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date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to encourage the introduction of charges in Clean Air Zones, with a view to discouraging the use of diesel cars in those zones.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Clean Air Zone Framework, published on 5 May 2017, sets out the principles local authorities should follow when setting up Clean Air Zones in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s consultation on the draft Air Quality Plan set out that charging zones should only be used where local authorities are unable to identify equally effective alternatives. It is for local authorities to develop local proposals likely to achieve the air quality limits within the shortest possible time, taking into consideration the effects and impacts on local residents and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s consultation closed on 15 June and responses to the consultation are currently being considered. The final Plan will be published by 31 July.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/07/2017 10:41:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

748003

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the potential impact of a diesel scrappage scheme on reducing levels of outdoor air pollution.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>In May, the Government published a consultation on the draft UK Air Quality Plan for tackling nitrogen dioxide. The consultation includes proposals for Clean Air Zones - designated geographical areas that provide a focus in some towns and cities to improve air quality by permitting vehicle access on the basis of emission standards.</p><p> </p><p>A range of potential measures were identified in the consultation including the introduction of a scrappage scheme. We are considering responses to the consultation. The final plan is due to be published by the 31 July 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/07/2017 10:42:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

748026

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce in England legislation analogous to the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 to make provision for safe nurse staffing levels in hospitals in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Appropriate staffing levels are already a core element of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) registration regime underpinned by legislation. All providers of regulated activities must be registered with the CQC and meet the registration requirements. The 16 safety and quality requirements set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 include a requirement for the deployment of sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced persons.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2016, the National Quality Board published <em>Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time: Safe, sustainable and productive staffing</em>. This safe staffing improvement resource provides an updated set of expectations for nursing and midwifery care staffing, to help National Health Service provider boards make local decisions that will support the delivery of high quality care for patients within the available staffing resource.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of <em>Supporting NHS providers to deliver the right staff, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time: Safe, sustainable and productive staffing</em> is attached.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We now have 13,100 more nurses on our wards than in 2010.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/07/2017 10:45:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name nqb-guidance.pdf title Supporting NHS providers guidance
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

747409

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action have they taken since the fire at Grenfell Tower to ensure that landlords who have obligations under Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 are meeting those obligations.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has worked closely with the Department of Communities and Local Government and information and advice to landlords on fire safety is available on the DCLG GOV.UK webpage.</p><p> </p><p>This includes details of the establishment of an expert advisory panel, chaired by Sir Ken Knight, to provide independent advice to the Secretary of State on any immediate measures that may need to put in place to make their buildings safe for residents following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower. The National Fire Chiefs Council is represented on this Panel.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/07/2017 11:19:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

747663

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	South Sudan: Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on progress on the creation of the Hybrid Court in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	2385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned about the human rights abuses in South Sudan, especially in the area of sexual violence. The 2015 Peace Agreement mandated the creation of a Hybrid Court in South Sudan for the most serious of crimes. We understand that the African Union has been working on a proposal for such a court and now needs to discuss this with the Government of South Sudan. We urge all parties to accelerate the establishment of the Court. We have jointly led a resolution at the Human Rights Council in Geneva which extended the mandate of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission to gather evidence of crimes for eventual use in a court of law.</p><p>We continue to urge all sides to show restraint, bring an end to the violence in South Sudan, and return to an inclusive and peaceful political process.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/07/2017 08:38:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady