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1676506

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date	07/12/2023
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
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answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Telephone Systems
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost to public funds of replacing the Siemens telephone system on the parliamentary estate with the Microsoft Polycom system; and what plans they have to replace the standard desk telephone sets with ones which are easier to use by those with impaired visual capability.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. The cost of the original programme that replaced Parliament’s copper wire telephone system with voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephony, including the Microsoft Polycom handsets, was £8.3 million. It was necessary to update the telephony as the previous telephone system was end of life and can no longer be supported or maintained.</p><p>Members and other Parliamentary users with visual impairments can use speech recognition software to use Teams. Support is available from the Parliamentary Digital Service for anyone requiring help to use the system. As part of implementation of a new telephony solution for Parliament in the first half of 2024 the Voice Programme team is exploring options for more user-friendly telephone handsets including accessible solutions for visually impaired users.</p> answering member printed Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall question first answered 19/12/2023 13:55:18 answering member 2506 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1470890

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date	15/06/2022
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	Animals: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to reduce the number of animals that can be brought into the UK in non-commercial vehicles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayman of Ullock
uin	HL989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>We have introduced the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill into Parliament. This Bill includes a provision to reduce the number of pet dogs, cats and ferrets that can travel in one non-commercial movement from five per person to five per vehicle, or three per person if they are a foot passenger.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill also includes a power to make regulations about the importation of pet animals into Great Britain for the purpose of promoting animal welfare. This will allow us to bring in new restrictions on the commercial import and non-commercial movement of pets on welfare grounds such as: increasing the minimum age that dogs can be moved for non-commercial purposes, or commercially imported, into Great Britain; prohibiting the importation of heavily pregnant dams, and dogs which have been subjected to low welfare practices such as ear cropping or tail docking. Under our proposals volumes would drop further if animals can no longer travel into Great Britain if they are not compliant with these new restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill was successful in obtaining a carry-over motion on 25 April and was reintroduced in Parliament on 11 May 2022 following the Queens speech. We are preparing for Commons report stage which will take place as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 29/06/2022 16:41:30 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1332162

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports
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 potential use of import substitution in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>HM Government has made no formal assessment of the potential use of import substitution in the UK. However, this Government pursues a free trade policy that is open and fair and is a strong supporter of the rules-based international system.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 22/06/2021 13:32:41 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753301

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the US regarding bringing forward repairs to the Wideawake airfield runway on Ascension.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence, the lead Government Department for the refurbishment of the Wideawake runway, continues to liaise closely and regularly with the US Department of Defense and State Department regarding their plans for the interim repair work and a full resurfacing programme. The UK Government continues to work with the US to scope options to bring forward the refurbishment, but due to the remote nature of Ascension Island options are limited by logistical constraints.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/07/2017 14:05:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham