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1110677

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date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Automatic Number Plate Recognition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology is used only to detect and deter criminal activity rather than to enable the generation of parking fines.
tabling member printed	Baroness Brady
uin	HL15141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has prohibited the use of CCTV and ANPR for local authority on-street parking enforcement since 2015 under the Deregulation Act 2015 and the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015. For reasons of child safety and congestion management, parking restrictions near schools, on red routes, in bus lanes, and at bus stand clearways are exempt from this ban. As part of its work to improve the safety of cycling, the Government intends to introduce another exemption that will enable the use of approved camera devices for enforcing parking restrictions in mandatory cycle lanes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/04/2019 10:06:54 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4339 label Biography information for Baroness Brady

1109868

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Closure Motions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many times the closure motion has been moved in the House of Lords in the last 20 years; and on what dates.
tabling member printed	Lord Brabazon of Tara
uin	HL15060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In the last 20 years the closure motion has been moved in the House of Lords 13 times: on 22 July 1999; 6 October 2003; 17 January 2011; 19 January 2011; 21 October 2011; 31 January 2014; 15 March 2019; and six times on 4 April 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 09/04/2019 15:21:52 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	3493 label Biography information for Lord Brabazon of Tara

1109870

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
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	Transplant Surgery: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with UK NHS transplant services the feasibility of establishing a confidential register of those patients who come off the transplant waiting list because they have procured a transplant abroad; and if they do not have any such plans, why they do not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL15062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government seeks to promote an ethical approach to organ donation through international conventions and agreements, such as the Council of Europe Convention on Organ Trafficking; the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, which encourages all countries to draw up legal and professional frameworks to govern organ donation and transplantation activities; and support to the World Health Organization in its work on organ transplantation.</p><p>The Government has no current plans to discuss the feasibility of establishing a confidential register of those patients who come off the transplant waiting list because they have received a transplant outside the United Kingdom. Recipients of transplants outside the UK may or may not come to the attention of NHS services, may have travelled to another country for legitimate reasons and may or may not provide details of the circumstances of any transplant.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 10/04/2019 14:46:03 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1109871

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 3 April (HL14848), whether they will provide in the text of their response to this question a list of the members of (1) the Russell Group, (2) Million+, and (3) University Alliance.
tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
uin	HL15063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Information regarding a list of members of the Russell Group, Million+ and University Alliance is not held centrally. However, information from the members’ websites is reflected in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1) Russell Group Membership</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2) Million+</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3) University Alliance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham University</p></td><td><p>Abertay University</p></td><td><p>UWE Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Bristol</p></td><td><p>Anglia Ruskin</p></td><td><p>University of Greenwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Bath Spa University</p></td><td><p>University of Central Lancashire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff University</p></td><td><p>University of Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>University of Brighton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham University</p></td><td><p>University of Bolton</p></td><td><p>The Open University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>Canterbury Christ Church University</p></td><td><p>Teesside University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Exeter</p></td><td><p>University of Cumbria</p></td><td><p>University of South Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>University of East London</p></td><td><p>University of Salford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial College London</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh Napier University</p></td><td><p>University of Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College London</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Caledonian University</p></td><td><p>Oxford Brookes University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Leeds</p></td><td><p>University of the Highlands and Islands</p></td><td><p>Nottingham Trent University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Leeds Trinity University</p></td><td><p>Kingston University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London School of Economics</p></td><td><p>London Metropolitan University</p></td><td><p>University of Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Manchester</p></td><td><p>London South Bank</p></td><td><p>Coventry University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle University</p></td><td><p>Middlesex University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Southampton Solent University</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Oxford</p></td><td><p>University of Sunderland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Mary University of London</p></td><td><p>University of West London</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen's University Belfast</p></td><td><p>University of the West of Scotland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Sheffield</p></td><td><p>University of Staffordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Southampton</p></td><td><p>University of Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University College London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Warwick</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of York</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Information was taken from the members’ websites on 5 April.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/04/2019 13:12:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1109875

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
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	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who would be (1) financially, and (2) legally, responsible for the clean-up and remediation of fracking sites in the event that the operator becomes insolvent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL15067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the conditions of their Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence, each licensee is responsible for wells drilled under their licence, including their safe plugging and abandonment. Before issuing licences, the Oil and Gas Authority considers the ability of operators to fulfil their responsibilities. In addition, as a matter of policy the Government will assess the financial status of companies wishing to carry out hydraulic fracturing operations, including their ability to fund decommissioning costs, before granting Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC). Hydraulic Fracturing Consent will not be issued unless my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so. The Secretary of State is entitled to refuse HFC and/or, in certain circumstances, can impose conditions to provide additional protections.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant regulators, including the Oil and Gas Authority, Environment Agency, and Health &amp; Safety Executive, will not allow onshore operators to relinquish their licences and permits until they are satisfied that the terms of the relevant permits/licences have been met and that any assets have been safely plugged and abandoned.</p><p> </p><p>Planning permission conditions set by the relevant Minerals Planning Authority (MPA) generally include site restoration to return the land to its former state, as witnessed at Cuadrilla’s former Preese Hall site in Lancashire; the first hydraulically fractured well in the UK. In this case the well has been fully decommissioned in accordance with legislation. MPAs may also take financial security to cover decommissioning costs should they consider it necessary.</p><p> </p><p>If, despite the precautionary measures set out above, the operator was to become insolvent, the liability may fall to other appropriate parties, which may include other licensees or landowners.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/04/2019 14:27:39 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1109876

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
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	Iran: Nuclear Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last discussed policy towards Iran and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with the government of the United States.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL15068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear with the US about our determination to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action at all levels. The Foreign Secretary spoke to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on 5 March regarding Iran, and the British Ambassador in Tehran was in Washington DC meeting a range of representatives in the US Administration during the week of 11 March.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/04/2019 16:02:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1109888

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following Office for National Statistics changes to the recording of student loans in the national accounts, what guidance has been provided to universities regarding their classification, or otherwise, as contracting authorities for the purposes of the Public Service Contracts Regulations 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL15080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announcement is a statistical change. Therefore, there are no changes to the operation of the student loans system or Department for Education departmental accounting.</p><p>In April 2018, the ONS announced that they would review the treatment of student loans – in particular re-examine the classification of student loans as financial assets for government. They argued the stock of student loans has grown rapidly in recent years and a significant proportion of the total value of the loan book is now expected to be cancelled at maturity.</p><p>The ONS announced in December 2018 that the recording of student loans in the national accounts and public sector finances would mean that student loan payments will be split into a portion that is genuine government lending (and will be repaid) and a portion that is government spending (which is not expected to be repaid).</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/04/2019 13:36:38 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1109889

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assess the likely level of personation that could occur at polling stations in the May 2019 local elections; and whether they will obtain from Electoral Registration Officers for those elections the number of tendered ballot papers issued in each local authority area.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL15081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission collate information on allegations of electoral fraud, including personation, at elections and in due course will publish a report covering all polls held in 2019.</p><p>The Government has no plans to ask Electoral Registration Officers to provide information on the number of tendered ballot papers issued in each local authority. Whilst details of tendered ballot papers issued are recorded at each polling station, numbers are not totalled and there is no requirement to record this number.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 11/04/2019 11:34:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

1109560

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Human-animal Hybrid Embryos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the medical conditions for which interspecies nuclear transfer has provided the first effective treatments; and how many human-admixed embryos have been produced in each year since the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL15029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no medical conditions for which interspecies nuclear transfer has provided effective treatments.</p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (HFEA) has advised that, in 2008, 155 admixed embryos were produced in a HFEA licensed research project. No admixed embryos have been produced in HFEA licensed research projects in any other year to date.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 10/04/2019 14:33:45 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1109561

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Brunei
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy regarding the deportation of LGBT asylum seekers to Brunei.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL15030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>We have not formed a general position on asylum seekers from Brunei because we had, as at the end of 2018, received no claims since at least 2001.</p><p><br>However, all asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations.</p><p><br>Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw. Asylum decision makers also have access to an information request service for specific enquiries to deal with particular issues raised in individual claims.</p><p><br>Guidance on how we consider claims based on sexual orientation more generally is available on the Gov.UK website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/04/2019 12:43:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker