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417910

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what explanation she has received from the Ministry of Justice about the failure to answer Lord Falconer of Thoroton's Question for Written Answer tabled on 21 July, before Wednesday 9 September, 25 working days after an answer was due.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL2143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>My office makes regular contact with all Government departments that are unable to meet the 10 working day target within which to answer Questions for Written Answer. Every effort is made to address delays and to remind departments of their responsibilities to Parliament.</p><p>I have recently taken the opportunity to discuss the need for timely answers with all members of the Government front bench in this House, and written to the five departments with the greatest proportion of late responses in the 2014/15 session to make clear the House’s expectations and to stress the importance of timely responses. My office will continue to work with all departments to ensure prompt and satisfactory answers to Questions for Written Answer.</p><p>The delay in the particular case to which the noble Lord refers related to delays in gathering the required data. The question tabled by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 21 July has now been answered.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/09/2015 14:45:20 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

417506

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	House of Lords Composition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by the Leader of the House on 7 September (HL Deb, col 1212), whether they will publish the statistics on which they base the statement that the Government face a combined opposition of 80 Peers, which is twice the size faced by the last Labour Government.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL2102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>At the end of the 2009-10 session, of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords there were 211 Labour members, 185 Conservative members and 72 Liberal Democrat members – meaning there were 46 more peers sitting on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition than there were peers on the Government benches.</p><p> </p><p>As of 18 September, of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords there are 223 Conservative members, 211 Labour members and 101 Liberal Democrat members – meaning there are 89 more peers sitting on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition than there are peers on the Government benches.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/09/2015 14:48:46 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

416959

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), whether they plan to conduct an assessment of the number of bills in each of the three most recent parliamentary Sessions that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed, and does not intend to perform, a retrospective assessment of bills introduced over the last Parliament because under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons. Decisions on certification will be a matter for Parliament and will apply to future legislation. Moreover, the Government's proposals would apply to England and England and Wales-only provisions within bills, as well as bills that are England-only in their entirety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1880 question first answered 21/09/2015 14:49:26 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

416960

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), why they have not conducted an assessment of the number of bills in each of the previous five Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed, and does not intend to perform, a retrospective assessment of bills introduced over the last Parliament because under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons. Decisions on certification will be a matter for Parliament and will apply to future legislation. Moreover, the Government's proposals would apply to England and England and Wales-only provisions within bills, as well as bills that are England-only in their entirety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1879 question first answered 21/09/2015 14:49:26 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

416961

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	English Votes for English Laws
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 July (HL1727), whether they plan to produce an impact assessment of their proposals for English Votes for English Laws; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not plan to produce an impact assessment for its proposals, which relate to House of Commons procedure. However, given the importance of the Government’s proposed changes, the Leader of the House of Commons has invited the Procedure Committee to review the proposals in operation in order that there is proper scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/09/2015 14:44:49 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

391964

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Bills: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of bills in each of the previous five Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any of the other nations in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL1727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed a retrospective assessment of bills introduced in previous Parliaments that affected England alone and had no implications for any other nations in the UK. Under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons, considering both the application of the legislation and whether or not the matters in question are devolved. The Speaker will certify bills as a whole and also clauses and schedules within bills under this test.</p><p><br>The Government’s proposals for English Votes for English Laws provide for certification of bills and clauses or schedules by the Speaker of the House of Commons based on the territorial application of the legislation and on the devolution settlement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 29/07/2015 10:27:30 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

391321

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) Ministers of State, and (2) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, in the House of Lords are presently unpaid.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>There are three unpaid Ministers of State and three unpaid Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State in the House of Lords. A full list of ministers by department is already in the public domain on the <a target="_blank" href="http://gov.uk/">gov.uk</a> website: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 27/07/2015 09:38:43 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

391048

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Legislation: England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 16 July (HL1057), which specific pieces of legislation passed between 1985 and 2015 relate exclusively to England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Andrews
uin	HL1586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not performed a retrospective assessment of which laws passed since 1985 relate exclusively to England in their entirety. Under the Government’s proposals on English Votes for English Laws, the application of the proposed new rules to future legislation will be a matter for the Speaker of the House of Commons, considering both the application of the legislation and whether or not the matters in question are devolved.</p><p><br>The Speaker will not only certify bills as a whole, but also clauses and schedules within bills under this test.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 29/07/2015 09:41:52 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	2534 label Biography information for Baroness Andrews

391050

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	House of Lords: Political Parties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House on what basis a political party with 7.9 per cent of the national vote at a general election holds front bench status in the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL1588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The second largest opposition party is neither formally defined nor given specific speaking rights by the Standing Orders of the House or the Companion to the Standing Orders. The Companion to Standing Orders does, however, set out several areas where the “opposition front benches” have the right to speak for longer than backbenchers or have rights to speak at specific points in proceedings.<br><br>Of the political parties represented in the House, only the Official Opposition and the Liberal Democrat group operate frontbenches of a size that permits them to shadow each Government department. It is for that reason that the definition of “opposition frontbenches” that applied in practice before the 2010 Parliament has been reverted to in this Parliament. <br><br>It remains open to any member who wishes to propose a change to current arrangements to make representations to me and/or make a submission to the Procedure Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1135 HL1136 HL1137 HL1138 HL1139 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:47:20 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

388022

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Peers: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons nominated for a peerage for each of the political parties have been referred to the House of Lords Appointments Commission since 30 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL1148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my written answer of 23 June 2015 (HL371, HL372, HL373 and HL509), which I attach for ease of reference.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1149 HL1151 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:50:55 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston attachment 1 file name HL371, HL372, HL373, HL509.pdf title HL371, HL372, HL373, HL509
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours