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166650

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Colombia
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 government of Colombia's land restitution process.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text Whilst security for claimants and those returning to their land is a key concern, our 2013 Human Rights Report (released on 10 April 2014) notes that some progress has been made on the issue of land restitution. Since January 2012 there have been 64,815 registered land restitution claims. In his recent meeting with President Santos on 7 November, the Deputy Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam (Mr Clegg), welcomed the Colombian government’s efforts to improve respect for human rights in Colombia, including through its land restitution and victims reparations processes. Our Embassy in Bogota runs several human rights projects to help improve Colombia’s land registry process, increase access to protection measures and raise awareness of the UN guiding principles on business and human rights. Officials from our Embassy also meet regularly with indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and we also funded a project aimed at developing the role of organisations in protecting communities’ rights to the territories. We are following closely several emblematic land restitution cases; our Ambassador raised the cases of the Curvaradó and Jiguamandó communities with the Ministry of the Interior in July and acts as an observer on the case. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/12/2014 14:08:23 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164491

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of Network Rail's ability to deliver infrastructure projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The independent regulator, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR), is responsible for overseeing and enforcing Network Rail’s obligations, including the delivery of infrastructure projects. On 20 November ORR published its assessment, in the ‘Network Rail Monitor’, of Network Rail’s performance in the first two quarters of Control Period 5 (2014-19) covering the period 1 April to 11 October 2014. ORR reported that following a period of relatively successful delivery in Control Period 4 (2009-14) Network Rail has not made the expected progress in the early stages of certain enhancement projects in Control Period 5. ORR has asked Network Rail to produce an improvement plan to demonstrate how it will change its approach to make up for these delays and will hold Network Rail to account for its delivery. DfT is working extremely closely with ORR and Network Rail to ensure that the vital passenger benefits in the Rail Investment Strategy are delivered.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 05/12/2014 12:47:14 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164492

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
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	Côte d’Ivoire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the political situation and stability in Ivory Coast since the end of the civil war there in 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>There has been significant progress in stabilising Ivory Coast since the post-electoral crisis of 2010/11, but more needs to be done. Much depends on further reconciliation between the government and opposition, as well as the elections in October 2015, which must be free and fair. We, therefore, welcome the inauguration of the Independent Electoral Commission on 30 August, and the resumption of opposition participation in that Commission in November.</p><p>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge) raised these issues with Ivorian Foreign Minister Diby at the UN General Assembly in September, as well as with the Ivorian Minister for Industry and Mines on 2 December 2014.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 16:54:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164493

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
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	Nigeria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of current levels of religious tension in Nigeria.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Christianity and Islam remain the two main established religions in Nigeria. They share a history of tolerance and peaceful coexistence. The terrorist group Boko Haram is attempting to challenge Nigeria’s secular state and democratic constitution by attacking all Nigerians who do not follow their extremist and intolerant views. Their activities do not command widespread popular support and have caused immense suffering in both Muslim and Christian communities.</p><p>The UK is helping Nigeria build its own capacity to tackle Boko Haram and stop such attacks. The Department for International Development has two programmes directly addressing conflict in Northern Nigeria which include work with religious leaders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 16:55:31 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

164235

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the rules governing short selling.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>The rules governing short selling are set out in the Short Selling Regulation (SSR) - a directly applicable EU regulation which entered into force on 1 November 2012. Article 45 of the Regulation requires the European Commission to carry out a review of the Regulation. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The European Commission published a report in December 2013 setting out its findings. That review concluded that “…it is too early, based on available evidence, to draw firm conclusions on the operation of the SSR framework which would warrant a revision of the legislation at this stage”. The report concludes that a further review could be carried out based on more empirical evidence by 2016.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 05/12/2014 14:56:34 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

147392

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the failure by nine European banks of the European Central Bank stress test.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The European Central Bank carried out a ‘Comprehensive Assessment’ of the banks which are now under its supervision. This identified 13 banks as needing to increase their aggregate capital by an estimated €9.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of these, four were in Italy (requiring €3.31 billion); two in Greece (€2.69 billion, but EU re-structuring plans means that essentially very little capital needs to be raised by them); two in Slovenia (€0.06 billion); one in Austria (€0.86 billion), Portugal (€1.15 billion), Cyprus (€0.18 billion), Ireland (€0.85 billion) and Belgium (€0.34 billion).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the European Banking Authority announced the results of its EU-wide stress test which comprised of a slightly different sample of banks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A process is in place to help ensure that the banks which failed the stress tests will address their capital shortfalls in a timely way.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>They are required to submit plans to their regulators on how they intend to address their shortfalls in the two weeks after disclosure of the results.</p></li><li><p>They will have between six and nine months to address capital shortfalls.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has worked with the Prudential Regulation Authority to examine the risks to the UK and estimate these to be very limited.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/11/2014 17:01:46 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

147393

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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 action are they taking to deal with the effects of an ageing population.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government published a one year update report on 30 June 2014 in response to the House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change Report in 2013 entitled <em>Ready For Ageing?</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This update report is a comprehensive guide to the work the Government is doing to start to tackle current and future issues on ageing. It reflects a number of reforms that have either been established or are underway in the last year that will make a real difference to older people now and to future generations. The report is attached and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/325095/41526_2902508_Cm_8872_Prepare_for_Ageing_accessible.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/11/2014 12:34:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Prepare_for_Ageing_accessible.pdf title Prepare for Ageing Report
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

147395

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action are they taking to ensure openness regarding fees in the financial services industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is clear that consumers must be able to access clear and transparent information about the charges that may apply to financial services products easily.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to current accounts, the Government reached an agreement in November 2011 with the major providers to enable customers to manage their account and to take action to avoid bank charges. Under the agreement, all customers have the option to receive text alerts where their balance falls below a certain level; are made aware by what time of day they can pay in funds in order to avoid going overdrawn; and, benefit from a buffer zone to ensure that they are not charged for going over their limit by a small amount.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also legislated to require the Financial Conduct Authority to cap the cost of payday loans, including fees and charges. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) created rules to effect the cap on 11 November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, the FCA requires firms to be clear, fair and not misleading when giving information to consumers. The FCA is currently considering how key information about a product or service should best be communicated to consumers. This includes the fees and charges associated with financial products. The FCA will publish a discussion paper on this issue in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/11/2014 17:08:06 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

147396

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Council Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action are they taking to support council tenants who want to form housing cooperatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>We encourage local authorities to work closely with their communities to look at the range of options open to them. This may include forming community led groups, such as co-operatives, Community Land Trusts or Tenant Management Organisations. My officials continue to discuss issues affecting co-operative housing more generally with the co-operative sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Council tenants have the Right to Manage, which enables them to set up a Tenant Management Organisation (a management co-operative) to manage the homes in their area, with a management allowance from the Council. The Tenant Empowerment Programme, £2 million in 2014/15 and £1 million in 2015/16, supports social housing tenants to engage in, manage and/or take control of their housing services. This includes training, support and funding to enable tenant groups to take up their Right to Manage. There are currently over 200 Tenant Management Organisations across England, managing around 80,000 homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2012, we funded the Co-operatives UK to establish and run the Community Shares Unit to grow a sustainable market and promote the long term success of the community shares model, as a means to raising equity finance and increasing participation in community enterprises and projects. Community-led housing is one of the areas identified as requiring development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging community led organisations, including co-operatives, to apply for funding through the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme. The Homes and Communities Agency has held back over 25% of their £1.7 billion budget, for which it is now inviting bids. This should be of particular help to smaller community-led organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/11/2014 15:55:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

143454

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action are they taking to support the growth in the number of young women and girls playing football.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>This government is committed to equality in Sport. The Honorary Member for Maidstone has done sterling work with promoting women in Sport. Sport England is investing £2.4 million into a joint initiative between Sport England, the FA, the Premier League and the Football League Trust, encouraging more women and girls to play football. Since its launch in October 2013, nearly 21,000 14 to 25 year olds have taken part in the programme.</p><p>As part of its Whole Sport Plan funding, Sport England is also investing £3 million to support a Women and Girls' Talent Pathway, an initiative to develop the next generation of talented female football players.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/11/2014 16:18:33 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark