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1724746

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Labour members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>There are 80 Labour members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 57 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 49 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/08/2024 10:57:45 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1724747

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Conservative members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>There are 182 Conservative members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 138 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 104 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/08/2024 11:02:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1724748

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Liberal Democrat members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>There are 43 Liberal Democrat members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 40 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 32 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/08/2024 11:03:01 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1724749

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Crossbench members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>There are 99 Crossbench members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 53 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 36 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/08/2024 11:03:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1724750

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many non-affiliated members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start of the previous session of Parliament; and of those, how many attended more than (1) 30, and (2) 50, per cent of sitting days in the last session of Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>There are 32 non-affiliated members who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 and who were members at the start of the 2023-24 session. Of these, 17 attended 30% or more sitting days of the last session and 12 attended 50% or more sitting days of the last session. These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/08/2024 11:04:08 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1722198

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many current members of the House of Lords will be aged 80 or over by 1 June 2029; and what is the breakdown by party group, including cross-bench membership.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>A total of 324 current members of the House of Lords will be aged 80 or over on 1 June 2029. The breakdown by party/group is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>92 Labour members</p><p>87 Conservative members</p><p>87 Crossbench members</p><p>37 Liberal Democrat members</p><p>12 Non-affiliated members</p><p>3 Democratic Unionist Party members</p><p>2 Ulster Unionist Party members</p><p>1 Conservative Independent member</p><p>1 Independent Social Democrat member</p><p>1 Independent Ulster Unionist member</p><p>1 Plaid Cymru member</p><p> </p><p>These figures reflect the membership of the House as of 24 July 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/07/2024 10:25:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1311219

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Pigeon Racing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that pigeon racing between the UK and Europe to continue without restrictions and, in particular, avian quarantine periods; and what assessment they have made of the effects of Article 62 of the European Union's delegated regulation 2020/692 on UK racing pigeons.
tabling member printed	Lord Craig of Radley
uin	HL15138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>We have written to the European Commission on how the provision of Article 62 of Regulation 2020/692 may be invoked to obtain a derogation for racing pigeons, and we are actively seeking a response. We will update the industry as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/04/2021 11:15:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3385 label Biography information for Lord Craig of Radley

1311248

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Birds of Prey: Diclofenac
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects of diclofenac on birds of prey in the UK; and whether they will follow Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and India in banning diclofenac.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL15178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>In December 2014, the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use published its scientific opinion on the risk to vultures and other necrophagous bird populations in the EU in connection with the use of veterinary medicines containing diclofenac, including risk mitigation measures.</p><p>In March 2015, the UK and EU member states carried out an analysis of the measures in place nationally to mitigate the risk to vultures and other necrophagous bird populations in the UK and EU.</p><p>The UK does not have any authorised veterinary medicines containing diclofenac. Nevertheless, diclofenac is included in the UK's residues surveillance programme to monitor whether there are residues of this active substance in animal products.</p><p>The Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the regulator for veterinary medicines, takes the issue of diclofenac's risks to vultures seriously and is not currently approving any requests for the import or export of veterinary medicines containing diclofenac.</p><p>The UK is Party to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) which provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats. As a Party, the UK contributes to the Preventing Poisoning Working Group which was established under CMS to facilitate actions and efforts to prevent poisoning of migratory birds including birds of prey.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/04/2021 10:13:04 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

1309196

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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: Access
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether payments made under the pilot Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme will reward initiatives to support public access to the countryside.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL14921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>We are piloting the Sustainable Farming Incentive in order to test how it works in practice, learn from that and apply what we learn in future phases of the pilot and the full scheme offer from late 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme is based on sets of standards covering different activities producing desired environmental benefits. In the first phase of the pilot we are working with the first 8 standards that have been developed and will add to these over the course of 3 years of piloting.</p><p> </p><p>We are exploring the development of a standard covering public access to the countryside. The current Countryside Stewardship offer is open now to applications and includes options supporting public access to the countryside.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 28/04/2021 14:58:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1309197

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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: Access
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the first date by which farmers can receive payments for improving public access and enjoyment of the countryside as set out in the Agriculture Act 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL14922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Agriculture Act allows us to introduce schemes that reward farmers and land managers for providing public goods, including access to and engagement with the environment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to Countryside Stewardship, open now to applications for 2022, we are introducing three schemes that do this: the Sustainable Farming Incentive, the Local Nature Recovery scheme and the Landscape Recovery scheme.</p><p> </p><p>An early version of the Sustainable Farming Incentive is being progressively rolled out from 2022, with full offers of all three new schemes being available from 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 28/04/2021 11:09:31 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch