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registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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	Housing: Charities
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 23 October (HL1773), whether they have any plans to establish an independent regulator to oversee the standards of housing owned and let by charities such as the National Trust.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to improve and raise standards in the rented and leasehold sector. Local authorities already have strong powers to tackle rogue landlords and poor property conditions.</p><p>We have already introduced a range of additional powers through the Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 with Rent Repayment Orders and Civil Penalties of up to £30,000 for certain housing offences as an alternative to prosecution which came into force on 6 April 2017.</p><p>The Government is also seeking views on the regulation of letting and managing agents and the approaches government could take to implement any such regulation, and has published a Call for Evidence, ‘Protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market, which closes on 29 November 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/11/2017 16:57:28 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

776798

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
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 impact of the stretches of single track railway on the Waterloo–Exeter mainline on the economy of south-western England.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has made no recent assessment of the impact of the stretches of single line track on the Waterloo – Exeter mainline on the economy of South-Western England. Network Rail’s Wessex Route Study concluded that the forecast levels of growth between Salisbury and Exeter did not justify the need for additional sections of double track.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 03/11/2017 11:04:03 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

776799

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West of England Line
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 impact of the stretches of single line track on the Waterloo–Exeter mainline on train punctuality.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has made no recent assessment of the impact of the stretches of single line track on the Waterloo – Exeter mainline on train punctuality. Network Rail’s Wessex Route Study concluded that the forecast levels of growth between Salisbury and Exeter did not justify the need for additional sections of double track.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 03/11/2017 11:05:32 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

776800

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Shares
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 Prior of Brampton on 19 October (HL1971), when they expect to receive the results of their research on the use of share buy-backs by public companies; and when they intend to publish their final conclusions in this regard.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy expects to receive the results of this research during the first quarter of 2018. The Government will set out publicly any further areas of enquiry or action soon after this.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 31/10/2017 16:29:53 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

776801

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Turkey: Human Rights
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 19 October (HL1775), whether they plan to ask the UN to take up the invitation by Turkey to allow inspection visits by UN officials to areas in Sapatan and its surrounding villages.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>It is up to the UN to request specific inspection visits with the Turkish authorities. We work closely with UN agencies active in Turkey and other like-minded diplomatic missions to ensure that Turkey is regularly reminded of its human rights obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/11/2017 17:33:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

769237

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Shares
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 impact of public company share buybacks on the economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>In its response of 29<sup>th</sup> August to the Corporate Governance Reform green paper consultation, the Government stated that it will take forward its manifesto commitment to commission an examination of the use of share buy-backs by public companies. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will shortly be commissioning research to underpin this work. The research will consider the impact of share buy-backs both on executive remuneration outcomes and on investment by public companies.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/10/2017 16:24:19 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

767355

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Tenants' Rights
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 Young of Cookham on 14 September (HL1315), how tenants of (1) housing associations, and (2) land in the ownership of large charities, may request information about their stewardship.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>In respect of housing associations, the independent Social Housing Regulator is responsible for regulation of registered providers in England. They set regulatory standards that housing associations are expected to meet. It is the responsibility of boards of housing associations to ensure their organisation meets the regulator's standards, and that they are open and accountable in how their organisation meets its objectives.</p><p>Specifically under the tenant empowerment and involvement standard the regulator expects associations to provide support to their tenants to develop and implement opportunities for involvement and empowerment. This includes supporting their tenants to exercise housing management functions; the formation and activities of tenant panels or equivalent groups; providing timely and relevant performance information to support effective scrutiny by tenants of their association’s performance and providing support to tenants to build their capacity to be more effectively involved including holding boards to account.</p><p>Requests for information about stewardship of charitable assets – including land – should be made to the charity and its trustees. Registered charities with an annual income over £25,000 must submit a copy of their annual accounts and trustees’ annual report to the Charity Commission. These accounts and other information about individual charities can be found on the Commission’s charity register -<a href="http://www.gov.uk/checkcharity" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/checkcharity</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/10/2017 16:31:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

767356

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Venezuela: Politics and Government
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 September (HL1520), what is their long-term vision for Venezuela.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Our long-term vision is a stable, democratic and prosperous Venezuela. We are working to support that where circumstances allow, through our project working on priority issues such as human rights, democracy, counter-narcotics and climate change, as well as efforts to protect UK commercial interests.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/10/2017 11:09:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

767357

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Turkey: Human Rights
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 September (HL1524), whether they have plans to ask the UN to conduct an independent inquiry under international law into allegations concerning torture and ill treatment in Sapatan and its surrounding villages in Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We do not have plans to ask the UN to hold such an inquiry. We regularly raise human rights issues with Turkish ministers, most recently when the Home Secretary visited Turkey in September. We consistently encourage the Turkish government to uphold the rule of law, to respect fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression and to adhere to its international obligations. Turkey has issued a standing invitation to allow inspection visits by UN officials.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/10/2017 11:11:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

759151

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Venezuela: Foreign Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of relations between the UK and Venezuela.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK aspires to have good relations with Venezuela but the current political situation there has put a strain on the relationship as we have joined international condemnation of the Venezuelan Government's recent actions. Our Embassy maintains a practical working relationship with the Venezuelan Government. Where we can, we work with the Government on a range of priority issues including human rights, democracy challenges, counter-narcotics, climate change and efforts to protect UK commercial interests. This work supports our long-term vision for Venezuela’s stability, democracy and prosperity.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/09/2017 13:47:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten