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1124402

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish an up-to-date cost estimate and business case for HS2 Phase 1; and whether they will table a motion for approval of each in both Houses of Parliament before permanent works begin.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL15451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Full Business Case for Phase One will be published later in 2019 and will include an assessment of the latest estimates of cost, schedule and benefits. Publication of the Full Business Case will support authorisation of Notice to Proceed for Phase One which is when HS2 Ltd instructs its main works civil contractors to commence construction of the railway.</p><p> </p><p>The Government already has the statutory powers to build HS2 Phase One. Authorisation of Notice to Proceed is a commercial and administrative process conducted between the Government, HS2 Ltd and its main works civil contractors, and does not therefore require a motion of parliamentary approval.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/05/2019 14:14:42 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1124405

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Commonwealth: Midwives and Nurses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will be raising the proposal that 2020 be designated the Year of the Nurse and Midwife at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting on 19 May.
	tabling member printed	Lord Crisp
	uin	HL15454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK recognises the vital work conducted by nurses and midwives across the Commonwealth and supports the WHO Executive Board's proposal for 2020 to be recognised as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”. We look forward to discussing important topics such as this at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting later this month.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/05/2019 14:12:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3783 label Biography information for Lord Crisp

1124410

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Israeli Settlements: Water Supply
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about the plans of Mekorot Water to build a water pipeline through the West Bank (Area C) province of Qalqilya and Salfit in order to supply nearby Israeli settlements.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL15459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>​We have repeatedly made clear to the Israeli authorities our concerns about the damage to water sources and the destruction of Palestinian agricultural land that has been caused by settlement-related activity. We will continue to call on the Israeli authorities to cease such activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/05/2019 14:13:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1124411

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about their current withholding of tax revenues which are due to be paid to the Palestinian Authority.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL15460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>​We have regularly raised with the Government of Israel our concerns about Israel's decision to withhold tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority (PA). We expect economic and fiscal agreements between Israel and the PA to continue to be fully implemented, including Israel's obligations under the Oslo Accords and Paris Protocol.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/05/2019 14:13:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1124412

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Palestinians: Prisoners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ending of a hunger-strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israel affiliated to Hamas, and of the provision of access by the government of Israel to public telephones in order for such prisoners to speak to their families; and whether they intend thank the government of Egypt for its assistance in this matter.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL15461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>​While we have made no assessment on this specific issue, the British Government welcomes any steps towards the peaceful resolution of tensions and the end of hunger strikes; we welcome Egypt's role in this process. We regularly raise the situation of Palestinians in Israeli prisons with the Israeli authorities who have reiterated their commitment to treat prisoners and detainees humanely and in accordance with international law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/05/2019 14:14:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1124399

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	National Lottery Heritage Fund: Public Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 24 April (HL Deb, cols 600–602) on records held by the National Lottery Heritage Fund that the fund took legal advice and that even if it had retained the records, “it would not have been able to make them available”, what was the nature of the legal advice taken; and on what grounds it was argued that such records could not be made available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
	uin	HL15448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund (the Fund) took advice from its professional legal advisors as to the legal status of the Conservation Management Plans, which included advice on copyright and on the implications to the Fund if they were to make the CMPs available to third parties. The advice concluded that if the Fund disclosed the Conservation Management Plans it would risk being in breach of copyright</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/05/2019 14:40:15 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

1124418

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Tribunals Service intends to proceed with the introduction of Continuous Online Resolution for personal independence payments and employment and support allowance appeals; and in what circumstances a case would be considered unsuitable for consideration by such a process.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL15467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The system to support Continuous Online Resolution (COR) is currently being tested with the Tribunal’s judiciary. As soon as testing has shown the system to be robust, a small number of people with a pending Personal Independence Payment appeal will be invited to take part in an initial pilot of COR. Current indications are this is likely to commence before the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Tribunal’s judiciary intend, following successful testing, to be able to offer COR to all appellants. A case would be unsuitable if the parties did not wish to undergo that process or the panel thought it unsuitable.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/05/2019 15:00:40 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

1124413

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Fairs: Iraq
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK construction and professional firms they expect to attend the Erbil International Fair in northern Iraq in June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL15462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Construction fair taking place in Erbil in June (26 June – 29 June) is advertised as a ‘Made in Iraq’ fair, so consequently will attract primarily local dealers and contractors, and we are not aware of any UK firms planning to attend.</p><p> </p><p>The Erbil International Trade Fair (30 Sept - 03 Oct) is the biggest international multi-sector trade fair organised in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. UK companies that attend the Fair are likely to decide to participate closer to the time, though are more likely to participate as delegates or visitors rather than as exhibitors. In previous years, the local distributors of JLR and JCB have exhibited.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/05/2019 15:42:22 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton