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225761

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom's contribution to the European Union Budget and off-budget expenditure, including overseas aid administered by the European Union is subject to the Government and Resources Accounts Act 2000; and whether they have assessed the compliance of their contribution with that Act.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s contribution to the European Union budget is accounted for within the Consolidated Fund and disclosed in Notes 5 and 11 to the accounts. The Consolidated Fund is prepared by HM Treasury under the National Loans Act 1968. The Consolidated Fund accounts are publicly available on the gov.uk website. [1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-central-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-central-funds</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 23/03/2015 16:36:47 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

225762

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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	Coal: Mining
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of Poland's proposal to provide state subsidies for its coal mines; and whether they will oppose such moves.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission is responsible for determining the compatibility of national measures with European Union state aid rules. In this case we understand that the Polish Government is holding discussions with the European Commission regarding their state aid notification.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 16/03/2015 17:41:58 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

225764

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the statement by the President of the European Commission Mr Jean-Claude Juncker that the European Union should have its own army; whether the statement was approved by the European Council; and whether they will renew their opposition to such a policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Mr Juncker's statement was not approved by the EU Member States. The UK remains firmly opposed to centralised EU command or control over military forces, which remains a Member State competence, and has successfully kept the EU focused on strengthening its co-operation with NATO which holds primacy in defence matters.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister made this clear at the December 2013 European Council where strengthened EU-NATO partnership was agreed to be one of the key deliverables. It will be raised again as a fundamental agenda item at the June 2015 European Council where EU Member States will look for ways to further enhance collaboration between the two institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's views on this matter have been consistent and transparent and any attempt to form an 'EU army' would be blocked by the UK. We will continue to emphasise our views to partners and will remain vigilant on the issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 19/03/2015 15:59:27 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

225765

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic and Monetary Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the likely consequences for the United Kingdom of the decision of the European Central Bank to apply one trillion euros of quantitative easing to the Eurozone; and from what source the money will be financed.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury regularly monitors global economic developments, including those in the euro area, and their impact on the UK as part of the normal process of policy development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not for the Government to comment on the appropriate monetary policy stance for the euro area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, the Chancellor has made clear that the Government fully supports Mario Draghi’s efforts to ensure that the ECB does whatever it takes to meet its inflation mandate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 23/03/2015 16:37:09 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

225767

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Ukraine
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 Kramer on 3 November 2014 (HL2234) concerning the crash of Malaysian Airways flight MH17, whether they will encourage the Dutch Safety Board to publish an interim report on their findings of the causes of the crash; whether the crash investigation team at Farnborough have completed their investigation of the black boxes; and if so, whether their findings will be published in the near future.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The investigation is being conducted within the framework of Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation by the Dutch Safety Board (OVV). The OVV is an independent organisation, which makes its own decisions on when to publish its reports. We understand that the OVV expects to publish its final report within a year of the crash.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OVV requested the assistance of the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) to recover information stored within both flight recorders (Black Boxes). This work, which was completed on 25 July 2014, was carried out in the AAIB laboratories at Farnborough in the presence of the OVV, the Dutch police and a number of International participants. Subsequently, all of the recordings, and the recorders themselves, were handed back to the OVV and transported back to Holland. The AAIB did not conduct any analysis of the recordings and were not permitted to retain any copies of the information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/03/2015 17:36:03 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

225768

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the plans to criminalise social workers, teachers and councillors and others who fail to act in the cases of child abuse will have an effect on recruitment to the caring profession and to service on local authority committees; and if so, what.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The current level of recruitment to children’s social work is strong. Statistics, as of 30 September 2014, show that 26,810 children’s social workers were employed by English local authorities. This is equivalent to 24,620 full-time workers.</p><p> </p><p>This Government prioritises the recruitment of social workers. In 2014-15, the Department for Education has provided bursaries and grants for social work students worth £81 million and funded two accelerated entry programmes: Frontline and Step Up to Social Work. These programmes aim to attract high calibre applicants into social work and applications to both programmes have been heavily over-subscribed. The Department is also incentivising new teaching partnership arrangements through a £2 million fund in 2015-16. This will enable social work employers to work hand in hand with universities to bring talented people into social work, provide them with high quality training and support them in work through continuous professional development.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment of high quality social workers is essential for providing the best support and care possible for vulnerable children. The Department believes that highly competent individuals will always act in the best interests of children. The Department has agreed to consult on extending the criminal offence of wilful neglect to cover social workers who fail to act in cases of child abuse and neglect. The potential impact on recruitment to caring positions will be considered fully in the light of consultation responses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/03/2015 16:32:16 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

225325

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eurostar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the consent of the European Union is required before the sale of the government holding in Eurostar can proceed; and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>As made clear at the time of the announcement, completion of the sale of Eurostar is conditional on regulatory approval, including EU competition clearance. This is because the transaction constitutes a change of control under Regulation 139/2004 and as such falls under the jurisdiction of the European Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 18/03/2015 16:45:38 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

224966

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Lighting: EU Action
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the proposal by the European Commission to ban the use of halogen light bulbs throughout the European Union; whether they will oppose any such policy; and whether they consider that it would comply with the principle of subsidiarity.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>There are no proposals to ban the use of halogen lightbulbs in the EU. Regulation EC 244/2009, which is made under the provisions of the Ecodesign of Energy-related Products Directive (2009/125/EC), came into force in September 2009. Since then it has progressively removed the least efficient domestic lighting from the market.</p><p>On 1<sup>st</sup> September 2016 stage 6 will prevent halogen lightbulbs that are equivalent to a “C” label class from being placed on the EU market. Come September 2016, stocks of “C” class halogens already in the supply chain can continue to be sold and used, though manufacturers will cease supplying new “C” class bulbs at this point. However, “B” and “A” label class halogens lightbulbs will be unaffected by the regulation and will still be allowed.</p><p>The UK Government supports Ecodesign regulations that reduce energy consumption, thereby reducing consumers’ bills, greenhouse gas emissions and increasing our energy security.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 17/03/2015 14:54:50 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

224967

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the latest net migration figures, what is their assessment of the United Kingdom’s ability to control immigration numbers in the context of European Union and international rules and interventions.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The immigration system we inherited was open to abuse and gave little consideration to whether migrants could support themselves or contribute to the UK when they arrived. This Government has reformed the immigration system by tackling abuse of student visas, cutting access to benefits and closing visa routes for those coming to the UK without a job.</p><p>In addition this Government has tightened up access to benefits, clamped down on more than 850 bogus colleges and increased the level of English required to come and stay here. The Immigration Act 2014 is making made it much tougher for illegal immigrants to remain in the UK by restricting their access to work, housing, benefits, healthcare, bank accounts and driving licences.</p><p>As a result of these changes, family visas granted are down by a third compared to the year ending September 2010 and student visas granted are down by over a quarter. Since July we have revoked over 5,000 driving licences and removed more than 500 foreign criminals since July 2014 under the new non-suspensive powers. These changes have demonstrated that it is possible to reform and reduce immigration.</p><p>Net migration from within the EU has doubled since 2010. That is why, as the Prime Minister has said, we will continue the reforms this Government has introduced to crack down on the abuse of free movement, continue the reforms this Government has introduced on access to benefits, and insist that there are new arrangements in place for future Member States to prevent a repeat of the mass migration that resulted from the previous Government’s failure to impose robust transitional controls in 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/03/2015 12:05:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

224305

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors
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 23 February (HL4785) concerning gender balance in the National Health Service, whether the figures stated are actual numbers or full-time equivalents.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>As stated in the answer on 23 February 2015 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=4785" target="_blank">HL4785</a>), the figures provided for how many doctors were employed by the National Health Service by gender were headcount not full-time equivalent.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/03/2015 14:24:04 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon