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89897

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to create a specific, indictable offence with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, for British subjects offering support to, or participating in, any foreign army, organisation or military unit which is not a member of NATO.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>British subjects who travel overseas to participate in armed conflict abroad can potentially be prosecuted under a wide range of terrorism and criminal law offences available under existing UK law. As such, a new offence of participation in foreign military organisations which are not members of NATO, is not currently under consideration. <br><br>The Prime Minister has just announced proposals to further strengthen our capability to deal with the increased threat from foreign fighters and British-born jihadists who seek to harm the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 12:08:06 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

89900

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when further guidance will be provided to online poker gambling companies and their software providers in respect of the latest licence conditions and codes of practice guidance relating to the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014, the sharing of information to prevent cheating, money laundering, crime and problem gambling, and the investigation of customer complaints.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission has no immediate plans to add to the guidance already given, but will add answers to any specific questions or points that may emerge in the Commission’s Frequently Asked Questions blog.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 15/09/2014 12:02:34 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

89901

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will clarify which elements of the Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards are considered mandatory; and whether they have received any communication from businesses about the clarity of the guidance relating to those Standards.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards clearly differentiate between requirements which are mandatory and those provisions which are guidance. The Government has not received any communication from businesses about the guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 15/09/2014 12:03:45 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

89902

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why, in respect of the Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards, concessions were granted on compliance times in relation to auto-play and clock display.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission has identified significant differences between its own auto-play requirements and those currently available to British consumers from operators based in other jurisdictions where they can currently offer gambling to the British market. The Commission is currently consulting on improvements to auto-play requirements and wanted to avoid unnecessary investment by operators to change their auto-play functionality whilst this is underway. There has been no concession in relation to the technical standard on clock display.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 15/09/2014 11:57:57 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

89903

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what work has been done to ensure that new compliance rules relating to the Gambling Act 2005 and the Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards do not prevent any software businesses from providing services to the gambling industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Commission has held a number of meetings with software suppliers and users to discuss matters such as the length of time for suppliers to obtain the necessary licences. On current plans the requirement for licensed remote gambling operators to source their gambling software from Commission licensed gambling software businesses has been deferred until 30 January 2015. In addition, the Commission has published an advice note titled ‘<a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/pdf/What%20is%20gambling%20software%20-%20June%202014.pdf" target="_blank"><em>What is gambling softwar</em>e?</a>’. The Commission has also demonstrated its awareness of the commercial implications of its requirements by its willingness to contemplate ‘umbrella’ licensing arrangements in some circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 15/09/2014 12:01:35 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

89904

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the release in July 2014 of the Gambling Commission’s consultation on amendments to its statement of principles for licensing and enforcement policy, with a closing date of September 2014, they have given consideration to delaying the deadline for applications for gambling software licences pursuant to the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 until the second quarter of 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The consultation on minor updates and amendments to the Commission’s statement of principles for licensing and compliance ending on 30 September 2014, does not affect the timetable for applications for gambling software licences.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 15/09/2014 11:55:48 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

89905

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Gambling Commission will publish the reasoning behind each gambling software licence decision.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL1747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission does not publish the reasoning behind all licence decisions, only those where there is a public interest in doing so. There are no plans to change this process.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 15/09/2014 11:59:05 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

89932

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Bahrain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have given any instructions to immigration officials on giving greater scrutiny or priority to Bahraini nationals in carrying out entry clearance, border control and removals functions under paragraph 17(4)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL1774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Immigration officials are authorised to give greater scrutiny or priority to specific nationalities when carrying out entry clearance, border control and removals functions on the basis of a risk assessment which indicates that those nationalities constitute a greater risk to immigration control. For national security reasons, the nationalities concerned are not disclosed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 12:31:32 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

89968

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hilda Murrell
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 4 August (HL938), they will give the titles and dates of the five files relating to Hilda Murrell which will be referred to the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Further to the previous answer, the five additional files relating to Hilda Murrell which will be referred to the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council, are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Death of Miss Murrell - 1985</p><p>Death of Miss Murrell - 1985-1994</p><p>Death of Miss Murrell - 1985</p><p>Death of Miss Murrell - 1985-1986</p><p>Murrell Hilda - Murder Enquiry (F4 papers) - 1984-1985.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 22/09/2014 10:30:21 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

89971

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions are being taken at national level to preserve and enhance a public library system which takes account of the uses and demands of new technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>Library services are increasingly thinking of ways to serve the community in the 21<sup>st</sup> century and are constantly looking at ways they can provide a service to their users using available new technology. WiFi is available in various public libraries, with the number of locations offering this service continuing to increase. Many libraries already provide e-books for their users and the Government recently extended the Public Lending Right to e-books for on-site lending. Various libraries are being equipped with new equipment such as advanced reading technology to enable blind and partially sighted people access to digital and physical information. Libraries are also evolving their services - Exeter library now offers a Fab Lab which is a low-cost digital workshop equipped with laser-cutters, routers, 3D scanners, 3D milling machines, and programming tools, where you can &quot;make almost anything.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 15/09/2014 12:08:09 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker