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169311

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M4
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether documentation held by the Highways Agency on the M4 junctions smart motorway proposals includes any reference to the charging of motorists within those junctions.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>In order to make sure that the local community and road users have the opportunity to understand and comment on our proposals for the M4 Junctions 3 to 12 smart motorway scheme, we are undertaking a public consultation which will end on 21 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The proposals do not include any reference to the charging of motorists, and therefore is not included in any of the documentation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/12/2014 13:18:42 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

169326

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Aircraft Carriers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether new money has been provided from the contingency funds of HM Treasury or the Ministry of Defence to run the second aircraft carrier or whether the Royal Navy has been told to do so within present funding boundaries.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL3612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The cost associated with the operation of a second aircraft carrier is the subject of future planning rounds.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 16/12/2014 17:28:42 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

169342

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the recent United Nations efforts to remove rubble in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL3628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Rubble clearance is underway in Gaza, although much still remains to be done. Efforts are complicated by the dangers of unexploded ordnance concealed beneath the rubble. The UK pledged £20 million for early recovery and reconstruction in Gaza, including support for short-term employment schemes that provide an income to local people to assist with rubble clearance and infrastructure repair.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 17/12/2014 12:37:05 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

169355

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the United Kingdom has a visa waiver agreement with Israel when the United States does not.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK sets its visa regimes in light of immigration, crime and security risks, amongst other factors, and keeps these regimes under regular review. These risks and other factors vary between countries who set visa regimes, so it is quite natural that the United States and the UK will have different visa requirements for the same set of foreign nationals. The UK has no ‘visa waiver agreement’ with Israel.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/12/2014 15:29:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

169356

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the admission into the United Kingdom to speak publicly of Professor Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and his reported remarks that the sisters and mothers of terrorists should be raped as a deterrent, whether they intend to reconsider the retention of the visa waiver agreement with Israel.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. This is because the Home Office has obligations in law to protect this information. The UK does not require Israeli citizens to hold a visa to visit the UK. Nevertheless, the Home Secretary can, in individual cases, decide whether a person should be excluded from the UK regardless of whether they require a visa to come to the UK or not. The UK sets its visa regimes in light of immigration, crime and security risks, amongst other factors, and keeps these regimes under regular review. The UK has no ‘visa waiver agreement’ with Israel.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/12/2014 15:27:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

169357

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the visa waiver agreement with Israel permits individuals undertaking, permitting or financing illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to travel freely between Israel and the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>In the same way as any other person admitted or granted entry to the UK, an Israeli citizen is expected to comply with the conditions of their stay in the UK and to abide by UK laws. Furthermore, watch list checks at the UK border identify persons who present a potential threat to the UK. The UK has no ‘visa waiver agreement’ with Israel.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/12/2014 15:26:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

169363

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for shoplifting in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	218070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Theft from a shop is one way in which the offence of Theft contrary to Section 1(1) &amp; 7 of the Theft Act 1968 is committed. There is no specific offence of that title. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of <strong>prosecutions</strong> for the specific offence of shoplifting. Identifying the number of prosecutions in which there was one or more charges relating to theft from a shop would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS does maintain a central record of the number of <strong>offences</strong> of shoplifting charged under section 1 of the Theft Act 1968 in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing in magistrates’ courts. It is not possible to identify the number of defendants or cases prosecuted from this data. The table below shows the number of shoplifting offences that reached a first hearing for the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Theft Act 1968 { 1(1) and 7 }: Theft from a shop</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>111,386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>115,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>116,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>113,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>124,621</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS’s offences data provides no indication of the final prosecution outcome, or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is also often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 15/12/2014 16:08:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

169365

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Holiday Leave: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216899, what terms of reference have been set for the taskforce; and if he will publish the taskforce's membership and the date by which it has been asked to conclude its work.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	218111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Taskforce is comprised of representatives from the CBI, Institute of Directors, British Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, the Engineering Employers Federation, the Construction Engineering Contractors Association, the British Retail Consortium and GC100. Officials from my Department, HM Treasury, HMRC, Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions also attend.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the group is to discuss ways to limit the judgment’s impact on business. This encompasses both issues relating to backpay and management of future workforce planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has set no fixed date for conclusion of the Taskforce’s work. Managing matters relating to holiday pay is an ongoing issue and we will be happy to continue this engagement with business organisations for as long as necessary.<br></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 15:56:04 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

169367

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate how much his Department has spent in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
tabling member printed	Sarah Newton
uin	218204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>This information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost as the Department does not report how much spending it makes within individual Counties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My hon Friend may wish to know that the range of activities undertaken by the Department includes direct and indirect support, advice and information all of which has associated cost. However, since May 2010 the Department has routinely published details of all expenditure. This includes the name of the supplier/recipient, the postcode, amount and purpose. This information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-spending-totals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-spending-totals</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 15:55:07 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton

169368

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the total income lost each year to employees who are entitled to but are not paid the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	218189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There is no reliable estimate of the total income lost each year as a result of non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Office for National Statistics estimates of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) show that there were 236,000 jobs with pay less than the NMW held by employees aged 16 and over in April 2014. This constituted 0.9% of UK employee jobs.</p><p> </p><p>However, although it is our best measure of earnings, ASHE is not a complete measure of non-compliance as, for example, it does not account for employers making authorised deductions for accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Calculating the income lost would require more assumptions to be made about the level of underpayment for individual jobs and would be significantly less robust.</p><p> </p><p>We have increased the resources available for enforcement, strengthening HMRC’s capacity to investigate complaints and target employers where the likelihood of non-compliance is highest. We have also increased the sanctions for non-compliance. Employers will face a maximum penalty of £20,000 per worker and will be publicly named and shamed. Any worker who feels they are not getting what they are due can call the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 15:52:07 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms