Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1693085

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Property Management Companies: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what regulatory powers they have to ensure leaseholders are protected from unreasonable charges or inadequate services property management agents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>By law all variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard and leaseholders may challenge them at the property tribunal. It is also a legal requirement for managing and letting agents in England to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make it easier for leaseholders to scrutinise costs and challenge the services provided by both landlords and property managing agents. The Bill includes measures to require landlords to provide further information to leaseholders upfront and increase the transparency of their service charges and administration charges, as well as providing more information to leaseholders when requested.</p><p>For those homeowners on private and mixed tenure freehold estates, the Bill will also give them rights to challenge costs at the tribunal and improved rights of transparency of costs and services.</p><p>The Government intends to work closely with stakeholders to determine the detail of how the measures will work to protect leaseholders, which will be set out in secondary legislation.</p><p>These measures, alongside existing protections and work undertaken by industry, will make property managing agents more accountable to the leaseholders and homeowners on freehold estates that pay for their services, and we will keep under review the need for further regulation in the sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2942 HL2943 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:08:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1693086

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Property Management Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the transparency of ownership structures of freehold property management agents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>By law all variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard and leaseholders may challenge them at the property tribunal. It is also a legal requirement for managing and letting agents in England to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make it easier for leaseholders to scrutinise costs and challenge the services provided by both landlords and property managing agents. The Bill includes measures to require landlords to provide further information to leaseholders upfront and increase the transparency of their service charges and administration charges, as well as providing more information to leaseholders when requested.</p><p>For those homeowners on private and mixed tenure freehold estates, the Bill will also give them rights to challenge costs at the tribunal and improved rights of transparency of costs and services.</p><p>The Government intends to work closely with stakeholders to determine the detail of how the measures will work to protect leaseholders, which will be set out in secondary legislation.</p><p>These measures, alongside existing protections and work undertaken by industry, will make property managing agents more accountable to the leaseholders and homeowners on freehold estates that pay for their services, and we will keep under review the need for further regulation in the sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2941 HL2943 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:08:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1693087

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
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	Leasehold: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to launch a consultation about the experiences of leaseholders in relation to service charges.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>By law all variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard and leaseholders may challenge them at the property tribunal. It is also a legal requirement for managing and letting agents in England to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make it easier for leaseholders to scrutinise costs and challenge the services provided by both landlords and property managing agents. The Bill includes measures to require landlords to provide further information to leaseholders upfront and increase the transparency of their service charges and administration charges, as well as providing more information to leaseholders when requested.</p><p>For those homeowners on private and mixed tenure freehold estates, the Bill will also give them rights to challenge costs at the tribunal and improved rights of transparency of costs and services.</p><p>The Government intends to work closely with stakeholders to determine the detail of how the measures will work to protect leaseholders, which will be set out in secondary legislation.</p><p>These measures, alongside existing protections and work undertaken by industry, will make property managing agents more accountable to the leaseholders and homeowners on freehold estates that pay for their services, and we will keep under review the need for further regulation in the sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2941 HL2942 question first answered 14/03/2024 16:08:06 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1688034

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many inquests into deaths to the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>At this time, 37 Troubles-related inquests have not been completed:</p><ul><li>18 cases have commenced hearing of evidence;</li><li>A further two cases have been listed for hearing;</li><li>Another 17 cases have not been listed for hearing.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:44:42 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1688035

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of inquests into deaths to the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland that will not have been completed by 1 May.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 requires Troubles-related inquests to conclude by 1 May 2024. The legislation provides a limited carve out for any Troubles-related inquests where the hearing of all evidence has finished and where the only matter still to come is the delivery of the inquest’s findings.</p><p> </p><p>The Act contains provisions allowing a coroner to request a review of a death by the ICRIR, led by Sir Declan Morgan as Chief Commissioner, if the inquest has not been concluded via the coronial process by 1 May 2024. Close family members, as well as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland, can also request a review of a death by the ICRIR.</p><p> </p><p>The case management of inquests is a matter for coroners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:46:05 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1668078

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Corruption: International Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet with US Judge Mark Wolf in London during the week of 13 November to discuss progress on proposals for an International Anti-Corruption Court.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL28
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>I [Lord Ahmad] do not have plans to meet with Judge Wolf during his visit due to prior commitments. As far as we are aware, there are no plans for Ministers from elsewhere in Government to meet with Judge Wolf either. The government outlined its position on this subject matter on 6 July 2023 in the House of Lords [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-07-06/debates/DB0613A7-1D77-482D-A180-20745447DD92/InternationalAnti-CorruptionCourt#contribution-A203485E-C9F6-4E51-BFF6-25D39DBA3826].</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/11/2023 16:58:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1664822

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many deaths occurred in each of the last 12 months where the cause of death was listed as COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL10538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Hain</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>20 October 2023</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Hain,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking how many deaths occurred in each of the last 12 months where the cause of death was listed as COVID-19 (<strong>HL10538</strong>).</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing statistics on deaths registered in England and Wales [1]. Figures for Scotland [2] and Northern Ireland [3] are the responsibility of National Records for Scotland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Causes mentioned on the death certificate are converted to International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10) codes, with the underlying cause of death defined as the disease or injury that initiated the events that directly lead to the death. The ICD-10 codes for COVID-19 are U07.1, U07.2, U10.9, U09.9.</p><p>Table 1 shows the number of deaths due to COVID-19 registered in England and Wales by month registered between October 2022 and September 2023.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Deaths due to COVID-19 by month and year of registration, England and Wales, registered October 2022 and September 2023 [4,5,6,7,8].</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month of registration</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Deaths due to COVID-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>1,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022</p></td><td><p>1,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>1,204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>2,321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>1,836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>1,351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics</em></p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths" target="_blank">https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/deaths" target="_blank">https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/deaths</a></p><p>[4] Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each period.</p><p>[5] Figures are based on provisional data.</p><p>[6] Figures include the deaths of usual residents of England and Wales as well as those of nonresidents.</p><p>[7] Figures are based on deaths where COVID-19 (ICD-10 codes U07.1, U07.2, U10.9, U09.9) was the underlying cause of death.</p><p>[8] Deaths due to COVID-19 refers to deaths where COVID-19 was the underlying cause of death. The underlying cause of death is defined by WHO as the disease or injury that initiated the train of events directly leading to death.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/10/2023 13:48:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name PQHL10538 (1).pdf title UK Statistics Authority
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1657614

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Certification Quality Marks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made before announcing the decision to continue recognition of the EU's CE mark for many UK companies, replacing plans for the mandatory introduction of the UK Conformity Assessment in 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL9778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s engagement with businesses and organisations in the UK and internationally informed the decision to continue CE recognition of goods on the UK market for regulations owned by the Department for Business and Trade.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to engage with industry, both domestically and internationally. Businesses and trade associations repeatedly expressed significant concerns with the duplicative costs for placing goods on EU and UK markets, and the lack of business-readiness for compliance with mandatory UK Conformity Assessment, which potentially may have resulted in product shortages in GB or increased costs to GB consumers. Extending CE recognition will help in mitigating these challenges.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 19/09/2023 16:27:42 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1657615

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Certification Quality Marks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why the use of both the UK Conformity Assessment mark and the EU’s CE mark will be allowed indefinitely for UK companies in the electronic, industrial, consumer and other sectors, but not for medical products produced in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL9779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>Medical devices are regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and are considered high-risk goods. The Government has put in place legislation to extend the acceptance of CE marked medical devices on the Great Britain market up to 2028 or 2030, depending on the type of CE certificate held.</p><p>In addition, the MHRA are currently developing proposals for an international recognition framework. This would reduce, where safe to do so, barriers to medical devices entering the Great Britain market where they have already demonstrated to other trusted regulators that they meet our essential requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 12/09/2023 14:48:22 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1657616

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Certification Quality Marks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why the use of both the UK Conformity Assessment mark and the EU’s CE mark will be allowed indefinitely for UK companies in the electronic, industrial, consumer and other sectors, but not for construction products produced in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL9780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>As my Rt. Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities set out in his statement of 20 April 2023, the Government is developing proposals for reform of the UK's construction product regime to ensure it is effective in promoting safety and inspires public and market confidence.</p><p>Our reforms, which we will set out in due course, will set out the future approach to product marking for construction products. In the meantime, recognition of CE marking will continue until the end of June 2025.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 15/09/2023 13:57:27 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain