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1109868

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:09
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:25:49 09/04/2019 15:57:07
	hansard heading	Closure Motions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15060
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/04/2019 15:21:52
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many times the closure motion has been moved in the House of Lords in the last 20 years; and on what dates.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Brabazon of Tara
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15060
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15060
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In the last 20 years the closure motion has been moved in the House of Lords 13 times: on 22 July 1999; 6 October 2003; 17 January 2011; 19 January 2011; 21 October 2011; 31 January 2014; 15 March 2019; and six times on 4 April 2019.</p> question first answered 09/04/2019 15:21:52
	creator	3493 label Biography information for Lord Brabazon of Tara
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3493 label Biography information for Lord Brabazon of Tara

1109891

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:57
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:47 15/04/2019 16:02:45
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15083
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/04/2019 15:49:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their proposed Future Homes Standard to mandate the end of fossil-fuelled heating systems in all new houses after 2025 will also cover fossil-fuelled cookers and hobs; and what assessment they have made of what alternative technologies or fuels will be used in in their place.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Turnbull
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15083
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15083
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Future Homes Standard will require all new build homes to have low carbon heating. Cooking appliances are not controlled under the Building Regulations, however, we expect that many developers will choose not to install new gas connections in developments adopting the Future Homes Standard. There are a range of alternatives, including modern electric and induction hobs, which are cleaner and safer to use than gas, cheaper to install and maintain, and better for the environment.</p><p>The Future Homes Standard is about building homes that are affordable to buy, affordable to run, and help to meet our climate change commitments. We will set out further details as part of our 2019 consultation on the energy efficiency requirements of the Building Regulations.</p> question first answered 15/04/2019 15:49:35
	creator	3758 label Biography information for Lord Turnbull
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3758 label Biography information for Lord Turnbull

1109892

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:58
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:49 15/04/2019 16:02:43
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15084
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/04/2019 15:49:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that their proposed Future Homes Standard will have on (1) the cost of building new homes, and (2) people’s fuel bills.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Turnbull
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15084
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15084
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Future Homes Standard will require all new build homes to have low carbon heating. Cooking appliances are not controlled under the Building Regulations, however, we expect that many developers will choose not to install new gas connections in developments adopting the Future Homes Standard. There are a range of alternatives, including modern electric and induction hobs, which are cleaner and safer to use than gas, cheaper to install and maintain, and better for the environment.</p><p>The Future Homes Standard is about building homes that are affordable to buy, affordable to run, and help to meet our climate change commitments. We will set out further details as part of our 2019 consultation on the energy efficiency requirements of the Building Regulations.</p> question first answered 15/04/2019 15:49:35
	creator	3758 label Biography information for Lord Turnbull
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3758 label Biography information for Lord Turnbull

1109871

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:27
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:06 11/04/2019 13:48:03
	hansard heading	Universities
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15063
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 13:12:14
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 3 April (HL14848), whether they will provide in the text of their response to this question a list of the members of (1) the Russell Group, (2) Million+, and (3) University Alliance.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15063
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15063
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information regarding a list of members of the Russell Group, Million+ and University Alliance is not held centrally. However, information from the members’ websites is reflected in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1) Russell Group Membership</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2) Million+</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3) University Alliance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham University</p></td><td><p>Abertay University</p></td><td><p>UWE Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Bristol</p></td><td><p>Anglia Ruskin</p></td><td><p>University of Greenwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Bath Spa University</p></td><td><p>University of Central Lancashire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff University</p></td><td><p>University of Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>University of Brighton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham University</p></td><td><p>University of Bolton</p></td><td><p>The Open University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>Canterbury Christ Church University</p></td><td><p>Teesside University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Exeter</p></td><td><p>University of Cumbria</p></td><td><p>University of South Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>University of East London</p></td><td><p>University of Salford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial College London</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh Napier University</p></td><td><p>University of Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College London</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Caledonian University</p></td><td><p>Oxford Brookes University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Leeds</p></td><td><p>University of the Highlands and Islands</p></td><td><p>Nottingham Trent University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Leeds Trinity University</p></td><td><p>Kingston University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London School of Economics</p></td><td><p>London Metropolitan University</p></td><td><p>University of Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Manchester</p></td><td><p>London South Bank</p></td><td><p>Coventry University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle University</p></td><td><p>Middlesex University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Southampton Solent University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Oxford</p></td><td><p>University of Sunderland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Mary University of London</p></td><td><p>University of West London</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen's University Belfast</p></td><td><p>University of the West of Scotland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Sheffield</p></td><td><p>University of Staffordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Southampton</p></td><td><p>University of Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University College London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Warwick</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of York</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Information was taken from the members’ websites on 5 April.</li></ol><p> </p> question first answered 11/04/2019 13:12:14
	creator	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1109888

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:53
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:38 11/04/2019 14:20:36
	hansard heading	Universities: Procurement
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15080
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 13:36:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following Office for National Statistics changes to the recording of student loans in the national accounts, what guidance has been provided to universities regarding their classification, or otherwise, as contracting authorities for the purposes of the Public Service Contracts Regulations 2015.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15080
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15080
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announcement is a statistical change. Therefore, there are no changes to the operation of the student loans system or Department for Education departmental accounting.</p><p>In April 2018, the ONS announced that they would review the treatment of student loans – in particular re-examine the classification of student loans as financial assets for government. They argued the stock of student loans has grown rapidly in recent years and a significant proportion of the total value of the loan book is now expected to be cancelled at maturity.</p><p>The ONS announced in December 2018 that the recording of student loans in the national accounts and public sector finances would mean that student loan payments will be split into a portion that is genuine government lending (and will be repaid) and a portion that is government spending (which is not expected to be repaid).</p> question first answered 11/04/2019 13:36:38
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1109889

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:54
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:43 11/04/2019 12:11:10
	hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15081
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 11:34:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assess the likely level of personation that could occur at polling stations in the May 2019 local elections; and whether they will obtain from Electoral Registration Officers for those elections the number of tendered ballot papers issued in each local authority area.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15081
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15081
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Electoral Commission collate information on allegations of electoral fraud, including personation, at elections and in due course will publish a report covering all polls held in 2019.</p><p>The Government has no plans to ask Electoral Registration Officers to provide information on the number of tendered ballot papers issued in each local authority. Whilst details of tendered ballot papers issued are recorded at each polling station, numbers are not totalled and there is no requirement to record this number.</p> question first answered 11/04/2019 11:34:10
	creator	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

1109875

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:33
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:13 10/04/2019 15:08:08
	hansard heading	Fracking
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15067
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/04/2019 14:27:39
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who would be (1) financially, and (2) legally, responsible for the clean-up and remediation of fracking sites in the event that the operator becomes insolvent.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15067
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15067
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Under the conditions of their Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence, each licensee is responsible for wells drilled under their licence, including their safe plugging and abandonment. Before issuing licences, the Oil and Gas Authority considers the ability of operators to fulfil their responsibilities. In addition, as a matter of policy the Government will assess the financial status of companies wishing to carry out hydraulic fracturing operations, including their ability to fund decommissioning costs, before granting Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC). Hydraulic Fracturing Consent will not be issued unless my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so. The Secretary of State is entitled to refuse HFC and/or, in certain circumstances, can impose conditions to provide additional protections.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant regulators, including the Oil and Gas Authority, Environment Agency, and Health &amp; Safety Executive, will not allow onshore operators to relinquish their licences and permits until they are satisfied that the terms of the relevant permits/licences have been met and that any assets have been safely plugged and abandoned.</p><p> </p><p>Planning permission conditions set by the relevant Minerals Planning Authority (MPA) generally include site restoration to return the land to its former state, as witnessed at Cuadrilla’s former Preese Hall site in Lancashire; the first hydraulically fractured well in the UK. In this case the well has been fully decommissioned in accordance with legislation. MPAs may also take financial security to cover decommissioning costs should they consider it necessary.</p><p> </p><p>If, despite the precautionary measures set out above, the operator was to become insolvent, the liability may fall to other appropriate parties, which may include other licensees or landowners.</p> question first answered 10/04/2019 14:27:39
	creator	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1109883

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:44
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:28 16/04/2019 14:56:15
	hansard heading	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15075
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/04/2019 14:15:05
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks and benefits of greenhouse gas removal technology; and what plans they have, if any, to increase funding of research into that technology.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15075
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15075
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is continually monitoring the evidence base relating to Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies (GGRs). Additionally it commissioned a review by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering on GGRs, published in September 2018, which includes specific assessment of the risks and benefits of the different GGR options.</p><p>BEIS is co-funding an £8.6 million GGR research programme with UK Research &amp; Innovation (UKRI) which will continue until 2021. In addition, projects for some GGR approaches are in scope for both our £20 million Carbon Capture and Utilisation Demonstration (CCUD) Programme and £24 million Call for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Innovation. The details of these successful CCUS and CCUD projects will be announced in due course.</p><p>BEIS has held constructive discussions with UKRI about the possibility of new research funding for GGR demonstrators.</p> question first answered 16/04/2019 14:15:05
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1109884

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:30 17/04/2019 16:42:41
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15076
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/04/2019 15:59:36
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the risks and benefits of solar radiation management technology; and what plans they have, if any, to increase funding of research into that technology.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15076
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15076
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is continually monitoring the evidence base relating to Solar Radiation Management technologies (SRM). As set out in our public position statement on geo-engineering, our view is that SRM would produce changes in rainfall patterns and amounts. This would be likely to lead to winners and losers, with some regions suffering detrimental impacts.</p><p>The Government is not commissioning further research into SRM, but the World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP’s) Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), is investigating the effects which SRM would have on the climate.</p> question first answered 17/04/2019 15:59:36
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1109885

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 21:17:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/04/2019 21:26:32 17/04/2019 16:38:06
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15077
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/04/2019 16:01:06
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to promote improved global cooperation and governance of research and use of greenhouse gas removal and solar radiation management technologies.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL15077
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15077
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides a mechanism for global cooperation to assess research into Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies (GGRs) and Solar Radiation Management (SRM). These technologies are included in the scope of the upcoming 6th Assessment Report, due for publication in 2021.</p><p>The UK is a leading member of a number of multi-lateral initiatives focused on accelerating progress, and improving global cooperation, of Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) which is an important enabler of some GGRs. This includes the UK co-leading the Carbon Capture Challenge under Mission Innovation and the CCUS Initiative under the Clean Energy Ministerial. The UK also co-hosted, with the International Energy Agency, a Global CCUS Summit in Edinburgh last November bringing together senior energy leaders from governments and industry on how to accelerate global progress on CCUS.</p><p>As a leading provider of International Climate Finance, the UK supports developing countries to restore degraded forest landscapes to support local livelihoods and restore carbon stocks as part of their contributions under the Paris Agreement.</p><p>We have no plans to increase global cooperation and governance of research on and use of SRM technologies. A resolution on SRM governance was recently put before the UN Environment Assembly by Switzerland, but did not gather enough support from other countries, and the resolution was withdrawn.</p> question first answered 17/04/2019 16:01:06
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn