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1453879

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date	23/03/2022
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	Measurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable the increased use of imperial units following the UK’s departure from the EU; whether they are reviewing the present metric regulations; and, if so, what plans they have to consult The British Weights and Measures Association as a result of this review.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL7311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is reviewing the current law on the use of metric and imperial units of measurement. The purpose of the review is to identify how we can give more choice to businesses and consumers over the units of measurement they use, while ensuring that measurement information remains accurate.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this review, we will carry out an early-stage consultation to gather views and to ensure that we have the best evidence available to make any changes. We would encourage the British Weights and Measures Association to share their views as part of that process.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/04/2022 15:01:29 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1453880

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Financial Services: Misconduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to a US appeals court overturning the conviction on 28 January of two Deutsche Bank traders accused of manipulating Libor rates, what plans, if any, they have to review the processes around investigating such offences in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL7312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is a specialist prosecuting authority tackling the top level of serious or complex fraud, bribery, and corruption.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the SFO commenced investigations into Libor manipulation which resulted in nine individuals – all holding significant positions in their respective banks – either pleading guilty or found guilty by a jury.</p><p> </p><p>Many of these convictions have been reviewed by the Court of Appeal and none of them have been overturned.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 06/04/2022 12:25:21 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1452018

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers from Lord Greenhalgh on 23 February (HL6158 and HL 6159), what assessment they have made of the risk of damage to the Victoria Tower from (1) the excavations, and  (2) the vibrations from heavy piling work, required for the development of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre at Victoria Tower Gardens.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL7031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Excavations and piling work for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre will be carefully managed and monitored to ensure minimal impact on the surroundings. There is no expectation that these works will impact on Victoria Tower.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 30/03/2022 16:08:44 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1452019

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the risk of damage to the Victoria Tower from (1) the excavations, and (2) the vibrations from heavy piling work, required for the development of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre at Victoria Tower Gardens.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL7032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>The full assessment of risks to the Parliamentary Estate, including the Victoria Tower, from the construction of the Holocaust Memorial can only be made once detailed design proposals are available to review.</p><p>Different construction and excavation plans will have different impacts and risks. We plan to install vibration monitors when and where appropriate.</p><p>It is expected that the Holocaust Memorial project team will engage with the House as a key stakeholder throughout the detailed design stage.</p> answering member printed Lord Touhig question first answered 30/03/2022 13:15:50 answering member 542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1421549

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reconsider their decision to grant planning permission for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens; and what assessment they made of (1) the appropriateness of this location for such a museum, and (2) the importance of using the area around Parliament to tell the story of democracy rather than totalitarianism.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL6158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the construction of the new national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre at Victoria Tower Gardens. The new Holocaust Memorial will be the national focal point to honour the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust, and other victims of Nazi persecution, including Roma, gay and disabled people. The co-located Learning Centre will also focus on subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL6159 question first answered 23/02/2022 16:16:45 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1421550

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Museums and Galleries: Victoria Tower Gardens
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require as a condition of funding that the focus of the proposed museum to be built in Victoria Tower Gardens be broadened to include all acts of persecution and genocide by totalitarian regimes, such as those that took place in Russia and China under communist regimes in the 20th century.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL6159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the construction of the new national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre at Victoria Tower Gardens. The new Holocaust Memorial will be the national focal point to honour the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust, and other victims of Nazi persecution, including Roma, gay and disabled people. The co-located Learning Centre will also focus on subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL6158 question first answered 23/02/2022 16:16:45 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1400189

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Livestock: Waste Disposal
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 CO2 emissions resulting from the mandatory incineration of fallen livestock; and what plans, if any, they have to allow livestock to be buried rather than incinerated.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL5155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the CO2 emissions from incineration of fallen livestock.</p><p> </p><p>Agricultural greenhouse gas emissions have reduced by 13 percent since 1990 (as of 2019), with many farms using more efficient agricultural practices. Land use, land use change and forestry continue to provide benefits in carbon sequestration. The Government recognises the importance of reducing emissions further in these sectors. The Net Zero Strategy and the 25 Year Environment Plan set out the Government’s ambition for how this will be achieved.</p><p> </p><p>Rules regarding the disposal of fallen livestock are in place to protect animal and public health by preventing dangerous pathogens spreading disease into the soil, groundwater, or air. Some pathogens can persist for many decades in the environment and only tiny quantities are needed to infect animals. Therefore, strict regulations are in place as to why fallen livestock cannot be buried but must be disposed of at one of the following: knackers’ yard, hunt kennel, maggot farm, incinerator, or a renderer. We have no plans to consider the option of burying.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 19/01/2022 16:47:37 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1355624

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
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	Incinerators
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reduce toxic landfill by encouraging the use of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) incineration of waste.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL2727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government's Resources and Waste Strategy, published in 2018, sets out how we will minimise the damage caused to our natural environment by reducing and managing waste safely and carefully. A key principle is to prevent waste in the first place, in keeping with the waste hierarchy, which ranks options for waste management according to their environmental impact. Where waste does occur, we need to manage it in the most efficient way possible. After waste prevention, priority goes to reuse, recycling, and then recovery. Disposal, for example in landfill, is generally regarded as the worst option.</p><p> </p><p>We are therefore encouraging increased use of heat through Combined Heat and Power (CHP) from EfW as it almost doubles the fuel efficiency and can play a really valuable role in our transition to decarbonising the heating of homes and buildings. There is financial support from government for EfW plants and heat networks developers to do this in the form of the existing Heat Networks Investment Project and the upcoming Green Heat Network Fund. The Heat Network Investment Project is already funding CHP based EfW projects in Leeds, London and Cardiff that will supply low carbon heat to local homes and businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 28/09/2021 12:22:13 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1347847

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 performance of high-speed broadband in rural areas; what steps they are taking to ensure that such services provide the advertised performance; whether they will provide compensation for those who have been advised to replace their old service and install a new one where that service does not meet advertised standards; and what steps they intend to take to support customers experiencing ongoing issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL2131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>Ofcom’s 2020 Connected Nations <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/209373/connected-nations-2020.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> shows that 99.4% of UK premises have access to decent broadband speeds (10 Mbps and over), and according to <a href="https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/uk" target="_blank">thinkbroadband.com</a> (<a href="https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/uk" target="_blank">https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/uk</a>) , 97% can get superfast speeds (24 Mbps and over). Ofcom’s 2021 report, UK Home Broadband Performance, which can be found here (<a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/telecoms-research/broadband-research/broadband-speeds/uk-home-broadband-performance-nov-2020" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/telecoms-research/broadband-research/broadband-speeds/uk-home-broadband-performance-nov-2020</a>) showed that the average superfast speeds in rural areas was 44.2 Mbps, compared to 48.6 Mbps in urban areas in 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In order to protect consumers, Ofcom has put in place voluntary broadband speeds Codes of Practice with industry, which can be viewed here (<a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/information-for-industry/codes-of-practice" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/information-for-industry/codes-of-practice</a>). Signatories include BT, EE, Plusnet, TalkTalk and Virgin Media. Those signed up to the Code of Practice are committed to having systems which can identify the cause of speed problems, and processes to ensure they are resolved. Furthermore, signatories must provide guaranteed minimum speeds to their customers, and if speeds drop below the promised levels, are required to improve performance within one month. If there is no improvement, consumers have the right to exit their contract without penalty. To ensure effectiveness of the code, Ofcom monitors compliance by the signatories, and where it finds issues, will engage with the provider to deliver prompt resolutions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/07/2021 12:47:37 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

1345436

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Trains
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 (1) quality, and (2) safety, of the suspension of the Azuma trains being used on the East Coast mainline; whether (a) they, or (b) LNER, have received reports of increased customer discomfort since the Azuma trains were introduced; and in light of any such assessment or reports, what plans they have to support the rectification of any operational problems identified with these trains.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL1870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>Azuma trains were designed to modern standards for comfort and safety. Before the trains were delivered to London North Eastern Railway (LNER), a number of commissioning tests were carried out ensuring the quality of the ride was of an acceptable standard and safety specifications had been met. The comfort and safety of the trains in service and the rectification of any operational problems is the responsibility of the train operator, LNER, working in partnership with the train supplier and, if required, the Office of Rail and Road.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/07/2021 15:42:24 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson