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416930

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date	07/09/2015
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	Oilseed Rape: Neonicotinoids
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of recent field trials of rape seed treated with neonicotinoids and the impact of neonicotinoids on bumblebee populations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL1850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Commission has begun a review of the science relating to neonicotinoids and bees. This will include effects on bees from seed treatment and granule uses of the restricted neonicotinoids on any crop. The Government will contribute fully to this review and will base its view on future regulation of neonicotinoids on all the available scientific evidence. We are aware that there have been a number of new studies since 2013. Initial results from a large field trial being carried out by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology to look at honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees are expected later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK Expert Committee on Pesticides has the task of advising Ministers on issues relating to the authorisation of pesticides. It considered recent research on neonicotinoids and pollinators, including the recent report by Rundlöf et al, at its May 2015 meeting. The detailed record of the meeting states that the Committee “agreed that this was a complex and evolving issue that required careful judgement, based on a weight of evidence approach”. The Committee agreed to come back to the issue regularly at future meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/09/2015 11:23:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

416931

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Oilseed Rape: Neonicotinoids
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date they took the decision to grant an emergency application from the National Farmers’ Union to use neonicotinoid seed treatments in the autumn of 2015; when this decision was announced; and, if there was a gap between the date of decision and date of announcement, what was the reason for the delay.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL1851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The decision was taken on 21 July and was communicated to the applicant on 22 July. Details of pesticide authorisations issued are placed on the Health and Safety Executive website. These authorisations were issued to the National Farmers’ Union on 24 July and were placed on the website on the same day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 15/09/2015 12:18:07 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

416933

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Scientific Advisers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what grounds scientific advisory committees may choose not to publish their agendas and minutes; and what assessment they have made of whether such grounds comply with the need for transparency set out in the Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL1853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to openness and transparency, in particular in relation to scientific advice. The Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees sets out principles upon which departments and SACs set their own publication policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra’s Scientific Advisory Council, and Scientific Advisory Committees, may choose not to publish their agendas or minutes when they relate to:</p><p> </p><p>· confidential information;</p><p> </p><p>· there is non-disclosure associated with the meeting subject material;</p><p> </p><p>· Government Security Classified documents; or</p><p> </p><p>· commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This decision to do so is assessed against the Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees. A publicly available explanation is provided when Committees decide not to publish minutes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In assessing whether grounds for not publishing comply with the Code of Practice’s need for transparency, the committee considers:</p><p> </p><p>· public interest in the subject material;</p><p> </p><p>· the commercial impact should the material be published;</p><p> </p><p>· the timing of the material be published; and</p><p> </p><p>· the policy impact, for example, in relation to UK negotiations with another country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/09/2015 12:40:18 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger

416934

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Government Departments: Marketing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times this year the Department for Work and Pensions has published invented quotes and stock images purporting to be from and of real benefits claimants; and to what extent other government departments engage in similar practices.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL1854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 14/09/2015 13:45:01 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger

416941

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	National Parks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have not yet taken a decision about extending the boundaries of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks in the light of the 2013 inspector’s report on the public inquiry; and when the decision will be taken.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL1861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is giving careful consideration to the inspector’s report on the inquiry into proposed extensions to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks and will issue her decisions in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 11:08:54 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

416951

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of each of the recommendations to the Department of Health in the report <i>Bridging the Gap between Academics and Policy Makers</i> by researchers from Buckinghamshire New University and the University of Bristol, published on 20 April.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL1871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>We have made no assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England, and all National Health Service organisations, have a duty to have due regard to the need to reduce health inequalities in access to health services and health outcomes achieved, as well as having regard to the different needs of groups with characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its contractual arrangements for provision of healthcare in prisons, NHS England expects that care planning and delivery of services must be equitable for all prisoners and take into consideration the diversity of the prison population. This would include Gypsies, Travellers and the Roma communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Equality Delivery System (EDS) for the NHS helps all NHS organisations, in discussion with local partners and patients, to review and improve their performance for people with characteristics protected under the Equality Act. By using the EDS, NHS organisations can ensure they are delivering on the public sector Equality Duty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Every person entering a place of detention will have an initial health screen at reception where health needs are assessed and where appropriate referrals are made to other services, including substance misuse services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/09/2015 11:20:17 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

416952

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Short-term Holding Facilities: Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the report of the Independent Monitoring Board on the non-residential short-term holding facilities at London Heathrow Airport for the period February 2014 to January 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL1872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Immigration, James Brokenshire, wrote to the Chairman of the Heathrow Airport Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) on 23 June 2015 and outlined the Home Office’s response to the main points made in the IMB’s annual report.</p><p>The Home Office has drafted an action plan which considers each individual recommendation made in the report. Home Office officials met the Heathrow Airport IMB Chairman on 28 July 2015 to discuss this action plan and the work being undertaken by Detention Operations, Border Force and the escort provider to implement the report’s recommendations. These meetings will continue to take place on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/09/2015 15:22:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

416954

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will be required to declare any relevant interests; and if so, what is the process for doing so.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published the names of the Advisory Group members, as well as their principal roles, both current and former, in July 2015. This information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Advisory Group Member</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current or former role</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dawn Airey</p></td><td><p>Senior Vice President of Yahoo’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and formerly Chairman and Chief Executive of Channel 5.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Colette Bowe</p></td><td><p>Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, President of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer and former Chair of Ofcom.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Fisher</p></td><td><p>Executive Chairman at Shazam.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darren Henley OBE</p><p> </p></td><td><p>CEO of Arts Council England and former Managing Director of Classic FM.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashley Highfield</p></td><td><p>CEO of Johnston Press, one of the largest local media groups in the UK, and former director at the BBC.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Mahon</p></td><td><p>Former CEO of Shine Group, global television content production company.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lopa Patel MBE</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Digital entrepreneur and founder/CEO of NewAsianPost.com and Diversity UK.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stewart Purvis OBE</p></td><td><p>British broadcaster and academic, and former Editor-in-Chief and CEO of ITN.</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Group has no legal status or powers and no decision-making or research commissioning functions. These are not public appointments and therefore the Group is not subject to the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL1875 HL1877 question first answered 16/09/2015 16:25:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

416955

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any declarations of interest by the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department published the names of the Advisory Group members, as well as their principal roles, both current and former, in July 2015. This information is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Advisory Group Member</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current or former role</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dawn Airey</p></td><td><p>Senior Vice President of Yahoo’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and formerly Chairman and Chief Executive of Channel 5.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dame Colette Bowe</p></td><td><p>Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, President of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer and former Chair of Ofcom.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Fisher</p></td><td><p>Executive Chairman at Shazam.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darren Henley OBE</p><p> </p></td><td><p>CEO of Arts Council England and former Managing Director of Classic FM.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashley Highfield</p></td><td><p>CEO of Johnston Press, one of the largest local media groups in the UK, and former director at the BBC.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alex Mahon</p></td><td><p>Former CEO of Shine Group, global television content production company.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lopa Patel MBE</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Digital entrepreneur and founder/CEO of NewAsianPost.com and Diversity UK.</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stewart Purvis OBE</p></td><td><p>British broadcaster and academic, and former Editor-in-Chief and CEO of ITN.</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Group has no legal status or powers and no decision-making or research commissioning functions. These are not public appointments and therefore the Group is not subject to the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL1874 HL1877 question first answered 16/09/2015 16:25:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

416956

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how often the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will meet (1) each other and (2) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL1876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>(1) As set out in the Advisory Group’s terms of reference the Group will meet approximately six times a year at times agreed in advance by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport’s office[1].</p><p> </p><p>(2) These meetings will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] Can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445912/TERMS_OF_REFERENCE.pdf)</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:38:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender