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229418

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date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Fishing Vessels: Hebrides
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 recent incident near the Hebrides in which a British trawler was reported to have caught its nets on an unidentified submarine.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL5943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is assessing the evidence following the report of an incident involving the fishing vessel <em>Aquarius</em> with five crew on board in the North Minch on 17 March 2015. This assessment has included contacting the skipper of the vessel, as well as the Ministry of Defence, and is still ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/03/2015 14:24:12 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

228977

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Orphan Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any decision around ultra-orphan drugs will be referred to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluation Committee.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL5942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>We have referred a number of high cost, low volume technologies to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for evaluation under its highly specialised technologies work programme. We will continue to do so for technologies that meet the specified criteria and where a NICE evaluation would add value. Further information about the process by which topics are selected for referral to NICE’s highly specialised technologies work programme is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/topic-selection" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/topic-selection</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:29:03 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

228683

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many places of safety have been provided under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983; and what assessment they have made of the geographic spread of such places.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Bristol
uin	HL5865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission has created an interactive web-based map showing the location of designated health-based places of safety in England for people detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983:</p><p> </p><p><br> <a href="http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/map-health-based-places-safety-0" target="_blank">http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/map-health-based-places-safety-0</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The current version shows 167 places of safety in England.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:29:50 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3892 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Bristol

228684

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Network Rail over giving the company compulsory purchase powers outside its permitted development rights to enable it to obtain access to its land or achieve small enhancements, maintenance and renewals more quickly and cheaply.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>There have been no general discussions between Her Majesty’s Government and Network Rail in relation to giving Network Rail additional compulsory purchase powers for the purposes mentioned. Her Majesty's Governmentand Network Rail from time to time discuss particular applications by Network Rail, under section 14 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842, in relation to obtaining temporary access to land neighbouring the railway, where this is needed for the purpose of certain safety works on the railway.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail can also apply to Her Majesty's Government, under section 15 of that Act, for a revival of the compulsory purchase powers which would originally have applied under the enabling legislation for the relevant stretch of railway; again this would be where such acquisition is needed to be able to effect safety repairs and works. Each application by Network Rail under section 14 and 15 is considered on its specific facts and the safety issues arising.</p><p> </p><p>The powers of entry arising under section 14 of the 1842 Act were considered both by the Transport Resilience Review and the Powers of Entry Review under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Following on from these Her Majesty's Government expects to consult with Network Rail and other stakeholders over a code of practice in relation to the use of section 14.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/03/2015 13:48:49 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

228686

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Geothermal Power: Research
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 March (HL5377), what action they are taking to progress discussions with the government of Germany following their letter to that government last year; and how many meetings between United Kingdom and German officials have taken place on this subject since then.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC officials, working closely with Cornwall County Council, continue to engage with their German counterparts to explore research options for the potential testing of geothermal resources. The main exchanges have been through email correspondence and by telephone.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 23/03/2015 17:02:55 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

228688

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
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 Supreme Court judgment of 1 March regarding the benefits cap.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL5870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We welcome the Supreme Court ruling that the benefit cap is lawful. The Court decided that the benefit cap does not breach the European Convention on Human rights and does not unlawfully discriminate against lone parents.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 24/03/2015 13:42:44 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

228692

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Tower Hamlets
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL5059), whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of their correspondence with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets about the number of homeless families with children in bed and breakfast accommodation beyond the six week limit.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL5874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given by my rt Hon Friend the former Minister of State for Housing (Grant Shapps) on 25 June 2012, <em>Official Report</em>, column 680W.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/03/2015 14:14:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

228699

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy Community
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Verma on 18 March (HL5568 to HL5572), whether, in view of the Energy Community's aims in respect of enhancing security of supply, attracting investment in power generation and networks, and reducing dependence upon Russian supplies of gas, they consider that the United Kingdom should increase the level of its participation in the various institutions of the Energy Community as it is entitled to do as a participant; and at which meetings the views of the United Kingdom on the issues to be considered by the various institutions and groups of the Energy Community are discussed within the European Union to ensure that the United Kingdom's position is reflected by the European Union representatives at the meetings at which the United Kingdom does not participate.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL5881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK agrees that the Energy Community has an important role to play in the energy security of the EU and neighbouring countries and that the Energy Community has been an effective vehicle for encouraging countries in the EU near neighbourhood to align themselves with the EU energy networks.</p><p>The UK ensures that it takes all opportunities to influence the direction of EU policy towards the Energy Community. This is normally achieved through contributions to discussions at official-level meetings in Brussels, where the EU’s policy towards the Energy Community is agreed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 24/03/2015 16:13:53 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

228701

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Unidentified Flying Objects: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Provost and Security Services conducted an investigation into sightings of unidentified flying objects in West Wales during 1977.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL5883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Any files relating to the West Wales sighting in 1977 will be held by the National Archives. Consequently, the Ministry of Defence holds no information on this incident.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 23/03/2015 17:24:58 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

228702

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil partnerships have been registered since the commencement of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL5884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 25/03/2015 13:54:29 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL5884 ONS Reply.pdf title ONS Letter to PEER - Civil Partnerships
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood