starting point applies to a murder by an offender previously convicted of murder. Discretionary life sentences or long determinate sentences are available for other very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) holds information on those persons convicted of homicide offences having previously been convicted of a homicide offence. However, the MOJ does not hold information centrally on the number of homicide victims associated with these crimes.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the number of offenders with previous convictions for homicide by offenders convicted of homicide in each year from 2001 to 2013. Homicide includes among others, the offences of murder, manslaughter, infanticide, corporate manslaughter and causing death by dangerous and careless driving. See footnote 3 for all types of homicides.</p><p /> <p /> <p>The MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer only holds the complete criminal records of offenders who have been sentenced or cautioned since the beginning of 2000, Therefore it is not possible to provide criminal history time series information all the way back to 1984.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the table have been drawn from the extract of Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Ministry of Justice. As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.</p><p> </p> question first answered 18/06/2014 18:37:22 answering member 4183
	creator	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57564

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:49
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:45
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Football Banning Orders
	house id	2
	identifier	HL37
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/06/2014 13:28:13
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy and effectiveness of sentencing in cases where football fans have been found guilty of racially or religiously aggravated public order offences; and whether they will consider providing advice to the magistracy in response to any evidence revealing that magistrates are reluctant to issue football banning orders in such cases.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL37
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL37
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Racially and religiously aggravated offences have no place in our society. Parliament has provided the courts with the necessary powers to deal effectively with those who are convicted of these serious offences. The court must make a football banning order where an offender has been convicted of a relevant offence and it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that making a banning order would help prevent violence or disorder at, or in connection with, any regulated football matches. If the court is not so satisfied, it must state that fact and give reasons in open court. The prosecution has a right of appeal against a failure by the court to make a banning order.</p><p> </p><p>Relevant offences for these purposes include chanting of an indecent or racialist nature at a designated football match, and specified offences under the Public Order Act 1986 committed during a period relevant to a football match, which covers the period beginning two hours before the match and ending one hour after the match, at any premises while the offender was at, or entering or leaving or trying to enter or leave, the premises.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any evidence to suggest that the magistracy are reluctant to make football banning orders, and decisions of the magistrates are made with the assistance of legal advisers who refer to current sentencing guidelines.</p> question first answered 24/06/2014 13:28:13 answering member 4183
	creator	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

57566

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:16:59
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:47
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Euthanasia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL39
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:09:31
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying for people with a terminal illness.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Meacher
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL39
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL39
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not itself made any assessment of the level of support for a change in the law on assisted dying.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:09:31 answering member 4183
	creator	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3810 label Biography information for Baroness Meacher