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	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 17 December 2014 (HC Deb, col. 96WS), what concerns were raised by the expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regarding the possibility of carryover of a small percentage of abnormal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the affected oocyte or zygote as a result of close associations between mtDNA and the karyoplast; what additional consideration the HFEA’s expert panel gave to replicative advantage of some mtDNA variants skewing the proportions in subsequent development as a result of a mitochondrial bottleneck; whether they can therefore guarantee that no females born following spindle-chromosomal complex transfer or pronuclear transfer would ever transmit the disease to subsequent generations; if not, whether serial nuclear transfer would minimise this risk; and why serial nuclear transfer is precluded by Regulations 3(c) and 6(c) of the Draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015, which prevent any further "alterations in the nuclear or mitochondrial DNA".
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL4043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>We are advised by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) that the issues raised by the noble Lord are discussed at various points in the Expert Panel’s 2014 report, as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- mitochondrial DNA carryover at sections 3.7.2 to 3.7.11;</p><p> </p><p>- nuclear-mitochondrial interactions at sections 3.7.15 to 3.7.20; and</p><p> </p><p>- points relating to replicative advantage and mitochondrial bottleneck are widely discussed throughout section 3.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Panel’s report is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has also advised that the Expert Panel it convened concluded that, following Maternal Spindle Transfer or Pronuclear Transfer, the risks of mitochondrial disease in the next generation will be low. Further details can be found in section 3 of the Panel’s 2014 report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Serial nuclear transfer is not a term or process connected with mitochondrial donation. Therefore, serial transfer is not something the Expert Panel has considered.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 22/01/2015 16:49:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HFEA Panel's Report.pdf title HFEA's Panel Report
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

172702

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 6 January (HL3815), what co-operation they have had from Hamas in the reconstruction of civilian property in Gaza.
	tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
	uin	HL4022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>UK policy on Hamas is clear: we do not talk to Hamas and we have no plan to do so at present. At the Gaza Reconstruction Conference, the UK pledged £20 million for early recovery assistance. DFID has already disbursed £5 million and will provide the remainder in 2015/16. The UK was also the first donor to support the temporary tri-partite Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) which is facilitating the import of construction materials into Gaza.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 22/01/2015 17:09:13 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

172785

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he has given to adopting a Welsh language policy for his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	220149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the Welsh language and to providing Government services in the Welsh language where there is demand for them. It is important that, in the non devolved areas sufficient support should be given to the Welsh language, and the Government is committed to ensuring this is done.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), along with other Government Departments, is not considered a ‘public body’ under the provisions of the Welsh Language Act (section 21), meaning that it is not required to prepare Welsh language schemes. No such scheme has therefore been published.</p><p>The FCO did, however, produce a small number of marketing materials in Welsh as part of the GREAT campaign in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/02/2015 09:36:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

172711

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Unions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to changing the Common Bond of geographical credit unions from potential to actual members.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL4031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>On 31 December 2014 the government published a response to the Call for Evidence on Credit Unions. In this response the government committed to considering potential changes to credit union legislation, including to the Common Bond, in the next parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 22/01/2015 16:53:12 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

172719

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bates on 18 December 2014 (HL3693) and by Lord Henley on 13 March 2013 (WA 73) and 10 January 2012 (WA37–8), which Home Office Minister authorised the decision to withhold from Parliament the names of the Home Office officials convicted of offences relating to misconduct in public office for which they have received custodial sentences; and when the previous practice of revealing such names in parliamentary answers was changed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL4039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Lord Bates approved the response to HL3693 but in view of the Noble Lords further question we are reviewing our position and will write accordingly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2015 17:42:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

172709

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are supporting National Voter Registration Day.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL4029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble peer to the answer I gave to Lord Roberts of Llandudno on 12 January, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WA231.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/01/2015 17:09:42 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

172740

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from universities about the future viability of Initial Teacher Training courses and university education departments.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	220155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>I have been contacted recently by three universities regarding the provision of initial Teacher Training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/01/2015 10:41:37 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38271 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

172722

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 6 February 2014 (WA 76) and the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Jane Ellison, on 17 December 2014 (HC Deb, cols 96–7WS), whether an enucleated embryo being unable to survive without nuclear DNA necessarily implies that both steps of the different processes described in Regulations 4 and 7 must be completed in their entirety in order to generate the permitted egg or embryo referred to in Regulations 3(a) and 6(a) respectively of the Draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015; and if not, whether they will describe how individual eggs or embryos that have been enucleated might be used directly in infertility treatment as egg P or embryo P.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL4042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Enucleated eggs and embryos are, in themselves, non-viable and, therefore, cannot be used for the treatment of infertility. The different processes used to generate a permitted egg or embryo, referred to in Regulations 4 and 7, will be completed in their entirety.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 22/01/2015 11:50:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

172821

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Christmas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains the policy of his Department not to fund Christmas parties for staff.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	220163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Departmental policy sets out that when providing in-house hospitality, no alcohol is to be paid for from Departmental funds. Christmas parties are organised and paid for by individual members of staff.</p><p>Employees are expected to behave in accordance with the standards set out in the Civil Service Code and the Departmental Conduct policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/01/2015 14:35:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan