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717781

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date	04/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 22 March (HL6061), what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the small diesel engine to get an electric Inter City Express train from Newark to Doncaster over the 51-mile diversionary route via Swinderby; and how long it would take to complete that journey.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL6590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The small engine installed on the electric Intercity Express trains is intended as a means of moving the train to the nearest station in the event of disruption. As such, journey times between Newark and Doncaster via Swinderby have not been assessed. It is planned that the Bi mode trains in the fleet will operate on the diversionary route via Lincoln during times of perturbation and engineering works. Bi mode trains are capable of reaching line speed.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/04/2017 12:12:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

717805

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to establish clear objectives for all aspects of future environmental protection in the UK; and when those objectives will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL6614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to being the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we found it. We will publish a 25 year environment plan during this Parliament to support that ambition. It will build on our long history of environmental protection, and set out our future approach to managing the environment.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/04/2017 11:59:09 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

717206

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to appoint a successor to David Prout as Director General of the HS2 Group; and what the selection process will be.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL6507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The recruitment and selection process for the Director General for High Speed Rail Group will be agreed following the appointment of the new Permanent Secretary, which is expected to be announced by late April 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/04/2017 12:15:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

717207

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which universities are partners in university technical colleges; and which technical specialisms those universities support.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL6508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>There are 48 open UTCs. The attachment lists their technical specialism and their university sponsors. The universities support the specialisms in a range of ways.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 06/04/2017 15:54:15 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL6508 Attachment.docx title 48 UTCs
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

717208

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to encourage more universities to become involved in the university technical colleges programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL6509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>We outlined in the <em>Schools that Work for Everyone</em> consultation our proposals for universities having a greater involvement in the establishment and sponsorship of schools including UTCs. The consultation ended on 12 December 2016. The results of the consultation and the department’s response will be published on GOV.UK in Spring 2017.</p><p>We have awarded a grant to the Baker Dearing Educational Trust to provide advice, guidance and support to universities and others wishing to submit applications to establish University Technical Colleges (UTCs).</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 06/04/2017 15:55:42 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

717210

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Primodos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 28 March (HL6261), whether they will meet with Marie Lyon and representatives of the Primodos victims support group.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>One of the terms of reference of the Expert Working Group on Hormonal Pregnancy Tests is to consider what lessons may be learnt for further improving existing regulatory systems to identify, monitor and minimise any adverse effects of medicines in pregnancy. The regulatory, legal and social landscape has changed significantly since hormonal pregnancy tests were on the market; many of these changes have been driven by previous experience. The Group will consider the processes and tools that were available to the United Kingdom regulator when hormonal pregnancy tests were on the market and make recommendations for any changes necessary to further improve the capability of current regulatory systems to identify, monitor and minimise any adverse effects of medicines in pregnancy. This will include all aspects of medicines regulation, from the assessment of safety pre-authorisation to communication of an identified risk.</p><p>There has been continued engagement with the Association for Children Damaged by Hormonal Pregnancy Tests throughout the Expert Working Group review process. I am meeting the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests and representatives of the Association in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6515 question first answered 06/04/2017 11:03:19 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

717214

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy Tests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 28 March (HL6261), whether the Expert Working Group on Hormonal Pregnancy Tests will review (1) the terms of reference of (a) the Committee on the Safety of Medicines, and (b) the Metabolic Research Unit, when determining what lessons may be learnt for further improving existing regulatory systems to identify, monitor and minimise any adverse effects of medicines in pregnancy, (2) the need to assemble and assess reports of adverse reactions to drugs trials, and (3) how ministers should be advised of the outcomes of those trials.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>One of the terms of reference of the Expert Working Group on Hormonal Pregnancy Tests is to consider what lessons may be learnt for further improving existing regulatory systems to identify, monitor and minimise any adverse effects of medicines in pregnancy. The regulatory, legal and social landscape has changed significantly since hormonal pregnancy tests were on the market; many of these changes have been driven by previous experience. The Group will consider the processes and tools that were available to the United Kingdom regulator when hormonal pregnancy tests were on the market and make recommendations for any changes necessary to further improve the capability of current regulatory systems to identify, monitor and minimise any adverse effects of medicines in pregnancy. This will include all aspects of medicines regulation, from the assessment of safety pre-authorisation to communication of an identified risk.</p><p>There has been continued engagement with the Association for Children Damaged by Hormonal Pregnancy Tests throughout the Expert Working Group review process. I am meeting the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests and representatives of the Association in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL6511 question first answered 06/04/2017 11:03:19 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

717215

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey published in March, whether they intend to review the highways maintenance funding formula allocations which have been established for the financial years to 2020–21.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL6516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport undertook a review of and consultation on the Highways Maintenance capital block grant formula in 2015. A data refresh will take place in consultation with local highway authorities in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport published its latest assessment, Road Conditions in England in March 2017. This assessment shows that local classified roads are improving, with fewer local roads needing to be considered for maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is making available over £6 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, between 2015 and 2021 for local highways maintenance. This includes £250 million from the Pothole Action Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/04/2017 12:14:51 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

717225

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
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	Hare Coursing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many reported hare coursing offences there have been in each year from 2010 until the latest year for which records are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL6526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of notifiable crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. However, hare coursing is not a notifiable offence so this information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:22 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

717226

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
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	Hare Coursing
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 deterrent effect of fines for persons convicted of hare coursing, in the light of the finding by the House Commons Library that the average fine is £256.43.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL6527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>Under the Hunting Act 2004, an individual can receive an unlimited fine if found guilty of illegal hunting or hare coursing. Sentencing and the level of fine imposed if a person is found guilty is a matter for the courts.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 06/04/2017 15:12:40 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley