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583463

registered interest
date	14/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Infrastructure Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the absence of proposals in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill, whether they still plan to put the National Infrastructure Commission on a statutory basis; if so, when, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL1926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>To allow the Neighbourhood Planning Bill to focus on essential planning measures, legislation for the National Infrastructure Commission has not be included at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission is an important part of the government’s overall approach on infrastructure and has already made a significant impact through its first three reports.</p><p> </p><p>We remain fully committed to the Commission which has a crucial role to play in setting out the country’s infrastructure priorities. We are considering how it can best support the government’s new industrial strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 19/09/2016 09:37:14 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

576279

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish the NHS England Research and Development plan for 2016–17; if so, when, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL1519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>A draft version of NHS England’s Research and Development Plan for 2016/17 is currently out with stakeholders for information and comment. A copy of the final version will therefore be published on NHS England’s website in due course once it has been agreed and approved.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/09/2016 16:39:14 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

535918

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Muslims
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 O’Neill of Gatley on 12 July (HL883), which Muslim organisations affected by the withdrawal of banking services they continue "to work closely with…to better understand their experiences and encourage dialogue with the banking sector"; how that working closely manifests itself; and what is their assessment of the outcomes of that close working.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL1195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have received representations from a wide range of organisations and individuals who have been affected by account closure. Officials have discussed the issue of access to banking with individual Muslim organisations as well as representative groups such as the Muslim Charities Forum and Bond.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains concerned about the growth of de-risking and the implications it has for NGOs, economic growth, financial inclusion and financial stability. We recognise that this trend remains a global problem, and have taken concrete steps to address this. We put the issue on the G20 agenda in 2015 and, closer to home, we have encouraged the banking sector to produce new guidance to help those affected by de-risking to open a UK bank account, by setting out what information banks will require in order to comply with relevant regulation and the questions they will need to ask. We have encouraged those affected to consider using their bank’s formal complaint service or, if they believe they have been treated unfairly or unreasonably, to consider referring the case to the Financial Ombudsman Service. We have also encouraged those affected to use the Business Account Finder provided by MoneyFacts to locate an alternative account provider.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue dialogue with the NGO community on these matters, a Government-NGO Working Group will shortly be convened to explore concerns and identify solutions on the impact of regulation and banking practices on NGO operations in fragile states. The group will examine the specific challenges faced in getting aid into hard-to-reach communities.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 25/07/2016 08:50:57 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

535919

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
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 O’Neill of Gatley on 12 July (HL883), what steps they are taking with regard to the withdrawal of banking services to encourage banks to take a risk-based approach and to ensure that the measures they take are effective and proportionate; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which that encouragement has been effective.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL1196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The government engages regularly with the banking industry and those affected by de-risking in order to facilitate communication. The aim of this is to improve banks’ understanding of how affected sectors work and to improve affected sectors’ understanding of how they can best meet the banks’ requirements for providing services. This process has led to the British Bankers’ Association developing tailored ‘access to banking’ guidance for affected sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to work with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who recently published research into the withdrawal of banking services. The FCA are also working with the banking industry to lessen the damaging effects of de-risking without constraining banks’ commercial freedom.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, the UK has been instrumental in making de-risking a priority for the G20 and the Financial Stability Board. The government is working with the Bank of England and the FCA on internationally agreed guidance to financial institutions that will clarify regulatory expectations, making their responsibilities clearer to allow a more risk-based approach and better appraisal of risks.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 25/07/2016 08:49:40 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

529956

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received about the summary and non-appealable closure by UK-based banks of accounts belonging to Muslims or Muslim organisations; from whom they received those representations, if any; and what response they made.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The withdrawal of banking services from certain sectors, including NGOs and community-based organisations, is unfortunately one instance of a global problem of de-risking affecting many countries and a number of sectors. The Government is concerned about the growth of this trend and the implications it has for NGOs, economic growth, financial inclusion and financial stability. That is why the Government continues to work closely with those affected in the UK to better understand their experiences and encourage dialogue with the banking sector. The Government also encourages banks to take a risk-based approach in their activities, to ensure that the measures they take are effective and proportionate, and that they mitigate the risks they face.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials receive representations and have meetings with a wide variety of organisations and individuals as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 12/07/2016 14:54:32 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

521466

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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	Occupational Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much public funding was involved, and on what terms, in the purchase by Greybull Capital of Tata Steel’s Long Products Europe business.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The transaction was a private commercial deal, supported by financing from commercial lenders. Her Majesty’s Government did not participate in the funding of the transaction.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/06/2016 14:30:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

518759

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	Business: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what was the average time in (1) the 2015–16 Session, and (2) each of the last five Sessions before that, between the publication of a select committee report and its being debated; and how many select committee reports published in the 2015–16 Session and the previous five Sessions were undebated (1) 12 months, and (2) six months, after publication.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL53
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>My office does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>My Noble Friend the Government Chief Whip makes regular offers of time for debates on Select Committee reports to the Committee Office. The Committee Office then coordinate among Chairmen to determine which reports are debated on such occasions and in what order.</p><p><br>Sixteen select committee reports were debated in the last session and debates on nine reports have been arranged thus far this session.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 31/05/2016 12:54:03 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

513884

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications there have been for the Secretary of State to disregard a conviction under the terms of section 92 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; how many of those applications (1) have been successful, (2) are still pending resolution, and (3) have been refused; and of those refused, what were the most common reasons for refusal in each calendar year since 1 October 2012 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL7758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following tables:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applicants</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Accepted</p></td><td><p>Rejected</p></td><td><p>In progress</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012<br> (from 1 October)</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016<br> (to 20 April)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Some applicants apply for more than one case.</p><p><strong>Accepted cases</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Section 12<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Section 13<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Military equivalent</p></td><td><p>Older legislation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012<br> (from 1 October)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016<br> (to 20 April)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <sup>1</sup>Section 12 and section 13 of the Sexual Offences Act (1956).</p><p><strong>Rejected cases</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No records found</p></td><td><p>Public lavatory<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Non consensual</p></td><td><p>Under age (16)<sup> 2</sup></p></td><td><p>Not eligible<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Unrelated<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012<br> (from 1 October)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016<br> (to 20 April)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Where cases are rejected for more than one reason, only one is given in the statistics.</p><p><sup>1 </sup>sexual activity in a public lavatory. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 excludes conduct which now would be an offence under section 71 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003<br> <sup>2 </sup>the current age of consent, 16, is taken<br> <sup>3 </sup>Not eligible: offences such a soliciting, indecent exposure etc<br> <sup>4 </sup>Unrelated: offences such as shoplifting, assault, benefits fraud etc</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/04/2016 12:51:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

511549

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	International Civil Aviation Organisation Assembly
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will be the lead UK representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation Assembly in Montreal between 27 September and 7 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL7591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK has not yet nominated its delegation for the 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization, but will do so in the coming months. In the past the UK’s Chief Delegate has been the Director General of Civil Aviation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/04/2016 11:38:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

510261

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will establish a compulsory register for drone ownership following similar action by the Federal Aviation Administration in the US; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL7467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We are exploring a range of options for monitoring and enforcing regulations on drone use in the UK. This includes the potential for types of registration schemes, such as are implemented in the US and Ireland. The Department for Transport is in contact with both these authorities, as part of our work into understanding the benefits of such schemes, in terms of transparency of ownership and enforcement, as against their costs to business and other users. HM Government intends to consult on options this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/04/2016 14:04:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey