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1204221

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include in the terms of reference for their commission on race and ethnic disparities the replacement of the references to the British Empire in the honours system with honours that recognise the UK’s multi-racial society.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL5751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The terms of reference will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 22/06/2020 16:22:04 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1242225

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Consultants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on consultancy services by the Cabinet Office and its related agencies in the 2019/20 financial year; and what was the (1) cost of, and (2) reason for, each such contract.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL9014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2020 answer text <p>As set out on page 57, section 2.10 of the Cabinet Office Annual Account (2019-2020) and available on gov.uk, expenditure on consultancy reduced from £43.647 million in 2018-19 to £35.380 million in 2019-20.</p><p>Cabinet Office publishes all contracts over £10,000. Details of all consultancy contracts can be found on Contracts Finder.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/10/2020 17:12:28 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1433457

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Royal Family
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the role of Counsellors of State; who are the present holders of this office; under what legislation they operate; and how the current office holders can be changed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL6224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>Section 6 of the Regency Act 1937 provides for a power to delegate Royal functions to Counsellors of State in the event of the Sovereign being either overseas, or intended to be overseas, or in the event of illness (stopping short of incapacity).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Regency Act itself specifies that the Counsellors of State shall be the wife or husband of the Sovereign (if the Sovereign is married), and the four persons who are next in the line of succession to the Crown.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Changes to the list of those who can be appointed as Counsellors of State would require amending the Regency Act.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 02/03/2022 14:51:48 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1217238

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	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 what plans they have to (1) review, and (2) update, the imagery used on awards given in the honours system.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL6039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of a petition on the Order of St Michael and St George. The premise of this petition is factually incorrect – the insignia for the Order of St Michael and St George was updated in 2011, and the design referred in the petition is no longer used. Any current recipient of a pre-2011 insignia is able to receive one with the updated design, on request.</p><p>Matters regarding insignia are for the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (also known as the ‘HD Committee’). The independent Officers of the Order of St Michael and St George may advise the Committee in relation to their Order. The Committee then gives advice to the Sovereign.</p><p>In light of the change in 2011, it is the view of Ministers in Her Majesty's Government that there is no need for any specific review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 07/07/2020 15:42:58 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1226216

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when negotiating future trade arrangements with the EU, they plan to adopt a policy of linking greenhouse gas trading systems in relation to common operational procedures and technical standards, similar to that included in the proposed agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation (COM (2020) 255).
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL7044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>As stated within the Government’s publication: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/868874/The_Future_Relationship_with_the_EU.pdf" target="_blank">The Future Relationship with the EU, The UK’s Approach to Negotiations</a>, the UK is committed to carbon pricing as a decarbonisation tool. We will establish a UK system that supports our world leading climate ambition, including net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This will enable UK energy generators, heavy industry and aviation to decarbonise their operations in an efficient and cost-effective manner.</p><p>In the context of our approach to carbon pricing, the UK remains open to considering a link between any future UK Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the EU ETS (as Switzerland has done with its ETS), if it suited both sides’ interests.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/07/2020 10:47:22 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1387048

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Codes of Practice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by Lord True on 6 December (HL Deb, col 1640), what was the case that was determined relating to the operation of the Ministerial Code; which (1) ministers, and (2) officials, were involved; and what plans they have, if any, to place a copy of (a) a report by the independent advisor concerning the Transport Secretary's declaration of private interests, or (b) any other report, in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL4862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>My answer to the noble Lord’s question on 6 December 2021 referred to recent correspondence from the Rt Hon Member for Ashton-under-Lyne, in connection with the Government's policies towards General Aviation. The Minister for Aviation's response to the Opposition is a matter of public record.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Independent Adviser, in relation to the question about the Secretary of State for Transport's interests, confirmed that he was content that the Transport Secretary had followed the process required under the Ministerial Code for the declaration of his private interests. It was this matter to which I was referring.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 17/12/2021 11:52:54 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1228095

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Wendover
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report on Major Projects 2019–20, published on 9 July, which categorised the HS2 project as a red risk, what recent assessment they have made of (1) the construction, and (2) the whole life costs, of the consented HS2 Phase One scheme at Wendover.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL7428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has not conducted a review of the Wendover area since its dedicated review in 2018. The review in 2018 of the Wendover area was of the process by which HS2 Ltd had considered and rejected the mined tunnel proposal. However, the IPA was not asked to review either the construction costs or the whole life costs, but whether HS2 Ltd had followed a competent process in making its decision. The review concluded that HS2 Ltd had followed a competent process in reaching its decision.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 11/08/2020 11:17:56 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1625857

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on supply chains of implementing the Border Target Operating Model from October.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL7618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>In April 2023, the Government published through Written Ministerial Statement UIN HLWS695 <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-04-17/hlws695" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-04-17/hlws695</a> the launch of the Border Target Operating Model, in collaboration with the Scottish and Welsh Governments. This sets out plans to introduce security and biosecurity controls from the 31st October 2023 in a way which implements critical protections at the UK border, while ensuring that these new controls are as simple as possible for businesses to comply with. By harnessing data and technology and taking a proportionate, risk-based approach to these controls, we have developed a model that works best for the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On Friday 28 April 2023 we published a detailed risk categorisation of animal products, plants and plant products of EU and EFTA origin. This provides clarity to importers on what controls will be applied to the different risk categories, including when health certificates will be required to import goods from 31st October 2023. Following the publication of this additional information we are working to update our early estimate of the impact and cost of the new model, driving down cost wherever possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The relevant business stakeholders told us before publication that they will need time to prepare for these changes, and our phased approach gives them this time. We are working to ensure that UK and international businesses and their supply chains are aware of and understand the new requirements and are ready for these changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is using the current period of engagement to listen and gather views through a series of thematic in-person and virtual workshops with the UK’s major supermarkets, logistics and transport firms, and with Business Representative Organisations, to further explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will publish a final version of the Border Target Operating Model, reflecting feedback from stakeholders, in the summer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL7615 HL7616 HL7617 question first answered 18/05/2023 11:28:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1669327

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Professions: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to investigate the performance of professional bodies, including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Institution of Civil Engineers, in their compliance with their duties under their Royal Charters to ensure the maintenance of professional standards in their industries rather than the maximising of professional fees.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Privy Council has no jurisdiction to investigate or intervene in the internal affairs of Chartered bodies. The only role that the Privy Council has in relation to Chartered bodies is the reactive one of considering amendments to Charters and Bylaws that are submitted to it for approval by the Chartered body.</p><p>The grant of a Royal Charter confers independent legal personality on a body and defines its objectives, constitution and powers to govern its own affairs. Incorporation by Royal Charter is a prestigious way of acquiring legal personality. Complaints against a Chartered body should be addressed to the body itself or, if a member, by raising issues directly with the organisation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/11/2023 13:24:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1625856

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the proposed Border Target Operating Model, what assessment they have made of the costs to businesses of preparing for its implementation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL7617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>In April 2023, the Government published through Written Ministerial Statement UIN HLWS695 <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-04-17/hlws695" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-04-17/hlws695</a> the launch of the Border Target Operating Model, in collaboration with the Scottish and Welsh Governments. This sets out plans to introduce security and biosecurity controls from the 31st October 2023 in a way which implements critical protections at the UK border, while ensuring that these new controls are as simple as possible for businesses to comply with. By harnessing data and technology and taking a proportionate, risk-based approach to these controls, we have developed a model that works best for the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On Friday 28 April 2023 we published a detailed risk categorisation of animal products, plants and plant products of EU and EFTA origin. This provides clarity to importers on what controls will be applied to the different risk categories, including when health certificates will be required to import goods from 31st October 2023. Following the publication of this additional information we are working to update our early estimate of the impact and cost of the new model, driving down cost wherever possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The relevant business stakeholders told us before publication that they will need time to prepare for these changes, and our phased approach gives them this time. We are working to ensure that UK and international businesses and their supply chains are aware of and understand the new requirements and are ready for these changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is using the current period of engagement to listen and gather views through a series of thematic in-person and virtual workshops with the UK’s major supermarkets, logistics and transport firms, and with Business Representative Organisations, to further explore the costs of implementing the new model, and to ensure importing is as smooth as possible where checks are needed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will publish a final version of the Border Target Operating Model, reflecting feedback from stakeholders, in the summer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL7615 HL7616 HL7618 question first answered 18/05/2023 11:28:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley