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79771

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
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	Sovereignty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of a nation.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL1660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The normal criteria for recognition of a nation or state are set out in the Written Answer by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 16 November 1989, House of Commons Hansard Official Report, Column 494, noted below for ease of reference:</p><p>“The normal criteria that we apply for recognition as a state are that it should have, and seem likely to continue to have, a clearly defined territory with a population, a Government who are able of themselves to exercise effective control of that territory, and independence in their external relations. Other factors, including some United Nations resolutions, may also be relevant.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 18/08/2014 09:58:24 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

79772

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
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	Battle of Waterloo
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage country-wide celebrations of the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL1661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>Planning for the commemoration, in 2015, of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is being carried out by Waterloo 200, an umbrella organisation </strong><strong>approved and supported by Government</strong><strong> which is overseeing the anniversary. More information can be found on its website at the following link: </strong><a href="http://www.waterloo200.org/" target="_blank"><strong>www.waterloo200.org</strong></a><strong>. In the June 2013 budget, the Chancellor announced that funding of £1m will be allocated to restore the site of the battle. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>In October 2013, we also announced that at least £10m will be made available by the Heritage Lottery Fund over the next four years to fund projects marking some of the UK’s most important anniversaries and commemorative events, including the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/10/2014 13:02:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

79773

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
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	War Crimes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of a war crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL1662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The definition of a war crime is set out in the International Criminal Court Act 2001, section 50 and Schedule 8 (which sets out the terms of Article 8.2 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 18/08/2014 09:58:51 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

79774

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the meeting of the Cabinet in Aberdeen on 24 February, whether they have any plans to hold Cabinet meetings in Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL1663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It has been a long-standing practice of successive governments not to disclose in advance the location of Cabinet meetings. However the Noble Peer will recall that Cabinet was last held in Cardiff in July 2011.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/08/2014 09:42:50 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

79775

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the current regulations with regard to the levying of value added tax on repairs and maintenance of old and listed buildings; and whether there are any plans to review or change such regulations.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL1664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Section 1 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 determines that value added tax should be charged on a supply of goods or services. Section 2 of the same Act sets the standard rate at 20%. Repairs and maintenance of all buildings fall into this standard rate.</p><p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 11/08/2014 11:57:21 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

79776

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what categories of Quality and Outcomes Framework payments are available to general practitioner practices.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL1665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is a voluntary incentive scheme that provides additional reward to general practitioner (GP) practices for how well they care for patients based on performance against a number of agreed indicators. Each indicator is worth a maximum number of points and GP practices are then rewarded financially on the number of points they achieve. All GP practices can choose to take part in QOF and the majority choose to do so.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Employers publish detailed guidance on the QOF. A copy of this guidance has been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:07:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL1665 - Lib Doc.pdf title GUIDANCE FOR GMS CONTRACT 2014/15
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

79777

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their policy that ministers speaking from the despatch box in their capacity as ministers should not express personal opinions in conflict with Government policy; if so, how that policy is enforced; and, if not, whether they intend to introduce such a policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL1666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Ministerial Code provides guidance to Ministers on their accountability to Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 18/08/2014 09:41:50 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

79726

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many staff are employed by PICT in each senior pay band; and what has been the average yearly increase in salary for each band in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
uin	HL1618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>PICT employs 1 member of staff at senior pay band 2 and 4 at senior pay band 1.</p><p> </p><p>Pay for senior staff in the House of Commons, under whose terms and conditions PICT staff are paid, has increased over the last 5 years as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Percentage increase</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>yet to be agreed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 04/08/2014 10:44:46 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy

79727

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take in response to the recommendation in the report of the Education Commissioner published on 22 July into allegations concerning Birmingham schools that "unless there are genuinely exceptional circumstances, there should be a presumption that an individual will only be a governor at a maximum of two schools at any one time".
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>We are considering all the specific recommendations made in the report and the Secretary of State will return to the House of Commons in the autumn on steps to be taken on these matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/07/2014 15:08:56 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

79728

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the results of the cancer patient experience<i></i>survey<i></i>will be used to hold Clinical Commissioning Groups to account for improvements in patient experience through the NHS Outcomes Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL1620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>Holding clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to account for delivering improved outcomes for patients is a core part of the CCG assurance process. NHS England is working with NHS Improving Quality to develop better ways of using the Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) data within the National Health Service in order to maximise the impact of the survey, to be able to work with successful and struggling organisations to spread best practice for example. Their intention is that the learning from this can then be transferred across all surveys to understand what the barriers are to implementing change and to showcase best practice where real improvements can be demonstrated.</p><p> </p><p>The CPES survey results are delivered to every organisation so each can see how they compare to other organisations. Currently, the action plans are taken into account as part of Peer Reviews. NHS England would expect that every trust board should know its own survey results and take account of them.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working closely with NHS England on the review of the NHS Outcomes Framework, and will be engaging with stakeholders over the summer ahead of publication in the autumn.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/08/2014 10:13:54 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote