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1138562

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/07/2019
	date	11/07/2019
	date tabled	11/07/2019
	ddp created	11/07/2019 18:44:15
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	11/07/2019 18:45:51 24/07/2019 12:07:11
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Electric Vehicles
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17120
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/07/2019 12:06:37
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans they have, if any, to enable the charging of electric vehicles in the House of Lords carpark.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17120
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>The Services Committee considered the possibility of introducing electric vehicle charging (EVC) points at its meeting on 14 March 2019. The Committee declined to agree a proposal to introduce EVC points to the House of Lords. Although the Committee recognised the benefits, it did not believe it was the appropriate time to implement the scheme.</p><p>Amongst other factors, the Committee considered the location and impact of the EVC points, the longevity of the proposed installation of charging points, which risked being decommissioned when Restoration and Renewal commenced, the need for a long term vision for EVC across the Estate, and concerns that the proposal did not provide value for money.</p> question first answered 24/07/2019 12:06:37 answering member 2079
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1250566

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/11/2020
	date	10/11/2020
	date tabled	10/11/2020
	ddp created	10/11/2020 21:56:49
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	10/11/2020 22:06:45 23/11/2020 13:11:06
	hansard heading	Electronic Voting: WhatsApp
	house id	2
	identifier	HL10181
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/11/2020 13:10:14
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are to use WhatsApp to alert members of the House about votes taking place using the remote voting system.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL10181
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL10181
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Remote Voting system currently alerts Members of the House of Lords to a Division via text message (if they have opted in and provided a mobile number) and email to their Parliamentary account using Notify, which is a secure government service. Members have the option of adding an alternative email address. Notify complies with the National Cyber Security Centre's Cloud Security Principles, and is protected with encryption and secure tokens.</p><p>There are no plans to accredit any further tools or apps and develop the remote voting system to use them as notification tools. A greater number of elements within the notification system would introduce an undesirable level of complexity and increase the risk of faults.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/11/2020 13:10:14 answering member 4148
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1059216

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 22:05:12
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	13/02/2019 23:15:11 21/02/2019 12:22:02
	hansard heading	Sir Philip Green
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13602
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/02/2019 12:19:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Sir Phillip Green or any company, trust or other entity associated with him, has obtained an injunction against Her Majesty's Government or any government departments, agencies or public bodies since May 2010; if so, when any such injunction was granted; and when it was withdrawn.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13602
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13602
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) conducts civil litigation on behalf of most government departments and many (but not all) executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p>GLD has no record of any injunctions obtained by Sir Philip Green, or any entity known by GLD to be connected with him, against any of the departments, agencies or bodies to which GLD provides litigation services.</p> question first answered 21/02/2019 12:19:00 answering member 4538
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1091615

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/04/2019
	date	19/03/2019
	date tabled	19/03/2019
	ddp created	19/03/2019 21:45:44
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	21/03/2019 17:35:52 27/03/2019 15:28:02
	hansard heading	Company Voluntary Arrangements
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14661
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/03/2019 15:25:44
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assess whether Company Voluntary Arrangements effectively protect the economic interests of HMRC, and those of creditors and property owners.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14661
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14661
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Company voluntary arrangements are a valuable part of the restructuring framework and the Government does not intend to conduct a review of them at this time. A company voluntary arrangement allows a financially distressed company to restructure its debts and avoid liquidation or administration. Approval of more than 75% of creditors is required to pass a company voluntary arrangement and any creditor may still apply to court if it feels its interests are being unfairly prejudiced, this provides an important safeguard for creditors, including HMRC and property owners.</p> question first answered 27/03/2019 15:25:44 answering member 2616
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1108862

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/04/2019
	date	01/04/2019
	date tabled	01/04/2019
	ddp created	01/04/2019 20:38:45
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	01/04/2019 20:52:03 08/04/2019 16:21:43
	hansard heading	Company Voluntary Arrangements
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14969
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/04/2019 16:11:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the use of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA) and the impact on creditors when company owners have removed significant equity via dividends or capital reconstruction ahead of the CVA process.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14969
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14969
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government consulted on a wide-ranging package of reforms to corporate insolvency generally in 2018 and there are no plans to review the use of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA’s) at this time. CVA’s are a valuable part of the restructuring framework. Following this consultation, Government announced it will strengthen the powers available to insolvency practitioners to take recovery action where value has been extracted from a company prior to its insolvency, thereby increasing the protections already available to creditors. These proposals will be introduced when parliamentary time permits.</p> question first answered 08/04/2019 16:11:03 answering member 2616
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1122891

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/05/2019
	date	24/04/2019
	date tabled	24/04/2019
	ddp created	24/04/2019 21:26:14
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/04/2019 21:35:30 09/05/2019 11:06:01
	hansard heading	British Steel: Carbon Emissions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15282
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 11:05:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had any discussions with British Steel or its owners Greybull Capital in connection with the sale by British Steel of its carbon credits; and whether they propose to lend money to those parties or otherwise provide funding.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15282
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15282
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the statement made by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 1<sup>st</sup> May 2019, <em>Official Report, Column 209-211</em>, on British Steel: EU Emissions Trading Compliance.</p> question first answered 09/05/2019 11:05:34 answering member 2616
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1122895

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/05/2019
	date	24/04/2019
	date tabled	24/04/2019
	ddp created	24/04/2019 21:26:19
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	24/04/2019 21:35:38 09/05/2019 11:08:02
	hansard heading	Company Voluntary Arrangements
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15286
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 11:07:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to commission a review of the use of Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs), in particular to consider whether CVAs are used in good faith by landlords who have weakened the lessor covenant through previous payments of high dividends or capital distributions.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15286
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15286
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) are a valuable part of the restructuring framework and there are no plans to review their use at this time. The Government consulted on a wide-ranging package of reforms to corporate insolvency in 2018, to enhance rescue prospects and also to address poor corporate behaviour. Following this consultation, Government announced it will strengthen the powers available to insolvency practitioners to take recovery action where value has been extracted from a company prior to its insolvency, thereby increasing the protections already available to creditors. These proposals will be introduced when parliamentary time permits.</p> question first answered 09/05/2019 11:07:32 answering member 2616
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1124420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 20:42:52
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	02/05/2019 20:55:06 10/05/2019 12:42:01
	hansard heading	British Steel: Loans
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15469
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/05/2019 12:41:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the terms of their commercial loan to British Steel; and what consideration they have given to financing other companies in a similar position.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15469
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15469
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The terms of the commercial agreement between the Government and British Steel are set out in letters from the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and the Comptroller &amp; Auditor General, copies of which have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been in regular communication with all EU ETS participants since November 2017 to notify of the risks associated with a no deal scenario. All UK installations met their 2018 obligations in full before the compliance deadline on the 30th April.</p> question first answered 10/05/2019 12:41:15 answering member 2616
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1125850

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 19:24:16
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 19:26:47 20/05/2019 16:07:01
	hansard heading	Takeovers: Conflict of Interests
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15640
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 16:06:53
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to undertake a review of the management of conflicts of interest arising when, in a contested takeover situation, institutional investors hold shares for clients, or under their own account, in both the bidder and target companies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15640
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15640
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It is not uncommon for some investors to hold shares in both the bidder and target companies and rules mandated by the Financial Conduct Authority provide transparency to the market about share ownership. Takeover decisions are ultimately a matter for shareholders and the UK’s takeover rules require bidders to secure the approval of a majority of shareholders in the target company.</p> question first answered 20/05/2019 16:06:53 answering member 2616
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1127256

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/05/2019
	date	16/05/2019
	date tabled	16/05/2019
	ddp created	16/05/2019 19:40:59
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 15:25:05 28/05/2019 14:22:01
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15809
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 14:21:14
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they make an assessment of the culture towards tax compliance of private sector companies who apply to them for loans and credit support; and whether they (1) have, and (2) will, reject applications from those judged to be overly aggressive in tax planning or subject to unacceptably high management charges from related offshore parties.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15809
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15809
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Through the British Business Bank, financial support to small businesses is facilitated via a number of delivery partners who provide a range of debt and equity finance.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank has a thorough due diligence process for its delivery partners which includes a robust review and assessment framework for how delivery partners award the finance, monitored through independent auditors. The British Business Bank also has a tax policy that is published in the transparency section of its website.</p> question first answered 28/05/2019 14:21:14 answering member 2616
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners