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769230

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Devolution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their report on intergovernmental relations between the four governments of the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL1964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Work on the annual report of the Joint Ministerial Committee is currently being taken forward by representatives of the UK Government and each of the devolved administrations, and is expected to be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/10/2017 15:27:16 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

769213

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
	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 finding in the report by Eunomia published on 11 October, Impacts of a Deposit Refund System for one-way beverage packaging on local authority waste services, that a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and other drinks containers would be likely to yield overall net savings for English local authorities, once other factors such as the likely impact on residual waste arisings are taken into account; and whether they intend to introduce such a scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL1947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>We have not made a formal assessment of the findings in the report by Eunomia published on 11 October. The report will help the work of the Voluntary and Economic Incentives Working Group, which was established as part of the Litter Strategy for England, to examine specific voluntary and/or regulatory interventions that can reduce the incidence of commonly littered items and improve recycling and reuse of packaging.</p><p>On 2 October, this government launched a call for evidence to inform the Working Group on measures to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling. The call for evidence closes on 30 October and includes questions on the costs, benefits and impacts of deposit and reward and return schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Group is due to provide us with advice on potential incentives for drinks containers early in 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/10/2017 11:40:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

769239

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Folic Acid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any discussions have taken place with the food industry in the last five years regarding the level of voluntary fortification of food products with folic acid; and whether those levels have changed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL1973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>We have no record of discussions with the food industry in the last five years about the level of voluntary fortification of food products with folic acid, and as such, information on whether those voluntary levels have changed is not held by the Department.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 15:02:11 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

769225

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Bird Scarers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have issued any guidance to farmers on the use of bird scarers to protect crops; and if so what.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL1959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>This Government has not issued any guidance to farmers on the use of bird scarers. In consultation with Defra, the NFU has produced a voluntary Code of Practice for minimising noise nuisance from auditory bird scarers, which I will place in the Library, available at: <a href="https://www.nfuonline.com/sectors/crops/crops-news/download-our-bird-scarers-code-of-practice/" target="_blank">https://www.nfuonline.com/sectors/crops/crops-news/download-our-bird-scarers-code-of-practice/</a>. Noise nuisance can be covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and is enforced by local authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 24/10/2017 11:38:14 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name NFU Bird deterrents and bird scarers.pdf title NFU bird scarers document
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

769240

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Abortion: Neural Tube Defects
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the trend in recent years of terminated pregnancies due to neural tube defects.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL1974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The percentage of terminations for the most common neural tube defects has remained stable in recent years. Between 2012 and 2016, 0.21-0.24% of total abortions were performed under Ground E with the principal medical condition listed as either anencephaly, spina bifida or encephalocele.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of terminated pregnancies is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anencephaly</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Encephalocele</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spina Bifida</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sub-total</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of abortions performed under Ground E</p></td><td><p>3,208</p></td><td><p>3,213</p></td><td><p>3,099</p></td><td><p>2,732</p></td><td><p>2,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of abortions</p></td><td><p>185,596</p></td><td><p>185,824</p></td><td><p>184,571</p></td><td><p>185,331</p></td><td><p>185,122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of total abortions with a primary diagnosis of anencephaly, encephalocele or spina bifida</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td><td><p>0.24</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Departmental annually published abortion statistics, 2012-2016</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 15:46:28 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

769227

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Joint Ministerial Committee
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to issue detailed communiqués after future meetings of the Joint Ministerial Council.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL1961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The most recent meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) published a communiqué on 16 October 2017. Communiqués are issued after each JMC wherever possible, subject to agreement by all administrations.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/10/2017 15:26:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

769226

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Joint Ministerial Committee
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the next plenary session of the Joint Ministerial Council will be held.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL1960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The memorandum of understanding agreed between the UK Government and devolved administrations states that the Joint Ministerial Committee (Plenary) should meet at least once a year. Dates for these meetings are agreed by all four administrations. The Joint Ministerial Committee (Plenary) last met on 30 January 2017 in Cardiff and prior to that, on 24 October 2016 in London. The UK Government and the devolved administrations are working together to agree the date of the next meeting of Joint Ministerial Committee (Plenary).</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/10/2017 15:25:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

769937

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Energy Intensive Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to discuss industrial decarbonisation and energy efficiency action plans with the leaders of the seven most energy intensive industries.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	107506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The joint government-industry Industrial Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency Roadmap Action Plans for seven energy intensive sectors were published on 12 October 2017, alongside the Clean Growth Strategy. The Action Plans set out voluntary commitments from industry, government and third parties to enable the sectors to decarbonise and improve their energy efficiency, and provide a framework for continued government-industry joint working on decarbonisation and energy efficiency matters.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2017 12:07:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 15620 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

769785

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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	Cost of Energy Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the document entitled Professor Dieter Helm - declaration of interest, published by his Department on 6 August 2017 in relation to the Cost of Energy Review, whether restrictions on Professor Helm's activities in relation to the Review were imposed by or agreed with his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	107372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The declaration of interest was agreed in accordance with well-established principles for transparency and accountability, typical of this kind of independent review.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2017 10:13:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 15672 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

769262

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether nursing students who follow an apprenticeship route require a degree awarded by an approved higher education institution in order to apply for Registered Nurse status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (NDA) allows individuals to train to become a graduate registered nurse through the apprentice route. The NDA is a Level 6 qualification and students via the apprenticeship route are required to meet the same Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards as other nursing students.</p><p>Only NMC-approved higher education institutions are able to deliver the NDA. NMC approval involves an assessment of the range and quality assurance of practice placements available to students on a nursing degree programme. All nurses must complete a high quality education and training programme to provide the best standard of care for our patients.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 14:59:27 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough