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174529

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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 which department is responsible for regulating clinical trials that involve gametes or embryos; and how many clinical trials they have authorised to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is responsible for licensing research involving the use of human embryos but has no role in authorising those clinical trials governed by the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (2004 Regulations).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is responsible for the regulation of clinical trials of medicinal products carried out under the 2004 Regulations, which implements the Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20/EC. The Regulations do not cover treatment services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Regulations define a clinical trial as:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“clinical trial” means any investigation in human subjects, other than a non-interventional trial, intended—</p><p> </p><p>(a) to discover or verify the clinical, pharmacological or other pharmacodynamic effects of one or more medicinal products,</p><p> </p><p>(b) to identify any adverse reactions to one or more such products, or</p><p> </p><p>(c) to study absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of one or more such products,</p><p> </p><p>with the object of ascertaining the safety or efficacy of those products;”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Gametes and embryos are not used in medicinal products so any research involving gametes and embryos is outside the scope of the 2004 Regulations and the Directive. Consequently, there have been no “clinical trials”, as defined by the 2004 Regulations, involving gametes and embryos.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/02/2015 12:12:16 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

174530

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Bahrain
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 risk that Bahrain’s security services are being infiltrated by supporters of Daesh, and the consequent advisability both of training those services and of basing United Kingdom naval forces in Bahrain.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL4230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence keeps the security situation in Bahrain under regular review, in order to inform all decisions on security measures for deployed personnel and on co-operation with Bahrain Defence Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 27/01/2015 17:10:44 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

174531

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Orchestras: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the tax breaks to orchestras will be implemented; and what value they estimate the tax breaks will represent to orchestras.
tabling member printed	Lord Maclennan of Rogart
uin	HL4231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2014, the government announced it would introduce a new tax relief for orchestras from April 2016. The government launched a consultation on 23 January 2015 to help inform the design of the relief. The value of the relief will depend on the final design and more detail will be set out later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 02/02/2015 14:00:58 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	578 label Biography information for Lord Maclennan of Rogart

174532

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	European Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is appropriate for a European Commissioner to comment on the behaviour of a political party in the European Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Ludgate
uin	HL4232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the Code of Conduct for European Commissioners. This makes clear that Commissioners retain the right to express their personal opinions.</p><p>The current Code of Conduct is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/pdf/code_conduct_en.pdf</p><p><br>A copy of the currrent Code is attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/01/2015 13:54:47 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns attachment 1 file name HL4232 Code of Conduct.pdf title Code of Conduct for European Commissioners
tabling member	2227 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate

174265

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Sexual Assault Referral Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding they have provided towards the costs of Sexual Assault Referral Centres, and what funding will be provided in 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL4209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Sexual assault services are a public health function commissioned under section 7A (S7A) of the National Health Service Act 2006. They are commissioned as part of NHS England’s health and justice arrangements because of the alignment with the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) in 2013-14, was based on the previous year’s NHS investment from primary care trusts, which was £8.98 million. This was uplifted in 2014-15 to £16.5 million. The funding for 2015-16 is currently being agreed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other investors in SARC services include police forces, Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and the Home Office.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/01/2015 15:43:56 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

174266

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of calls relating to an immediately life threatening situation received an emergency response from the London Ambulance Service within eight minutes in each of the last three months in each London Borough area; and what proportion of requests for transport was responded to with an ambulance vehicle capable of transporting the patient safely within 19 minutes of such a request being made.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL4210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The information in the attached tables shows performance data for the London Ambulance Service from October 2014 to December 2014, detailing the response times within eight minutes and 19 minute for each London borough.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Copy of HL4210 data Oct 14.xlsx title October 2014 data. 2 file name Copy of HL4210 data Nov'14.xlsx title November 2014 data 3 file name Copy of HL4210 data Dec 14.xlsx title December 2014 data question first answered 26/01/2015 15:46:30 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

174267

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 300 United Kingdom citizens who have returned from Syria have been (1) investigated for criminal acts, and (2) charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal acts.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of individuals currently under investigation for criminal acts is a matter for the police and as such, the Government can not comment on current investigations. Numbers of individuals suspected of involvement in acts of terrorism or criminal matters, arrested and then formally charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal offences is recorded and collated in the Home Office Quarterly Statistical Bulletin (last published 04 December 2014)</p><p>(<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014</a> ).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2015 16:15:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name police-powers-terror-q2-2014snr.pdf title Quarterly Statistical Bulletin - 4/12/14
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

174268

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, on 14 January (HC Deb, cols 819–71), that the proposals in the Communications Data Bill were essential, whether the reference was to the draft bill as considered by the Joint Committee or to the revised proposals developed by the Home Office after the Committee reported.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Home Secretary, has made clear, the Government is committed to ensuring that our intelligence and law enforcement agencies have the powers they need to investigate crime, preserve national security and protect the public. These agencies need access to communications data, but capabilities continue to diminish due to rapidly changing technology. Both the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill, which the Noble Lord chaired, and the Intelligence and Security Committee, which looked at this issue in detail, concluded that there was a gap in capabilities which needed to be addressed. The Government indicated at the time that we accepted the recommendations of the Joint Committee and were willing to make the changes necessary to give effect to those recommendations.</p><p>It is vital that this issue is returned to in the next Parliament, when the provisions in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 will sunset, and when Parliament will also be able to consider the findings of the current review into investigatory powers that is being conducted by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson QC.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2015 14:33:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

174269

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement in the National Networks National Policy Statement that if freight carried by rail was to increase by 50 per cent (in terms of tonne kilometres) this would only be equivalent to a reduction of around seven percent in goods carried by road, whether in calculating that ratio consideration was given to the issue of rail freight only being a viable alternative to the longest and heaviest loads.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The figure quoted was calculated by comparing the amount of freight moved by rail in Great Britain with the amount moved by heavy goods vehicles by road. As it is measured in tonne kilometres it takes into account both the distance travelled by the freight and its weight.</p><p> </p><p>The National Policy Statement supports the development of a robust infrastructure network of Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges in order to reduce road congestion, and deliver goods quickly and efficiently by rail, reduce carbon emissions, support growth and create employment. It aims to ensure we have modern distribution centres linked into both the rail and trunk road system in appropriate locations to serve our major conurbations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 27/01/2015 14:02:48 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

174270

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking over the treatment of Raif Badawi.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheatcroft
uin	HL4214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>We are seriously concerned by Raif Badawi’s case. The UK condemns the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment in all circumstances. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), has raised the matter with the Saudi Ambassador. We have previously raised the case at a senior level with the Saudi authorities.</p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of freedom of expression around the world. We believe that people must be allowed to freely discuss and debate issues, peacefully challenge their governments, exercise the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and speak out against violations of human rights wherever they occur.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/01/2015 14:25:26 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4199 label Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft