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432583

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect on high streets of ending small business rate relief.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced at the Autumn Statement that the doubling of Small Business Rate Relief will continue for a further year and therefore apply for the whole of 2016-17. Approximately 600,000 properties are benefitting, with 400,000 paying no business rates at all.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2015 15:04:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

432781

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been paid into the Exchequer from surpluses accrued by the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme since privatisation of the coal industry.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to House of Commons Library Briefing Paper Number SN01189 dated 25 November 2015 which contains at page 17 a table showing the total gross payments made to the Guarantor from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme since privatisation:</p><br /><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01189/SN01189.pdf" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01189/SN01189.pdf</a></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/12/2015 16:25:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432811

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Written Statement of 4 November 2015, HCWS288, whether all current junior doctors will receive an 11 per cent pay rise under the proposed new contract.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	17889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>We have consistently said that average earnings will remain the same under the new contract. Basic pay would increase by an average of 11%, under our firm offer, as a result of ending banding payments and redistributing current earnings, placing more in basic pay.</p><br /><p>This is something that the British Medical Association (BMA) said they wanted and that the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration has long recommended. All those moving fully onto the new contract would be paid on these terms.</p><br /><p>The hon. Member will note that the BMA has now returned to direct negotiations with NHS Employers, having walked away from discussions in October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2015 17:22:20 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

432418

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Manage Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the issues involved in maintaining or improving leasehold properties under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, in particular in central London, where a right to manage exists.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3933 HL3934 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432419

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Manage Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to legislate in connection with the right to manage in order to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond can be deemed to have agreed to a proposal.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3932 HL3934 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432420

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will clarify the measures that can be taken to enable works to be carried out when they are wanted or needed by a majority of leaseholders in leasehold residential properties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3932 HL3933 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432086

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Retail Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to quantify the overall impact on independent retailers of the tobacco control measures introduced in the last Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department assesses the impact of all proposed measures before laying legislation using standard government methodology. These assessments are set out in Impact Assessments which are scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee before publication alongside the Statutory Instrument. Impact Assessments specifically look at the impacts on small and micro businesses including retailers. All of the tobacco measures contain commitments to further review the impact of the legislation within five years of them coming into force.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3860 question first answered 03/12/2015 13:59:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

432087

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco: Retail Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the EU Tobacco Products Directive will have on the independent retail sector in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department assesses the impact of all proposed measures before laying legislation using standard government methodology. These assessments are set out in Impact Assessments which are scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee before publication alongside the Statutory Instrument. Impact Assessments specifically look at the impacts on small and micro businesses including retailers. All of the tobacco measures contain commitments to further review the impact of the legislation within five years of them coming into force.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3859 question first answered 03/12/2015 13:59:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

432088

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Smoking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the link between rates of smoking prevalence and the level of tobacco control, as measured by the OECD.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government considers international comparisons of tobacco control produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and other organisations, such as Joossens and Raw’s Tobacco Control Scale in Europe, which ranks the United Kingdom as number one in tobacco control activity of 34 European countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/12/2015 12:43:54 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

432089

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legal basis the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has in English law.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is an international treaty establishing general guidelines and principles for international governance on tobacco control. The United Kingdom ratified the Treaty in 2004 and takes its obligations under the Convention very seriously.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/12/2015 12:44:22 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer