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1697330

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date	19/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential (1) costs, and (2) benefits, of reintroducing tax-free shopping for international visitors, including the impact on (a) retail sales, (b) employment levels, and (c) economic recovery.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>As set out at Spring Budget 2024, the government is considering the findings of the OBR’s review of the original costing of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping, published in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook on 6 March, alongside industry representations and broader data. The government welcomes further submissions in response to the OBR’s findings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/03/2024 15:29:26 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1542567

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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	Rheumatology: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 7 November (HL2833), what plans they have to include a measurement of access to clinical psychologists as part of the Specialised Services Quality Dashboard for rheumatology services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>A review of the Specialised Services Quality Dashboard for specialised rheumatology services will be undertaken as part of the review of the service specification. The Specialised Rheumatology Clinical Reference Group will provide advice to NHS England on the most appropriate metrics to allow assessment of the quality of rheumatology services.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 22/11/2022 12:23:43 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1363761

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant: Mental Health Services
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 roll-out of Armed Forces Covenant's mental health provision service across the UK; and what plans they have, if any, to make changes to that provision.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Covenant is a statement of the moral obligation which exists between the nation, the Government, and the Armed Forces. The Covenant is not an entity which provides any direct service. It is possible that the Noble Lord is referring to Op COURAGE, the current NHS England mental health initiative targeted at veterans. If so, I regret that the Ministry of Defence cannot comment on mental health provision across the UK, as this is not a Defence matter. Health is a devolved responsibility and, since 1948, it has been the policy of successive Governments that the NHS should be the main provider of healthcare, including mental healthcare, for veterans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/11/2021 16:29:54 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1189917

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
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	Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia about the enforcement of the death penalty in that country; what assessment they made of that county’s human rights record; and in view of that assessment, what evaluation they have made of the potential takeover of Newcastle Football Club by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2020 answer text <p>We regularly make clear, using a range of Ministerial and diplomatic channels, that the British Government opposes the death penalty in all circumstances and in every country. The former Minister for the Middle East and North Africa raised our concerns about the death penalty with Deputy Justice Minister HE Abdullah Al Sulaimi on 11 February.</p><p>Our most recent assessment of Saudi Arabia's human rights record was published in our latest Human Rights and Democracy Report, published in June 2019. Saudi Arabia remains a Foreign and Commonwealth Office human rights priority country, particularly because of the use of the death penalty and restrictions on women's rights, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion or belief. The Foreign Secretary raised our human rights concerns with Saudi Arabia during his visit in March.</p><p>We are aware of a potential takeover bid for Newcastle United Football Club involving Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. The bid is being considered by the Premier League in accordance with its own established procedures.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/04/2020 11:12:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

792904

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests have been made by police forces to provide victims of modern slavery with support under the UK Protected Persons Service, since the commencement of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK Protected Persons Service (UKPPS) delivers protection and care to individuals (protected persons) who are considered by law enforcement agencies to be at risk of serious harm. This includes victims, witnesses and offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Given the operationally sensitive nature of the work undertaken by the UKPPS, it would not be appropriate for HMG to comment on any requests that may or may not have been made by police forces to provide victims of modern slavery with support under the service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2017 17:09:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

641858

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	Floods
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 November (HL2670), what arrangements are in place to monitor how the 90 per cent funding for flood relief allocated to local authorities is being spent; and what proportions have been allocated to businesses and individuals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities report their spend on flood recovery every fortnight. At the end of October, 40 per cent of grants available under the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme had been allocated to households and communities, and 60 per cent to businesses. This excludes grants of up to £5,000 being made available to both commercial and residential properties under the Property Level Resilience Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 06/12/2016 15:18:53 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

426941

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts they have made to promote diversity in the composition of the judiciary by reference to (1) socio-economic status, (2) ethnicity, (3) gender, and (4) age.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government fully supports a more diverse judiciary and has taken steps to improve representation, whilst still appointing the best people for the job.</p><br /><p>In Courts and Tribunals the representation of women has risen to 32.3% of the judiciary, compared to 28.8% in 2012. Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation has risen to 7.4 % from 6.8% over the same period.</p><br /><p>The Government works with its partners in the judiciary, the Judicial Appointments Commission and the legal professions through the Judicial Diversity Forum to take action to increase the diversity of the judiciary at all levels.</p><p>Recent initiatives include:</p><ul><li>Supporting the judiciary in the implementation of the ‘New Route to the High Court’ scheme. This offered high quality candidates support to apply for a Deputy High Court Judge selection exercise launched in July 2015. As this programme was aimed at encouraging diversity, places on this support scheme were limited to women, BAME candidates and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.</li><li>Holding outreach events, targeted at under-represented groups, such as ‘Women in the Judiciary: Making it happen’.</li></ul><p>This work builds on significant legislative changes which:</p><ul><li>Introduced the equal merit provision into the final stage of the judicial appointments process, which allows diversity, in terms of gender and ethnicity, to be taken into account when two applicants are of equal merit. This has already been applied in seven JAC recommendations between October 2014 and March 2015;</li><li>Extended salaried part-time working to the High Court and above to increase flexibility and make it easier to balance home and work life; and</li><li>Introduced a statutory duty for the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice to encourage judicial diversity.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 19/11/2015 14:48:55 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

167904

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Free Movement of People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British citizens are resident in each European Union country; and how many citizens of each of those countries have immigrated to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 09/12/2014 15:34:35 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL3428 ONS 450.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - British Citizen Resident
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird