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838333

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date	07/02/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, in the light of the resolutions on Restoration and Renewal passed by both Houses, what are the likely next steps; and what will be the mechanism for Peers to submit suggestions and ideas.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>Both Houses have decided that the next steps of the Restoration &amp; Renewal Programme should be overseen by a Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority. It is expected that the Commission of each House will therefore immediately focus on establishing those bodies in shadow form. Until the shadow Sponsor Board has been appointed, the Programme will continue to be delivered under the governance of the bicameral Programme Board, which consists of officials from both Houses plus two external members, and acts with authority delegated from the Board and Accounting Officer of each House. Establishing both bodies in substantive form will require primary legislation.</p><p>The Programme Team, supported by its client advisory services consultants, CH2M and BDP, will continue work in the following areas:</p><ul><li>further investigation and documentation of the current physical condition of the Palace of Westminster and its building services;</li><li>further studies on the feasibility of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre as temporary accommodation for the House of Lords;</li><li>design of Richmond House as temporary accommodation for the House of Commons, which is being taken forward as part of the Commons’ Northern Estate Programme;</li><li>development of a client brief for the design of the works to the Palace of Westminster;</li><li>the development of the required Outline Business Cases (OBCs), compliant with HM Treasury’s <em>Green Book</em>; and</li><li>a further round of medium-term mechanical and electrical, public health and conservation work to mitigate the operational risks to Parliament presented by the condition of the building between now and the commencement of the construction phase of the R&amp;R Programme.</li></ul><p>The design phase will require extensive consultation with Members of both Houses, as well as a wide range of other stakeholders including staff, third-party occupants of the Parliamentary Estate, visitors and other members of society throughout the United Kingdom. It is anticipated that this engagement work will be developed and taken forward by the shadow Sponsor Board once it is established later this year.</p><p>In the meantime, members of the Programme Team would be happy to receive suggestions and ideas from Members of both Houses. They can be contacted via <a href="mailto:restorationandrenewal@parliament.uk" target="_blank">restorationandrenewal@parliament.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 21/02/2018 16:07:39 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

837285

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister initiated or authorised the production of any cross-departmental Brexit studies; and in what areas such studies have been undertaken.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of analysis and preparatory work to support our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis is a cross-Whitehall exercise, which has not been led by any single Department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On the analysis subject to the recent Humble Address, as with all the Government’s work on EU exit, DExEU plays a coordinating role, working with the relevant Departments across Whitehall. The modelling work leveraged the best expertise from each department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This analysis has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee. This has been in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL5362 question first answered 19/02/2018 16:31:28 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

837286

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which departments were consulted on cross-departmental Brexit studies; and which ones gave input.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of analysis and preparatory work to support our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis is a cross-Whitehall exercise, which has not been led by any single Department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On the analysis subject to the recent Humble Address, as with all the Government’s work on EU exit, DExEU plays a coordinating role, working with the relevant Departments across Whitehall. The modelling work leveraged the best expertise from each department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This analysis has only recently started to be shown to Ministers on the European Union Exit and Trade (Strategy and Negotiations) sub-Committee. This has been in order to get their input and feedback on how this analysis can be improved.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL5361 question first answered 19/02/2018 16:31:28 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

837287

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether an inquiry into the leaking of the latest Brexit impact assessments has been initiated; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on specific leak investigations. We take all leaks of information very seriously.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 12/02/2018 13:48:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

833587

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the civil servants and economic advisers who wrote the report HM Treasury analysis; the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU, published 23 May 2016, are still in the same posts.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Civil servants across the department contributed to writing the HMT publications. HM Treasury does not comment on the positions or appointments of specific junior officials.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2018 14:48:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

833588

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of the report HM Treasury analysis; the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU, published 23 May 2016, that stated in the executive summary, "A vote to leave would cause an immediate and profound economic shock … which would push the UK into recession and lead to a sharp rise in unemployment, by around 500,000”, what was the rate of growth for (1) 2016, and (2) 2017; and what were the corresponding changes in the employment and unemployment figures.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The rate of UK growth was 1.9% in 2016, and 1.8% in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In the year to November 2016, employment grew by 286,000 and by 415,000 in the year to November 2017. Unemployment fell by 85,000 in the year to November 2016 and by 160,000 in the year to November 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2018 14:41:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

832860

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Muslim Council of Britain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether ministerial approval was given before Home Office officials met with the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to discuss the possibility of Home Office re-engagement; if so, which minister approved that meeting; and what were the names of the MCB members whom officials met.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Through its work to tackle and challenge extremism and prevent people from becoming radicalised, the Government meets with a wide range of organisations in order to safeguard individuals, families and communities from the harmful impacts of extremism and radicalisation. These organisations must be prepared to show leadership, point to solutions and challenge and confront extremist and terrorist ideologies and narratives whatever form they take.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2018 12:56:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

832862

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to review the performance of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>The performance of the DPP is reviewed on a regular basis and the Attorney General has regular meetings with the DPP about the work of the Crown Prosecution Service. The Crown Prosecution Service is also regularly inspected by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate which includes looking at performance within each area and on a national level for thematic reports.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 15/02/2018 14:02:05 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

832863

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in determining the amount of aid for Pakistan in 2018–19 of £345 million, what consideration, if any, was given to (1) the reported assistance given to the Afghan Taliban by that country's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency, (2) the amount spent on nuclear weapons per annum by that country, (3) the amount per annum spent on defence, (4) Pakistan's rating by Transparency International, (5) the use of the death penalty there, and the number of prisoners awaiting execution, (6) the number of juveniles sentenced to death, (7) recent death sentences for blasphemy, (8) the practice and legal status of female genital mutilation, (9) the intimidation of journalists who criticise Pakistan's military, and (10) the 2016 Amnesty International report listing Pakistan in the top ten worst countries in the world for human rights abuses.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Helping to ensure a prosperous and stable Pakistan is critical for the future of millions of poor Pakistanis, and the stability and security of both the region and the UK. The UK is helping Pakistan improve its basic services, reduce poverty, and promote equality. Our funding helps strengthen institutions, develop markets and build systems for a self-sufficient and better governed country. DFID’s work supports wider UK objectives by helping to reduce threats to the UK which may emanate from Pakistan linked to extremism, illegal migration and foreign national offenders in the UK of Pakistan origin.</p><p> </p><p>Our aid relationship with any government is based on an assessment of commitment to our Partnership Principles, including to promote and safeguard human rights. We no longer provide General Budget Support to Pakistan. Instead, where it is effective and efficient to work through government systems, we direct our support towards specific areas such as health and education sectors. UK aid programmes which provide funding through the Government only proceed when the Government of Pakistan provides most of the funds itself, commits to increase its own spending, and delivers results; and when we know UK aid is protected from corruption. DFID and the FCO continue to raise the issue of human rights of minorities at the highest levels of Government. No UK aid funds nuclear programmes in Pakistan, either directly or indirectly. It is the long-standing policy of the Government not to comment on matters relating to intelligence or national security and we are not aware of any reliable data that is available on Pakistan’s nuclear programme expenditure.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/02/2018 17:22:01 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

825261

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
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 Keen of Elie on 16 January (HL4533), in cases where there is no evidence at all against an accused, whether the CPS intends to drop the wording recommended by Sir Richard Henriques that "the case failed to meet the evidential test", and to change the Code accordingly.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not currently intend to change the wording recommended by Sir Richard Henriques for public announcements of decisions not to charge an individual, namely that “the case failed to meet the evidential test”.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has no immediate plans to change the wording of the evidential stage of the full Code test.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/01/2018 13:39:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra