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1715734

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date	02/05/2024
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	Veterinary Medicine: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had, or intend to have, discussions with the EU regarding the implementation of a post-Brexit agreement on the supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a long-term sustainable solution ahead of December 2025 that will properly support the flow of veterinary medicines into Northern Ireland from Great Britain on an enduring basis. We are determined to safeguard the supply of veterinary medicines, and we will pursue technical discussions with the EU to find a solution that removes barriers to supply; in return we are willing to provide assurances and safeguards to the EU. The Veterinary Medicines Working Group, including experts, industry representatives and elected representatives, will report back to Government on steps needed to secure supplies for the long term.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 13/05/2024 11:25:58 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1552744

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many criminal prosecutions for tax offences have been undertaken by HMRC each year since 2010 up until the last year for which records are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Prosecutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7372</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information provided above shows the number of prosecutions resulting from HMRC criminal investigations since the start of the 2011/2012 financial year - when the Department’s assured data begins.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC is not a prosecuting authority. Cases are prepared to the highest evidential standard and passed to the relevant prosecuting authority, who decide if a case progresses to court.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is therefore reliant on the prosecuting authorities and the criminal justice system to progress cases to conclusion. This is a lengthy process and outcomes achieved in any given year are not necessarily reflective of HMRC’s activity in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prosecutions has fallen over the last three years. There are a number of contributing factors here, including ongoing delays within the courts system due to the pandemic, and HMRC’s strategic choice to focus on harder-to-reach targets and tackle the most serious frauds.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions represent one element of a wide-ranging HMRC response to tax fraud, which also includes civil investigations and sanctions, data and intelligence analysis, risk detection and profiling, education, legislative change, partnering with the public and private sectors, and target-hardening of our systems and processes.</p><p> </p><p>In practice, the Department focusses interventions where they have most impact, an approach which is about reaching the right outcome for the UK, rather than chasing arbitrary targets for arrests and prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>Most of HMRC’s work to tackle tax fraud makes use of civil powers because these are the most proportionate, economical and effective way to recover monies owed and tackle fraud; as such, criminal investigations are focused on cases which meet certain criteria to ensure they deliver both value for money for the taxpayer and the maximum impact on tax fraud.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 04/01/2023 16:24:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1382061

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office on 16 April (175879), whether they now intend to publish the internal review looking into the assessment of asylum claims on the grounds of (1) religion, and (2) sexuality.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The UK has a proud record of providing protection to individuals fleeing persecution based on their religious beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity and are committed to delivering an asylum system that is responsive to all forms of persecution.</p><p>The review into the way asylum claims on the basis of religious and LGBT+ grounds are assessed has been completed. The Home Office do not have any plans to publish the findings of this internal review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2021 16:40:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1195363

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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	Clinical Trials: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure UK–EU clinical trials can continue after the end of the transition period, and once the EU Clinical Trial Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 536/2014) comes into effect.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a world-leading regulatory system for clinical trials that allows us to collaborate effectively globally, ensuring the United Kingdom remains one of the best places in the world for science and innovation. At the end of the transition period, clinical trials will continue to be approved at a national level, working to international standards as they are now. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), along with partners across the UK healthcare ecosystem, has taken steps to ensure that all trials including multinational trials can continue seamlessly.</p><p>The MHRA, Health Research Authority, ethics services, National Institute for Health Research, National Health Service and devolved administrations have been preparing to implement the forthcoming European Union Clinical Trials Regulation since it was agreed in 2014. The UK will implement those aspects of the regulation which are in the best interests of UK patients, industry, non-commercial researchers and hospitals when it comes into force and this is currently expected during 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/05/2020 13:01:40 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

810020

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Driving Licences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 6 December (HL3547), which are the police forces that collect and publish statistics on the number of accidents involving moped riders with provisional licences; and why all police forces are not required to monitor and report on that aspect of road safety.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Information about licence holding is not a variable in the STATS19 reporting system, which is the set of data that has to be collected for statistical purposes by a Police Officer when a personal injury road accident is reported to them. The variables to be collected by the police are defined by the STATS19 specification, and the police provide this information through the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p>Data on licence holding is only reported voluntarily by certain police forces which use the CRASH (Collision Recording And Sharing) software developed by DfT, and the data are not made available publicly. CRASH is used by about half of the police forces in England, and not all of these collect the licence holding information.</p><p> </p><p>The specification for the data collected by STATS19 is reviewed periodically by the Standing Committee on Road Accident Statistics (SCRAS).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/01/2018 17:06:09 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

663151

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government  what assessment they have made of whether it is necessary to consult on airspace policy for the UK as a whole before designating a national policy statement on Heathrow Airport.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The consultations on the draft airports National Policy Statement on Heathrow Airport and on airspace policy are both matters of national importance in their own right, but are clearly related. The Government intends to bring forward the two consultations at the same time to enable the public and the aviation industry to consider all proposals together. Consulting in parallel can also enable the policy proposals set out in the airspace consultation which are adopted to be in place to influence decisions taken later on in the planning process for a proposed Northwest Runway at Heathrow. Equally, airspace is an important issue and the policy proposals cover the whole country, so it is right that we progress with policy proposals to bring improvements to the way it is handled nationwide.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL4365 HL4367 question first answered 09/01/2017 13:26:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

436070

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the financial cost to date of UK air strikes against Daesh in Iraq.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>It is not possible to separate out the costs of military action in Iraq from that of wider counter-Daesh operations due to the inter-related nature of UK military activity. The net additional cost of UK counter-Daesh operations to date is approximately £150 million. This includes around £80 million for military operations between August 2014 - 31 March 2015 and a net additional cost to date in this financial year of around £70 million.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 15/12/2015 16:36:34 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

175363

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 6 January (HL3839), whether they can provide any extant examples of a "gene therapy" that does not modify any genes, of a "germ line therapy" that does not affect the germ line, or of a "germ line gene therapy" that does not affect any genes to be transmitted through the germ line; if not, what is the basis of their assertion that a "germ line gene therapy" does not constitute genetic modification; how discussion is clarified by defining genetic modification such that it "is not that that is what it is"; and whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of any written contributions towards the development of the working definition by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Wellcome Trust and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The working definition adopted by the Government for the purpose of taking forward the Mitochondrial Donation regulations states that genetic modification involves the germ-line modification of nuclear DNA (in the chromosomes) that can be passed on to future generations. Mitochondrial donation is not considered to be genetic modification, as the patient’s nuclear DNA remains unaltered during this process. However, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics considered that it can be defined as germ line therapy because the techniques <em>“</em><em>introduce a change that is incorporated into the (mitochondrial) genes of the resulting people, and so will be incorporated into the germline that they will go on to develop”.</em> Furthermore, because mitochondria are inherited down the maternal line <em>“only women born from these techniques would be able to pass the changes on to their children”</em> and this form of germ line gene therapy does not affect any genes transmitted through the germ line of men born through these techniques.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cancer gene therapy intended to activate an anti-tumour immune response is an example of gene therapy that does not modify any genes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The working definition of genetic modification in humans is intended to assist in taking forward the debate on mitochondrial donation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/02/2015 16:47:13 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool