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227995

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their policy is that all Parliamentary Written Questions should be answered in full in all parts.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. All Ministers are accountable to the House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p> </p><p>To inform Ministers in answering questions put to them, the Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, the longstanding rules of this House on Questions for Written Answer (rules that the House reaffirmed in agreeing to the Procedure Committee’s 5<sup>th</sup> Report of the 2014-15 Session) set out that all answers should be complete and comprehensible.</p><p> </p><p>If any member has particular concerns about a response that they have received that they consider does not adhere to these rules, I would encourage them to raise it with me directly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL5717 question first answered 24/03/2015 13:45:04 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

227330

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what guidance she issues to Departments in respect of their providing full answers to questions for written answer, particularly when failure to answer has been followed up.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. All Ministers are accountable to the House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p> </p><p>To inform Ministers in answering questions put to them, the Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, the longstanding rules of this House on Questions for Written Answer (rules that the House reaffirmed in agreeing to the Procedure Committee’s 5<sup>th</sup> Report of the 2014-15 Session) set out that all answers should be complete and comprehensible.</p><p> </p><p>If any member has particular concerns about a response that they have received that they consider does not adhere to these rules, I would encourage them to raise it with me directly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL5810 question first answered 24/03/2015 13:45:04 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

226856

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Treasury: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what discussions she has had with HM Treasury in the light of 12 of the 15 Written Questions awaiting answer on 11 March for more than the target 10 working days being to HM Treasury.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL5645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>I take very seriously my responsibility as Leader of the House to encourage Ministers to be punctual in answering written questions. My office immediately approach departments who have not responded to questions after 10 working days, and remain in contact with them until the questions are answered. This process was followed with HM Treasury for the 12 questions that remained unanswered after 10 working days on 11 March. All of those questions have now been answered. At the end of this Session I will publish data on each department’s promptness in dealing with Questions for Written Answer to allow for proper scrutiny of their performance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 24/03/2015 13:41:23 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

225730

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will determine when the House of Lords first sits after the general election.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL5501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The date on which Parliament will return will be set out in a Royal Proclamation from Her Majesty the Queen.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 17/03/2015 16:28:45 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

179745

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what due diligence is carried out and by whom before ministerial appointments are made.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL5022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>As was the case under previous administrations, ministerial appointments are a matter for the Prime Minister, in line with the Ministerial Code.</p><p> </p><p>For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a life peerage, the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission vets nominations. For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a peerage in order that they might sit in the House of Lords to take up a ministerial role, the Commission consults the main regulatory authorities, including HMRC, before giving advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL4965 question first answered 25/02/2015 16:09:09 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

179228

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is routine policy for the Cabinet Office to contact HM Revenue and Customs to consult it prior to the appointment of a non-elected Minister.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>As was the case under previous administrations, ministerial appointments are a matter for the Prime Minister, in line with the Ministerial Code.</p><p> </p><p>For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a life peerage, the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission vets nominations. For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a peerage in order that they might sit in the House of Lords to take up a ministerial role, the Commission consults the main regulatory authorities, including HMRC, before giving advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL5022 question first answered 25/02/2015 16:09:09 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

175592

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements have been made to publish regularly a list of the time they have taken to respond to reports from Select Committees of this House.
tabling member printed	Lord Hannay of Chiswick
uin	HL4435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Following my answer on 20 January to the oral question from the Noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, I have discussed arrangements with the Chairman of Committees in his capacity as Chairman of the Liaison Committee. In order better to inform the House about the time taken to respond to reports from Lords Select Committees, we have agreed that further data on response times will now be collected and made available by the House of Lords Committee Office. That information will be included in future reports of the Liaison Committee on investigative select committee activity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/02/2015 12:14:51 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	2167 label Biography information for Lord Hannay of Chiswick

156522

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what steps she takes to ensure the quality of answers to parliamentary questions; and what assessment she has made of the length of time taken to provide them.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of individual ministers to decide what answers they give to Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), and they are of course accountable to the House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members. The Ministerial Code states that <em>“It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”.<br><br></em>As Leader of the House I have a particular responsibility to encourage Ministers and their departments to be punctual in answering written questions. My office immediately approach departments who have not responded to questions after 10 working days, and remain in contact with them until the questions are answered. At the end of this Session I will publish data on the annual performance of departments on their promptness in dealing with QWAs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 03/12/2014 12:49:49 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

143445

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many times in the last 10 years no Government response to a Lords Select Committee report was forthcoming eight months or longer after the report’s publication; and what were the subjects of the report or reports in question.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally; it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/11/2014 14:44:34 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

106156

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Oral Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will propose to the Procedure Committee a review of the system for tabling oral questions in the House of Lords in respect of the requirement for members to queue.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The process for tabling oral questions was considered in detail in the 2012-13 session. In response to concerns raised about the current “first-come-first-served” system - including a concern about the requirement to queue raised by my Noble Friend, Lady Sharples - the Procedure Committee proposed the introduction of a ballot in its place (Procedure Committee, 3rd Report, Session 2012-13). The House remitted the issue back to the Procedure Committee for further consideration (HL Deb 9 Jan 2013, cols 145-172). <br><br>That further review did not identify a clear consensus as to whether a ballot was preferred to the “first-come-first-served” system (see Procedure Committee, 5th Report, Session 2012-13; see also HL Deb 24 April 2013, cols 1406-1417). <br><br>I know that strong views persist on both sides of the argument about this issue. I will write to the Chairman of the Procedure Committee on my Noble Friend’s behalf to suggest that the matter might be discussed at a future meeting of the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 18/11/2014 14:34:08 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury