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778023

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
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	Qatar: Diplomatic Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the severing of relations between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in June, whether they have held discussions with the governments of those states about the possibility of resuming diplomatic relations; and if so, what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL2569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government continues to hold discussions with all parties in the dispute. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and other ministers have all spoken to their counterparts, calling for a de-escalation, the lifting of the current restrictions, and encouraging them to get behind Kuwait’s mediation efforts. We have made clear that Gulf unity matters to the security and stability of the region.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2017 16:03:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

778024

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Waste Management
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what quantity of (1) paper for recycling, (2) waste for incineration, and (3) residual refuse, was collected within the House of Lords in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Houses of Parliament do not receive a breakdown of waste by House so the figures and information below account for Estate wide totals.</p><p>(1) Since January 2012, Parliament has operated a mixed recycling scheme which captures paper, cardboard, plastics and cans as one waste stream and therefore we are not able to provide individual figures for paper collected as mixed recycling. Figures for mixed recycling (figures in kgs) are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017 (year to date)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>382,514</p></td><td><p>407,977</p></td><td><p>371,572</p></td><td><p>382,439</p></td><td><p>363,665</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(2) Figures for general waste (figures in kgs) which is processed through an energy-from-waste facility are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017 (year to date)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>612,714</p></td><td><p>705,770</p></td><td><p>611,365</p></td><td><p>578,101</p></td><td><p>493,188</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Parliament’s food waste from catering facilities is sent to an anaerobic digestion facility and while this is not incinerated, the resulting bio gas produced by this process can be burned directly in a gas boiler to produce electricity. Figures for catering waste (figures in kgs) are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017 (year to date)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>160,973</p></td><td><p>194,474</p></td><td><p>136,285</p></td><td><p>195,082</p></td><td><p>180,755</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(3) None of Parliament’s waste goes to landfill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 02/11/2017 12:25:24 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

778025

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
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	Livestock: Antibiotics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the contribution of animal farming in the UK to the growing resistance to antibiotics; and whether they have set targets for the reduction of antibiotics use in animal farming.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Bacteria naturally adapt and find new ways to survive the effects of an antibiotic; any use of an antibiotic accelerates the risk that bacteria will develop resistance. In its response last year to the Independent Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, the Government set a target to reduce antibiotic use by 20% across all food-producing species from 2014 baseline data to 50mg/kg by 2018. Latest data show that antibiotic use in 2016 was 45 mg/kg. Defra also undertook to work with the livestock industry to set sector-specific targets for reducing antibiotic use by the end of this year. These targets have now been published which can be found here: <a href="http://www.ruma.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RUMA-Targets-Task-Force-Report-2017-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ruma.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RUMA-Targets-Task-Force-Report-2017-FINAL.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/11/2017 13:32:06 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name RUMA - Targets Task Force Report 2017.pdf title RUMA - Targets Task Force Report 2017
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

778026

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
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	Organic Farming
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to encourage organic farming and to increase the amount of land used by that sector; and if so, what actions they are taking in support of that policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that both conventional and organic farming offers opportunities for expansion and increased penetration of the domestic and overseas markets.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that organic farming and food can make a significant contribution helping to achieve environmental objectives, together with the additional consumer choice it offers, and supports this in England through the provision of financial aid for both conversion to and maintenance of organic status.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 07/11/2017 15:10:37 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

778027

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Agriculture: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to expand the provision of courses in organic and agroecological practices in agricultural colleges and other appropriate institutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is not responsible for deciding which courses further education institutions deliver. This is the responsibility of the institutions themselves who will take account of Government priorities as well as skills demands identified by local stakeholders and employers.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our reforms to technical education, we are establishing a common framework of 15 technical education routes that encompass all employment-based and college-based training. The implementation of the routes will be phased, and the Agriculture, Environment and Animal Care route will be rolled out in September 2022. Within the routes will sit new T level qualifications. As with all the routes, the content of T levels within the Agriculture, Environment and Animal Care route will be determined by advisory groups of employers, professionals and practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 October the government published a T level Action Plan, which set out progress on the technical education reforms. Later this year, the Government will hold a public consultation on the new T level qualifications.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 09/11/2017 14:52:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

778028

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have taken legal advice on whether they can revoke or pause the Article 50 two year timetable.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL2574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>It has been the practice of successive Governments not to comment on legal advice that may or may not have been received. A clear majority of the electorate voted to leave the EU and we will respect the will of the British people. As a matter of firm policy, our notification will not be withdrawn, for the simple reason that people voted to leave. And we are determined to see through that instruction.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/11/2017 13:33:43 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

778029

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Airports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Callanan on 24 October (HLWS196), whether they intend to publish a new critical path showing how they will address congestion at the five London airports.
tabling member printed	Lord Spicer
uin	HL2575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out its preferred option for an additional runway in the South East, which will be required by 2030. However through the recent Aviation Strategy Call for Evidence the government has consulted on the proposal to support airports throughout the UK making the best use of their existing runways, subject to environmental issues being addressed and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond this, a new Aviation Strategy will consider whether there is a need for a new framework to be developed to allow airports to grow sustainably, and if so what that framework should look like.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 03/11/2017 11:07:12 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	270 label Biography information for Lord Spicer

778030

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	European Regional Development Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of European Regional Development Fund support payments per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
uin	HL2576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>Under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014–20 Programme in England, the funding available has been allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and it is then for these partners to inform central Government when and where investments in their respective areas take place. The ERDF is the main source of EU funding used to support infrastructure in localities. This is complemented by the European Social Fund (ESF) which is also allocated to LEP areas in England and supports employment, skills and social inclusion.</p><p>The level of EU Structural Funds (the combination of the ERDF and the ESF) that has been allocated to each LEP area, including Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Heart of the South West and England can be found (attached) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-structural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-structural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020</a>.</p><p>The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP area allocation is significantly greater than that of the Heart of the South West. This is because the EU categorises Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as ‘a Less Developed Region’ whereas it categorises Heart of the South West as ‘a More Developed Region’. These categories are assigned according to the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of each of these areas.</p><p>Details of population by LEP area from 2010 onwards using the Nomis Database which can be found here: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/lep/contents.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/lep/contents.aspx</a></p><p>Details of projects that have been funded are available (attached) on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources</a></p><p>The government has committed to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as a successor to EU structural fund programmes. This new Fund affords a fresh opportunity to spend money according to our own priorities, improve productivity and reduce economic inequality across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 171108 ERDF HL2577 2576.pdf title ERDF 2 file name 171108 EUstructural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020- HL2577 HL2576.pdf title EU Structural Fund grouped question UIN HL2577 question first answered 09/11/2017 14:08:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	228 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

778031

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Infrastructure: EU Grants and Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of EU infrastructure support payments per capita in real terms in (1) Cornwall, (2) Devon, and (3) England, in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
uin	HL2577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>Under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2014–20 Programme in England, the funding available has been allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and it is then for these partners to inform central Government when and where investments in their respective areas take place. The ERDF is the main source of EU funding used to support infrastructure in localities. This is complemented by the European Social Fund (ESF) which is also allocated to LEP areas in England and supports employment, skills and social inclusion.</p><p>The level of EU Structural Funds (the combination of the ERDF and the ESF) that has been allocated to each LEP area, including Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Heart of the South West and England can be found (attached) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-structural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-structural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020</a>.</p><p>The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP area allocation is significantly greater than that of the Heart of the South West. This is because the EU categorises Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as ‘a Less Developed Region’ whereas it categorises Heart of the South West as ‘a More Developed Region’. These categories are assigned according to the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of each of these areas.</p><p>Details of population by LEP area from 2010 onwards using the Nomis Database which can be found here: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/lep/contents.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/lep/contents.aspx</a></p><p>Details of projects that have been funded are available (attached) on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-structural-and-investment-funds-useful-resources</a></p><p>The government has committed to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as a successor to EU structural fund programmes. This new Fund affords a fresh opportunity to spend money according to our own priorities, improve productivity and reduce economic inequality across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 171108 ERDF HL2577 2576.pdf title ERDF 2 file name 171108 EUstructural-funds-uk-allocations-2014-to-2020- HL2577 HL2576.pdf title EU Structural Fund grouped question UIN HL2576 question first answered 09/11/2017 14:08:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	228 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor

778032

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what projects have been awarded funding through the local major transport projects fund since 2014; what was the amount of funding awarded for each project; and what was the purpose of each project.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
uin	HL2578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The information in the attached table shows the Department for Transport’s total final funding contributions to local major transport projects in England approved since 2014 following consideration of final business cases. Other projects in the programme are still in development. The current programme totals £2.6bn of which £1.66bn is being provided by the Department. This is in addition to the significant investment we are making to improve local transport through other funding streams, including local highways maintenance and integrated transport funding.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 07/11/2017 12:04:06 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg attachment 1 file name HL2578 - DfT's Funding Contribution to Local Major Transport Projects.xlsx title HL2578 - Table with DfT's contributions
tabling member	228 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor