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registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the findings of the report by NHS Health Scotland Evaluating the impacts of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on the alcoholic drinks industry in Scotland, published on 2 October 2019, what plans they have to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL1190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Minimum Unit Price (MUP) has been in place in Scotland for less than two years and the Scottish Parliament will not consider its extension until 2024. A decision on its introduction in England is for the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 15:04:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1174445

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not included the identity of the designated authority in the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill; who the proposed designated authority is for the purposes of that Bill; and what plans they have to include the identity of that authority in that Bill.
tabling member printed	Baroness Clark of Calton
uin	HL905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government considers that the designation of the authority responsible for issuing a certificate is an appropriate matter to be left to secondary legislation.</p><p>A regulation-making power would afford the appropriate degree of flexibility to amend the designated authority in light of changing circumstances, including alterations to the functions of law enforcement bodies in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 13:26:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	599 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Calton

1174446

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the designated authority in their proposed changes to extradition in the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill; and whether any such changes will be independent of (1) ministerial, and (2) police, influence.
tabling member printed	Baroness Clark of Calton
uin	HL906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s intention is to designate the National Crime Agency, which is the UK’s National Central Bureau for Interpol, as the designated authority for the purposes of the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill.</p><p>The NCA is the law enforcement agency responsible for leading the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime and is operationally independent of the Home Office.</p><p>As the designated authority it will be for the NCA to decide whether to certify or not a particular arrest request. The arrested person will have to be brought before a judge within 24 hours to consider their detention.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 13:27:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	599 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Calton

1174447

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their decision to designate the National Crime Agency as a designated authority for extradition purposes in the explanatory memorandum for the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill; and what assessment they have made of the case for any such designated authority being one which is independent of the (1) police, and (2) Government ministers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Clark of Calton
uin	HL907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s intention is to designate the National Crime Agency, which is the UK’s National Central Bureau for Interpol, as the designated authority for the purposes of the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill.</p><p>The NCA is the law enforcement agency responsible for leading the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime and is operationally independent of the Home Office.</p><p>Parliament will have the opportunity to debate the designated authority as the Bill progresses through the House as well as all the other provisions it contains.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 13:28:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	599 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Calton

1174448

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Scottish Government about the Government's proposed changes to extradition law, and in particular any changes to the role of the judiciary in Scotland; and what were the outcomes of any such discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Clark of Calton
uin	HL908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Extensive consultation has taken place on this Bill with the Scottish Government, Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General on all the matters in scope.</p><p>The Minister of State for Security has written to the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, outlining the purpose and effect of this legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 13:28:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	599 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Calton

1174449

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrest Warrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests for arrests were made from police in England and Wales to judges in (1) Scotland, and (2) the rest of the United Kingdom, in (a) 2016–17; (b) 2017–18; and (c) 2018–19; and in how many such cases a delay resulted in a failure to arrest.
tabling member printed	Baroness Clark of Calton
uin	HL909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold records on applications for arrest warrants by police forces in any of the UK’s jurisdictions. These records may be held by individual police forces.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 13:28:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	599 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Calton

1174475

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they collect on incidences of misogynistic hate speech against women in public life; what assessment they have made of whether misogynistic hate speech is increasing; and what action they are taking to encourage women to (1) enter, and (2) remain, in public life.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Misogyny is not a hate crime in law, therefore no data is held about specific incidences. The Government has heard concerns about existing legislation and asked the Law Commission to undertake a full review of hate crime legislation, which will report in early 2021.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that women are able to participate fully in public life. Our Public Appointments Diversity Action plan, published in June 2019, sets out the actions we are taking to ensure that, by 2022, 50% of public appointees are women. Additionally, projects funded by our £5 million Women's Suffrage Centenary Fund included an AskHerToStand event for 350 women giving them invaluable help to get on the first rung of a political career.</p><p>We have more women MPs and councillors than ever before and there are now 220 women MPs (34%), up from 22% in 2010. I am pleased this is the most gender balanced parliament on record.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2020 17:07:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian