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1675687

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date	05/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of threats to freedom of religion or belief in Hong Kong, following the recent report published by Hong Kong Watch, Sell Out My Soul: The Impending Threats to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Hong Kong.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting the right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) globally. We continue to monitor FoRB in Hong Kong through our regular Six-monthly Reports to Parliament and interactions with local faith leaders. In our latest report, published on 19 September, we noted religious practice is generally not restricted in Hong Kong, with a variety of religious practices coexisting across the territory. However, it is clear many of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong's Basic Law are being curtailed under the guise of national security. China's imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong represents a clear and serious breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. In line with the UN Human Rights Council recommendation in its International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights report on Hong Kong, we urge the Chinese authorities to repeal the law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2023 17:32:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1675688

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Zhang Zhan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the People’s Republic of China about the continued incarceration of the journalist Zhang Zhan, who attempted to question Communist Party officials in Wuhan about the origins of COVID-19; and what response, if any, they have received.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There are severe restrictions on media freedom in China, and the situation for journalists is deteriorating. In July 2023, the UK raised its concerns about censorship and media freedom in China, including the case of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, in its 2022 Human Rights and Democracy Report. British diplomats have attempted to attend trials of citizen journalists and rights activists in China.</p><p>More generally, we regularly raise the human rights situation in China directly with the Chinese authorities at the highest levels. The Foreign Secretary did so in his introductory call with China's Foreign Minister on 5 December.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2023 17:30:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1675699

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Family Hubs: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many local authorities were allocated funding to establish parent and carer panels as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
uin	HL866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>£10 million is being distributed to 75 local authorities in England participating in the Programme to set up Parent Carer Panels and publish a Start for Life offer from 2022/23 to 2024/25. Local authorities determine the specific interventions they spend their funding allocation on, in line with the programme guide and local area need. A core minimum expectation of the programme is for local authorities to establish a Parent Carer Panel.</p><p>A copy of the published funding methodology for the programme is attached; this sets out how each local authority received their funding allocation.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/12/2023 17:27:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Family_Hubs_and_Start_for_Life_programme_-_methodology_for_allocating_funding_to_local_authorities.pdf title Programme methodology
tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1675700

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Family Hubs: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which local authorities were allocated funding for Start for Life workforce models, and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
uin	HL867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Through the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme, up to £9.88 million was allocated to enable a small number of areas to pilot innovative start for life workforce models. Five local authority areas were successful in their applications to become a pilot site. These areas were Barnsley, Islington, Leicester, Norfolk, and Tower Hamlets.</p><p>The funding allocations for each area, this financial year, are due to be published shortly. The allocations for next financial year will be published once finalised.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/12/2023 17:29:43 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1675711

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Elections: Disclosure Of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when in 2022 officials first received counsel’s opinion from the Electoral Commission in relation to voter secrecy under the Representation of the People Act 1983.
tabling member printed	Lord Hayward
uin	HL878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>Officials first received counsel’s advice from the Electoral Commission on 26 August 2022, and a follow-up opinion on 29 September 2022.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 21/12/2023 11:19:06 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	863 label Biography information for Lord Hayward

1675721

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Israel: Hamas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN attended the ‘Hear Our Voices: Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7th Hamas terror attack’ event on 4 December at the UN headquarters; and if not, why.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornton
uin	HL888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Three representatives of the UK Permanent Representation to the United Nations attended this event. The UK unequivocally condemns the reports of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli women and girls and other civilians; conflict-related sexual violence is an abuse of human rights and when perpetrated in the context of an armed conflict, can constitute a violation of international humanitarian law such as a war crime. We are regularly engaging with partners, including the UN, on this issue and call for these reports to be fully investigated to ensure justice for victims. The UK is committed to strengthening the global response to conflict-related sexual violence. Our Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) strategy, launched in 2022, sets out the work I am leading globally as the PMs Special Representative for PSVI, to prevent Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and strengthen justice and support for all survivors.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/12/2023 16:56:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1782 label Biography information for Baroness Thornton

1675732

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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	Water: Sewage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions were made for illegal sewage dumping in each of the water authority areas in England in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is holding water companies to account on a scale never seen before and the regulators will not hesitate to hold companies to take appropriate action if they are in breach of their permits and failing to meet their legal obligations. The EA can now use new powers to impose unlimited penalties for a wider range of offenses following Government’s changes to broaden of the scope of the existing civil sanctions regime and remove the previous cap on penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The EA has made 59 prosecutions against water and sewerage companies for pollution offences since 2015, securing fines of over £150m.</p><p> </p><p>Four prosecutions have been concluded so far in 2023 for pollution offences:</p><ul><li>Anglian Water fined £510,000 on 12 January 2023 and £2,650,000 on 27 April 2023</li><li>South West Water fined £2,150,000 (for 7 offences) on 26 April 2023</li><li>Thames Water fined £3,334,000 on 04 July 2023)</li></ul><p> </p><p>More prosecutions are progressing through the court system with hearing dates next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 20/12/2023 12:36:23 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1675734

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Home Office employees are employed in Wales in (1) police services, (2) prison services, (3) border control, and (4) other services.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Of the areas listed, the Home Office only provides border control services. Of the 957 Home Office staff based in Wales. Unfortunately, the number of Border Force members of staff cannot be released for national security reasons.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 19/12/2023 17:26:56 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1674987

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Old Oak Common Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower of 22 November (HL338), what assessment they have made of expected journey times between Old Oak Common and Bond Street via (1) the planned HS2 station at Euston and the Northern Line, and (2) the Elizabeth Line broken down into (a) in-vehicle time, (b) wait time, and (c) walking time.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The breakdown of expected journey times between Old Oak Common and Bond Street via (1) the planned HS2 station at Euston and the Northern Line, and (2) the Elizabeth Line is shown in the table below. All times are shown in minutes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Destination: Bond Street</p></td><td><p>In vehicle time</p></td><td><p>Walk time</p></td><td><p>Wait time</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Via HS2 to Euston/<del class="ministerial">Northern Line</del> <ins class="ministerial">London Underground</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6.6</del> <ins class="ministerial">12.6</ins></p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.6</del> <ins class="ministerial">30.6 </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Via Old Oak Common/Elizabeth Line</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 15/12/2023 11:41:47 question first ministerially corrected 29/01/2024 11:24:03 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower previous answer version 7724 answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1675019

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	Agriculture: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist farmers transitioning towards net zero; and what steps, if any, they are taking to (1) support carbon auditing on farms, (2) standardise carbon calculators, and (3) invest in water management infrastructure.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2023 answer text <p>We are taking a range of measures to support farmers’ transition to net zero. We are investing in a range of actions through farming schemes such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship and Landscape Recovery. Our schemes will help farmers deliver environmental outcomes on the land they manage while helping their businesses become more productive and sustainable.</p><p><br> We will also pay farmers for improvements to animal health and welfare, as those improvements in turn can support lower emissions and improve productivity. We will also support market-led approaches such as improved productivity and use of precision techniques.</p><p><br> Robust and accurate carbon audits which are based on business-level data can be valuable in benchmarking performance and help farm businesses plan and action decarbonising measures and enhance management of negative emissions. To help farmers confidently understand the emissions on their land and take advantage of the new financial opportunities this will unlock, we are committed to developing a harmonised approach to measuring carbon on farms. We are also considering how we can best support the implementation of carbon audits through a controlled expansion of the Defra Farming and Countryside Programme sustainable farming advice offer.</p><p><br> We recognise the challenges in improving the robustness and consistency of carbon auditing tools. Defra is currently funding a 'Harmonisation of Carbon Accounting Tools for Agriculture' project to assess the level of divergence between a number of market leading carbon calculators, to understand the causes of this divergence and how it impacts tool users and consider recommendations for harmonisation. Defra aims to publish the full research report in 2024. Building on this research and working with existing tool providers, Defra aims to support carbon tool providers to harmonise their underlying methodologies so that outputs are consistent and comparable, and their ability to serve different customer needs is maintained.</p><p><br> Defra is also working to provide greater access to the calculations and the models developed as part of the UK’s Agricultural Inventory of Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions to interested third parties. This will support longer term alignment between the UK’s national GHG accounts and primary data gathered from farms</p><p><br> The Government and the Environment Agency also support the agricultural sector with the Water Management Grant, under the Farming Transformation Fund, for the construction of new on-farm reservoirs and the adoption of best practice irrigation application equipment to help ensure farmers have access to water when they need it most. Through the first round of the grant, launched in November 2021, we are forecast to create an additional 4.7million cubic meters of reservoir storage. The total investment in reservoirs and irrigation equipment is predicted to be £7.4 million. Round 2 of the grant was launched in April 2023 with a total budget of £10 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 28/12/2023 16:21:02 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans