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1611036

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date	17/04/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Kazakhstan: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the remarks of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 18 March that the UK’s relationship with Kazakhstan has “great growth potential”, what assessment they have made of Kazakhstan’s support for Russia’s evasion of sanctions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government welcomes the public commitments made by the Government of Kazakhstan that it will not be a back door for sanctions evasion. The measures that Kazakhstan is implementing to prevent sanctions circumvention have been part of our bilateral dialogue over the last year. Senior officials from the FCDO sanctions team are visiting Kazakhstan this month to discuss sanctions enforcement with the Kazakh Government. We look forward to ongoing close consultation in this area.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/04/2023 10:41:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1611037

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Requirements: Pupils
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to deliver on their commitment in the UK–France Joint Leaders’ Declaration of 10 March to ease the travel of school groups to the UK by making changes to documentary requirements for schoolchildren on organised trips from France.
tabling member printed	Lord Anderson of Ipswich
uin	HL7096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>At the summit in Paris on 10 March 2023 the UK committed to ease the travel of school groups to the UK by making changes to documentary requirements for schoolchildren on organised trips from France.</p><p>We are currently working through the details of implementation and more information, including timescales, will be provided in due course.</p><p>This agreement with France will help to strengthen and maintain educational and cultural links with our closest continental neighbour. We will keep the position under review and ensure that we continue to operate our border in the UK's best interests.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 02/05/2023 16:32:53 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4705 label Biography information for Lord Anderson of Ipswich

1611038

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: South East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the budget for the A2/M2 Connected Corridor project for 2018–2020 including the cost of (1) consultants, and (2) feasibility studies, both within the budget and including those covered by (i) other budgets, or (ii) EU funding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL7104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The final overall cost, including all feasibility studies, consultancy and contractor costs, was £9.5 million of which £3.5 million was received from the European Union Connecting Europe Facility fund.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/04/2023 15:43:10 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1611039

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hkalam Samson
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Myanmar regarding the six-year prison sentence imposed on the former President of the Kachin Baptist Convention, Reverend Dr Hkalam Samson, on 7 April; and what steps they have taken in response to the sentence.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL7111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns the arbitrary detention of politicians, civil society members and journalists by the military regime, including the former President of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), Reverend Dr Hkalam Samson. On 18 April, the UK Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief called for his immediate release and for the release of all those arbitrarily detained in Myanmar. On 21 December 2022 the UK coordinated a landmark UN Security Council Resolution which urged immediate action by the military regime to release all those in arbitrary detention.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2023 16:59:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1611040

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Jimmy Lai
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding the imprisonment of the British citizen Jimmy Lai.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL7112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary set out our views regarding developments in Hong Kong with State Councillor Wang Yi in February. We continue to use our channels with the Chinese Government to make clear to the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities our strong opposition to the National Security Law. The deliberate targeting of journalists and businessmen such as Mr Lai is unacceptable. The Minister for the Indo-Pacific met representatives of Mr. Lai's international legal team on 10 January and raised Mr Lai's case with Christopher Hui, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, on 18 April. Senior officials have and will continue to raise cases such as Mr Lai's with the Hong Kong authorities. Diplomats at our Consulate-General in Hong Kong will continue to attend Mr Lai's court proceedings.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2023 16:59:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1611041

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to sanction officials of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region who are responsible for enforcing the Hong Kong national security law against pro-democracy campaigners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL7113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>We have made clear our strong objection to the National Security Law (NSL), which is being used to stifle opposition and criminalise dissent in Hong Kong. We have taken a number of measures in response to the situation in Hong Kong, including the bespoke immigration route for British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)s), the suspension of the UK-Hong Kong extradition treaty and the extension of the arms embargo applied to China to Hong Kong. We keep all potential sanctions designations under close review. It would not be appropriate to speculate about future sanctions measures as to do so could reduce their impact.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2023 17:00:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1611042

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Diplomatic Service: Political Impartiality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 4 April (HL6671), what guidance is given to British diplomats on maintaining political impartiality when they are acting privately in a public setting, as distinct from carrying out their diplomatic responsibilities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL7117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>British diplomats are respected around the world because of the high standards to which they hold themselves, of which the Diplomatic Service Code is a key part. The private conduct of British diplomats is governed by the Diplomatic Service Code, contained in the Diplomatic Service Regulations (DSRs) as DSR1. DSR36 of these Regulations also highlights the requirements relating to political activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2023 15:53:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1611043

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide, in the form of a table, the number of families who they forecast will take up the Healthy Start Scheme in the current year, alongside the figures for the previous five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL7118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>We have no current plans to make a forecast of the number of families who will take up the Healthy Start scheme in the current year. Forecast data for the previous five years is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme in the previous five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month and year</p></td><td><p>Number of beneficiaries on the scheme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>320,613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>289,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>274,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021</p></td><td><p>337,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>315,851</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL7207 question first answered 25/04/2023 14:55:17 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1611044

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Solar Power: Fire Hazards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of fires arising from solar photovoltaic panels.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL7119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Research funded by Government between 2015 and 2018 by the Building Research Establishment indicates the risk from solar PV fires is very low. Government continues to work with industry to make solar even safer and ensure best practice. In February 2023 RISCAuthority, the Microgeneration Certification Scheme and Solar Energy UK published an updated Joint Code of Practice on recommendations for fire risk prevention in UK solar systems.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 02/05/2023 10:51:16 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1611045

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electricity Storage Health and Safety Governance Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what organisations are members of the electricity Storage Health and Safety Governance Group; and when it last met.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL7120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Electrical Storage Health and Safety Governance Group last met on 13<sup>th</sup> March 2023. Member organisations include: the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the National Physical Laboratory, the Health and Safety Executive, the Office for Product Safety and Standards, London Fire Brigade, Kent Fire and Rescue Services, the National Fire Chief’s Council, the Association For Renewable Energy and Clean Technology, the National Association of Professional Inspectors and Testers, the British Association of Electrotechnical Allied Manufacturers Association, the British Standards Institution, the University of Newcastle, the Institute for Engineering and Technology, the Energy Institute, and representatives from both the domestic and grid-scale energy storage industry as well as engineering consultancies.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 02/05/2023 10:51:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath