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1105828

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home Sentencing for animal cruelty in England and Wales, published in 2017, what plans they have to introduce legislation to increase the maximum sentence for the most serious cases of animal cruelty from six months to five years imprisonment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Selkirk of Douglas
	uin	HL14914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to the highest standards of animal welfare and the Government has announced that it will increase the custodial maximum penalty for animal cruelty from 6 months' to 5 years' imprisonment as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/04/2019 11:35:50 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	802 label Biography information for Lord Selkirk of Douglas

1105835

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	Thames Tideway Tunnel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel is (1) on time, and (2) on budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL14921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Thames Tideway Tunnel is being financed and built by Bazalgette Tunnel Limited, also known as Tideway. Tideway report quarterly to Government on progress. In their most recent report, covering October to December 2018, Tideway report that construction is on track. The tunnel will be operational by 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Tideway issued a press release on 4 April which outlines recent progress and updates their latest cost estimate. Their revised estimate is £3.361 billion (in 2014/15 prices), which is an increase of £217m on the £3.144 billion baseline set at the start of the project. Tideway estimates that it does not change the estimated £20-25 peak annual cost for Thames Water customers (in 2014/15 prices), as overall costs remain within that range. This level of increase has no impact on the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/04/2019 15:34:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1105837

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the latest estimated costs of the HS2 project; and when the line is expected to open.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL14923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review confirmed a funding envelope for the whole of HS2 of £55.7bn in 2015 prices.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd has been set Delivery-In-Service targets by Government under its Development Agreement, which are to deliver initial Phase One services from 2026 and the whole HS2 network by 2033.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd is currently working with their contracted suppliers to update and agree the latest cost and schedule positions for Phase One. Once completed we will make these details public as part of the Phase One Full Business Case, which is due for publication later in 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 11/04/2019 14:25:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1105808

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Thames House: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they gave to pedestrian safety when deciding to block off the pavement outside 12 Millbank.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL14894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament scrutinises the policies, expenditure, administration and operations of the intelligence agencies on behalf of Parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/04/2019 13:43:04 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1105809

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Thames House: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with whom they consulted before deciding to block off the pavement outside 12 Millbank; and whether they conducted an equality impact assessment on that blockage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL14895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament scrutinises the policies, expenditure, administration and operations of the intelligence agencies on behalf of Parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/04/2019 13:41:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1105810

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Thames House: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Security Service is liable for any (1) deaths of, and (2) injuries to, pedestrians as a result of their decision to block the pavement outside 12 Millbank.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL14896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament scrutinises the policies, expenditure, administration and operations of the intelligence agencies on behalf of Parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/04/2019 15:19:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra