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1586046

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date	09/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of whether the aviation sector is on track to achieve Jet Zero without the Government intervening to incentivise change.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The Jet Zero Strategy commits the aviation sector to achieving net zero UK aviation emissions by 2050 – or “Jet Zero” - and sets out a clear framework for how the sector will decarbonise. Through the Strategy, we have introduced an in-sector CO<sub>2</sub> emissions reduction trajectory from 2025 to 2050, against which we will monitor the sector’s progress on an annual basis from 2025.</p><p> </p><p>As with all sectors, there is a key role for Government, alongside industry, in helping to deliver the change to end carbon emissions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/02/2023 15:06:39 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1405029

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cricket: Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take, alongside sporting bodies and associations, to tackle racism in cricket.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>Racism has no place in cricket, sport, or wider society. The Government is committed to ensuring that sports bodies do all they can to tackle racism and all forms of discrimination.</p><p>In December 2021 DCMS’s arm’s-length bodies UK Sport and Sport England published an <a href="https://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2021/12/07/a-code-for-sports-governance-update" target="_blank">updated version of the Code for Sport Governance</a>. As part of this, sports at Tier Three of the Code are required to publish an annual diversity and inclusion action plan with Sport England and/or UK Sport.</p><p>Sport England, UK Sport, and the other sports councils across the UK also published the results of a detailed, independent review into tackling racism and racial inequality in sport. In December 2021, the five Sports Councils released a <a href="https://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2021/12/21/tackling-racism-and-racial-inequality-in-sport-6-month-update" target="_blank">joint update</a> outlining the current actions being taken to address the commitments.</p><p>The Government welcomes the recent developments from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC). We will continue to monitor their actions, including the implementation of the ECB’s new <a href="https://resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document/2021/11/26/fcc98918-3246-4d5c-9d8c-ccee2dc193ba/ECB-EDI-Action-Plan-2021.pdf" target="_blank">plan for diversity and inclusion</a> and YCCC’s pledge to work with it on a game-wide diversity and inclusion action plan.</p><p>The Government will continue to liaise with the cricket authorities on tackling racism and hold them to account on this. We reserve the right to take further measures if necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 31/01/2022 15:27:18 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

1203082

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personation: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make the creation of false personas online, for the purpose of coercing people into fraudulent relationships, a criminal offence.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the harms caused by identity crime and that criminals use false identities to commit and enable a range of offences. We are deeply concerned by the growth in scale and complexity of scams and fraudulent activity online. Victims can suffer both financial and emotional harm, and we are conscious that criminals exploit social relationships to achieve their objectives.</p><p> </p><p>Where a person:</p><ul><li><p>dishonestly makes a false representation knowing that it is untrue or misleading, or knowing that it might be, and</p></li><li><p>they intend to make a gain, to cause loss to another, or to expose another to a risk of loss</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>then they will be committing an offence under section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 of fraud by false representation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is firmly committed to making the UK the safest place to be online, and we are looking to bring forward legislation to do so as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5591 question first answered 25/06/2020 10:59:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

845390

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Company Accounts
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 Henley on 12 February (HL5280) which stated that “the Government has stated previously that it does not consider that the Companies Act requires the accounts of the company to state the company’s distributable profits”, what assessment they have made of the Financial Reporting Council guidance on section 837 of the Companies Act 2006 which states that “A disclaimer of opinion on the financial statements as a whole would be material as the auditor would be unable to form an opinion on the amount at which the company’s distributable profits are stated”.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>That assessment was set out in the reply given to the noble Baroness on 12<sup>th</sup> February 2018 to Question HL5280: The determination of the distributable profits and of a distribution by a public company must be based on the profits of the company as set out in the company’s accounts. These must be prepared in accordance with the accounting standards, with the overriding requirement that they must give a true and fair view of the company’s finances. However, the Government has stated previously that it does not consider that the Companies Act requires the accounts of the company to state the company’s distributable profits.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 05/03/2018 15:36:22 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

693687

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Conduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to consult on the creation of a fully independent body able to investigate and to rule on the ethics, conduct and behaviour of lawyers, with the ability to bring criminal prosecutions against solicitors and barristers for breaches of the law.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s world leading legal services industry is based on the talent and professionalism of those who work within it.</p><p> </p><p>The legal profession in England and Wales is independent from government, as are the bodies that regulate it. The Law Society is the body with statutory authority to regulate solicitors. It is required to ensure the independence of its regulatory function, which is delivered through the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority.</p><p> </p><p>It would be for the police to investigate any allegations of criminal conduct. If the police consider, after investigation, that there is a case to answer they will place the matter before the Crown Prosecution Service for action.</p><p> </p><p>Where an issue of public concern needs investigating, the Minister may cause an inquiry to be held under the Inquiries Act 2005. There are no current plans to set up an inquiry into the ethics of lawyers.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5591 question first answered 02/03/2017 13:30:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

448810

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Belfast Agreement 1998 applies to all residents of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Belfast Agreement paved the way for power-sharing in Northern Ireland and set out a plan for devolved government in Northern Ireland on a stable and inclusive basis.</p><p>The Agreement is made up of two inter-related documents, both agreed in Belfast on 10 April 1998:</p><ol><li>a multi-party agreement by most of Northern Ireland's political parties;</li><li>an international agreement between the British and Irish governments (the British-Irish Agreement).</li></ol><p>The Agreement set out a series of provisions relating to a number of areas including:</p><ul><li>The status and system of government of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom. (Strand 1)</li><li>The relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. (Strand 2)</li><li>The relationship between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. (Strand 3)</li></ul><p>Key provisions of the Belfast Agreement 1998 were brought into effect by the Northern Ireland Act 1998.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop grouped question UIN HL5589 HL5591 question first answered 23/02/2016 17:58:11 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

226468

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the containment of the ebola epidemic in West Africa, they intend to review the ebola screening arrangements at Heathrow.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL5590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Screening arrangements at London Heathrow and the other ports remain under constant review.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/03/2015 14:59:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury