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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

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

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

1146330

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/10/2019
	date	25/09/2019
	date tabled	25/09/2019
	ddp created	25/09/2019 20:13:01
	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	25/09/2019 20:16:32 08/10/2019 14:43:02
	hansard heading	British Business Bank: Crowdfunding
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17825
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 14:42:07
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British Business Bank independently vets every loan it makes through peer-to-peer lending platforms and similar agencies or relies on such platforms for conducting due diligence.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17825
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17825
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The British Business Bank operates indirectly through various delivery partners. Individual lending and investment decisions are fully delegated to these delivery partners.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank has a thorough delivery partner selection process, which includes robust due diligence. British Business Bank also monitors existing delivery partners and their performance against contractual requirements or Service Level Agreements.</p> question first answered 08/10/2019 14:42:07 answering member 4686
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1149752

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	14/10/2019
	date tabled	14/10/2019
	ddp created	16/10/2019 15:12:57
	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	16/10/2019 15:17:25 28/10/2019 12:46:01
	hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
	house id	2
	identifier	HL45
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/10/2019 12:45:47
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the actions of financial and other advisers to Thomas Cook Group in seeking the payment of fees before the Group collapsed; what plans they have, if any, to launch an investigation into such actions; and whether such an investigation will examine whether these actions constituted an act of fraudulent preference to the disadvantage of UK taxpayers.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL45
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL45
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Business Secretary has written to the Insolvency Service to ask them to prioritize and fast-track their investigation into the circumstances surrounding Thomas Cook going into liquidation.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Insolvency Act 1986, the Official Receiver as liquidator may seek to overturn a range of transactions made prior to the liquidation, for example where preference payments have been made to a creditor/s or where a transaction is to the detriment of creditors.</p> question first answered 28/10/2019 12:45:47 answering member 4686
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1149755

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	14/10/2019
	date tabled	14/10/2019
	ddp created	16/10/2019 15:13:01
	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	16/10/2019 15:25:10 28/10/2019 12:48:01
	hansard heading	British Business Bank
	house id	2
	identifier	HL48
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/10/2019 12:47:11
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of loans made by the British Business Bank and sourced from peer-to-peer platforms have defaulted.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL48
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL48
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 2014, the British Business Bank has invested over £2.18bn via peer-to-peer platforms, benefitting over 19,617 SMEs (as at March 2019).</p><p>The default rate in the British Business Bank’s peer-to-peer platform investments is commercially sensitive information.</p> question first answered 28/10/2019 12:47:11 answering member 4686
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1171817

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/02/2020
	date	20/01/2020
	date tabled	20/01/2020
	ddp created	20/01/2020 22:06:34
	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	29/01/2020 14:44:55 29/01/2020 14:44:57
	house id	2
	identifier	HL579
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	28/01/2020 15:47:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 28 October 2019 (HL48), whether the decision to classify the default rate of loans made by the British Business Bank via peer-to-peer platforms as commercially sensitive information was to protect (1) the British Business Bank, or (2) the identify of borrowers; and if it was to protect the identity of borrowers, whether they will publish the aggregate value of (a) defaulted, and (b) provisional, loans through peer-to-peer platforms for each of the last three financial years.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL579
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL579
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Data provided to the British Business Bank (BBB) by its delivery partners to meet portfolio monitoring and reporting requirements remains commercially sensitive to the delivery partners and as such is governed by confidentiality agreements. An individual delivery partner may choose to publish data on the overall performance of their loan book, which may include but will not be limited to BBB backed investments. A list of BBB’s delivery partners can be found on their website.</p><p> </p><p>The BBB’s Annual Report and Accounts (“Enabling Small Businesses to Grow and Prosper”) includes information on the BBB’s overall performance and is available on the website</p> question first answered 28/01/2020 15:47:32 answering member 4686
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1177905

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2020
	date	11/02/2020
	date tabled	11/02/2020
	ddp created	11/02/2020 22:06:21
	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	11/02/2020 22:15:45 24/02/2020 15:05:06
	hansard heading	British Business Bank
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1528
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/02/2020 15:01:48
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 28 January (HL579), whether the confidentiality agreements cover the aggregation of data for a number of unidentified peer-to-peer platforms; whether the same wording is included in all agreements with peer-to-peer platforms; and whether this wording is proposed by the Government or the peer-to-peer lender.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL1528
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1528
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Confidentiality agreements between the British Business Bank and peer-to-peer lenders do not deal with aggregated data relating to multiple different platforms. The British Business Bank does not aggregate peer-to-peer data from different platforms for reporting purposes. Given the very small number of peer-to-peer platforms we invest in, we could not publish aggregate default rates without compromising confidentiality in relation to individual platforms. In keeping with our commercial approach, we do however continually monitor the market and carry out extensive due diligence on any peer-to-peer lender before entering any commercial agreement with them. Once an arrangement is in place, we receive regular data on the performance of our loan book to ensure that this is in line with the contractual expectations we have made with them.</p><p> </p><p>Different confidentiality agreements between the Bank and peer-to-peer delivery partners do not contain the same wording. The wording of each individual agreement is agreed jointly by the British Business Bank and the individual peer-to-peer lender, but they reflect delivery partner expectations, as is standard in the market.</p> question first answered 24/02/2020 15:01:48 answering member 4336
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1178152

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/02/2020
	date	12/02/2020
	date tabled	12/02/2020
	ddp created	12/02/2020 21:51:03
	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	12/02/2020 21:57:30 26/02/2020 16:21:02
	hansard heading	British Business Bank
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1607
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/02/2020 16:20:14
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the British Business Bank lent through peer-to-peer lending platforms in each of the last two financial years; and whether the British Business Bank continues to provide loans to new borrowers through peer-to-peer platforms or whether loans are now confined to supporting previous borrowers sourced through peer-to-peer platforms.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL1607
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1607
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The British Business Bank does not lend directly to SMEs. The Bank’s total exposure through peer-to-peer delivery partners was:</p><p>· £101.3m at 30 September 2019 (the latest data available), and</p><p>· £102.9m at 31 March 2019.</p><p>The Bank’s exposure contributes to loans to SMEs. In combination with other funders, the new loans it supported through peer-to-peer platforms were as follows:</p><p>· £268.7m of new finance to 2,738 SMEs in the six months to 30 September 2019 (the latest data available), and</p><p>· £705.4m of new finance to 7,794 SMEs in Financial Year 2018/19.</p><p>The Bank’s exposure to peer-to-peer delivery partners continues to provide finance to new SME borrowers.</p> question first answered 26/02/2020 16:20:14 answering member 4336
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1179929

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/03/2020
	date	24/02/2020
	date tabled	24/02/2020
	ddp created	24/02/2020 23:39:02
	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	24/02/2020 23:59:30 05/03/2020 12:21:01
	hansard heading	British Business Bank
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1775
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	05/03/2020 12:20:27
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the value of new loans extended by the British Business Bank sourced through peer-to-peer lending platforms has (1) increased, or (2) decreased, over the last three completed financial years; and what percentage of such loans were to borrowers who had already received funding from the British Business Bank.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL1775
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1775
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The British Business Bank’s participation in peer-to-peer lending platforms has been primarily through the Bank’s commercial subsidiary British Business Investments. Data collected across programmes and delivery partners is consolidated on a programme-by-programme basis.</p><p> </p><p>The value of new loans extended by the British Business Bank sourced through peer-to-peer lending platforms has increased year-on-year over the last three completed financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Over the three year period, of the 15,420 distinct SME customers that have received financing through the peer-to-peer delivery partners of British Business Investments, 9.36% have been to repeat peer-to-peer customers[1]. The Bank does not hold data on how many peer-to-peer customers may previously have benefitted from other British Business Bank programmes.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This data excludes finance through Market Invoice as a single customer could have multiple invoices funded through the platform at a time.</p> question first answered 05/03/2020 12:20:27 answering member 4336
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners