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1105812

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date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to undertake a consultation on increasing penalties for cyclists who (1) ride through zebra crossings when pedestrians are on them, (2) ride through red traffic lights, (3) ride without lights at night, (4) ride on pavements, (5) cause death or serious injury by dangerous cycling, (6) ride aggressively, and (7) are a danger to pedestrians.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL14898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport consulted on new cycling offences last year. The consultation period closed on 5 November and the Department is currently analysing the responses.</p><p> </p><p>The specific purpose of the consultation was to consider the case for new offences of causing death or serious injury by dangerous or careless cycling, bringing such cycling behaviour more in line with those for driving.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/04/2019 14:34:23 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1105824

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 26 March (HL Deb, col 1709), what plans they have to fill the vacancies in the Order of the Companions of Honour.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL14910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>There are currently only two vacancies in the Order of the Companions of Honour. The maximum membership of the Order is 65 people. There have been 28 appointments to the Order since 2014, including five appointments in 2018 and one in 2019. The independent honours committees work closely with Government departments to seek and attract nominees with a wide breadth of outstanding achievement. The committees actively seek to make use of the Order.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 02/04/2019 12:44:35 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1105825

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	International Evidence on the Impacts of Minimum Wages Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the review by Professor Arindrajit Dube of the international evidence on the impacts of minimum wages will begin; and when the review will make its interim and final reports.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
uin	HL14911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Through the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage, the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. From April 2019, over 2.1 million people will benefit from inflation-beating increases in the minimum wages rates.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Statement 2019, the Government confirmed the Low Pay Commission’s remit for the National Living Wage to reach 60 per cent of median earnings by 2020, subject to sustained economic growth. At £8.21 an hour, the National Living Wage is on track to meet this target. Later this year, the Government will set out the Low Pay Commission’s remit beyond 2020, with the ultimate objective of ending low pay in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>To help inform this new remit, the Government has appointed Professor Arindrajit Dube to undertake a review of the latest international evidence on the impacts of minimum wages and consider the implications for future minimum wage policy in the UK. The review began in March 2019 and Professor Dube will present his findings in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 02/04/2019 16:42:38 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

1105836

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they expect will be the final total cost of the Crossrail project; and when the line is expected to open.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Crossrail Limited, the organisation responsible for delivering the project and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transport for London, are working to establish a robust delivery schedule to gain certainty regarding the opening plan for the Elizabeth line and the final cost of the project. The anticipated final cost of the Crossrail project is yet to be confirmed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/04/2019 14:31:22 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1105846

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the value of partnering with the French Government in the development of the UK's military capability.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	238346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the UK and France have the full range of military capabilities and the political will to protect our interests globally. We have built an exceptionally close defence and security relationship with France through the Lancaster House Treaty of 2010. Our Armed Forces routinely work together and with the US in NATO, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/04/2019 15:05:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1105850

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent from the public purse on the Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	238314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) advises health ministers on the safety, efficacy and quality of medicinal products. Expert Working Groups of the CHM are comprised of independent experts who work on a voluntary basis and receive reasonable expenses. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provide a secretariat function to the CHM and its Expert Working Groups. This is included in Agency costs. The Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department and it is established as a Government trading fund, with its work predominantly funded by fees charged to the industry it regulates.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/04/2019 16:08:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105869

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) scope is of his Department's review of the Apprenticeship Levy.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	238388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>​In the Autumn Statement last year, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that the government would work with employers and providers on the use of the apprenticeship levy after 2020.</p><p>We have been looking at how organisations have responded to the introduction of the levy and associated reforms as well as how we can help develop future demand for, and provision of, apprenticeships. We have also been exploring the impact of the levy across different sectors and regions and for different types of apprentices as well as the contribution of apprenticeships to the wider skills landscape.</p><p>Over the past few months, we have used a number of channels, including a survey and regional roundtables across England, to work with a range of different employers, providers and representative organisations. We will continue to listen to the views of employers and providers in the run-up to the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 02/04/2019 14:00:07 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1105873

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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	Crimea: Tatars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) the Russian Ambassador in London and (b) his Russian counterpart on actions taken against Crimean Tatars in Russian-occupied Crimea.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	238283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by ongoing reports of human rights abuses against the Crimean Tatar community. The Foreign Secretary has not made direct representations to the Russian Ambassador in London but has publicly condemned Russian human rights abuses in Crimea. Most recently, he co-signed an op-ed with EU partners on 27 February in which he criticised Russia's treatment of the Tatar community, and, in a statement to mark the fifth anniversary of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, condemned Russia's continued pattern of human rights violations in the peninsula and called for the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners being held by Russia. The UK supports the work of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, which works to reduce violations by strengthening the field presence of human rights monitors and reporting on the situation. In coordination with international partners, we continue to raise our concerns in international fora, including the UN, OSCE and NATO.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/04/2019 15:17:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1105875

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent on legal fees on its appeal to the First Tier Tribunal with respect to the Information Commissioner's Office's decision notices on patient safety and welfare information.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	238289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent £4,655.29 on legal fees on its appeal to the First Tier Tribunal with respect to the Information Commissioner's Office's decision notices on patient safety and welfare information.</p><p> </p><p>The amount East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases in each year since 2016 is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£267,037.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£213,414.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£325,640.03 (year to date)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 238290 question first answered 02/04/2019 14:05:46 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1105876

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	238290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust spent £4,655.29 on legal fees on its appeal to the First Tier Tribunal with respect to the Information Commissioner's Office's decision notices on patient safety and welfare information.</p><p> </p><p>The amount East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust has spent on legal fees defending employment tribunal cases in each year since 2016 is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£267,037.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£213,414.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£325,640.03 (year to date)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 238289 question first answered 02/04/2019 14:05:46 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb