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714925

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date	29/03/2017
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	Horses: Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to publish the new Code of Practice for the keeping of equines.
tabling member printed	Lord De Mauley
uin	HL6413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>We are currently aiming to lay the updated statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids before Parliament before the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Equine Sector Council for their assistance and expertise in updating the code.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/04/2017 16:29:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley

714927

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War I: Military Decorations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what regulations apply to the preservation of King's Colours laid up across the country after the First World War.
tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
uin	HL6415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no regulations which apply to the preservation of King's Colours laid up across the country after the First World War. Service Battalion Colours, once laid up, are intended to remain where deposited in perpetuity. When deemed completely disintegrated, the remains are to be buried with the staff, lion and crown colour pole mount, in consecrated ground without any marking.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6416 question first answered 04/04/2017 14:21:45 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

714943

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the position paper published by the Gambling Commission in March concerning online gambling using virtual in-game currencies, whether they will take further steps to protect children from being exposed to such gambling.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL6429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Where online gambling using virtual in-game currencies is offered to British consumers located in Britain, a Gambling Commission license is required and licensing requirements to protect children and the vulnerable must be met including measures to prevent underage gambling.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission has a range of enforcement powers available. In February 2017, following a prosecution brought by the Gambling Commission, two Directors of Game Gold Tradings Limited, a company which operated as FutGalaxy.com (an unlicensed gambling website) entered guilty pleas to offences under the Gambling Act 2005.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps this issue under review will not hesitate to take action if it is needed to protect young people from gambling-related harm.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/04/2017 12:31:30 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

714944

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the position paper by the Gambling Commission published in March drawing attention to the risk of users of social casino games transitioning to real money gambling, whether they will take steps to restrict children’s access to social casino games.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL6430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>Social gaming is already covered by existing consumer protection legislation and other regulatory bodies. Evidence of the transition from social games to real money gambling is limited, however the Gambling Commission continue to monitor participation in social casino games. The Gambling Commission position paper, published in March 2017, concluded that there is not a persuasive case to pursue further regulatory intervention in social gaming.</p><p>The Government expects the social casino industry to adopt a socially responsible approach and awareness of potential harm.</p><p> </p><p>Government will not hesitate to take action if it is needed to protect young people from gambling-related harm.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/04/2017 12:32:23 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

714968

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of RAF pilots who already possess private pilot’s licences on joining the service.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
uin	HL6452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held. The RAF does not record extra-curricular qualifications held by entrants into the RAF.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/04/2017 14:47:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

714770

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which government departments are responsible for their own procurement.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>All central government departments are responsible for their own procurement.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) provides a range of commercial services to the public sector to enable departments to achieve best value for money from their procurement.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 16:14:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

714771

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which professional bodies the civil service seeks support to discharge procurement responsibilities, broken down by department.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>HM Government works with a number of professional bodies to discharge its procurement and commercial activities, principally the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM).</p><p> </p><p>A detailed breakdown of departments’ dealings with these organisations is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 03/04/2017 16:14:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

714779

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to replace the UK's representative to the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence in Riga, and if so when.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL6399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom (UK) continues to support strategic communications as an important element of NATO's renewed deterrence and defence posture. The next UK member of staff at the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence is due to take up their appointment in August 2017.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/04/2017 14:57:10 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

714280

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	CH2M Hill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 16 March (HL5813 and HL5815), since HS2 Ltd, Thames Water Utilities Ltd and Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd are all private limited companies, why the information requested is available for HS2 but not the other companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL6301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is funded by the Government, whereas Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd and Thames Water Utilities Ltd are not, and as such, different arrangements apply in respect of the information which the Government can request from them and the extent to which it can be disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>In the particular case of information about CH2M Hill staff referred to in the noble Lord’s previous question (HL5813), this is not required by the Secretary of State to carry out her functions, and Defra therefore does not hold it.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/04/2017 16:13:06 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

714296

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Air Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by the Prime Minister on 8 March 2017 (HC Deb, col 807), what data they have collected that shows an improvement in air quality in recent years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL6317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK's National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) is compiled annually to report total emissions by pollutant and source sector in a systematic way, and to facilitate compliance with EU emission ceilings and targets.</p><p>An overview of this information and the trends in air pollution since 1970 is publicly available in the latest National Statistics publication ‘Air Pollutants in the UK, 1970 to 2015’, which was published on 21 December 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions data demonstrate a long term decrease in the emissions of all of the main air pollutants between 1970 and 2015. Emissions of:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>sulphur dioxide (SO<sub>2</sub>) reduced by 96%;</p></li><li><p>nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 69%;</p></li><li><p>non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) by 66%;</p></li><li><p>particulate matter: PM<sub>10</sub> by 73% and PM<sub>2.5</sub> by 76%.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) emissions from agriculture decreased by 19% between 1990 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the emissions inventory indicates that levels of all these pollutants continued to decrease in 2015, with the exception of ammonia and PM<sub>2.5</sub>. The most prominent examples of this are:</p><ul><li>Emissions of sulphur dioxide further decreased by 23% from 2015 compared to 2014, dropping to the lowest level so far since 1970.</li><li>Emissions of nitrogen oxides decreased in 2015 compared to 2014 by 4.0%, dropping to the lowest level so far since 1970.</li></ul><p>The trajectories of emissions levels for each of the key pollutants for the UK, in each year since 1970, based on the data that are available, are set out in the attached graph.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/04/2017 16:16:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name HL6317 - Long Term Emissions Trends (1970-2015).pdf title Long Term Emissions Trends (1970-2015)
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton