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1728574

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Trade Union Officials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 943 on Civil Service: Trade Union Officials, what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) proportion of the total Civil Service paybill that should be allocated to facility time and (b) maximum percentage of time that individual Civil Service staff may spend on facility time.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Under the previous administration, the Cabinet Office provided departments with a facility time framework agreement, and supporting guidance, which departments must use when agreeing their facility time and facilities usage agreements with their recognised trade unions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Queen's Park and Maida Vale answering member printed Georgia Gould question first answered 25/09/2024 10:19:27 answering member 5305
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728703

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environmental Land Management Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to enable agri-environment agreement applications before the current agreements expire.
	tabling member constituency	South West Devon
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Smith
	uin	5245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Farmers with existing agri-agreements can apply to enter the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) if the activities under each scheme are compatible and they will not be paid twice for a similar activity on the same area of land at the same time. We are fully committed to making the Environmental Land Management schemes work for all farmers. We will confirm plans for further rollout of the schemes as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 25/09/2024 14:26:18 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	5301

1728704

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environmental Land Management Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will carry out full impact assessments of the (a) social and (b) economic impact of Environmental Land Management Schemes on upland farms.
	tabling member constituency	South West Devon
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Smith
	uin	5246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Uplands farmers will have a key role to play in the future for delivering sustainable food production and our environmental targets. We are committed to Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes and will work with the sector to optimise the schemes, ensuring they produce the right outcomes for all farmers including upland farms, while delivering food security and nature recovery in a just and equitable way.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to increase the transparency of schemes by publishing data on the impact they are having, including on upland farms. We will confirm next steps in the rollout of other ELM schemes, including how we will publish this data, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 25/09/2024 14:22:28 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	5301

1728705

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Sustainable Farming Incentive
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people farming on commons can benefit from (a) the Sustainable Farming Incentive and (b) Countryside Stewardship.
	tabling member constituency	South West Devon
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Smith
	uin	5247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>We want people farming on commons land to benefit from both the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship and are working to make applications to the SFI service available to commoners and other shared graziers. We have asked farmers on commons interested in applying to SFI to contact the Rural Payments Agency so that we can help farmers to prepare to apply and be ready when the application service is available. We will set out more details of the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier offer in due course. To help with a group’s costs of administering a common land SFI agreement, an annual additional payment of £7 per hectare of eligible common land is available.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 25/09/2024 14:09:59 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
	tabling member	5301

1728718

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the complaint in relation to the Government's badger culling policy being considered by the Bureau of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention at its third meeting of 2024, what methods have been used to measure the badger population since 2012 to ensure local extinction events do not take place.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>As part of the existing badger control licensing policy, for intensive and supplementary badger control, Natural England set minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be removed, in order to comply with commitments under the Bern Convention. This is to ensure the badger control operations deliver disease reduction benefits without endangering the local badger population.</p><p> </p><p>The number of badgers removed and extent of culling activity is also closely monitored by Natural England during the operational period to ensure local extinction of badgers is avoided and to monitor the humaneness, safety and effectiveness of these culls. In addition, prior to licence authorisation, Natural England can also conduct sett surveys and sett checks in order to determine whether there is badger activity present in an area and that local extinction has not occurred.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 August, the new Government announced the start of work to refresh the Bovine TB strategy for England, to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament and drive down disease to save cattle and farmers’ livelihoods. This work starts immediately and includes the launch a new survey to start this winter to update estimates of badger abundance and population recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Further details can be found on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-end-badger-cull-with-new-tb-eradication-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-end-badger-cull-with-new-tb-eradication-strategy</a> (attached).</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 25/09/2024 09:05:07 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock attachment 1 file name New TB eradication strategy.pdf title Attachment for HL935
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1729041

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Warehouses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making the installation of solar panels on newly constructed warehouses mandatory.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bach
	uin	HL953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Future standards will set our new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and towards more secure, clean energy. The Government will therefore take the opportunity, where appropriate, to encourage the fitting of solar panels on new homes and buildings. Changes to permitted development rights rules will mean more businesses will be able to install solar panels on their roofs without going through the planning system. The Government is providing fiscal incentives to encourage businesses to install rooftop solar, through tax relief and business rate exemptions for installing and generating solar power.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 25/09/2024 10:11:27 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	tabling member	3451 label Biography information for Lord Bach

1729042

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Warehouses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making the installation of solar panels on warehouses constructed within the last 30 years mandatory before 31 December 2030.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bach
	uin	HL954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Future standards will set our new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and towards more secure, clean energy. The Government will therefore take the opportunity, where appropriate, to encourage the fitting of solar panels on new homes and buildings. Changes to permitted development rights rules will mean more businesses will be able to install solar panels on their roofs without going through the planning system. The Government is providing fiscal incentives to encourage businesses to install rooftop solar, through tax relief and business rate exemptions for installing and generating solar power.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 25/09/2024 10:36:03 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	tabling member	3451 label Biography information for Lord Bach

1729043

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Warehouses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many warehouses (1) do, and (2) do not, have solar panels installed, broken down by county.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bach
	uin	HL955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>Solar power is at the heart of our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. Whilst solar panels on warehouses form a critical part of this mission, the Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 25/09/2024 10:37:10 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	tabling member	3451 label Biography information for Lord Bach

1729047

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	War Crimes: Occupied Territories
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have granted the war crimes team within the Metropolitan Police Service a general power proactively to investigate alleged war crimes in the Occupied Territories, or whether that team only investigates such allegations following specific requests by the International Criminal Court in accordance with the International Criminal Courts Act 2001.
	tabling member printed	Lord Godson
	uin	HL959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>The Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) War Crimes Team, hosted by SO15, is a small team that has national responsibility for investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is funded directly by CTP and operates across the UK. The CTP War Crimes Team, which is hosted within the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, has received around 170 referrals relating to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict since 7 October. It would not be appropriate to comment on the specific nature of each and every referral, or the referrer, but each case is reviewed in line with War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity Referral Guidelines, jointly agreed by police and the Crown Prosecution Service. The operational independence of policing is integral to this process. At this time, there is no UK-based investigation into any matters relating to this particular conflict.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 25/09/2024 14:28:36 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
	tabling member	4903 label Biography information for Lord Godson

1729048

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Iran: Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to appoint a replacement for the previous trade envoy to Iran; and if so, what appointment procedure they will follow.
	tabling member printed	Lord Godson
	uin	HL960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2024 answer text <p>We are carefully reviewing the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy programme in the context of the new Government’s trade and industrial strategies. The House will be notified of any appointments in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 25/09/2024 10:07:59 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	tabling member	4903 label Biography information for Lord Godson