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1186366

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date	18/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Rents: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to issue a rent break to tenants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>On 18 March, we announced a radical package of measures to protect renters and landlords affected by coronavirus. Emergency legislation has been taken forward as an urgent priority so that landlords will not be able to start proceedings to evict tenants for at least a three-month period. As a result of these measures, no renters in private or social accommodation need to be concerned about the threat of eviction. As such, the Government does not believe a ‘rent holiday’ is necessary at this stage. Further details of this announcement are at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/complete-ban-on-evictions-and-additional-protection-for-renters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/complete-ban-on-evictions-and-additional-protection-for-renters</a> .</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 30/03/2020 14:32:38 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184499

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase the amount of tax paid by Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft or Google.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>While it would not be appropriate to comment on individual taxpayers, the Government has taken significant steps to ensure that multinational businesses, including those in the digital and tech sector, pay their fair share of tax in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government used the UK’s Presidency of the G8 to initiate the OECD-G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project and has acted swiftly to implement the recommendations of that project in UK law, raising multiple billions in tax revenue for the Exchequer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced the introduction of a new digital services tax from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>This is forecast to raise £2 billion over the next five years and will ensure that the UK tax paid by social media platforms, online marketplaces and search engines is reflective of their activities in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 25/03/2020 14:53:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184500

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review Huawei's planned involvement in the UK's 5G network.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government conducted a comprehensive, evidence-based review into the telecoms supply chain, which was published in July 2019. The final conclusions of the Government’s Telecoms Supply Chain Review in relation to high risk vendors were announced on 28 January and provided the details of the additional steps it will be necessary to take to mitigate the risk from high risk vendors. This announcement made clear the Government’s intention to, over time, reduce our reliance on high risk vendors as market diversification takes place. We want to get to a position where we do not have to use a high risk vendor in our telecoms networks at all.</p><p> </p><p>The conclusions of the Review were based on security analysis from our world-leading cybersecurity experts, and took into account the full range of issues and risks.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/03/2020 11:27:18 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184501

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
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	Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use virtual reality technology in NHS hospitals to train staff to identify signs of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>COVID-19 appears to present with symptoms identical to seasonal flu. We are using symptomatic criteria of new persistent cough, and temperature raised for more than half a day, to identify patients likely to have COVID-19. We do not currently have plans to use a virtual reality training tool for its recognition.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 25/03/2020 16:28:59 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184502

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
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	Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of Google DeepMind's predictions on the future development of COVID-19's protein structure.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of Google Deepmind’s predictions on the future development of COVID-19 protein structure.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 25/03/2020 16:29:42 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184191

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to review the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019, which will commence on 8 April 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 16/03/2020 12:26:59 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184192

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Health Services: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use virtual reality therapy to treat older people advised to have limited social interaction due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is exploring how best we can support older people advised to have limited social interaction. There are no plans at present to treat older people in their homes with virtual reality therapy. However we are rapidly expanding our video-conferencing capability and the implementation of remote capabilities underpins many of the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 19/03/2020 17:35:29 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184193

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use artificial intelligence to analyse lung scans to help diagnose COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse lung scans to diagnose COVID-19.</p><p>Most individuals who may contract the virus will not have a chest scan unless they have pre-existing conditions.</p><p>NHSX has rapidly established a data and AI team to investigate ways to use artificial intelligence and data to:</p><p>- Inform the public and decision makers by providing up to date information and allowing analysis;</p><p>- Model the spread of the disease and the impact on interventions using novel data sources;</p><p>- Track resources across the medical system to support the efficiency of the response; and</p><p>- Help communities to help themselves.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 25/03/2020 16:11:48 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1184194

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to pause their negotiations with the EU due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>Given the latest coronavirus developments, Round 2 of negotiations did not formally start on the 18th March.</p><p>We remain in regular contact with the European Commission to explore alternative ways to continue discussions, and will be guided by scientific advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 23/03/2020 16:52:50 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1183469

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure women in football receive equal pay to their male counterparts.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>It is important that women and men are recognised and paid equally for doing the same work. I welcome the positive step that has been taken to ensure that all companies in Great Britain with more than 250 employees are required to report their gender pay gap to the Government Equalities Office.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We know there is some work to do to narrow the gender pay gap across the sport sector. If this is to happen progress must continue to be made in the wider culture of sport to ensure women are treated equally to men at all levels. I am pleased to see Lewes FC paving the way by paying their women’s team the same wages as their men’s team and we hope others can look at how they can reduce gender pay gaps.</p><p>In order to close the gender pay gap it is also crucial that we provide greater exposure and commercial opportunities. As part of a broader aim to support greater equality of coverage, in September 2019 the government consulted on whether to add women’s equivalents of men’s events currently on the list to both group A and group B categories. The consultation closed on 11 December 2019. The government is now carefully considering the responses in detail and we will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 18/03/2020 12:13:37 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick