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175345

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date	22/01/2015
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	Non-native Species
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to control and eradicate invasive species in and around watercourses such as Himalayan balsam, non-native crayfish, American mink and quagga mussels.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
uin	HL4348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The GB Non-Native Species Strategy sets out a three pronged approach to dealing with invasive non-native species (INNS): horizon scanning and prevention; rapid response and eradication; and long term control. The Government has undertaken a variety of measures in line with the strategy, which is currently being revised and updated. The implementation of the strategy is overseen by a programme board, chaired by Defra, which includes the Environment Agency. The board regularly considers action to tackle specific species, including those in and around watercourses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2011 Defra launched two campaigns to raise awareness of the risks posed by INNS and to prevent their spread: <em>Be Plant Wise</em> and <em>Check, Clean, Dry</em>. Defra is working closely with the Environment Agency to implement strategic plans and promote the <em>Check, Clean, Dry</em> message, in particular to prevent the spread of the quagga mussel, which arrived in England in October 2014. The Environment Agency is also continuing to monitor water bodies for quagga mussels and to work with water companies and watersports organisations to prevent the further spread, where possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The <em>Check, Clean, Dry</em> message is equally applicable to efforts to control the spread of non-native crayfish. Defra has also been funding the Centre for Environment, Fisheries &amp; Aquaculture Science (Cefas) to develop a trapping methodology to help remove crayfish from waterways. Cefas has been examining how best to capture both adult and juvenile non-native crayfish and where best to locate the traps within a water body to improve trapping success. Its report is due for submission to Defra in March 2015 and will be used to produce best practice guidelines for trapping non-native crayfish.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, between 2011 and 2015, Defra has provided funding to help set up and establish local action groups (LAGs) throughout England, to tackle invasive non-native species that can impact on the aquatic realm, including non-native crayfish, Himalayan balsam and American mink. LAGs have undertaken a range of activities, including the cutting and treatment of Himalyan balsam; the use of mink rafts to capture American mink; and crayfish traps to capture non-native crayfish. LAGs have been a driving force in promoting biosecurity messages and have also undertaken horizon scanning for INNS, which are likely to arrive in local areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Defra-funded trial release of a rust fungus to control the growth and spread of Himalayan balsam was carried out during 2014 and this work continues to be monitored to assess impacts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 05/02/2015 13:25:50 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

175357

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Iraq Committee of Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the rules for Maxwellisation were last reviewed; by whom they were prepared; where they can be seen; and what the consequences would be if the Chilcot Review were published with outstanding complaints from those criticised not addressed.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The Maxwellisation process is a matter for the Inquiry; Sir John Chilcot has described the process as essential and confidential, and to comment further might jeopardise the confidentiality of the process. Once his report is complete, Sir John Chilcot will deliver it to the Prime Minister. It is for Government to publish the report, and once it is delivered we expect to publish without delay.</p><p> </p><p>The daily fees for the Chair and Members of the Inquiry are published on the Inquiry’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL4361 HL4362 question first answered 05/02/2015 16:48:20 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

175362

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 20 January (HL3893), why the regulatory process for case by case approval is not already specified in the draft Regulations laid before Parliament; and why the Regulations include numerous advance provisions to conceal the identity of egg or embryo donors in Regulations 11 to 18.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Regulations 5 and 8 make clear that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority must make a determination in each individual case that there is a significant risk of serious mitochondrial disease.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Explanatory Note accompanying the draft Regulations laid before Parliament give further explanation of Regulations 11 to 18.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/02/2015 14:11:58 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

175363

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 6 January (HL3839), whether they can provide any extant examples of a "gene therapy" that does not modify any genes, of a "germ line therapy" that does not affect the germ line, or of a "germ line gene therapy" that does not affect any genes to be transmitted through the germ line; if not, what is the basis of their assertion that a "germ line gene therapy" does not constitute genetic modification; how discussion is clarified by defining genetic modification such that it "is not that that is what it is"; and whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of any written contributions towards the development of the working definition by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Wellcome Trust and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The working definition adopted by the Government for the purpose of taking forward the Mitochondrial Donation regulations states that genetic modification involves the germ-line modification of nuclear DNA (in the chromosomes) that can be passed on to future generations. Mitochondrial donation is not considered to be genetic modification, as the patient’s nuclear DNA remains unaltered during this process. However, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics considered that it can be defined as germ line therapy because the techniques <em>“</em><em>introduce a change that is incorporated into the (mitochondrial) genes of the resulting people, and so will be incorporated into the germline that they will go on to develop”.</em> Furthermore, because mitochondria are inherited down the maternal line <em>“only women born from these techniques would be able to pass the changes on to their children”</em> and this form of germ line gene therapy does not affect any genes transmitted through the germ line of men born through these techniques.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cancer gene therapy intended to activate an anti-tumour immune response is an example of gene therapy that does not modify any genes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The working definition of genetic modification in humans is intended to assist in taking forward the debate on mitochondrial donation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/02/2015 16:47:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

175378

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Republic of Ireland about the risks to health posed by the by products of illegally laundered fuel being dumped into waterways in the border areas; and whether they will put this matter on the agenda for a future meeting of the British–Irish Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Managing the risks posed by the by-products of illegally laundered fuel is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Executive. I understand that fuel laundering is regularly on the agenda when the Justice Minister David Ford meets his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland; and that the Minister for the Environment, Mark H. Durkan, regularly discusses waste crime in North South Ministerial Council meetings.</p><p>In related areas, HM Revenue and Customs is active in promoting cross-border co-operation to tackle fuel laundering, including through chairing meetings of the Cross Border Fuel Group, which includes representatives of the PSNI, NCA, Environment Agency and their opposite numbers from the Republic of Ireland.</p><p>The British Irish Council is a forum for co-operation on matters of mutual interest between the eight Member Administrations. It may not therefore be the best means of raising issues which specifically concern only some of those Members. We shall continue, however, to make all the efforts we can to ensure the most effective co-operation on these issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 05/02/2015 15:45:37 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey