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registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
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 of a no-deal Brexit on just-in-time supply chains in the UK automotive sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>In February 2018, the Government published its assessment of the implications for business and international trade in the UK, if it leaves the EU without a deal on March 29. This assessment remains valid.</p><p>The UK and the EU share a strong commercial interest in maintaining the competitiveness of our automotive industries, which rely on highly integrated and sophisticated just in time supply chains. Under a no-deal outcome, the automotive industry would face additional costs and burdens as a result of new customs procedures, compliance requirements and reductions in traffic flows across the Channel.</p><p>BEIS ministers and officials regularly engage with the automotive industry, bilaterally, via trade associations, and through the Department’s participation in the Automotive Council, to discuss no-deal risks and mitigations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 02/07/2019 15:32:41 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1134328

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Consumers: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to place a cap on the price paid in markets where there are rolling contracts for consumers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The setting of prices is a commercial decision for the companies concerned, provided they comply with general consumer law, which requires that consumers are treated fairly, are not misled and are able to make properly informed choices, between products and between businesses.</p><p> </p><p>We have a robust legal framework that provides strong protections for consumers. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out in his recent letter to the Competition and Markets Authority, that we want to see greater enforcement against subscription traps and that ultimately roll-over contracts should be as easy to exit as they are to enter. In the Consumer White Paper, we will consider proposals to strengthen our system of public enforcement of consumer law while maintaining the benefits of the current landscape.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/07/2019 14:21:57 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133481

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make public advice available to prepare for the threat of a category one cyberattack.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>In the event of any major cyber incident, the National Cyber Security Centre will ensure that the right technical advice is issued quickly and directly, and that the public are kept informed. As no two cyber incidents are identical, public communications will always be tailored to the specifics of a cyber attack.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 27/06/2019 11:37:09 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133483

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	ICT: Innovation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop supercomputer technology in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>In the Spring Statement, the Government announced £79 million funding for the next national supercomputer ARCHER2. The supercomputer will be hundreds of thousands of times more powerful than a traditional desktop computer and will be used to run massive research simulations. This project is being delivered and supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Engineering and Physical Sciences, and the Natural Environment Research Councils.</p><p> </p><p>E-infrastructure, including supercomputing, is also a critical strand within UKRI’s national research and innovation infrastructure roadmap programme. This is seeking to increase our understanding of the UK’s current capabilities and future requirements with a final report expected later in 2019. We want to ensure that future investments in High Performance Computing will deliver benefits across research and innovation, including to tech start-ups and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. (SMEs). The Government will be working with UKRI and Tech UK on UKRI’s e-infrastructure strategy which will be engaging with tech-SMEs on how they can access high-performance computing for the benefit of their businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/06/2019 12:57:39 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133057

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	NHS: Finance
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 funding for the NHS post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Health Service budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms over the next five years, reflecting that the NHS is this Government’s top spending priority. This major investment will support the NHS to continue to deliver world class care.</p><p>This extra funding for the NHS will still apply in all European Union exit scenarios to ensure it is there for the long term.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 13:21:08 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133058

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement a long-term strategy to improve the timescale of mental health treatment in the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the NHS Long Term Plan, there will be a comprehensive expansion of mental health services, with additional funding of at least £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24. This will give greater mental health support to an extra 345,000 children, at least 380,000 more adults and 24,000 more new and expectant mothers.</p><p>The interim NHS People Plan, published on 3 June 2019, sets out that an additional 25,000 staff will be employed in mental health services over the next five years. This includes nearly 6,500 more working in children and young people’s mental health services and mental health support teams in schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>The National Health Service will test new waiting times to ensure rapid access to mental health services in the community for those that need it and expand crisis care. More detailed information will be set out in the National Implementation Framework and the full NHS People Plan due to be published later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 02/07/2019 14:12:42 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133059

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Social Media: Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support social media companies to eradicate online bullying.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The joint DCMS-Home Office Online Harms White Paper, published on 8 April, sets out the government's plans for world leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. This includes establishing a new statutory duty of care to make companies take more responsibility for the safety of their users. Compliance with this duty of care will be overseen and enforced by an independent regulator. Companies will be held to account for tackling a comprehensive set of online harms, including cyberbullying. Alongside the White Paper, the government also published the Social Media Code of Practice, which sets out actions that the Government believes social media platforms should take to prevent bullying, insulting, intimidating and humiliating behaviours on their sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/06/2019 16:03:25 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1133060

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Sports: Corruption
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the levels of global corruption in sport.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Corruption in sport was a key part of the Government’s Anti-Corruption international summit in London in 2016. Subsequently, in December 2018, the UK hosted the first ever high-level meeting of the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) in London.</p><p> </p><p>The IPACS partnership’s mission is to bring international sports organisations, governments and inter-governmental organisations together “to strengthen and support efforts to eliminate corruption and promote a culture of good governance in and around sport.” December’s meeting saw over 100 representatives from these stakeholder groups to discuss corruption risks around procurement linked to major sporting events; conflicts of interest in major events bidding and hosting; and international sports governance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also signed the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (Macolin Convention) in December 2018. The Macolin Convention is a multilateral treaty that aims to prevent, detect, and punish match fixing in sport.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/06/2019 12:22:06 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1132655

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Iran: Nuclear Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the UK’s participation in the Iran nuclear agreement following escalating tensions in the region.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>​We regard the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) as a crucial agreement that makes the world a safer place by neutralising the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. We are urging Iran not to take escalatory steps and to continue to meet its commitments under the deal. While Iran is in compliance, we remain fully committed to the JCPoA, a key achievement of the global nuclear non-proliferation architecture, which is in our shared security interests.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/06/2019 11:45:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1132656

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Smart Devices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate the use of interconnected sensor technology in the UK private sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL16434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the internet is increasingly a greater aspect of citizens' daily lives, such as through the growing prevalence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. We recognise that compromised internet-connected devices can result in many forms of harm to the individual and the wider economy, and as such, we take the security of these devices very seriously. In recent months we have been focusing attention on securing connected ‘smart’ devices for use in the home.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In May 2019, the Government launched a consultation on proposed regulation for consumer internet-connected devices. This advocated for a minimum security baseline centred around mandating the top three guidelines of the Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in October 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are now working through the wide array of responses to the consultation to further refine our policy proposals and will publish a formal consultation response and final regulatory proposal later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 27/06/2019 11:37:59 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick