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100041

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:35
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:08
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European Union
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2247
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:07:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to repatriate powers from the European Union; and if so, which powers.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2247
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2247
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the EU to the benefit of all Member States, to make it more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone. Political parties have set out their position on the question of the appropriate exercise of competence in the EU. The Government’s policy is clear: we need an EU where decisions are taken at the right level, with issues best left to member states decided at the national level. We have already shown that such reform is possible: cutting the EU budget; ending the UK’s bailout obligations; cutting red tape in line with Business Taskforce recommendations; ensuring our fish stocks are managed regionally rather than centrally, agreeing three major Trade Agreements and launching trade talks with the US.</p><p>Support for EU reform is growing: this summer, the President-elect of the European Commission committed to explore improving the interaction between the Commission and national parliaments, which he recognised have a key role to play in enforcing the principle of subsidiarity; to completing the internal market in products and services; to creating the right regulatory environment and promoting a climate of entrepreneurship and job creation; and to working for a deal that “accepts the specificities of the UK in the EU, while allowing the Eurozone to integrate further.” The European Council also recognised the need for reform. It concluded in June that there was a need to protect the right to free movement from “misuse or fraudulent claims” and that “the concept of ever closer union allows for different paths of integration.”</p><p>The Government’s proposals for EU reform will continue to respect the UK’s obligations under the existing Treaties.</p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100043

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:35
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:11
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European Union
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2249
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:07:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of recent comments by Mr José Manuel Barroso, they will publish details of what powers they consider can be repatriated from the European Union to the United Kingdom which would not be illegal under the existing treaties.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2249
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2249
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the EU to the benefit of all Member States, to make it more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone. Political parties have set out their position on the question of the appropriate exercise of competence in the EU. The Government’s policy is clear: we need an EU where decisions are taken at the right level, with issues best left to member states decided at the national level. We have already shown that such reform is possible: cutting the EU budget; ending the UK’s bailout obligations; cutting red tape in line with Business Taskforce recommendations; ensuring our fish stocks are managed regionally rather than centrally, agreeing three major Trade Agreements and launching trade talks with the US.</p><p>Support for EU reform is growing: this summer, the President-elect of the European Commission committed to explore improving the interaction between the Commission and national parliaments, which he recognised have a key role to play in enforcing the principle of subsidiarity; to completing the internal market in products and services; to creating the right regulatory environment and promoting a climate of entrepreneurship and job creation; and to working for a deal that “accepts the specificities of the UK in the EU, while allowing the Eurozone to integrate further.” The European Council also recognised the need for reform. It concluded in June that there was a need to protect the right to free movement from “misuse or fraudulent claims” and that “the concept of ever closer union allows for different paths of integration.”</p><p>The Government’s proposals for EU reform will continue to respect the UK’s obligations under the existing Treaties.</p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100050

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:38
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:21
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Enlargement
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2256
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:09:31
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the process of accession of further countries from the former Yugoslavia to the European Union, any steps are being taken to ensure that British citizens are compensated for any deprivation of property during the Tito era.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2256
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2256
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The accession process of countries from the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the European Union does not involve steps specifically aimed at ensuring that British citizens are compensated for any deprivation of property during the Tito era. However the criteria for EU accession for candidate countries do include a requirement to implement measures to ensure that the rule of law is firmly embedded within the judicial and political system. This includes respect for private property, and we note that the European Commission has highlighted specifically the need for progress on restitution of property in its most recent annual enlargement Progress Reports on the Western Balkans countries published on 8 October. Furthermore, all Western Balkan countries have ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, the First Protocol of which enshrines the principle of respect for private property. <br><br>Some Western Balkans countries have, in recent years, made progress on the restitution of private property. Serbia invited applications for restitution and received 75,000 of them. Montenegro and Albania have been slower to implement their legislation on restitution, as highlighted in successive annual country Progress Reports by the European Commission. In 2012, the Commission recognised progress regarding restitution of property in Macedonia seized under the former Yugoslav Communist regime, despite administrative and judicial delays. In May, Albania (which was not part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) submitted an action plan to the Council of Europe, aiming to create, by June 2015, an effective mechanism to enforce decisions on restitution of, or compensation for, property nationalised during the Communist regime. The Kosovo Property Claims Commission and Kosovo Property Agency continue to resolve outstanding private property disputes resulting from the 1998-99 armed conflict. Over 40,000 claims have been decided. Bosnia and Herzegovina has made no progress on restitution of private property in the last four years. Despite earlier attempts to enact a legal framework, there is none in place.</p>
	creator	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

100626

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:16
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:36
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC Media Action
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2357
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:17:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the last ten years, what resources have been made available to BBC Media Action for the training in journalism and media skills of human rights activists and escapees from totalitarian regimes.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2357
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2357
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Over the last ten years BBC Media Action has delivered many opportunities to build media skills including journalism training in Algeria, Iraq, Libya and Tunisia, pan-Arab debate shows and training, support to Syrian bloggers, and radio capacity-building in Jordan and Yemen. The Department for International Development is providing funding of £89.8m over five years (2011/12-2015/16) to BBC Media Action. Figures are not held specific to the training of human rights activists and escapees from totalitarian regimes.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

100627

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:16
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:37
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC Media Action: North Korea
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2358
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:18:21
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to funding BBC Media Action to co-produce programmes with North Korean escapees (1) to enable them to broadcast via existing radio stations currently broadcasting into North Korea, (2) to help build the capacity of existing North Korean refugee broadcasters, or (3) to train North Korean refugees in journalism.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2358
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2358
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has made no such consideration.<strong> </strong></p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

100628

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:16
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:38
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC Media Action: Asia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2359
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:19:07
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of BBC Media Action’s work in Asia; whether they consider it has increased government accountability and enabled access to information there; how that work fits in with their Governance and Rights project; and why the Korean Peninsula is excluded from that approach.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2359
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2359
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>While there have not been assessments carried out specifically on work in Asia, the Department for Internal Development’s Global Grant to BBC Media Action has been assessed in 2012 and 2013. Both reviews assessed BBC Media Action to be exceeding expectations.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

100656

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:23
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:18:18
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Coal Fired Power Stations
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2387
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:51:08
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the effect on the carbon intensity of electricity generated measured in gCO2/kwh of the fitting of emissions abatement technology at West Burton, Cottam and Eggborough coal-fired power stations.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2387
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2387
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>A recent report by independent energy consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff commissioned by this Department estimates that fitting emissions abatement technology needed to comply with the forthcoming industrial emissions Directive would result in a reduction in plant efficiency in the range 0.01 to 0.13 percentage points:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coal-and-gas-assumptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coal-and-gas-assumptions</a></p><p>The impact on the carbon intensity of electricity generated by a plant, measured in gCO2/kWh, as a result of fitting emissions abatement technology can be expected to be of a scale that reflects this estimated range of efficiency loss.</p><p>A ‘reference plant’ was used for the purposes of the report and exact changes to efficiency and emissions intensity may vary across the UK’s coal-fired power stations due to their differing designs.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100966

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/11/2014
	date	27/10/2014
	date tabled	27/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 23:21:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:19:13
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2422
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:16:55
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the terms of the Academies Financial Handbook allow an academy chain to outsource all non-teaching staff to a profit-making provider.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2422
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2422
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Academies Financial Handbook is not prescriptive about where academy trusts buy the services that they need. Trusts are free to choose, but in doing so they have important responsibilities. Paragraph 1.5.11 of the Handbook explains that trusts must exercise their discretion reasonably and in a way that commands broad public support. Paragraph 1.5.21 explains that the accounting officer is personally accountable for regularity, propriety and value for money in the trust’s financial conduct. Section 3.3 sets out that trusts must seek prior approval from the EFA for transactions that are novel or contentious.</p>
	creator	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch