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819950

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Libya: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on preparations for forthcoming Presidential elections in Libya.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	122022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text The UK fully supports the UN Action Plan for Libya set out at the UN General Assembly by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ghassan Salamé, and endorsed in the Security Council's Presidential Statement of 14 December 2017. The Action Plan envisages negotiations on limited amendments to the Libya Political Agreement, a National Conference, preparations for elections and the provision of humanitarian assistance where it is needed in Libya. The UK supports the Special Representative's emphasis on the importance of ensuring that elections, when they happen, are preceded by the necessary political, legislative and security preparations. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/01/2018 14:42:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

819819

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Ports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has met with the Association of Port Health Authorities to seek their support for such the training of such health officers overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	121891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not met with the Association of Port Health Authorities. The UK assists the WHO to implement and monitor the International Health Regulations (2005) that include the standards required for port health authorities internationally. The UK will always consider the most appropriate subject matter experts for interventions overseas that improve global health security.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/01/2018 16:37:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

820005

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Bank: Demolition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will assess the potential effect of planned demolitions in the West Bank village of Susiya on (a) the welfare and rights of residents and (b) the human and economic development of Palestinian people living in Area C of the occupied West Bank.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	122077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>I discussed the threat of forcible transfer with the Susiya Bedouin community during my visit there in August 2017.The Israeli authorities have stated their plan to imminently demolish around a third of structures in Susiya, including two clinics, which would stand to affect all residents. Demolitions of Palestinian homes and buildings cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians, are harmful to the peace process and, in most circumstances, are contrary to international humanitarian law. A clear, transparent route to construction for Palestinians in Area C is needed to prevent continued demolitions. According to the World Bank, the removal of the Israeli restrictions on Area C, including restrictions on construction, could result in the West Bank economy being 33% larger by 2025 than it would otherwise be. Officials have repeatedly raised our concerns about proposed demolitions in Susiya with Israeli ministers, including in a joint demarche with European partners on 2 November 2017.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/01/2018 16:36:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

819967

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Furs: Labelling
	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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that consumers are provided with sufficient information on product labels to identify real animal fur in products sold in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	122039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department ensures that there are robust protections in place for consumers. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) requires information given to consumers to be accurate and not misleading. The Regulations prohibit commercial practices, such as labelling, which contain false or misleading information, or which omits material information that a consumers needs to make an informed decision.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the EU regulation on the labelling and marking of textile products (EU Regulation 1007/2011) requires that the presence of non-textile parts of animal origin in textile products, such as leather, beads, pearls and fur, must be clearly labelled in such a way that is not misleading and that the consumer can understand. The labelling of products containing such materials – even in small quantities – must be labelled or marked with the phrase “Contains non-textile parts of animal origin” whenever they are made available on the market.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 16/01/2018 11:56:31 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

819811

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	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	Employment: Disadvantaged
	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 steps she is taking to ensure that people who live in socially deprived areas are aware of their employment rights.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	121883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) provides free and impartial information and advice to employers and employees on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law. Where Acas identifies a potential complaint in relation to National Minimum Wage (NMW), agency workers, working time, gangmasters and agricultural wages rights, it will forward calls to the relevant enforcement body.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government does work to support and promote use of this service, and increase workers’ awareness of their rights. For example, the Government is developing a targeted communications campaign to ensure workers are aware of their rights to the NMW. This will follow the £1.75 million campaign we ran over Spring 2017 to achieve the same ends.</p><p> </p><p>To increase accessibility, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate have also worked with the Romanian and Bulgarian Embassies to produce a leaflet in these respective languages, detailing what the minimum standards workers should expect from employment businesses and agencies are. The same leaflet is also available in English and provides contact numbers for agency workers to raise concerns or complaints. HMRC also carry out risk based enforcement using risk modelling and intelligence that they receive to enforce the NMW on behalf of workers who may not be aware of their rights, and are therefore less likely to complain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 17/01/2018 13:21:25 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

819816

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will remove the 50 per cent faith admissions cap.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
	uin	121888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The department plans to respond to the proposals regarding the establishment of new faith free schools as set out in the consultation document, Schools that work for everyone, in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/01/2018 10:44:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

820537

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Dumping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from representatives of the UK steel industry that the Taxation (Cross Border Trade) Bill might not provide sufficient future protection against unfair "dumping" of goods from other nations; and what action they are taking in response.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL4618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has engaged extensively with business organisations, including the UK steel industry, and has incorporated a wide range of business viewpoints in developing the UK trade remedies framework set out in the Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) and Trade Bills.</p><p>The Government’s first priority is to ensure that UK industries have the protections they need if they suffer injury. That is why the trade remedies provisions will provide real and robust protections to UK industries suffering injury. In order to ensure as much continuity as possible, the Department has also issued a call for evidence, to identify and maintain existing EU trade remedy measures which matter to UK businesses.</p><p>There are differing opinions between individual businesses within the steel industry on remedies and trade defence measures.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 23/01/2018 13:59:03 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

820516

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each of the last five years, what percentage of those taking the DVLA theory test have sat that test more than three times.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL4597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The following data shows the percentage of Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) learners who took their theory test more than three times in the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Delivery Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than 3 attempts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% taking more than 3 attempts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Bike</p></td><td><p>50175</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>0.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>1441604</p></td><td><p>79201</p></td><td><p>5.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>CAR-ABRIDGED</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5.26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC</p></td><td><p>17190</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>3.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3.97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>LGV-HPT</p></td><td><p>28999</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>1.84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>LGV-MC</p></td><td><p>31586</p></td><td><p>966</p></td><td><p>3.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC</p></td><td><p>7478</p></td><td><p>1011</p></td><td><p>13.52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>PCV-HPT</p></td><td><p>7518</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>1.93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>PCV-MC</p></td><td><p>8044</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>2.39%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Delivery Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than 3 attempts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% taking more than 3 attempts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Bike</p></td><td><p>60600</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>0.95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>1663153</p></td><td><p>96729</p></td><td><p>5.82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>CAR-ABRIDGED</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19.23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC</p></td><td><p>24574</p></td><td><p>1004</p></td><td><p>4.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>LGV-HPT</p></td><td><p>33402</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>1.85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>LGV-MC</p></td><td><p>37871</p></td><td><p>1283</p></td><td><p>3.39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC</p></td><td><p>6683</p></td><td><p>896</p></td><td><p>13.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>PCV-HPT</p></td><td><p>7640</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>1.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>PCV-MC</p></td><td><p>8355</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>2.98%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Delivery Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than 3 attempts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% taking more than 3 attempts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Bike</p></td><td><p>69888</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>0.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>1847968</p></td><td><p>115082</p></td><td><p>6.23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>CAR-ABRIDGED</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3.33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC</p></td><td><p>31715</p></td><td><p>1112</p></td><td><p>3.51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>9.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>LGV-HPT</p></td><td><p>46471</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>1.34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>LGV-MC</p></td><td><p>51677</p></td><td><p>1909</p></td><td><p>3.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC</p></td><td><p>6733</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>11.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2.63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>PCV-HPT</p></td><td><p>8102</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>1.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>PCV-MC</p></td><td><p>8851</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>2.96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Delivery Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than 3 attempts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% taking more than 3 attempts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Bike</p></td><td><p>74054</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>1.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>1955241</p></td><td><p>142417</p></td><td><p>7.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>CAR-ABRIDGED</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5.26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC</p></td><td><p>35261</p></td><td><p>1288</p></td><td><p>3.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>717</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>11.44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>LGV-HPT</p></td><td><p>46584</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>1.33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>LGV-MC</p></td><td><p>54266</p></td><td><p>2282</p></td><td><p>4.21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC</p></td><td><p>6728</p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>9.88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5.16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>PCV-HPT</p></td><td><p>7789</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>1.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>PCV-MC</p></td><td><p>8982</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>3.34%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Delivery Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than 3 attempts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% taking more than 3 attempts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Bike</p></td><td><p>72481</p></td><td><p>924</p></td><td><p>1.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>1915556</p></td><td><p>143568</p></td><td><p>7.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>CAR-ABRIDGED</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC</p></td><td><p>35158</p></td><td><p>1447</p></td><td><p>4.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>LGV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>1078</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>13.54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>LGV-HPT</p></td><td><p>43505</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>1.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>LGV-MC</p></td><td><p>52899</p></td><td><p>2245</p></td><td><p>4.24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC</p></td><td><p>6140</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>10.24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>PCV-CPC-Conversion</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3.92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>PCV-HPT</p></td><td><p>6821</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>1.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>PCV-MC</p></td><td><p>8388</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>3.89%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 23/01/2018 14:08:11 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

820529

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the UK meeting the Sustainable Development Goal target of halving the number of road traffic fatalities by 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
	uin	HL4610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK has one of the lowest road traffic fatality rates of all European countries, but we are not complacent. The British Road Safety Statement sets out the Government’s commitment to improve road safety further and reduce the number of people killed or injured on the roads every year and can be viewed on gov.uk and available in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2018 13:11:41 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

820522

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	European Aviation Safety Agency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to negotiate continued membership of the European Aviation Safety Agency after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Razzall
	uin	HL4603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for continued or discontinued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Government’s intention to maintain consistently high standards of aviation safety once we have left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the exit negotiations the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of aviation safety and standards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL4604 question first answered 24/01/2018 13:10:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3275 label Biography information for Lord Razzall