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767890

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date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 25 September (HL 1590), whether the OECD's Development Assistance Committee has legally binding rules or only recommendations which no country is obliged to follow.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL1809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee, of which the UK is a member, sets the rules that determine what aid counts as Official Development Assistance (ODA). Only spending that complies with these rules is recognised as counting towards the United Nations’ 0.7% of gross national income target for ODA to which the UK is committed. That commitment is enshrined in the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/10/2017 13:53:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

767904

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of data in VOICES Surveys showing that less than one fifth of respondents felt that patients dying at home had their pain controlled completely, all of the time, during the last two days of life.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>It is important that all patients at the end of life have their pain adequately controlled. Data from the most recent National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) survey, published by the Office for National Statistics in 2016, found that in the last two days of life, just over 80% of respondents strongly agreed (42.3%) or agreed (27.9%) that patients dying at home had sufficient pain relief. Just under 11% of respondents disagreed (6.8%) or strongly disagreed (4.9%).</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 16/10/2017 16:54:47 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

767911

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what new initiatives they plan to pursue to support those prisoners with few or no family contacts.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting prisoners establish or maintain relationships with their families and significant others. We recognise that we need also to support prisoners who do not have family links, or for whom family relationships are not appropriate, to develop alternative sources of support.</p><p>Prisons already collect and record the details of prisoners’ next of kin or nominated contact when they arrive at the prison as a requirement of the Early Days in Custody Prison Service Instruction 17/2015. Prisoners who do not identify contacts are flagged and prison staff or partner agencies encourage them through their sentence plan to establish and develop appropriate relationships.</p><p>In October governors were given control over family services in their prison, to strengthen their ability to support the specific needs of their prisoners including through commissioning services tomanage visits centres, deliver family learning programmes and provide family engagement workers, who can support prisoners who do not have contact with family.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:57:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

767917

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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 what action they are taking to ensure that, within their 25 year plan for the environment, the ways in which they will protect and enhance the special qualities of the National Parks will be spelt out, in particular their commitment to the principle that those special qualities should take precedence over other conflicting demands for economic development.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>National parks cover nearly 10% of England’s land area and contain almost 30% of England’s internationally important wildlife sites. Plans to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage in national parks will be an important component of the 25 year plan for the environment. The plan will ensure that we use the insights of natural capital thinking to develop an approach which will help guide us.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/10/2017 14:14:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

767918

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	English Nature
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will support English Nature in fulfilling its statutory responsibilities for designated landscapes.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Natural England is the government’s advisory body for the natural environment in England, for which Defra is the sponsor department. Natural England’s responsibilities include helping to protect England’s nature and landscapes for people to enjoy and for the services they provide. Natural England is responsible for designating landscapes and protected areas in England. Defra works closely with Natural England to agree shared objectives on a strategic basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/10/2017 14:37:19 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

767919

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Nature Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that all important areas for biodiversity and wildlife, including those within National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, are protected and maintained when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The government remains committed to being the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited it. We will deliver this vision through an ambitious 25 year environment plan.</p><p> </p><p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will make sure the whole body of existing EU environmental law continues to have effect in UK law. The Bill will preserve EU law where it stands at the moment before we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed not only to maintaining but to enhancing environmental standards as we leave the E.U.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/10/2017 14:16:14 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

767920

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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 what action they are taking to ensure that, in arrangements for strategic planning in the UK, all proposed developments in areas adjacent to National Parks are required to take into account any negative consequences for the special qualities of National Parks, in particular their scenic views.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL1839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to making sure that national parks are subject to the highest protection in national planning policy, including on cross boundary issues. Local planning authorities, in preparing their plans, have a legal duty under the Localism Act 2011 to engage constructively, actively and on an ongoing basis to maximise the effectiveness of local plan preparation in the context of strategic cross boundary matters. The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that great weight should be given, by local authorities when setting out their plans, to conserving landscape and scenic beauty in national parks and the Broads. In addition, national park authorities are statutory consultees on any planning application where development is likely to affect land in a national park.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/10/2017 14:38:06 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

767928

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking in response to the recent conclusions by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that the UK has not done enough to ensure that the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are reflected in UK law and policy.
tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK already has some of the strongest equalities legislation in the world, such the Equality Act 2010, and we will continue to make sure that these rights are protected.</p><p> </p><p>We have already responded to many points through our written response to a list of issues and a face-to-face dialogue with the UN Committee that oversees the Convention.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reflecting on how we take forward the concluding observations, and are carefully considering our approach, which we will discuss with stakeholders in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/10/2017 12:22:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

767929

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Pregnancy: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what if any proposals they have to provide new and expectant mothers with further protections from redundancy; and whether they have any plans to address the use of confidentiality agreements in out of court settlements which prevent women from speaking publicly about their treatment.
tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s response to Women and Equalities Select Committee Inquiry into pregnancy and maternity discrimination earlier this year said that we “will consider further and bring forward proposals to ensure that the protections in place for those who are pregnant or returning from maternity leave are sufficient”. We are reviewing whether we need stronger protection against redundancy for pregnant women and women returning from maternity leave and will consult on options in due course.</p><p>The Government has no plans to address the use of confidentiality agreements. Employees and employers need the freedom to reach a mutually acceptable negotiated settlement, so the Government does not want to impose further constraints on the provisions of settlement agreements.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/10/2017 15:30:25 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

767938

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Business: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 29 June (HL53), stating that the Payment Practices Reporting online service will be available for users to begin reporting their payment practices from October, whether that online service has yet been launched and advertised; and out of the estimated 15,200 businesses in scope to comply with the payment practices and performance reporting requirements, how many have so far been issued an invitation to use the service.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Payment Practices Reporting online service has been launched on the GOV.UK website, and is now available to all businesses in scope of the requirements without the need for an invitation. The Department is now working to raise awareness of the existence of the service, including by contacting business representative bodies. Before the service was launched, 350 invitations were issued. The Department does not hold information on how many of these invitations were issued to businesses in scope of the requirement.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/10/2017 15:29:44 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn