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424778

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 26 October (HL2541), whether they will publish the latest figures on the number of members of each party in the House, and the ratio of government to opposition members, including all those peers whose introduction has been scheduled.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL3121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>Including all those peers whose introduction or retirement has been advertised in <em>House of Lords Business</em>, and assuming no other changes to the membership of the House, as of 19 January 2016 there will be 249 members on the Conservative benches, 212 members on the Labour benches, and 112 members on the Liberal Democrat benches. This means that there will be 75 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p><p><strong><br></strong>That will be 29 more peers than at the end of the 2009-10 session, when there were only 46 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/11/2015 15:09:18 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

518730

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many Questions for Written Answer were put to each Government department and answered within the target 10 working days in each month in the 2015–16 Session, together with the relevant percentages in each case.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL24
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>In line with the practice established in the last session, following the commitment made by my predecessor (HL Deb 8 May 2014, col 1575), I will continue to publish annually the performance of departments on their promptness in dealing with Questions for Written Answer. My office will also continue to work with all departments to ensure prompt and comprehensive responses to all Questions for Written Answer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The statistics for the 2014-15 session are available as a Written Statement (HLWS39). I will shortly publish data on departmental performance for the 2015-16 session.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 31/05/2016 13:19:28 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

510209

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Delegated Legislation: Government Defeats
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many government defeats there have been on delegated legislation in the House of Lords, (1) in total, and (2) in each Session, since 1950.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL7415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 1950, there have been 35 Government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation in the House of Lords. There have been five such defeats in this session to date - a fifth of the total over the last 65 years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation since 1950, broken down by session, is detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Session</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1950</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1972-73</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1994-95</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1950-51</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1973-74</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1995-96</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1951-52</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1974</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1952-53</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1974-75</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1953-54</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1975-76</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1954-55</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1976-77</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1955-56</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1977-78</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1956-57</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1978-79</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1957-58</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1979-80</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1958-59</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1980-81</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1959-60</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1981-82</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1960-61</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1982-83</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1961-62</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1983-84</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1962-63</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1984-85</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1963-64</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1985-86</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1964-65</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1986-87</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1965-66</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1987-88</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2010-12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1966-67</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1988-89</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1967-68</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1989-90</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1968-69</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1990-91</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1969-70</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1991-92</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2015-6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1970-71</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1992-93</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1971-72</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1993-94</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/04/2016 16:11:36 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

513489

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Cabinet Office with regard to the number of Questions for Written Answer not answered within 10 working days.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL7746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>My responsibility as Leader of the House, to encourage Ministers to be punctual in answering written questions, is one I take seriously. My office immediately approach departments who have not responded to questions after 10 working days, and remain in contact with them until the questions are answered. This process was followed with the Cabinet Office for the seven questions that remained unanswered after 10 working days on 18 March. All of those questions have now been answered. At the end of this Session I will publish data on each department’s promptness in dealing with Questions for Written Answer to allow for proper scrutiny of their performance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 29/04/2016 13:22:27 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

425248

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Government Defeats
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what percentage of House of Lords divisions resulted in Government defeats (1) in the 2001–2005 Parliament; (2) in the 2005–2010 Parliament; (3) in the 2010–2015 Parliament; and (4) since the 2015 general election to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL3174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Statistics compiled by the Journal Office indicate that the percentage of House of Lords divisions resulting in Government defeats were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliament</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of defeats</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-05</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-10</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-15</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 16/11/2015 16:42:51 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

525116

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what processes she has put in place to ensure that select committee reports are debated in a timely manner.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
	uin	HL699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p><br>My Noble Friend the Government Chief Whip makes regular offers of time, both on the Floor of the House and in Grand Committee, for debates on Select Committee reports to the Committee Office. The Committee Office then coordinates among Chairmen to determine which reports are debated on such occasions and in what order.</p><p>Debates covering nine reports have already taken place this session.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 20/06/2016 12:34:11 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

458844

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Parliamentary Procedure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what status members who are not members of the main political parties or the crossbenches have in relation to the order of speaking or asking supplementary questions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL6878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The House of Lords is self-regulating. As such it is in the hands of the House to determine who it wishes to hear from when two or more members rise to speak.</p><p><br>At question time it is my responsibility to assist the House in that respect. For debates that require a list of speakers, the final order of speaking is drawn up by the Government Whips’ Office following consultation in the usual channels. In both settings it is customary for speakers from different parties or parts of the House to take turns (see Companion to the Standing Orders, paragraph 4.25).</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 23/03/2016 14:23:07 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

518759

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what was the average time in (1) the 2015–16 Session, and (2) each of the last five Sessions before that, between the publication of a select committee report and its being debated; and how many select committee reports published in the 2015–16 Session and the previous five Sessions were undebated (1) 12 months, and (2) six months, after publication.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL53
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>My office does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>My Noble Friend the Government Chief Whip makes regular offers of time for debates on Select Committee reports to the Committee Office. The Committee Office then coordinate among Chairmen to determine which reports are debated on such occasions and in what order.</p><p><br>Sixteen select committee reports were debated in the last session and debates on nine reports have been arranged thus far this session.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 31/05/2016 12:54:03 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

439526

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Prayer
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House when revising the process for prayers was last considered, and what consideration has been given to including an opportunity for additional prayers following a national or international tragedy or disaster.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The process for prayers was last considered by the Procedure Committee in December 2012 (3rd Report, Session 2012-13, HL Paper 81). Any change to the present arrangements would be a matter for the Procedure Committee, in consultation with the Lords Spiritual.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 05/01/2016 15:53:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

450534

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House when was the most recent time that she gave guidance to the Northern Ireland Office on the importance of answering parliamentary written questions in full, providing all the information requested.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL5896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I regularly stress to departments the importance of giving full and timely answers to Questions for Written Answer. The content of each answer is a matter for the Minister concerned, and each Minister is responsible to the House for the answers they provide. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p>The Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, there is a longstanding rule of this House that all answers should be complete and comprehensible. I shall continue to make this guidance clear to all Ministers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL6043 question first answered 17/02/2016 16:05:06 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

518112

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Standing Orders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she is satisfied with the existing Standing Orders relating to the consideration of primary legislation in its later stages, and if not, whether she will refer that matter to the Procedure Committee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL8272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will write directly to my Rt Hon. Friend.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/05/2016 12:21:57 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

435749

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Debates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she now considers the advisory time limit on speeches in debates should be compulsory, and if so, what recommendations she will bring forward for enforcement of the limit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL4324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>It is already open to the House to time-limit debates in the Chamber or Grand Committee to a specific number of hours, with attendant compulsory time limits for speakers (Companion to the Standing Orders, Paras. 6.65-6.66). As this facility is already available, I do not plan to bring forward additional proposals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/12/2015 17:52:14 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

510254

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will encourage Government ministers to provide full answers to Written Questions from members of the House rather than providing references to third-party sources.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL7460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I am responsible for encouraging departments to give timely answers to Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), a duty I take very seriously.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The House has set out clearly (most recently in agreeing the Procedure Committee’s 5th Report on the 2014-5 Session) that all answers to QWAs should be complete and comprehensible, and as such should not rely on references to external documents or webpages. I will continue to make this guidance clear to Ministers. Whilst it is for individual Ministers to account to the House for the content of the answers they provide - with Ministers providing personally signed answers to members as part of this direct accountability - any member is welcome to inform me of any particular concerns about a response they have received.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/04/2016 15:54:28 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

444486

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Parliamentary Procedure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will initiate discussions with the usual channels as to the desirability of establishing a general principle whereby items of business with a speakers list of more than 35 members should be tabled over two days, and not on one.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL5037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>Where the Speakers List for a debate is exceptionally long, it is open to the Usual Channels to consider special arrangements - including an early sitting of the House (as was arranged for the Second Reading of the European Union Referendum Bill) or adjourning the debate and resuming it on a subsequent day. However, in considering whether to make such arrangements, account must also be taken of members wishing to speak who may not be able to be present on a subsequent day, or for an earlier sitting, and would consequently not be able to participate if such an arrangement were made at short notice. For this reason, case-by-case consideration of the best way forward may serve the House better than a general principle, and so I do not propose to initiate discussions along the lines suggested at this time.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/01/2016 12:23:18 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

446513

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Parliamentary Procedure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will set up a working party to consider the combining of the contents of the <i>Companion to the Standing Orders</i> with those parts of Erskine May that refer to the House of Lords in order to produce a single reference volume reflecting the law, privilege, proceedings and usage of Parliament as applicable to the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL5285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Companion to the Standing Orders is the single authoritative statement of practice and procedure of the House, issued with the authority of the Procedure Committee.</p><p><strong><br>Erskine May is edited by the Clerk of the House of Commons. It contains some additional information about the history and privileges of Parliament, including the House of Lords, and Lords Clerks contribute to its production, but for the House of Lords the resulting text does not have the authoritative status that it does in the House of Commons. For this reason, and in order to keep the Companion a manageable length, I do not propose to pursue amalgamation of the texts into a single volume.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 02/02/2016 17:50:30 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

515485

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether time will be made in the Parliamentary timetable for a full debate on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s <i>Human Rights and Democracy Report 2015</i>.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL7865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>My Noble Friend the Government Chief Whip does not expect to be able to facilitate a full debate on the report before the end of this session, but from the start of the new session, the usual mechanisms - which include balloted debates, Thursday debates, and questions for short debate - will be available to secure a debate on the Report.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/05/2016 11:05:17 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

510210

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Government Defeats
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to her Written Answer on 16 November 2015 (HL3174), what percentage of House of Lords divisions resulted in Government defeats in (1) the 1997–2001 Parliament, and (2) the current Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL7416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The rate of defeats in the present Parliament is more than twice that of the 1997-2001 Parliament: the Government were defeated in 22% of divisions in that Parliament, compared to 49% in the present one (up to Thursday 21 April). These figures are based on statistics compiled by the Journal Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/04/2016 15:51:23 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

510208

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to her Written Answer on 17 February (HL5966), how many statutory instruments have now been laid before Parliament in the 2015–16 session to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL7414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>As of 21 April, 706 UK statutory instruments had been laid before the House of Commons/Parliament in the 2015-16 session. For completeness, the numbers of statutory instruments laid in previous sessions since 1997 are detailed below:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>1997-98: 1856</p></li><li><p>1998-99: 1479</p></li><li><p>1999-00: 1456</p></li><li><p>2000-01: 868</p></li><li><p>2001-02: 1788</p></li><li><p>2002-03: 1474</p></li><li><p>2003-04: 1281</p></li><li><p>2004-05: 793</p></li><li><p>2005-06: 1885</p></li><li><p>2006-07: 1361</p></li><li><p>2007-08: 1319</p></li><li><p>2008-09: 1302</p></li><li><p>2009-10: 823</p></li><li><p>2010-12: 1809</p></li><li><p>2012-13: 964</p></li><li><p>2013-14: 1173</p></li><li><p>2014-15: 1378</p></li><li><p>2015-16: 706 (so far in this session)</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 25/04/2016 15:42:57 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

451768

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 9 February (HL5480), what discussion she has had with the Northern Ireland Office about answering parliamentary written questions in full.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL6043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I regularly stress to departments the importance of giving full and timely answers to Questions for Written Answer. The content of each answer is a matter for the Minister concerned, and each Minister is responsible to the House for the answers they provide. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p>The Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, there is a longstanding rule of this House that all answers should be complete and comprehensible. I shall continue to make this guidance clear to all Ministers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL5896 question first answered 17/02/2016 16:05:06 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

523721

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Emergencies: Planning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answers by Lord Dunlop on 24 March (HL7079) and 22 January (HL4982), what guidance she has given to the Northern Ireland Office about answering questions fully and substantially, and in particular providing definitions as requested.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The position has not changed since I answered the Noble Lord’s question HL6043 on 17 February. That answer is included below for your ease of reference and I have nothing further to add to this.</p><p><em>As Leader of the House, I regularly stress to departments the importance of giving full and timely answers to Questions for Written Answer. The content of each answer is a matter for the Minister concerned, and each Minister is responsible to the House for the answers they provide. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</em></p><p><em>The Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, there is a longstanding rule of this House that all answers should be complete and comprehensible. I shall continue to make this guidance clear to all Ministers.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 20/06/2016 12:32:04 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

426931

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Strathclyde Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil servants are supporting Lord Strathclyde in the preparation of his report on the powers of the House of Lords; and which political advisers are also providing support to that review.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL3418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston):</p><p>Lord Strathclyde is being supported in his review by a panel of external experts and a small secretariat of civil servants in the Cabinet Office. The secretariat does not include political advisers. The expert panel comprises Sir Stephen Laws, former First Parliamentary Counsel; Jacqy Sharpe, a former Clerk in the House of Commons and Clerk to the Joint Committee on Conventions; and Sir Michael Pownall, former Clerk of the Parliaments.</p><p /> <p>Several reviews have examined the powers of the House of Lords, including the Royal Commission on the reform of the House of Lords (2000) and the Joint Committee on Conventions referenced above (2006).</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The review led by Lord Strathclyde is due to consider how to protect the ability of elected Governments to secure their business in Parliament in the light of the operation of certain conventions. The review will consider in particular how to secure the decisive role of the elected House of Commons in relation to its primacy on financial matters; and secondary legislation.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Ministers regularly discuss a wide range of issues with the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Lord Strathclyde will determine the way in which the review is undertaken and the content of his recommendations, including any definitions required. It is not possible to provide an estimate of the cost of the exercise at this stage, but neither Lord Strathclyde nor his panel of experts will be paid a fee. Lord Strathclyde is expected to seek views from a wide range of Parliamentarians, parties and groups in undertaking his review, and has issued a letter to all Parliamentarians inviting their input. He is also seeking views from the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Clerk of the House. Lord Strathclyde will report to the Prime Minister, and the Government will decide how to proceed upon receipt of his recommendations.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL3419 HL3420 HL3421 HL3422 HL3423 HL3445 HL3446 HL3447 HL3448 HL3449 HL3450 HL3453 question first answered 23/11/2015 16:50:04 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

439741

	registered interest
	date	22/12/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Life Peers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many life peerages have been created since the 2010 election, and how many of those were (1) Conservative, (2) Liberal Democrat, (3) Labour, and (4) Crossbench, peerages.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL4794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>Peerages created since the 2010 election are listed below:</p><br /><p>Conservative: 109</p><br /><p>Labour: 55</p><br /><p>Liberal Democrat: 51</p><br /><p>Crossbench/Independent/other: 30</p><br /><p>Of the peers appointed since the 2010 election 22.4 per cent have taken the whip of her majesty’s official opposition. This compares to 15.7 per cent of those created between the 1997 and 2010 general elections.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 08/01/2016 14:51:11 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

424777

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define (1) a fatal, and (2) a non-fatal, motion, or amendment to a motion, relating to a statutory instrument.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL3120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The Companion to the Standing Orders distinguishes between amendments to approval motions whose effect is to withhold the agreement of the House to an affirmative instrument, and amendments or motions that do not prevent approval of the instrument (Companion to the Standing Orders, Para. 10.14). The terms “fatal” and “non-fatal” do not appear.</p><p /> <p>The amendments in the name of Baroness Meacher and Baroness Hollis of Heigham passed by the House on 26 October withheld the House’s agreement to the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/11/2015 15:08:57 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

426959

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Strathclyde Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with the Head of the Civil Service prior to setting up the review of House of Lords powers being undertaken by Lord Strathclyde.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL3446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston):</p><p>Lord Strathclyde is being supported in his review by a panel of external experts and a small secretariat of civil servants in the Cabinet Office. The secretariat does not include political advisers. The expert panel comprises Sir Stephen Laws, former First Parliamentary Counsel; Jacqy Sharpe, a former Clerk in the House of Commons and Clerk to the Joint Committee on Conventions; and Sir Michael Pownall, former Clerk of the Parliaments.</p><p /> <p>Several reviews have examined the powers of the House of Lords, including the Royal Commission on the reform of the House of Lords (2000) and the Joint Committee on Conventions referenced above (2006).</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The review led by Lord Strathclyde is due to consider how to protect the ability of elected Governments to secure their business in Parliament in the light of the operation of certain conventions. The review will consider in particular how to secure the decisive role of the elected House of Commons in relation to its primacy on financial matters; and secondary legislation.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Ministers regularly discuss a wide range of issues with the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Lord Strathclyde will determine the way in which the review is undertaken and the content of his recommendations, including any definitions required. It is not possible to provide an estimate of the cost of the exercise at this stage, but neither Lord Strathclyde nor his panel of experts will be paid a fee. Lord Strathclyde is expected to seek views from a wide range of Parliamentarians, parties and groups in undertaking his review, and has issued a letter to all Parliamentarians inviting their input. He is also seeking views from the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Clerk of the House. Lord Strathclyde will report to the Prime Minister, and the Government will decide how to proceed upon receipt of his recommendations.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL3418 HL3419 HL3420 HL3421 HL3422 HL3423 HL3445 HL3447 HL3448 HL3449 HL3450 HL3453 question first answered 23/11/2015 16:50:05 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

426934

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Strathclyde Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what precedents there are in government for conducting a review of a similar nature to Lord Strathclyde’s review of the powers of the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL3421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston):</p><p>Lord Strathclyde is being supported in his review by a panel of external experts and a small secretariat of civil servants in the Cabinet Office. The secretariat does not include political advisers. The expert panel comprises Sir Stephen Laws, former First Parliamentary Counsel; Jacqy Sharpe, a former Clerk in the House of Commons and Clerk to the Joint Committee on Conventions; and Sir Michael Pownall, former Clerk of the Parliaments.</p><p /> <p>Several reviews have examined the powers of the House of Lords, including the Royal Commission on the reform of the House of Lords (2000) and the Joint Committee on Conventions referenced above (2006).</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The review led by Lord Strathclyde is due to consider how to protect the ability of elected Governments to secure their business in Parliament in the light of the operation of certain conventions. The review will consider in particular how to secure the decisive role of the elected House of Commons in relation to its primacy on financial matters; and secondary legislation.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Ministers regularly discuss a wide range of issues with the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Lord Strathclyde will determine the way in which the review is undertaken and the content of his recommendations, including any definitions required. It is not possible to provide an estimate of the cost of the exercise at this stage, but neither Lord Strathclyde nor his panel of experts will be paid a fee. Lord Strathclyde is expected to seek views from a wide range of Parliamentarians, parties and groups in undertaking his review, and has issued a letter to all Parliamentarians inviting their input. He is also seeking views from the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Clerk of the House. Lord Strathclyde will report to the Prime Minister, and the Government will decide how to proceed upon receipt of his recommendations.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL3418 HL3419 HL3420 HL3422 HL3423 HL3445 HL3446 HL3447 HL3448 HL3449 HL3450 HL3453 question first answered 23/11/2015 16:50:04 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton