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390062

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers: Freemasonry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether Members of the House of Lords who are Freemasons are required to register that fact in the Register of Interests.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL1474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>No. Paragraph 84 of the Guide to the Code of Conduct states that “Other non-financial interests are not normally registered, though it may be necessary in certain circumstances to declare them. Such interests include: other trusteeships, for example of private estates; unpaid ordinary membership of voluntary organisations or pressure groups; membership of churches or other religious bodies or organisations. The Registrar is available to advise Members in cases of uncertainty.”</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 23/07/2015 11:17:55 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

389190

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how much Cranborne money will be given to (1) the Liberal Democrat Party, and (2) the Labour Party; and over what period of time.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The maximum amount of financial assistance available to opposition parties will be: £259,357 to the Liberal Democrat party in the period 8 May 2015 to 31 March 2016; and £577,871 to the Labour Party in the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. The amount given may be less, depending on claims.</p><p>For each subsequent year, the maximum amount for the previous year is increased by the percentage (if any) by which the retail prices index for the previous March has increased compared with the index for the March before that, and (if the resulting amount is not a whole number of pounds) rounded to the nearest pound. The full-year equivalents on which the calculation will be based are £288,525 for the Liberal Democrat party and the amount set out above for the Labour party.</p><p>Financial assistance is available to assist the Opposition, the second largest opposition party and the Convenor of the Cross-Bench Peers in carrying out their Parliamentary business.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 20/07/2015 12:17:38 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

388444

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	All-party Parliamentary Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what role the House of Lords authorities had in agreeing the new rules for All-Party Parliamentary Groups issued by the House of Commons Committee on Standards to take effect at the start of the Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>In June 2012 a working group established by the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker reported on the operation and funding of all-party groups. The working group had three members of the House on it. It heard from the then chairman of the House of Lords Sub-Committee on Lords’ Conduct; conducted an email survey of members of the House; and held a discussion meeting open to all members of the House.</p><p>Following the working group’s report the House of Commons Committee on Standards began an inquiry into all-party groups, taking its first evidence in June 2013. In view of concern that the inquiry had yet to hear from any member of the Lords, in July 2013 the Lord Speaker wrote to the party whips and the Convenor of the Crossbench peers to alert them to the inquiry and the fact that members of the House of Lords were entitled to make submissions.</p><p>Shortly before the Standards Committee’s report on All-Party Parliamentary Groups was published in November 2013 the chair of that committee wrote to the Lord Speaker alerting her to its emerging thinking and enclosing the new rules which that committee was proposing. The Committee’s report, and the proposed new rules, were agreed by the House of Commons on 13 May 2014.</p><p>Since the House of Commons passed the first resolution regulating all-party groups in 1985, decisions on the rules for all-party groups have been for the House of Commons. The Register of All-Party Groups is maintained by the House of Commons Registrar and complaints of breach of the rules are investigated by the House of Commons Commissioner for Standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 23/07/2015 11:19:15 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

388445

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	All-party Parliamentary Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what discussions have taken place between the House of Lords authorities and the Speaker of the House of Commons about the decision that only MPs can chair All-Party Parliamentary Groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>No representations have been made by the House of Lords authorities to the Speaker of the House of Commons about the decision that only MPs can chair All-Party Parliamentary Groups. Since the House of Commons passed the first resolution regulating all-party groups in 1985, decisions on the rules for all-party groups have been for the House of Commons. The Register of All-Party Groups is maintained by the House of Commons Registrar and complaints of breach of the rules are investigated by the House of Commons Commissioner for Standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 23/07/2015 11:18:34 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

384515

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Spencer Perceval
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees why the mispatterned tile which was a memorial of the spot where Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated has been removed from St Stephen's Hall; and whether it can be replaced.
tabling member printed	Lord Butler of Brockwell
uin	HL726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The tiles in St Stephen’s Hall were not in a special pattern to mark the spot of Spencer Perceval’s assassination as some have suggested; they were poor repairs done after the original tiles were damaged during the Second World War. A plaque has been erected in St Stephen’s Hall near the spot where Spencer Perceval was assassinated.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 29/06/2015 16:33:14 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3337 label Biography information for Lord Butler of Brockwell

381721

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Peers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what plans there are for providing adequate accommodation for any new members of the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The House’s Estate has been carefully managed over the last fifteen years to enable the Administration to provide a desk to all Members who need one, whilst pursuing objectives of good management of property and value for money, and working within agreed property benchmarking and space targets.</p><p>Desks are allocated to the party groups by the Accommodation Steering Group (a sub-group of the Administration and Works Committee) and it is the responsibility of the party groups to allocate desks to specific members. The Administration seeks to provide desks for a few members who are non-affiliated or who belong to smaller groups not represented in the Usual Channels.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 01/07/2015 15:46:48 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

381018

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliament: Asbestos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what assessment has been made of the levels of asbestos throughout the Palace of Westminster and the parliamentary estate; what is the policy regarding disturbing it, leaving it in place, or removing it; and what advice has been taken about the dangers of asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, to those involved in repair and construction work and those working in areas where asbestos has been removed or disturbed.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>It is difficult to estimate the amount of asbestos that is present in the Palace of Westminster and on the parliamentary estate because asbestos materials of various types have been widely used (often concealed in ducts and voids, and buried in the fabric of the building) over the years. Before the dangers of asbestos were known it was used extensively in building works due to its strength and resistive properties. Extensive surveying has been undertaken to inform Parliament’s management of asbestos and robust controls are in place to cover checking for the presence of asbestos and the safe execution of works.</p><p>Parliament’s Asbestos Management Plan complies with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and follows Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance. Risks associated with asbestos-containing materials are managed in line with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The plan is reviewed annually and has been independently audited.</p><p>Each presence of asbestos is judged for removal or management in situ on its own merits, in line with best practice and HSE guidance. All staff in the Parliamentary Estates Directorate undergo mandatory training in asbestos management which provides information and advice about the dangers of asbestos, including asbestos-related diseases. Contractors and their staff are also required to undertake this training, or to provide evidence that they have done equivalent training. The removal of asbestos would be part of the minimum outcome of the Palace Restoration and Renewal Programme and is therefore addressed in all the scenarios that are described in the recent Independent Options Appraisal.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 29/06/2015 16:59:17 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347629

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether there has been consultation with Historic Royal Palaces during the development of plans concerning the refurbishment of the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Estates Directorate has links with Historic Royal Palaces and the occupied Royal Palaces. These bodies, along with the Government Historic Estates Unit and the National Trust, share knowledge gained from both the execution of works affecting the historic fabric of their buildings and the extensive research which precedes any such operation. The Restoration and Renewal Programme has had informal, off the record discussions with Historic Royal Palaces from time to time.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 15/06/2015 13:41:49 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

227994

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Select Committees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, following the debate in the House on 12 March on the Liaison Committee’s report (HL Deb, cols. 763–71), when the House will have an opportunity to consider the establishment of an International Relations Committee for the parliamentary session 2016–17 onwards.
tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
uin	HL5809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Liaison Committee will undertake its usual review of Select Committee activity across the Parliament when it meets early in June. As part of that review, I will invite the Committee to consider how best to seek the views of Members on the future shape of Select Committee activity. This will lead to a Report to the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 26/03/2015 13:00:05 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

228004

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to his Written Answer on 12 March (HL5250), whether the entire sum of gratuities paid by Members of the House of Lords on debit and credit cards is shared amongst members of catering staff; or whether any is kept by the House of Lords administration for organisational costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>My original reply set out national insurance and income tax deductions made from all gratuities. In addition, a 3% card commission deduction is made from table gratuities paid using credit and debit cards. This will be reviewed.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 26/03/2015 16:32:30 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey