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760018

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date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much overseas aid they have given to Pakistan in each of the past five years; and of that, how much has specifically been committed to the promotion of (1) the protection of minorities, and (2) freedom of religion or belief.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The DFID Annual Report includes the following figures for aid spend in Pakistan for the last five years;</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 £203.1 Million</p><p>2013-14 £253 M</p><p>2014-15 £249 M</p><p>2015-16 £336.2 M</p><p>2016-17 £422.1M</p><p> </p><p>£39.5 million has been committed to the Voice and Accountability programme (AAWAZ) which aims to ensure that democratic processes are more open, inclusive and accountable to citizens in Pakistan. It focuses on three areas:</p><p> </p><p>1- Women’s and minority rights, their political participation and decision making;</p><p>2- Tolerance and prevention of violence (inter-faith, sectarian and gender-based)</p><p>3- Increasing the accountability and responsiveness of the state to citizens’ demands for improved service delivery (particularly on health and education).</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/09/2017 12:02:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

760019

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken an impact assessment of the effect on individuals and communities unable to access conventional bus services of their proposals to require community transport operators to hold a conventional PCV operator's licence.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Not all community transport operators are required to hold a PSV operator’s licence. This only applies to operators who do not fit into one of the relevant exemptions to EU Regulation 1071/2009, which has applied in the UK since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult on the issue and use of section 19 and section 22 permits later this year. The consultation will be accompanied by an Impact Assessment focussing on the potential effects for operators who use permits.</p><p>We are working with community transport and local authority organisations to understand better the potential impacts.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/09/2017 13:03:13 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

760020

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Amazon: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research Bookselling Britain that bookshops pay 11 times more tax than Amazon, and whether they have plans to address this.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL1576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK levies corporation tax on companies based on the profits generated by their economic activity undertaken in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a number of recent changes to reinforce that principle, including a restriction to the deductibility of corporate interest expense, which is due to increase receipts by around £1bn per annum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also continues to consider, at both a domestic and international level, whether the existing tax rules deliver that principle for new digital business models. For instance, the UK actively supports the OECD’s Task Force on the Digital Economy, which has been mandated to explore these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/09/2017 09:59:44 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

760021

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	Bookshops: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many bookshops have closed in the UK since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL1577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, there were 2,005 retail units specialised in selling books in the UK, compared to 2,055 in 2010 (ONS business counts).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 04/10/2017 11:40:02 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

760022

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Police and Prison Officers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether pay increases during this financial year for police and prison officers will be paid for from existing budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
uin	HL1578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>As the Chief Secretary to the Treasury set out in the Written Ministerial Statement laid on 12<sup>th</sup> September, pay awards for 2017/18 for police and prison officers will be funded within existing budgets.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/09/2017 10:38:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

760024

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	International Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish a summary of the verdicts and punishments imposed by all international courts and tribunals associated with the United Nations relating to breaches by individuals of international law in the last 20 years, including those imposed by the International Criminal Court.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>Support for international criminal justice and accountability is a fundamental element of UK foreign policy. International courts and tribunals, including the International Criminal Court, have an important role to play in global efforts to end impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern by holding perpetrators to account and achieving justice for victims. The institutions report regularly on their activities and publish up-to-date details of convictions and sentences on their publicly accessible websites. The Government does not intend to publish a summary of such information at this time.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/09/2017 15:04:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

760025

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the guidance issued by NHS England to clinical commissioning groups in May stating that all areas of the country should have a system in place from September to ensure that all new GP referrals are subject to clinical peer review, how they define such reviews.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL1581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>Clinical peer reviews are a simple way for general practitioners (GPs) to support each other and help patients get the best care, from the right person at the right time, without having to make unnecessary trips to hospital. More than half of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have already implemented some form of clinical peer review system and the NHS England guidance will help ensure best practice is shared to the remaining local commissioners.</p><p> </p><p>There is flexibility in how local CCGs and their GPs implement prospective internal clinical peer review, but it should see GPs reviewing each other’s new referrals to provide constructive feedback in a safe learning environment. Delivering prospective internal peer review will help ensure that all patients get access to the optimum care pathway. It should not be established as an approval process and the referring GP retains responsibility for the patient and makes the final decision.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 21/09/2017 12:09:27 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

760026

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Judicial Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legal cases have been filed against the Department of Health about public health matters in each of the last five years; and how many are currently in progress.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL1582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department and the Government Legal Department do not categorise cases as specifically relating to ‘public health’. According to Government Legal Department records, the approximate total number of judicial review cases brought against the Department in each of the last five years is shown in the following table. 42 cases are recorded as active as of 15 September 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cases brought</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Data from the Government Legal Department.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 21/09/2017 12:10:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

760027

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when ministers last (1) met, and (2) had discussions with, representatives of Southern Rail.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL1583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>My Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the Hon Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard MP) as Rail Minister met with GTR in June and the Secretary of State met with GTR in July.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/09/2017 13:04:07 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

760028

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations ministers have received regarding passenger services on Southern Rail.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL1584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Ministers receive numerous representations about Southern Rail from individuals and organisations – through both formal and informal channels. The government is committed to making sure passengers receive the reliable, high quality services on Southern they deserve, and I am encouraged that the Public Performance Measure of punctuality is currently at 82% compared to 62% in early December 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/09/2017 13:04:40 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon