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224289

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is (1) the amount, and (2) the proportion, of debt incurred under the current student loan scheme which they estimate will not be repaid and will have to be written off.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the replies given by my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Havant (David Willetts) on 31 March 2014 to Questions 193225 and 193350.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/03/2015 15:15:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

224290

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Thailand
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they sought assurances from the government of Thailand that a death sentence would not be imposed upon the men accused of the murder of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller prior to the provision of evidence by United Kingdom police forces; and why the Foreign and Commonwealth Office declined to comment to <i>The Guardian</i> on that issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office provided a specific authorisation to UK police officers for assistance to be provided overseas to the Royal Thai Police should it be requested and conditional upon assurances regarding the death penalty being received where required. No such assistance was requested or given under or by virtue of that authorisation. Police to police co-operation in accordance with published guidance, on any other basis, is an operational matter for the relevant police forces. It is inappropriate for Her Majesty's Government to publicly comment upon ongoing criminal investigations or prosecutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/03/2015 14:43:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

224291

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Network Rail over plans to increase the maximum line speed on the East Coast Main Line to 140mph and the impact of such an increase on the business case for HS2 to Leeds and beyond.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail has been asked to start to consider options for increasing line speeds on certain sections of the East Coast Main Line from the current maximum of 125mph to 140mph. This increased line speed could be utilised by the new Intercity Express trains, which are designed to operate at this higher speed, and depending upon the length of the sections involved could result in reductions to advertised journey times to key destinations.</p><p> </p><p>No analysis can be undertaken on the impact of this proposal upon other projects until the outcome of the initial work is known.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/03/2015 15:55:20 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

224292

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the likely effect of increasing the line speed on the East Coast Main Line to 140mph on capacity to accommodate slower passenger or freight trains on that line.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail has been asked to start to consider options for increasing line speeds on certain sections of the East Coast Main Line from the current maximum of 125mph to 140mph. This work will identify the impact of these potential changes, if any, upon all users of the line.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the implementation of any such changes Network Rail will apply the standard rail industry ‘Network Change’ consultation process. This provides all relevant parties the opportunity to fully understand the details of the proposed changes, assess the impact of these changes upon their access rights and make appropriate representations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/03/2015 15:53:33 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

224293

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Geothermal Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to support the development of geothermal energy.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is supporting geothermal energy development through a combination of financial support, innovation support and legislative measures. Deep geothermal heat projects receive a dedicative tariff through the Renewable Heat Incentive and by supporting the development of heat networks, including through the work and funding of the Heat Networks Delivery Unit. Geothermal power projects are eligible for support under the Renewable Obligation and in the future through Contracts for Difference. The Department has set a final strike price for deep geothermal power of £145 per megawatt hour, up until 2016/17, and £140 per megawatt hour thereafter.</p><p>The Government is providing support for innovation in geothermal technologies through DECC’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund and the Heat Networks Demonstration Competition.</p><p>The underground access clauses introduced through the Infrastructure Act remove a significant barrier to deep geothermal development. The Government will continue to work with the industry to explore how other barriers to geothermal development can be overcome to further support the industry’s development.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 16/03/2015 17:47:25 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

224294

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what circumstances a spouse of a United Kingdom citizen who is not a European Union citizen can take up residence with their partner in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government reformed the basis for family migration to the UK in July 2012, to prevent burdens on the taxpayer, promote integration and tackle abuse. The non-European Economic Area national spouse or partner of a British citizen can now join or remain with their sponsor here if they meet the relevant requirements of Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. These include a financial requirement which generally means the sponsor must meet a minimum income threshold of £18,600 a year, and a requirement that the applicant can speak basic English.</p><p>The Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules is attached to my reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/03/2015 16:43:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Imm. Rules Appendix FM.pdf title Appendix FM
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

224295

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Northern Ireland has been included as a destination for asylum seeker dispersal; whether the National Asylum Support Service has undertaken research on the question of identifying Northern Ireland as a suitable area for dispersal; and, if so, what were the conclusions.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Northern Ireland is not a designated dispersal area and UK Visas and Immigration has not undertaken any research into whether it could become one.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/03/2015 16:43:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

224296

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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 24 February 2015 (HL4890 and HL4891), whether Professor Grifo was himself directly involved in performing the experiment described by the abstract in <i>Fertility and Sterility in 2003</i> (Volume 30, supplement 3, p56); if so, what was indicated in the letter sent to a member of the Expert Panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regarding the personal responsibility that Professor Grifo held for the conduct of that experiment; or, if not, why the HFEA’s Expert Panel did not correspond with those at Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Science who had actually performed the experiment on the woman in China<i>.</i>
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We have nothing further to add to the answers given previously on the subject of the published abstract of the Zhang research group.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/03/2015 15:06:03 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

224297

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
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 25 February (HL4975), how many adverse incidents due to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) have been reported by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency each year since 1991; why the HFEA’s strategy for 2014–17 does not expressly set out the actions it proposes to take as regards OHSS; and to what extent this indicates that the HFEA intends not to take further action to mitigate the risks of OHSS or to "ensure that appropriate standards of practice are implemented consistently throughout the sector" as recommended by the McCracken Report.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that it has not reported any adverse incidents due to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in any year since 1991, as stimulation of the ovaries is the purpose of the medicines used in fertility treatment. OHSS primarily occurs because of an individual patient’s reaction to such medicines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA’s strategy for 2014–17 does not expressly set out the actions it proposes to take as regards OHSS because this level of detail is usually set out in the annual business plan that supports the strategy. The HFEA business plan for the current business year (2014-15) was updated in August 2014 to reflect the agreed new strategy. The relevant section states:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘With professional groups explore whether more data needs to be collected to better understand factors contributing to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) to reduce incidence.’</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The updated business plan can be found on the HFEA’s website at the following link and is attached:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/2014-08-04_-_Business_Plan_revision_-_mid_2014-2015_pdf_-_active.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hfea.gov.uk/docs/2014-08-04_-_Business_Plan_revision_-_mid_2014-2015_pdf_-_active.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HFEA has advised that this work is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/03/2015 13:52:14 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name 2014-08-04_-_Business_Plan_revision_-_mid_2014-2015_pdf_-_active.pdf title HFEA Business Plan 2014-2015
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

224298

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia following the decision of a Saudi Arabian court to sentence a man to death for renouncing his Muslim faith; and whether they consider such sentences to be compatible with Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights as it relates to freedom of religion and belief.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>It is a matter of public record that the British Government strongly supports the right to freedom of religion or belief, which is severely restricted in Saudi Arabia. We believe, as Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and that this right includes freedom to change one’s religion or belief. Any action to punish an individual for their faith or belief is not compatible with Article 18.</p><p>The UK has repeatedly made clear that it opposes the death penalty in all countries and in all circumstances because we believe it undermines human dignity and there is no evidence that it works as a deterrent. Ministers, our Ambassador, and our Embassy team in Riyadh frequently raise the issue of the death penalty with the Saudi authorities, bilaterally and through the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 16/03/2015 17:41:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool