Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

387694

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Russia: Baltic States
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the Russian Prosecutor General's office, following a request by members of the Russian Parliament, to examine whether the Soviet Union acted legally when it recognised the Baltic states' independence in 1991.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL1071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>We are aware of the request made by two members of the Russian Parliament that this matter be examined, and understand that the Russian Prosecutor-General's office is obliged to do so. We do not assess that there will be any practical consequences of this process; the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is clearly established. The UK never recognised the annexation of the Baltic States by the Soviet Union.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/07/2015 12:31:21 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

387715

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: English Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 30 June (HL705), how many organisations tendered in the competitive procurement exercise that secured two Concession Service Providers of English language testing in the United Kingdom, and one overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Four organisations tendered for the Secure English Language Testing competitive procurement exercise.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/07/2015 16:07:09 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

387721

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Females: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are following up the Girl Summit 2014 in order to counter early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation; and how they plan to ensure that there is continued global momentum on those issues.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>We are delighted that the Girl Summit has accelerated international momentum on ending FGM and Child, Early and Forced Marriage. We have already seen follow-up events take place in Uganda, Bangladesh and Ethiopia and the African Union plan to host a Girl Summit later this year. Since the 2014 Girl Summit, the Department for International Development has focused on delivering the UK Government’s commitment to supporting an end to FGM and Child, Early and Forced Marriage globally, through its £35million programme on ending FGM and the recently launched £36million programme to accelerate action to end Child marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Domestically, a number of measures have been taken to strengthen the law on FGM through the Serious Crime Act, £1.6million has been committed for the next stage of the Department of Health’s FGM prevention programme, and an FGM Unit has been established and commenced a programme of outreach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 15/07/2015 15:06:22 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

387722

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Girls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are ensuring that pledges made at the Girl Summit 2014 by other countries, and in particular Bangladesh, are being met.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL1099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Girl Summit, co-hosted with UNICEF in London in July 2014, secured over 180 commitments, including 43 governments. We are working with UNICEF to follow up with governments and other participants on progress since the Summit. A summary of these achievements will be available for the anniversary of the Summit.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last year the UK Government has also been working with UN partners, civil society and national Governments, including the Government of Bangladesh, to support countries to implement these commitments. Bangladesh held its own Girl Summit in October 2014, are making legal revisions to the 1929 Child Marriage Restraint Act and finalising the National Plan of Action for Ending Child Marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 15/07/2015 15:07:00 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

387724

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 remain priority work areas for the United Kingdom delegation to NATO.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL1101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK has successfully ensured the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) and UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 is firmly on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) agenda with broad support from other NATO Allies. Earlier this year, our efforts helped create detailed NATO guidelines on the prevention of and response to conflict related sexual and gender based violence. These guidelines will be integrated into the education, training, operational planning, conduct of operations and evaluation of NATO led operations, as appropriate. Their overall aim is to reduce the risk of conflict related sexual violence and improve response measures that take protection needs into consideration. We support the work of the NATO Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security in implementing the NATO Policy and Action Plan. We will continue to take opportunities to promote PSVI and UNSCR 1325 in NATO as and when they arise.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/07/2015 12:36:49 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

387727

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations have been made to the government of Spain since 1 June regarding infringements of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>From 1 June to 8 July, the British Government has sent five diplomatic protests by Note Verbale to the Government of Spain concerning 55 unlawful incursions by Spanish State vessels into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. On 3 July, the Government protested at a senior level in Madrid following the unlawful incursion by a Spanish survey vessel, which struck a Royal Navy vessel with its probe. This incursion was also protested by Note Verbale.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/07/2015 12:37:21 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

387735

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Nuclear Power
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 Anelay of St Johns on 3 July (HL718), whether they intend to apply the same conditions under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) framework to Saudi Arabia as those applied to Iran, which is also a signatory of the NPT.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL1112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>All non-nuclear weapon States party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, have an obligation not to manufacture or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, and to enter into a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enable international verification of the fulfilment of this obligation. The UK continues to encourage all those States that have not yet done so to bring into force an Additional Protocol to their Safeguards Agreement to give the IAEA additional information on their nuclear programmes and expanded powers of access to their nuclear activities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/07/2015 12:37:56 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

387743

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to provide tax incentives to firms and employers paying the living wage to all their workers.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. As the Chancellor announced at the Summer Budget, a new National Living Wage (NLW) will be introduced from April 2016. This will apply to all people over the age of 25, and will directly benefit 2¾ million people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the government is increasing the employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) employment allowance from £2000 to £3000. This will reduce the costs of employment for businesses and charities and will mean that a business can employ four people full time on NLW and pay no employer NICs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 15/07/2015 15:18:04 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

387744

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to encourage companies based in the United Kingdom to source produce from local suppliers.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
uin	HL1121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Decisions about food sourcing must be taken by individual businesses. However, last year the Government published the ‘Plan for Public Procurement of Food and Catering Services’, through which the public sector demonstrates leadership in the better procurement of local and sustainable food. The Plan also helps suppliers of British grown and processed produce to take advantage of opportunities to supply the public sector. Several companies are adopting this approach across their wider operations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are putting in place an ambitious 25 year plan to promote and grow our world-leading food and farming industry, encouraging enterprise and boosting productivity at each stage of the food chain.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/07/2015 11:25:27 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

387747

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the economic value of the agricultural sector to the economy; and how many jobs it provides.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
uin	HL1124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2014 the contribution to the economy of UK agriculture, as measured by gross value added at basic price, was £9.2 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people employed on agricultural holdings in the UK on 1st June 2014 was 181,000. This includes salaried managers, regular and casual workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An additional 294,000 self-employed principal farmers also worked on agricultural holdings in the UK, giving a total of 476,000 or 1.43% of the total UK workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: The number of people working on farms in the UK June 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of people ('000 head)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salaried managers, regular and casual workers</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Principal farmers, partners, directors and spouses</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of people working on farms</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/07/2015 11:26:27 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury