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759557

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date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Newcastle upon Tyne
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether magistrates court proceedings will be heard in Newcastle following the proposed relocation of family proceedings to the Civic Centre; and if not heard in Newcastle, where.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL1527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service intends that magistrates’ court hearings will continue to be heard in Newcastle following the proposed relocation of civil and family work to the Civic Centre.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/09/2017 12:41:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

759558

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of their review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to (1) the number of unrepresented litigants compared to the situation prior to the coming into force of the Act, and (2) the outcomes in cases where litigants are unrepresented in cases relating to housing and family law and the criminal courts; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL1528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor is currently considering the planned post-implementation review of recent legal aid reforms and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/09/2017 12:45:04 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

759561

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £1 billion additional funding for Northern Ireland agreed in June has been allocated to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>We want to see the financial support for Northern Ireland decided upon and spent by a devolved government to benefit the whole community. No funding has been allocated to date.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government receives regular representations from departments of the Northern Ireland Executive on a range of matters of importance to Northern Ireland and the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1532 HL1533 question first answered 20/09/2017 10:36:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

759562

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what requests they have received from departments of the Northern Ireland Executive for the £1 billion additional funding for Northern Ireland agreed in June; from which departments; and how much was requested.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>We want to see the financial support for Northern Ireland decided upon and spent by a devolved government to benefit the whole community. No funding has been allocated to date.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government receives regular representations from departments of the Northern Ireland Executive on a range of matters of importance to Northern Ireland and the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1531 HL1533 question first answered 20/09/2017 10:36:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

759563

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which stakeholders they have consulted about the allocation of the £1 billion additional funding for Northern Ireland agreed in June.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>We want to see the financial support for Northern Ireland decided upon and spent by a devolved government to benefit the whole community. No funding has been allocated to date.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government receives regular representations from departments of the Northern Ireland Executive on a range of matters of importance to Northern Ireland and the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL1531 HL1532 question first answered 20/09/2017 10:36:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

759564

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Cultural Heritage: Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether public grants to heritage railways and tramways are permitted under state aid rules where they fall within the English Aid for Cultural and Heritage Conservation State Aid Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL1534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Public grants to heritage railways may be permitted under state aid rules provided they meet the eligibility and other criteria set out in Chapter 1 and Articles 53 and 54 of the General Block Exemption Regulation 651/2014. It was under this legislation that the English Aid for Cultural and Heritage Conservation State Aid scheme was notified to the European Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/09/2017 13:03:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

759565

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aviation: Lasers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft with a laser pointer under the Aviation and Safety Act 1982 within the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Fink
uin	HL1535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests broken down by offence group and police force area. These data are published in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, and data can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016</a></p><p>Data presented here are on the police power of arrest. In line with police recorded crime statistics, these data cover arrests for all notifiable offences carried out by police in England and Wales</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/09/2017 12:36:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name police-powers-procedures-hosb1516.pdf title Police Powers and Procedures - Stats bulletin 2016
tabling member	4219 label Biography information for Lord Fink

759566

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of how the 45 day reflection and recovery period for victims of trafficking and modern slavery, under the National Referral Mechanism, is working in practice; and whether that time limit is 45 working days, or 45 calendar days.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Potential victims of modern slavery in England and Wales are entitled to a reflection and recovery period for a minimum of 45 calendar days, or until a conclusive decision has been made on their victim status. This meets and exceeds obligations under the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, which requires a minimum of 30 days of support. In practice, many potential victims are in support for more than 90 days.</p><p>As part of the Government’s reform of the National Referral Mechanism, we are working with partners to assess how the current system works in practice and consider the support we provide to victims, to ensure that it enables them to begin to recover, rebuild their lives, and avoid future exploitation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/09/2017 14:11:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

759567

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 12 July (HLWS40), what definition of political and social extremism they used in the Home Office Review; and whether that definition included religious conservatism.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The review into the funding of Islamist extremist activity in the UK used the Government’s definition of extremism, set out in the Counter-Extremism Strategy published in October 2015. Extremism is the vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. We also regard calls for the death of members of our armed forces as extremist.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/09/2017 14:12:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

759568

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose measures to improve the status quo for the people of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, for humanitarian reasons and to prepare the way for permanent peace negotiations.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government regularly raises with the Government of Israel concerns about the situation for Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, and pushes for an easing of restrictions. We are firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, and call upon all parties to abide by International Humanitarian Law. Ultimately peace will only come through fresh negotiations between the parties, which the UK fully supports, and it is critical that Israel and the Palestinians take advantage of any momentum gathered through international efforts.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 16:00:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton