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155353

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date	11/11/2014
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	Obesity
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 Gardiner of Kimble on 26 September (HL1920), how they reconcile the proposed "hard-hitting national action on obesity" described in the NHS Five Year Forward View with the Government Equalities Office body image programme which promotes positive representation of a diversity of body types.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that obesity and poor body confidence are both part of a wider public health issue. This is the relationship that people have to their bodies, and how they integrate physical and emotional wellbeing. There is a strong relationship between poor body image, disordered eating and weight problems. Research shows that people with low levels of body satisfaction are more likely to gain weight over time (regardless of starting BMI); whereas those who have higher levels of body satisfaction are less likely to gain weight.</p><p>This is partly because people with low body image are less likely to be physically active and more likely to use unhealthy weight control behaviours. Poor body image is also linked with depression and low self-esteem. People who do not feel good about their bodies are less likely to look after them, so supporting people to value themselves and take care of their bodies is crucial in tackling obesity.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling obesity and tackling the causes of poor body image. The Public Health England Change4Life campaign has been widely acclaimed for its positive approach and for not using “fat shaming” imagery. Instead, it focuses on motivating healthy behaviour change rather than achievement of a particular body type.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal question first answered 20/11/2014 12:03:01 answering member 3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

155354

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to issue guidance to police forces in England and Wales to the effect that, when publishing statistics or issuing any statement referring to persons being from "the Asian Community", use should instead be made of the official 18-point classifications from the National Census.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>As this is a matter for local Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables, the Home Office has no plans to issue guidance to police forces in England and Wales on using 18-point classifications from the National Census when publishing statistics or issuing any statement referring to persons being from &quot;the Asian Community&quot;.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/11/2014 13:49:33 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

155356

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crime: Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to revise the publication of criminal statistics under the broad classifications of "White, Black, Asian, Mixed, other" and instead use the full 18-point classifications as used in the National Census.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 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 20/11/2014 14:26:21 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL2814 ONS Letter - Lord Blencathra.pdf title Uk Statistics Authority Response
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

155357

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Scottish Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead MSP, was invited to attend the European Council on Fishing on 10 November; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL2815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Scottish Government ministers, as well as those of the other Devolved Administrations, are regularly part of the UK delegation to meetings of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council. They work closely with Defra ministers to agree shared UK positions and UK ministerial statements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mr Lochhead attended the Council meeting on 10 November as part of the UK delegation. He also attended the Secretary of State’s introductory meeting with new Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 19/11/2014 14:01:34 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

155359

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Palestinian Authority about the recent suicide attacks on Israeli citizens in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
tabling member printed	Lord Kalms
uin	HL2817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>Our Consul-General to Jerusalem has met advisers to President Abbas and senior officials in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, where he has discussed the current tensions in Jerusalem including the attacks on the Jerusalem light rail. He has been urging Palestinian leaders to exert their influence to restore calm in Jerusalem, as our embassy in Tel Aviv has also been doing in its contacts with Israeli leaders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/11/2014 14:43:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3668 label Biography information for Lord Kalms

155360

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of recent reports that Hamas intends to use building materials to rebuild tunnels to attack Israel.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
uin	HL2818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK has recently invested £0.5m in the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM), specifically a Materials Monitoring Unit, to ensure that any reconstruction materials made available to Gazans to repair their homes are closely tied to an assessment of needs and subjected to rigorous spot checks. This will safeguard against the risk of building materials being diverted towards building tunnels.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/11/2014 14:44:34 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4214 label Biography information for Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

155361

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Medals Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to release Sir John Holmes' Final Report on the case for a National Defence Medal.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
uin	HL2819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of his Review of Military Medals, Sir John Holmes reviewed the case for a National Defence Medal. An options paper was produced and a copy of this paper was placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 29 July 2014, accompanying the Written Ministerial Statement on the Military Medals Review by the Lord Privy Seal on the same day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/11/2014 12:39:18 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4214 label Biography information for Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

155364

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what powers local authorities possess to improve the accuracy of the register of electors in their own locality.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities in Great Britain are required to appoint and fund Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), who are legally distinct from the authority which appoints them. The role and powers of EROs is set out in statute. They are responsible for compiling and maintaining registers of electors for their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Electoral registration in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL2823 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:29:47 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

155365

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the powers of an Electoral Registration Officer differ from those of a local authority in the regulation of electors.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities in Great Britain are required to appoint and fund Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), who are legally distinct from the authority which appoints them. The role and powers of EROs is set out in statute. They are responsible for compiling and maintaining registers of electors for their areas.</p><p> </p><p>Electoral registration in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL2822 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:29:47 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

155368

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eurostar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan take to prevent the disposal for scrap of any of the North of London Eurostars.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Eurostar is run on a commercial basis and is free to make its own decisions about how it operates. This includes decisions around the acquisition and disposal of its rolling stock. We are therefore unable to comment on Eurostar’s specific plans for the North of London trains.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/11/2014 17:35:58 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley