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1657680

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with business groups in the United States of America with regard to any potential digital deal with the Office of the United States Trade Representative.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL9852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The U.S. is our largest trading partner, with trade reaching over £290 billion <ins class="ministerial">in the 12 months to March 2023</ins><del class="ministerial">this year</del>, and our most important <del class="ministerial">national</del> trading partner in data-enabled exports. The UK exported over £75 billion worth of digitally delivered services to the U.S. in <ins class="ministerial">2021</ins><del class="ministerial">2023</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly engage with a wide range of stakeholders including business groups, civil society and SMEs in both the UK and the U.S. on a range of digital trade and wider trade matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 19/09/2023 16:25:34 question first ministerially corrected 20/09/2023 15:10:30 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel previous answer version 95986 answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1655062

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Russia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 19 July (HL9306), what assessment they have made of whether the ships of the Russian Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research are responsible for surveys and operations involving seabed infrastructure.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL9661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Transport has not commissioned such an assessment. Any such assessment would fall within the remit of the Ministry of Defence. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As a matter of long-standing policy, the Government does not comment on the specific detail of classified intelligence matters.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/07/2023 14:46:13 question first ministerially corrected 25/08/2023 12:39:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton previous answer version 90272 answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1674987

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	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: Old Oak Common Station
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower of 22 November (HL338), what assessment they have made of expected journey times between Old Oak Common and Bond Street via (1) the planned HS2 station at Euston and the Northern Line, and (2) the Elizabeth Line broken down into (a) in-vehicle time, (b) wait time, and (c) walking time.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The breakdown of expected journey times between Old Oak Common and Bond Street via (1) the planned HS2 station at Euston and the Northern Line, and (2) the Elizabeth Line is shown in the table below. All times are shown in minutes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Destination: Bond Street</p></td><td><p>In vehicle time</p></td><td><p>Walk time</p></td><td><p>Wait time</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Via HS2 to Euston/<del class="ministerial">Northern Line</del> <ins class="ministerial">London Underground</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.6</del> <ins class="ministerial">12.6</ins></p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.6</del> <ins class="ministerial">30.6 </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Via Old Oak Common/Elizabeth Line</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 15/12/2023 11:41:47 question first ministerially corrected 29/01/2024 11:24:03 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower previous answer version 7724 answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1674192

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe of 28 November (HL 277), whether they will now answer the question put, namely to list the ministers and whips in the House of Lords alongside their respective salaries and allowances.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The ministers and whips in the House of Lords and their respective claimed salaries for financial year 2023-2024 are as follows:</p><table><thead><tr><th scope="col"><p>Minister</p></th><th scope="col"><p>Salary</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord Cameron</p></td><td><p>£104,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord True</p></td><td><p>£104,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Neville-Rolfe</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Vere of Norbiton</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord Benyon</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Sharpe of Epsom</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Earl of Minto</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Bellamy KC</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viscount Camrose</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Scott of Bybrook</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Penn</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Markham</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbie Douglas-Miller</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Earl Howe</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Johnson</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Offord of Garvel</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£70,969</del><ins class="ministerial">Unpaid</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Callanan</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viscount Younger of Leckie</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Barran</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Davies of Gower</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Caine</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC</p></td><td><p>£94,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Baroness Williams of Trafford</p></td><td><p>£81,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Earl of Courtown</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Gascoigne</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Harlech</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Evans of Rainow</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Roborough</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Baroness Swinburne</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Unpaid</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with the Ministerial and Other Pensions Act 1991, Lords ministers are able to claim the Lords Office-Holders Allowance (LOHA). There are two rates for LOHA: Lords ministers living in London can claim £4,435 for the financial year 2023-2024, and Lords ministers living outside of London can claim £36,366 per year.</p><p> </p><p>Lords ministers who are unpaid may choose between claiming either LOHA or the Lords Daily Allowance. Lords ministers who receive a salary are not permitted to claim the Lords Daily Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/12/2023 11:41:08 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2023 15:35:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 5576 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1672762

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Climate Change Convention: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will include experts on migratory species from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee among the UK delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28 UAE).
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We set out how we will deliver outcomes for food, farming and the environment through our Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes in an update in January. This can be found at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenvironmental-land-management-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services%2Fenvironmental-land-management-elm-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C201c47f9efa24747abb008dbeba4c92b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638362865203198588%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O29IdmFHlWuXGzFt0XYQrmyrUT9G2729wAf3bdoPLhg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Environmental Land Management (ELM) update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services</a>. This includes our plans to expand and refine the schemes to contribute more to our environmental targets, including on nature recovery, and to target funding towards actions in places where they can have the biggest impacts, in ways that are joined up across larger areas, and that are designed to deliver the required results.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Since then we have launched the 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive and further rounds of Countryside Stewardship and Landscape Recovery. We will publish more details on the 2024 offer in due course.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Joint Nature Conservation Committee staff, including experts on migratory species, are not part of the UK Government delegation to United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28. Joint Nature Conservation Committee staff will remotely provide scientific advice in advance and in real time as requested by the delegation and support side events online in the US Pavilion and the Virtual Ocean Pavilion. Joint Nature Conservation Committee staff have also provided pre-recorded videos to the UK Overseas Territories Association to support their side event in the UK Pavilion.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 04/12/2023 12:11:56 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2023 15:28:27 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon previous answer version 4749 answering member printed Lord Benyon answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1672517

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine Recovery Conference
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which directorate produced the list of invitees for the recent Ukraine Recovery Conference; and what were the criteria for selection for the invitees.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As co-hosts for the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), the programme and attendance was agreed between the Governments of Ukraine and the UK. In addition to the countries and organisations who participated in previous URCs, we invited representatives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America, recognising the global economic consequences of the war. Over 500 international businesses participated - selected in coordination with the Department of Business and Trade - to promote the potential of the private sector to support Ukraine's recovery. Representatives from Ukrainian and international civil society were selected from a diverse range of sectors and representation across national, regional and local levels.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As co-hosts for the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), the programme and attendance was agreed between the Governments of Ukraine and the UK. In addition to the countries and organisations which participated in previous URCs, we invited representatives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America, recognising the global economic consequences of the war. Over 500 international businesses participated - selected in coordination with the Department of Business and Trade - to promote the potential of the private sector to support Ukraine's recovery. Representatives from Ukrainian and international civil society were selected from a diverse range of sectors at national, regional and local levels.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/12/2023 17:27:28 question first ministerially corrected 06/12/2023 17:43:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 5823 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1668166

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle destitution in the UK, particularly destitution experienced by children.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL52
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing poverty, including child poverty, and supporting low-income families. We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24 including around £124bn on people of working age and children, and around £152 billion on pensioners. Of this, around £79 billion will be spent on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>From April, we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%, and in order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap levels also increased by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021/22 there were 1.7 million fewer people in absolute poverty after housing costs than in 2009/10, including 400,000 fewer children, 1 million fewer working age adults and 200,000 fewer pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>With almost one million job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting people, including parents, to move into and progress in work. This approach which is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment - particularly where it is full-time - in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. The latest statistics show that in 2021/22 children living in workless households were 5 times more likely to be in absolute poverty, after housing costs, than those where all adults work.</p><p> </p><p>Through the ambitious package announced at the Spring budget we are delivering measures that are designed to support people to enter work, increase their working hours and extend their working lives.</p><p> </p><p>To help people into work, our core Jobcentre offer provides a range of options, including face-to-face time with work coaches and interview assistance. In addition, there is specific support targeted towards young people, people aged 50 plus and job seekers with disabilities or health issues.</p><p> </p><p>To support those who are in work, from 1 April 2023, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 and over - the largest ever cash increase for the NLW. In addition, the voluntary in-work progression offer started to roll-out in April 2022. It is now available in all Jobcentres across Great Britain. We estimate that around 1.4m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work.</p><p> </p><p>To further support parents into work, on 28<sup>th</sup> June 2023, the maximum monthly amounts that a parent can<del class="ministerial">HL52</del> be reimbursed for their childcare increased by 47%, from £646.35 for one child and £1,108.04 for two or more children to £950.92 and £1,630.15 respectively<strong>.</strong> Importantly, we can now also provide even more help with upfront childcare costs when parents move into work or increase their hours. This means that a parent who needs this additional financial help can now be provided with funding towards both their first and second set of costs (or increased costs), upfront, thereby easing them into the UC childcare costs cycle.</p><p> </p><p>This government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living which is why we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022-23 and 2023-24 to help households and individuals with the rising bills.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 15/11/2023 14:27:00 question first ministerially corrected 15/11/2023 16:10:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie previous answer version 743 answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1672053

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of regional inequalities in access to molecular radiotherapy services; and what plans they have to reduce inequalities in access to those services.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>Based on information provided by National Health Service trusts, there are 38 providers of this service in England, spread across each of the seven NHS regions.</p><p>As part of the implementation process of the new standalone service specification for <ins class="ministerial">molecular radiotherapy</ins><del class="ministerial">magnetic resonance therapy</del> (MRT), which is expected from April 2024, work will be undertaken to confirm the nature and type of MRT services being provided by trusts and allow for access considerations to be taken into account.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 05/12/2023 17:59:17 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2023 13:27:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham previous answer version 5569 answering member printed Lord Markham answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1697252

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to commission a review into the (1) economic, and (2) other, (a) benefits, and (b) disbenefits, of Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL3357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade has no plans to commission a review into the economic, and other benefits or disbenefits of Brexit. However, to mark the fourth anniversary of Brexit, on 31<sup>st</sup> January this year, the Department for Business and Trade published an overview of Brexit successes: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/brexit-4th-anniversary-update" target="_blank">Brexit 4th Anniversary</a></p><p>Since the referendum the UK has grown faster than Germany, Italy, and Japan. Latest figures show that UK exports are £8<ins class="ministerial">62</ins><del class="ministerial">55</del>bn in current prices and <ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del>% above pre-COVID (2018) levels when adjusting for inflation. The lnternational Monetary Fund (lMF) predicts that between 2024-202<ins class="ministerial">9</ins><del class="ministerial">8</del> the UK will see the third fastest growth in the G7.</p><p>The Department has secured free trade deals with 73 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for £1.1 trillion UK trade in 2022 and simplified import tariffs to lower costs for businesses and households.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 16/04/2024 16:29:29 question first ministerially corrected 19/04/2024 12:20:38 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston previous answer version 28059 answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1670133

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the quality and consistency of short scrap metal to meet increased demand for future electric arc furnace steelmaking.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is aware the sector's transition to electric arc furnaces will mean scrap steel becomes an increasingly vital material source for UK steelmaking. The UK has an abundance of ferrous scrap and a strong scrap sector<del class="ministerial">.</del> <ins class="ministerial">- there were c.11 million tonnes of scrap arising in 2021, with 2.6 million tonnes (25%) consumed domestically (International Steel Statistics Bureau via UK Steel) and 8.6 million tonnes (75%) exported (HMRC Overseas Trade Data).</ins>Steel producers are increasing their engagement with scrap metal dealers to secure future supply. Government officials continue to closely monitor the development of the scrap market and the Government will consider its options if evidence emerges that the market is failing to respond effectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 28/11/2023 16:51:36 question first ministerially corrected 29/11/2023 14:24:04 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel previous answer version 3871 answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern