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516552

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date	28/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will name those businesses that are known to have changed the terms and conditions of their low-paid workers in order to recover some of the costs of paying an increased minimum wage; and what steps they plan to take to discourage businesses from taking such steps.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that it is essential for employers to ensure that their reward packages are competitive, in order to retain and develop the staff who are fundamental to their success. In a growing economy, the National Living Wage should represent an opportunity to invest in talented staff and improve productivity.</p><p>The Government does not plan to operate a formal scheme to name employers who change employees’ terms and conditions. But we will continue to be clear that reducing wider remuneration packages and blaming the National Living Wage is short-sighted and not in the spirit of the introduction of the National Living Wage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/05/2016 10:18:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

516553

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Terrorism: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have not prosecuted the reported 350 Jihadis who have returned to the UK and are suspected of having fought in Syria or Iraq.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL8065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has successfully prosecuted 35 cases involving 54 defendants who have returned to the UK and are suspected of having fought in Syria and / or Iraq. It currently has 13 such ongoing prosecutions involving 30 defendants. The Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is also dealing with one ongoing Syria-related prosecution. If there is evidence that people are going abroad to engage in terrorist activity, they can be arrested and prosecuted. They can also be arrested and prosecuted if they return to the UK. There are a wide range of offences that can be used to prosecute such individuals but each case has to be considered individually on its merits and whether an arrest or prosecution can take place will depend on the evidence available. If the police refer a case to the CPS, they consider whether the test in the Code for Crown Prosecutors is met. That is, whether there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence and, if so, whether it is in the public interest to prosecute. answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 11/05/2016 11:30:49 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

479333

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions since 1990 a British Prime Minister has made public remarks about how citizens of the US should vote.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 12/04/2016 14:55:26 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

476451

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Joanna Dennehy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much legal aid has been, and is likely to be, paid to Hugh Southey QC and the solicitors representing Joanna Denneby in her claim that segregation in jail breaches her human rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2016 answer text <p>A civil legal aid certificate was granted to the solicitors to complete work within the scope of the certificate, up to a maximum value of £15,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency have not granted authority for a QC to be instructed under the legal aid certificate to represent Joanna Dennehy in this case, therefore the instructed counsel will not be paid at QC rates.</p><p> </p><p>We robustly defend compensation claims as far as the evidence allows, and have successfully defended two thirds of prisoner claims over the last three years. As previously announced, we have launched a crackdown on claims against the Prison Service to identify opportunities to cut payouts and legal costs. Prisoners should not get legal aid unnecessarily, and we have already stopped funding for cases that can be dealt with through existing complaints processes.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 31/03/2016 12:42:32 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

476452

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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: Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that all those British persons identified as jihadists fighting in Iraq or Syria are dealt with in those countries and are not permitted to return to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Everyone who returns from taking part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq should expect to be subject to review by the police to determine if they have committed criminal offences abroad, and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to our national security.</p><p>British citizens and residents who commit offences abroad can be prosecuted under a wide range of terrorism and other criminal law offences including training for terrorism and murder. Decisions on charging are taken independently on a case-by-case basis by the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 introduced a power under which the Secretary of State may impose a temporary exclusion order (TEO) on a British citizen suspected of involvement in terrorism-related activity outside the UK. The TEO enables the Government temporarily to disrupt and control the individual’s return to the UK.</p><p>In addition, section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981, empowers the Secretary of State to make an order depriving any person of any form of British citizenship status, if this would not result in the person deprived of citizenship being left stateless. This power can be used in response to activities threatening national security, which includes acts of terrorism. Deprivation of British citizenship results in simultaneous loss of the right of abode in the United Kingdom.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/03/2016 13:39:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

476453

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in considering the amount of police grant to allocate to each police force, what assessment they make of the case for urban forces, or those that do not regularly suffer snow, purchasing large four-wheel drives or SUVs.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Core central Government funding to police forces in England and Wales is allocated annually on the basis of the Police Allocation Formula. The formula incorporates a number of indicators linked to demand on the police and does not include consideration of police spending. Local spending decisions are for the relevant Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/03/2016 13:36:50 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

476455

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made any national assessment of the power, sizes and trims of vehicles that police forces want to buy in part, or entirely, using police grant.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Decisions about the number and types of vehicles required by police forces are matters for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners locally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/03/2016 13:36:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

476456

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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	USA: Official Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether President Obama's planned official visit to the UK was at the initiation of the White House or them.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>We can confirm that President Obama has accepted an invitation to have a private lunch with Her Majesty The Queen, and that he will also meet the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), when he visits the UK in April. This will be President Obama’s fifth official visit to the UK. The US remains our most important bilateral ally. It is entirely in keeping with the nature of the Special Relationship that President Obama would wish to visit the UK in the final year of his Presidency, as did President George W Bush in 2008.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/03/2016 15:40:02 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

453535

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Female Genital Mutilation
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 Verma on 18 February (HL5913), which 17 countries their Flagship female genital mutilation (FGM) programme supports, how much aid each of those countries receives annually from the UK, and how much aid from the UK is spent annually on programmes to end female genital mutilation in those countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s regional FGM programme is providing up to £35 million in funding to end FGM in 17 high prevalence countries: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mauritania, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen.</p><p>This funding is apportioned over a five year period from 2013-2018 and the breakdown by country is not readily available. Six of these countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Uganda) have DFID country programmes. Information on the budget allocated to each of these countries is published on our Development Tracker online.</p><p>In Sudan, DFID’s regional programme to end FGM is complemented by a country programme providing £12m over five years to support the scale up of initiatives to end FGM across the country.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 02/03/2016 17:02:45 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

453536

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials
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 Keen of Elie on 19 February (HL5998), whether there are any circumstances under which the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may alter the speed at which video evidence is shown in court, and if so, whether the CPS is obliged to inform the court that the speed of the video evidence has been altered.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Video evidence is routinely examined in court during criminal trials either frame by frame or at different speeds in order to aid the court’s understanding. In the case of image stills, time stamps can be used to indicate the passage of time between images. Both defence and prosecution lawyers are under a professional duty not to mislead the court.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/03/2016 12:04:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra