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93417

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Climate Change
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 26 September (HL1855), whether they will list those Members of the House who have benefited from their contribution to costs incurred in attending meetings overseas on climate change.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL2083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government contributed £1,800, as part of a Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office Prosperity Fund project on carbon markets, towards travel and accommodation costs for Baroness Worthington to attend an emissions trading experts meeting in China in April 2014.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 23/10/2014 10:47:50 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

93418

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
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 Northover on 18 August (HL1666), which section of the Ministerial Code deals with the expression of personal views which are not Government policy whilst answering questions at the despatch box.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL2084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble peer to the answer I gave on 26 September, <em>Official Report</em>, Column WA514.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/10/2014 16:39:52 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

90929

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government have much they have spent on travel and accommodation in respect of Members of the House of Lords attending meetings on global climate change during the current financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL1855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has contributed £1,800 for travel and accommodation for Members of the House of Lords to attend meetings overseas specifically on climate change in the current financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 26/09/2014 10:39:12 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

90930

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Ragwort Control Act 2003
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any control orders made under the Ragwort Control Act 2003 currently in force; and whether there are any plans to make any such control orders.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL1856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ragwort Control Act 2003 makes no provision for control orders. The purpose of the Act is to provide for a code of practice to give guidance on how to prevent the spread of ragwort to be prepared. This resulted in the Code of Practice on How to Prevent the Spread of Ragwort which was published in 2004.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Natural England, the delegated authority for investigating complaints about injurious weeds, can issue enforcement notices under the Weeds Act 1959 where ragwort poses a high risk to grazing livestock or agricultural land.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of enforcement notices served under the Weeds Act 1959 in 2013, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enforcement notices served</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Enforcement is a last resort and where possible we encourage communications between landowners and complainants to try and resolve the issue. In the vast majority of cases this approach is successful.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 22/09/2014 11:34:02 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

90931

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
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 Northover on 18 August (HL 1666), which section of the Ministerial Code deals with the expression of personal views which are not government policy whilst answering questions at the Despatch Box.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL1857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p>The Ministerial Code sets out the duties and responsibilities of Ministers. It is of course not unprecedented for Ministers to express personal views at the Despatch Box.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 26/09/2014 10:26:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

79777

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their policy that ministers speaking from the despatch box in their capacity as ministers should not express personal opinions in conflict with Government policy; if so, how that policy is enforced; and, if not, whether they intend to introduce such a policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL1666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Ministerial Code provides guidance to Ministers on their accountability to Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/08/2014 09:41:50 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

79186

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Falkland Islands Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the comment by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 1 July (HL Deb, col 1709), whether they consider the Franks inquiry into the Falklands War to have been thorough and vigorous.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL1347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>As I stated on 16 July (HL Column WA127), the Franks Report was an important Inquiry for the public record, establishing events and learning lessons.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 29/07/2014 11:06:25 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

65227

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	UK Membership of EU
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 Warsi on 24 June (WA 153–4), stating that "this Government is clear that membership of a reformed European Union is in the United Kingdom's interest", what is their assessment of the United Kingdom's membership of an unreformed European Union.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the speech on the Future of the European Union by the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), on the 23 January 2013; and the speech on Britain and Europe by the Deputy Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr Clegg), on the 8th October 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 10/07/2014 13:30:14 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

65228

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Falkland Islands Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the comment by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 1 July (HL Deb, col 1709) that he still held the opinion that the Franks inquiry on the Falklands War was not entirely thorough or rigorous, whether in making that comment he was speaking in a personal or ministerial capacity.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>I have recently responded to two debates on the Chilcot Inquiry in my Ministerial capacity. In the course of both, I drew a comparison between the Chilcot Inquiry and the Franks Inquiry, simply to note the information available to the Chairmen of those Inquiries, the significant difference in their scope, including the giving of evidence in public. Both are important Inquiries for the public record, establishing events and learning any lessons. In addition, I offered a personal reflection on the Franks Inquiry [based on my previous work in this area].</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 16/07/2014 16:54:36 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57544

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Europe
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 Warsi on 6 May (WA 356), whether they intend to ensure that the word "Europe" is used with qualification to make clear what meaning is attached to it in the context of that particular use.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL17
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to start ensuring that the word &quot;Europe&quot; is always used with qualification.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 17/06/2014 14:54:57 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit