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1059189

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 22:04:24
	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	11/02/2019 22:05:33 20/02/2019 12:05:08
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Session
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13578
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/02/2019 11:32:10
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House when she expects the current session of Parliament to end.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13578
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13578
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>A date for the prorogation of the current session has not yet been set. The length of the first session was extended to give Parliament more time to consider the crucial legislation relating to Brexit.</p> question first answered 20/02/2019 11:32:10
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1127420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:39
	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	20/05/2019 20:05:30 04/06/2019 14:56:03
	hansard heading	Royal Commissions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15831
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 14:24:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Commissions have been established since 1989; what was the topic of each; and what recommendations of each they adopted.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15831
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15831
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Three Royal Commissions have been established since 1989:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Royal Commission on Criminal Justice</p></li><li><p>Royal Commission on Long-term Care of the Elderly</p></li><li><p>Royal Commission on Reform of the House of Lords</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Government departments will have responded to the relevant Royal Commission reports, and those responses are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p> question first answered 04/06/2019 14:24:30
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1060917

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/02/2019
	date	13/02/2019
	date tabled	13/02/2019
	ddp created	13/02/2019 22:12:30
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	13/02/2019 22:15:59 25/02/2019 17:46:03
	hansard heading	Peers: Bullying
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13693
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 17:14:53
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many formal complaints of bullying or harassment by any member of the House of Lords he has received from (1) members, (2) their staff, or (3) House staff since he launched the consultation on the implementation of a new process for investigating complaints of bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct on 11 February.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13693
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13693
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have not received any formal complaints from members, their staff or House staff but under neither the current system nor the proposed future system would complaints come to me. Currently complaints may be received by the House Administration, the Commissioner for Standards, any of the political parties or whips, or the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.</p><p> </p><p>Complaints of bullying or harassment by members of the House of Lords may be made to the Commissioner for Standards. Consideration of complaints by the Commissioner follows a two stage process. The Commissioner conducts a preliminary assessment to determine whether there is evidence sufficient to establish a prima facie case that the Code has been breached. This stage of the process is confidential, known only to the Commissioner, complainant and respondent. Basic details of cases are made public only if a complaint proceeds to the second stage, which is a formal investigation.</p><p> </p><p>When I launched the consultation on 11 February there were no live formal investigations by the Commissioner solely in relation to the Code’s personal honour provision, which is the only aspect of the Code likely to be engaged by complaints of bullying and harassment. No such investigations have been initiated since the consultation was launched.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, no formal complaints relating to the behaviour of House of Lords members were being dealt with by the Administration when the consultation was launched, and none have been initiated since.</p><p> </p> question first answered 25/02/2019 17:14:53
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1061349

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/02/2019
	date	14/02/2019
	date tabled	14/02/2019
	ddp created	14/02/2019 20:10:38
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	14/02/2019 20:16:10 25/02/2019 17:46:02
	hansard heading	Peers: Bullying
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13729
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 17:14:53
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many formal complaints of bullying or harassment by any member of the House of Lords were being investigated from (1) members, (2) their staff, or (3) House staff at the time he launched the consultation on the implementation of a new process for investigating complaints of bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct on 11 February.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13729
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13729
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have not received any formal complaints from members, their staff or House staff but under neither the current system nor the proposed future system would complaints come to me. Currently complaints may be received by the House Administration, the Commissioner for Standards, any of the political parties or whips, or the Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.</p><p> </p><p>Complaints of bullying or harassment by members of the House of Lords may be made to the Commissioner for Standards. Consideration of complaints by the Commissioner follows a two stage process. The Commissioner conducts a preliminary assessment to determine whether there is evidence sufficient to establish a prima facie case that the Code has been breached. This stage of the process is confidential, known only to the Commissioner, complainant and respondent. Basic details of cases are made public only if a complaint proceeds to the second stage, which is a formal investigation.</p><p> </p><p>When I launched the consultation on 11 February there were no live formal investigations by the Commissioner solely in relation to the Code’s personal honour provision, which is the only aspect of the Code likely to be engaged by complaints of bullying and harassment. No such investigations have been initiated since the consultation was launched.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, no formal complaints relating to the behaviour of House of Lords members were being dealt with by the Administration when the consultation was launched, and none have been initiated since.</p><p> </p> question first answered 25/02/2019 17:14:53
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1078967

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/03/2019
	date	27/02/2019
	date tabled	27/02/2019
	ddp created	27/02/2019 21:44:14
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	27/02/2019 21:45:45 12/03/2019 18:28:03
	hansard heading	Bullying and Harassment in the House of Lords Independent Inquiry
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14089
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/03/2019 17:56:04
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the estimated cost of the independent inquiry into bullying and harassment in the House of Lords; and what is the level of remuneration being paid to Naomi Ellenbogen QC.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14089
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14089
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The inquiry into bullying and harassment, launched on 19 December 2018, is being led independently by Naomi Ellenbogen QC. The inquiry relates to and has sought contributions from a number of key stakeholder groups, including current and, where possible, former:</p><p> </p><ul><li>House of Lords Administration staff (including agency and interim staff), and employee representative groups;</li><li>Members of the House of Lords;</li><li>Staff of Members of the House of Lords; and</li><li>Staff of the House of Commons, MPs’ staff, and staff of shared or bicameral services in Parliament.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Naomi Ellenbogen QC is being remunerated on the basis of a daily fee of £2000 plus VAT for each full day worked exclusively on the inquiry, and an hourly fee of £225 plus VAT where only part of the day is spent working on the inquiry. The contract through which Ms Ellenbogen has been engaged defines a full day as constituting 8 hours, and provides that time engaged in report writing will be payable at the agreed hourly rate.</p><p> </p><p>While the costs of the inquiry are being paid by the House of Lords, the overall cost will depend on a number of variable factors outside the Administration’s control, in particular the volume of evidence received.</p> question first answered 12/03/2019 17:56:04
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1087524

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/03/2019
	date	12/03/2019
	date tabled	12/03/2019
	ddp created	12/03/2019 22:06:24
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	12/03/2019 22:15:33 20/03/2019 18:06:07
	hansard heading	Peers' Staff: Personnel Management
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14449
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/03/2019 17:35:52
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the estimated annual cost attributable to the House of Lords of the HR support services for Peers' staff administered by Croner Group Ltd.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14449
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14449
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The total cost of the contract with Croner Group Ltd. in place for the period from 8th October 2018 to 7th October 2019 is £21,985. The cost of this contract is shared between the House of Commons and the House of Lords administrations. The total portion of this cost attributable to the House of Lords for HR support services for Peers' staff is £6,595.50.</p> question first answered 20/03/2019 17:35:52
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1127419

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:37
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:28 04/06/2019 15:46:13
	hansard heading	POST
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15830
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 15:15:05
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in each of the last five financial years for which data are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15830
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15830
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The cost of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology is shared by the House of Commons and the House of Lords on a 70:30 ratio. The cost to the House of Lords in each of the last five financial years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£151,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£172,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£176,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£170,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£189,342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 04/06/2019 15:15:05
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1132309

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/06/2019
	date	14/06/2019
	date tabled	14/06/2019
	ddp created	14/06/2019 15:57:23
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	14/06/2019 16:05:20 27/06/2019 12:10:03
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Bullying
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16378
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/06/2019 11:38:38
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many complaints regarding bullying and harassment have been received since the report by the Committee on Privileges and Conduct Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme: Changes to the Code of Conduct, published on 4 April, was agreed by the House on 30 April.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16378
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16378
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>On 30 April the House agreed to changes to the Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords that incorporated the Parliamentary Behaviour Code, which sets out the standards of behaviour expected of everyone who works within the Parliamentary Estate, and introduced provisions to deal explicitly with behaviour that constitutes bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct. Since then, there have been fewer than ten complaints of bullying, harassment or sexual misconduct made against members of the House of Lords under the Code. To protect the confidentiality of those reporting complaints, and in line with Parliament’s publication policy for statistics under the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme, the exact numbers are only provided where they are ten or more.</p> question first answered 27/06/2019 11:38:38
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1041205

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	14/01/2019 21:45:29
	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	14/01/2019 21:55:40 23/01/2019 12:41:01
	hansard heading	Hydroelectric Power
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12787
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/01/2019 12:09:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to encourage investment in pumped storage hydroelectricity projects.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12787
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12787
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In our Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published in July 2017 (and updated in October 2018), Government and Ofgem set out a range of actions to remove barriers to electricity storage. These actions seek to improve regulatory clarity and enable fair access to energy markets in order to create a best-in-class regulatory framework for the sector.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage storage developers, including those of pumped hydro projects, to understand how best to collaborate with the sector whilst ensuring best value for consumers and fair competition between different flexibility technologies.</p> question first answered 23/01/2019 12:09:15
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1041206

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2019
	date	14/01/2019
	date tabled	14/01/2019
	ddp created	14/01/2019 21:45:31
	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	14/01/2019 21:55:42 24/01/2019 13:00:05
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12788
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/01/2019 12:28:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have paid, broken down by power source, to generators of electricity as compensation for their output not being required by National Grid in each of the past ten years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12788
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12788
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government does not make such payments. National Grid is responsible for procuring the balancing services needed to help ensure the secure operation of the electricity system, which it does through competitive market arrangements.</p><p>National Grid has advised that it publishes details of balancing services procured, including a break down by power source of payments made to constrain generation output, in its Monthly Balancing Services Summary. This is available on the National Grid's website.</p> question first answered 24/01/2019 12:28:12
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock