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registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	Rolls-Royce
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take, if any, to help Britain’s aerospace and defence industry in the light of Rolls-Royce’s fifth profit warning in 21 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Government is working with Britain’s aerospace and defence industry through the Aerospace Growth Partnership and the Defence Growth Partnership to remove barriers to growth, boost exports and grow high value jobs.As part of this work we are supporting the industry’s investment in technology, competitiveness and productivity, and skills, to help ensure the UK remains one of the world’s leading aerospace and defence nations</p><br /><p>At the Spending Review, the Government protected and extended spending on the Aerospace Technology Institute.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/12/2015 11:54:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427421

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Small Businesses
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 measures small businesses can take to protect themselves from cyber-attacks.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>he Government is investing £860m in a comprehensive National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) to protect the UK from cyber attacks, tackle cyber crime and make the UK one of the safest places in the world to do business online.</p><p>Through the NCSP the Government is providing protective advice and guidance, such as the “Ten Steps to Cyber Security”, the Cyber Streetwise campaign, and “Get Safe Online”, and promoting the Cyber Essentials scheme, which sets out the basic technical controls to protect against common cyber attacks. The Government is also building partnerships with industry and sharing cyber threat information, and building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime, including the National Cyber Crime Unit within the National Crime Agency, and the new network of cyber crime officers within the Metropolitan Police Service and Regional Organised Crime Units.</p><p><br>The Cyber Essentials scheme and Cyber Streetwise campaign are specifically designed to help protect small businesses. In addition, tailored guidance called “What you need to know about cyber security” is available for small businesses, as well as a free online training course for staff in small and medium-sized business.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/11/2015 14:18:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427422

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Agriculture: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the role of women researchers in the global agriculture sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to developing a strong, diverse research community. The Research Councils and National Academies share this commitment.</p><br /><p>Government is working with its partner organisations to promote equality across all research disciplines and has established a Diversity Steering Group to guide this work.</p><br /><p>To improve the diversity of research fellowship awards, the National Academies are working to encourage more applications from under-represented groups and to guard against discrimination in the selection process. Government has also commissioned the Research Councils to develop an action plan to improve the diversity of grant applications and peer-review rates.</p><br /><p>As an international example, Government and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have jointly funded four research programmes involving collaborative projects between UK researchers and partners in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.</p><p>All programmes have included research capacity building in developing countries and have had an increasing focus on integrating gender into agricultural research.</p><br /><p>The most recent programme, Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) includes a studentship programme and of the twelve PhD students who have been appointed, eight are women.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 11:55:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427423

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Trade
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 OECD global trade outlook and its recommendation that governments should step up investment to support growth.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The latest OECD Economic Outlook forecasts the UK to be the joint fastest growing major advanced economy in 2015. The OECD have revised down the forecast for both world trade growth and global GDP growth in 2015 and 2016. This demonstrates the need to continue to fix the economy to ensure the UK can deal with risks from abroad.</p><br /><p>The government remains committed to encouraging long-term investment and promoting a dynamic economy, and recently set out comprehensive reforms to support productivity growth in “Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation”.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 18/11/2015 16:40:38 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427424

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with Facebook about their recent updates to make it easier for businesses to interact with customers on that platform.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Government regularly meets Facebook, who are part of our Strategic Relationship Management programme, to discuss a range of issues across a number of government departments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 12:02:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427425

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Small Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve broadband networks in the UK to support small businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 the proportion of households and businesses with access to superfast broadband has risen from 45% to 83%. Thanks to the Government's investment this will rise to 95 per cent by the end of 2017. In addition, the Government's Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme has been a tremendous success. More than 55,000 small businesses across the UK have taken up the offer, many of which are already seeing significant boosts to their business as a result of improved broadband speeds.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/11/2015 14:43:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

426443

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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	Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support growth in UK exports in the light of recent reports from the British Chambers of Commerce that growth in orders for export has slowed.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>Last week, we launched the new Exporting is GREAT marketing campaign which aims to inspire and support 100,000 additional exporters by 2020. This will run for five years as part of the world-renowned GREAT campaign and presents real-time export opportunities across various media and digital channels to UK businesses. We will ensure that in future the whole of Government isengagedin providing support forexports.</p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 19/11/2015 14:35:53 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

426444

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
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 impact of increasing business rates on retailers' capacity to tackle low pay.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that business rates represent a fixed cost which can be more burdensome during times of economic difficulty. It is currently considering the impact of business rates on the retail sector as part of the ongoing business rates review. The review will complete by the end of the year.</p><br /><p>Further, the Chancellor recently set out major plans to devolve new powers from Whitehall to local areas to promote growth and prosperity. This includes giving councils the power to reduce business rates to support businesses in their area.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 19/11/2015 14:35:03 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

426445

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support women and ethnic minorities to reach senior positions in the legal sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is keen to see a diverse legal profession. Regulation of the legal profession is independent of Government. The Legal Services Board (LSB) and Approved Regulators are responsible for setting the requirements for entry to the profession as well as for continued professional development. These bodies have a duty to promote competition in the provision of regulated legal services, and encourage an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession.</p><br /><p>There are a number of initiatives being taken forward on education and training by the three largest frontline regulators for the legal profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and CILEx Regulation, to widen opportunities for a more diverse pool of people to enter the profession through more flexible routes to qualification. These are published on each of the frontline regulators' website.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 17/11/2015 12:49:41 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

426446

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve social support for unemployed young people, in particular in adapting to changing technology.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>As our Manifesto said, we are committed to abolishing long-term youth unemployment and ensuring that young people are either earning or learning.</p><br /><p>DWP provides a broad range of additional support, over and above the standard Jobcentre Plus offer, to all young people on benefit, which is tailored to their needs. Through the Youth Obligation, from day 1 young people will participate in an intensive support regime equipping them with the skills to not only find a job but build capability to sustain work, and after 6 months they will be supported to apply for an apprenticeship, traineeship, gain work skills or go on a work placement. In addition, if needed, young people already receive support to help them to make and manage their claims on-line and to acquire and improve their digital skills.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 19/11/2015 16:17:03 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick