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889809

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date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Origin Marking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have reached an agreement with the EU to ensure that after leaving the EU the UK will continue to enjoy its current protections under the EU's protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication, and traditional specialities guaranteed schemes; and if so, what are the terms of that agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL7141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value to UK business of these protections under the relevant EU schemes. The EU has proposed text on these issues in the draft Withdrawal Agreement. Negotiations with the EU are ongoing and as we have said before we will not be providing a running commentary on negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 02/05/2018 13:02:21 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

887298

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of security and policing for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL7095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>In line with previous international summits, costs will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>No private contractors were employed to carry out functions that are the role and responsibility of the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7096 question first answered 02/05/2018 14:24:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

887299

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether private contractors provided personnel to augment the number of Metropolitan Police Service officers policing the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting; and if so, how much was paid for those services.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL7096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>In line with previous international summits, costs will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>No private contractors were employed to carry out functions that are the role and responsibility of the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7095 question first answered 02/05/2018 14:24:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

887327

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British Transport Police are able to access additional funding to pay for a portion of the costs of policing transport for big events such as football matches, when local police services are able to claim such funding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL7124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The British Transport Police (BTP) is funded by a specific funding regime distinct from those of local police services. Under this model, the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) sets the BTP’s core policing budget, which is then charged to rail operators through Police Service Agreements. The cost of policing large events such as football matches is covered by core funding.</p><p> </p><p>Further funding may be provided through enhanced policing agreements between the BTPA and train operators, including from Transport for London for policing of the London Underground.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/05/2018 14:15:57 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

887329

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
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 extent to which the increase in February of the standard allowance for asylum seekers from £36.95 a week to £37.75 a week is sufficient to meet living costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The assessment is set out in a report published in March 2018, the report outlines the standard allowances for asylum seekers and for convienance the report is attached and can also be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/05/2018 12:42:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Report_on_review_of_cash_allowance_paid_to_asylum_seekers_-_2017_-_final.._-v1.pdf title Report on Review of cash allowance-asylum 2017
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

886874

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Sudan: Chemical Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they decided to take no action against Sudan following Amnesty International’s report of the use of chemical weapons in Jebel Marra.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The British Government, alongside other states, encouraged the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to look into the serious allegations made by Amnesty International in October 2016. The OPCW asked the Government of Sudan, as a State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention, to share all relevant information and offered its assistance in any investigation. The Sudanese authorities reported to the OPCW that their national investigations found no evidence of chemical weapon use in the Jebel Marra region. We had discussions with Amnesty representatives following their report and encouraged them to engage with the OPCW directly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2018 10:54:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

886885

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to prevent local authorities reducing support to bus operators following receipt of a Bus Operators’ Grant.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2014, the Department for Transport has paid around £43m of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) per year directly to local authorities. This element of BSOG relates to services which local authorities procure directly because they would not otherwise be commercially viable.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2014 and March 2018, this funding was ring-fenced so that authorities must spend it on bus services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will set out its plans for this year’s funding alongside issuing the grant to local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/05/2018 14:15:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

886904

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 17 April (HL Deb, col 1070) concerning Operation Conifer, whether they have any responsibilities relating to the performance of police and crime commissioners; if so, what those responsibilities are; and if not, to whom police and crime commissioners are accountable.
tabling member printed	Lord Laming
uin	HL7063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are accountable to the public via the ballot box for ensuring the policing needs of local communities are met effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Police and Crime Panels have the appropriate powers, agreed by Parliament, to scrutinise the actions and decisions of PCCs and enable the public to hold them to account.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/05/2018 14:24:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming

886910

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Egypt: Torture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have raised concerns with the government of Egypt over the use of torture by security officials in Egypt.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL7068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>​We are concerned about reports of torture and mistreatment in detention in Egypt, and continue to raise these issues with the Egyptian authorities. We have raised our concerns in public, through the UN Human Rights Council and through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Human Rights Priority Country reports. We have also raise our concerns in private, in meetings with Egyptian officials in London and Cairo. Our Ambassador in Cairo last raised human rights concerns with the Egyptian authorities on 18 April. The UK wants to see increased political progress and better protection of human rights in Egypt, including implementation of the rights guaranteed by Egypt's constitution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2018 11:04:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

886916

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Syria: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their long-term objectives for Syria.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK's objectives in Syria are to secure the enduring defeat of Daesh and to encourage a negotiated political settlement that ends the conflict and protects the rights of all Syrians and lays the ground for a peaceful, stable Syria.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2018 11:05:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno