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164231

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
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	Eggs and Poultry: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which countries (1) eggs, and (2) poultry, have been imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last four years; and what are the respective quantities from each country.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL3061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The tables below provide the numbers and countries within the EU and third countries from which live poultry and hatching eggs have been imported:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>EU imports of live poultry and hatching eggs </strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>2014 (to 26 Nov)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eggs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Poultry Number of birds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eggs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Poultry Number of birds</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of Eggs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Poultry Number of birds </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eggs </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Poultry Number of birds </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belgium</strong></p></td><td><p>63950</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>412750</p></td><td><p>7200</p></td><td><p>371264</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>112400</p></td><td><p>221472</p></td><td><p>5040</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>187325</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Czech Rep</strong></p></td><td><p>8640</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17380</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5760</p></td><td><p>47760</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>40780</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Germany</strong></p></td><td><p>1025482</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>627798</p></td><td><p>1007850</p></td><td><p>401274</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1126806</p></td><td><p>701409</p></td><td><p>1291524</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>388139</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Denmark</strong></p></td><td><p>1000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>2500</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>285960</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>126100</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spain</strong></p></td><td><p>590000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>329460</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>399026</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>203800</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2768</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Finland</strong></p></td><td><p>75240</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>67250</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>14242537</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1972197</p></td><td><p>16479078</p></td><td><p>1988591</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>16753060</p></td><td><p>1750953</p></td><td><p>15793874</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1209422</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hungary</strong></p></td><td><p>257284</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4000</p></td><td><p>324982</p></td><td><p>4000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>214214</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>169887</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>27786675</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9574151</p></td><td><p>33551712</p></td><td><p>8474460</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>36863359</p></td><td><p>6847264</p></td><td><p>40434677</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>7309954</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Italy</strong></p></td><td><p>1157760</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>3634560</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15962400</p></td><td><p>32500</p></td><td><p>1695600</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Netherlands</strong></p></td><td><p>4816640</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2188437</p></td><td><p>2298680</p></td><td><p>1750349</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9084440</p></td><td><p>1556067</p></td><td><p>20083325</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1229405</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Norway</strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Poland</strong></p></td><td><p>72000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>6480</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>125500</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>356560</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Portugal</strong></p></td><td><p>1526400</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>558000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>302400</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1568160</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sweden</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>23400</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20000</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Slovenia</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Third country imports of live poultry and hatching eggs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eggs </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Poultry Number of birds </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eggs </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> Poultry Number of birds </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eggs </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Poultry Number of birds </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eggs </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Poultry Number of birds </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brazil</strong></p></td><td><p>13320</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>61920</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8968</p></td><td><p>65880</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Canada</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>6000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>25200</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Russia</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>USA</strong></p></td><td><p>3382620</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>143445</p></td><td><p>3056220</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>157677</p></td><td><p>1742475</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>163940</p></td><td><p>1227700</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>92577</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 03/12/2014 16:01:32 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

164232

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, when assessing the Disabled Student's Allowance, previously diagnosed lifetime conditions will be considered sufficient criteria for qualification without a requirement for further assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL3062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Student Finance England will continue to consider medical evidence submitted by the student when assessing whether they are eligible for DSA.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2014 11:50:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

164233

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to stop the sale of counterfeit goods online in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>This Government takes Intellectual property (IP) crime very seriously and is working closely with law enforcers and rights holders to tackle criminality, including the sale of counterfeit goods online. We recently announced an additional £3 million investment in the police IP crime unit (PIPCU), securing its future until 2017. PIPCU is an operationally independent law enforcement unit dedicated to tackling serious and organized IP crime affecting physical and digital goods.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Intellectual Property Office continues its coordinating role to ensure that industry, Government and law enforcement share intelligence, and that collaborative operations result in arrests. All this activity is supported by a range of education programmes and a government/private industry partnership to provide IP training to enforcement officers and brand representatives to help them tackle issues arising from counterfeit products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/12/2014 16:03:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164234

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: ICT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the financial services industry to ensure that the information technology infrastructure is fit for purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Responsibility for information technology infrastructure in the UK finance sector is primarily for the firms themselves. The Financial Authorities have a role to play in supporting, coordinating and driving change to improve the operational resilience of the sector.</strong><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>In addition to on-going supervisory oversight of technology risk within firms by the Authorities, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) jointly launched, in October 2014, a review of firms’ critical infrastructure and technology resilience. The review </strong><strong>focuses on the most significant UK retail deposit-taking organisations and is expected to conclude in mid-2015.</strong> <strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 05/12/2014 14:59:57 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164235

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the rules governing short selling.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>The rules governing short selling are set out in the Short Selling Regulation (SSR) - a directly applicable EU regulation which entered into force on 1 November 2012. Article 45 of the Regulation requires the European Commission to carry out a review of the Regulation. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The European Commission published a report in December 2013 setting out its findings. That review concluded that “…it is too early, based on available evidence, to draw firm conclusions on the operation of the SSR framework which would warrant a revision of the legislation at this stage”. The report concludes that a further review could be carried out based on more empirical evidence by 2016.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 05/12/2014 14:56:34 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164236

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Income: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue (1) the South West of England, and (2) Bristol, have been responsible for as a percentage of the United Kingdom's gross national product since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 05/12/2014 12:43:47 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL3066 Baroness Royall ONS Letter.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Reply
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

164237

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU External Trade: Tunisia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether duties on goods from Tunisia entering the European Union have been eliminated; and if not, to what extent they will be reduced in the coming year.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Following the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU in 1995, the import Tariffs on industrial products originating from Tunisia have been eliminated. The same Agreement also resulted in greater liberalisation in the Tariffs on agricultural and fishery products.<br> <br> A preparatory process for launching negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) is on-going.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 05/12/2014 14:58:25 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

164238

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 20 November (HL Deb, col GC 231), which and how many businesses lobbied them to repeal restrictions on the sale of liqueur confectionary to children under the age of 16, and when such discussions took place.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL3068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government was not lobbied for the repeal of age-restricted sales of liqueur confectionery to children. The proposal to repeal the offence of selling liqueur confectionery to those under 16 years of age was developed following the Red Tape Challenge consultation which was led jointly by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Cabinet Office. A simplification of age-restricted sales was identified as a strong theme amongst responses, however no responses</p><p>specifically asked for this repeal. This repeal was developed as one of a number of proposals in the Deregulation Bill aimed at simplifying legislation related to age-restricted sales.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/12/2014 15:23:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

164239

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the arguments advanced by industry interests for the repeal of restrictions on the sale of liqueur confectionary to children under the age of 16; and what benefits they foresee will accrue for children from taking such actions.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL3069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The proposal to repeal the offence of selling liqueur confectionery to those under the age of 16 was developed following the Government’s consultation on the Red Tape Challenge.</p><p>Under the ‘Dangerous and restricted goods’ strand of the Retail Theme respondents were asked to comment on possible areas of deregulation in 24 separate acts, of which the Licensing Act 2003 was one. The desire for a simplification of age restricted sales was identified as a strong theme amongst responses, though the proposal to deregulate the sale of liqueur confectionery was not specifically referenced in the consultation. Retailers currently have to comply with a variety of regulations across a range of age-restricted products, and this proposal is one of a number of proposals in the Deregulation Bill aimed at simplifying legislation related to age-restricted sales.</p><p>The purpose of this repeal is to remove unnecessary burdens from businesses. There is no evidence to suggest that children consume liqueur confectionery for the purposes of intoxication and we do not expect this to change as a result of this repeal.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/12/2014 15:26:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

164240

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why clause 55 of the Deregulation Bill was not subject to or part of the public consultation on the Bill as reported by the Cabinet Office in its published guide to the Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL3070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office published a guide titled ‘Policy Guide to the Deregulation Bill’. The document states that the proposal to repeal the offence of selling liqueur confectionery to those under the age of 16 was not part of the Government’s public consultation on the Alcohol Strategy which took place from November 2012 to February 2013.</p><p>The proposal to repeal the offence of selling liqueur confectionery to those under the age of 16 was developed following the Government’s consultation on the Red Tape Challenge. The method of crowd sourcing was used to generate the Red Tape Challenge proposals; this involved a public consultation led jointly by the department for Business Innovation and Skills and the Cabinet Office, to ask businesses and members of the public for their views on deregulating in a wide range of areas of regulated activity.</p><p>Under the ‘Dangerous and restricted goods’ strand of the Retail Theme respondents were asked to comment on possible areas of deregulation in 24 separate acts, including the Licensing Act 2003. Whilst the policy proposal to deregulate the sale of liqueur confectionery was not specifically referenced in the consultation, the deregulation of age-restricted items was identified as a strong theme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 01/12/2014 12:44:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe