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391062

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Combined Authorities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any areas or types of authorities that they would not consider being brought together to form a combined authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 provides that county councils and district councils may form combined authorities, subject to certain conditions, which the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill will, if enacted, modify. The 2009 Act does not provide for London Borough councils to form combined authorities and as I informed the House at Report stage on that Bill we are ready to continue discussion on what the most appropriate changes might be to provide the London governance needed for greater future devolution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2015 16:22:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391063

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Bridge Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have they had with Network Rail and the train operating companies regarding the on-going disruption to services at London Bridge.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>My Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, the Hon Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) chairs a weekly meeting of a taskforce comprising all of the relevant operators and Network Rail that is dedicated to improving the reliability and performance of the railway for customers travelling in the South East, including London Bridge.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/07/2015 11:13:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391064

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Mayors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any other Executive Mayors in addition to those of London and Bristol that could not be abolished by the holding of a referendum.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>There are none. The Greater London Authority Act 1999 makes provisions for the London mayor, and mayoral governance in Bristol has been established pursuant to Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2015 16:21:53 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391065

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic and Monetary Union
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 stability of the Eurozone.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury continuously monitors global economic developments, including those in the euro area, and their impact on the UK as part of the normal process of policy development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>With approximately 40 per cent of our exports going to the euro area, it is in Britain’s interest to see a stable euro area. The UK cannot be immune from difficulties in its largest trading partner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For that reason, the Government welcomes the progress that has been made between Greece and the euro area. A deal has been reached which supports Greece in the short term and protects UK taxpayer interests.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 27/07/2015 15:42:01 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391066

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UNESCO
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of UNESCO.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2011 UNESCO was one of the agencies assessed in the Multilateral Aid Review. That review rated UNESCO as Poor Value for Money and sought significant improvements in results based management, a strengthened focus on value for money, continued reductions in administrative overhead and improved transparency.</p><p>In 2013 we conducted a follow-up review of UNESCO. This concluded that the organisation had made reasonable progress with reforms, particularly in the areas of greatest weakness in the 2011 assessment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 13:29:09 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391067

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Diplomatic Service: Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with embassies and high commissions in the United Kingdom about the payment of parking and other traffic fines.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has held meetings throughout the past year with a number of diplomatic missions about outstanding parking fines and other debts. The subject of a mission’s outstanding debts is also raised with all incoming Heads of Mission. <br><br>In March and April this year FCO officials wrote to all diplomatic missions with unpaid parking fines over £500, and with unpaid London congestion charges over £100,000, to give them the opportunity to either pay the outstanding fines, or to dispute them with the creditors, before the publication of the details to Parliament. Subsequent payments of parking fines, including amounts waived by councils, totalled £214,154. <br><br>Details are reported annually to Parliament by way of Written Ministerial Statements (WMSs). The most recent WMSs were made on 16 July by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), which I repeated the same day in the House of Lords, (HLWS116 and HLWS119).</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:20:37 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark