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1485236

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide low-interest long term loans to non-qualifying buy-to-lent landlords with more than two leasehold properties who are unable to afford fire safety remedial costs.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>We are clear that leaseholders are no longer the first port of call to pay to fix building safety defects, we have taken action to support all leaseholders. The Building Safety Act will require that historical safety defects in any building above 11 metres or five storeys owned by the developer who built or refurbished it, or by a landlord associated with that developer, must be fixed by them. And over 45 developers have signed up to our developer pledge to fix their own buildings. This will benefit all leaseholders in the building.</p><p>In addition, leaseholders, including those with more than three properties may also benefit from government grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding.</p><p>Where more than three properties are owned, the principal home always qualifies for the leaseholder protections, capping liability for building safety remediation costs on this property. We have also made changes to enable compensation to be sought through the civil courts for historic building safety defects from those responsible. We are, therefore, not planning to provide low-interest long term loans to non-qualifying buy-to-lent landlords.</p><p>The risk of bankruptcy is subject to personal circumstances and usually as a result of a myriad of factors. The action that the government has taken in legislation is to reduce this risk for the majority of people, regardless of their circumstances, when previously they would have faced exorbitant bills. We would hope that following the action we have taken no leaseholder, regardless of how many properties they own, will now face the risk of bankruptcy. We understand that those with multiple properties are better insulated from this risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Harrington of Watford grouped question UIN HL1401 HL1402 HL1403 question first answered 14/07/2022 12:24:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1485237

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Fire Prevention
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 number of non-qualifying buy-to-let landlords with two or more leasehold properties who will go bankrupt due to being unable to afford fire safety remedial work.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>We are clear that leaseholders are no longer the first port of call to pay to fix building safety defects, we have taken action to support all leaseholders. The Building Safety Act will require that historical safety defects in any building above 11 metres or five storeys owned by the developer who built or refurbished it, or by a landlord associated with that developer, must be fixed by them. And over 45 developers have signed up to our developer pledge to fix their own buildings. This will benefit all leaseholders in the building.</p><p>In addition, leaseholders, including those with more than three properties may also benefit from government grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding.</p><p>Where more than three properties are owned, the principal home always qualifies for the leaseholder protections, capping liability for building safety remediation costs on this property. We have also made changes to enable compensation to be sought through the civil courts for historic building safety defects from those responsible. We are, therefore, not planning to provide low-interest long term loans to non-qualifying buy-to-lent landlords.</p><p>The risk of bankruptcy is subject to personal circumstances and usually as a result of a myriad of factors. The action that the government has taken in legislation is to reduce this risk for the majority of people, regardless of their circumstances, when previously they would have faced exorbitant bills. We would hope that following the action we have taken no leaseholder, regardless of how many properties they own, will now face the risk of bankruptcy. We understand that those with multiple properties are better insulated from this risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Harrington of Watford grouped question UIN HL1400 HL1402 HL1403 question first answered 14/07/2022 12:24:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1485238

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Fire Prevention
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 number of non-qualifying buy-to-let landlords with more than two leasehold properties who (1) are unable to sell their properties, and (2) are unable to afford the fire safety remedial work.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>We are clear that leaseholders are no longer the first port of call to pay to fix building safety defects, we have taken action to support all leaseholders. The Building Safety Act will require that historical safety defects in any building above 11 metres or five storeys owned by the developer who built or refurbished it, or by a landlord associated with that developer, must be fixed by them. And over 45 developers have signed up to our developer pledge to fix their own buildings. This will benefit all leaseholders in the building.</p><p>In addition, leaseholders, including those with more than three properties may also benefit from government grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding.</p><p>Where more than three properties are owned, the principal home always qualifies for the leaseholder protections, capping liability for building safety remediation costs on this property. We have also made changes to enable compensation to be sought through the civil courts for historic building safety defects from those responsible. We are, therefore, not planning to provide low-interest long term loans to non-qualifying buy-to-lent landlords.</p><p>The risk of bankruptcy is subject to personal circumstances and usually as a result of a myriad of factors. The action that the government has taken in legislation is to reduce this risk for the majority of people, regardless of their circumstances, when previously they would have faced exorbitant bills. We would hope that following the action we have taken no leaseholder, regardless of how many properties they own, will now face the risk of bankruptcy. We understand that those with multiple properties are better insulated from this risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Harrington of Watford grouped question UIN HL1400 HL1401 HL1403 question first answered 14/07/2022 12:24:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1485239

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they plan to provide to non-qualifying buy-to-let landlords with more than two leasehold properties who (1) are unable to sell their properties, and (2) are unable to afford the fire safety remedial work.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>We are clear that leaseholders are no longer the first port of call to pay to fix building safety defects, we have taken action to support all leaseholders. The Building Safety Act will require that historical safety defects in any building above 11 metres or five storeys owned by the developer who built or refurbished it, or by a landlord associated with that developer, must be fixed by them. And over 45 developers have signed up to our developer pledge to fix their own buildings. This will benefit all leaseholders in the building.</p><p>In addition, leaseholders, including those with more than three properties may also benefit from government grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding.</p><p>Where more than three properties are owned, the principal home always qualifies for the leaseholder protections, capping liability for building safety remediation costs on this property. We have also made changes to enable compensation to be sought through the civil courts for historic building safety defects from those responsible. We are, therefore, not planning to provide low-interest long term loans to non-qualifying buy-to-lent landlords.</p><p>The risk of bankruptcy is subject to personal circumstances and usually as a result of a myriad of factors. The action that the government has taken in legislation is to reduce this risk for the majority of people, regardless of their circumstances, when previously they would have faced exorbitant bills. We would hope that following the action we have taken no leaseholder, regardless of how many properties they own, will now face the risk of bankruptcy. We understand that those with multiple properties are better insulated from this risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Harrington of Watford grouped question UIN HL1400 HL1401 HL1402 question first answered 14/07/2022 12:24:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1484532

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Professions: Recruitment
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 Kamall on 27 June (HL1046), what plans they have to record data on the number of health care professionals who were hired from countries graded as red by the World Health Organisation.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to do so.</p><p>We collate data from published sources to monitor the patterns of staff joining the National Health Service who have trained outside the United Kingdom. This includes data from the the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s register and the Electronic Staff Record’s information on the nationality of staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 18/07/2022 14:58:01 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1484533

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	East Africa: Humanitarian Aid
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 Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 23 June (HL835), what assessment they have made of the severity of the food shortages in East Africa; and what plans they have to provide additional UK emergency aid to assist in alleviating famine conditions in that region.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a major humanitarian donor to the East Africa region, providing more than £230 million to address humanitarian requirements across East Africa in FY 2021/2022.</p><p>The UK played a critical role in convening the recent UN Horn of Africa Drought Roundtable which took place in late April in Geneva. This included working with states in the region and the UN to ensure appropriate levels of participation. It helped to bring much needed focus on the drought and it mobilised roughly US $400 million in new funding.</p><p>The Minister for Africa is also engaging on the subject, attending a recent Ministerial Conference on global food security, highlighting there the need for greater focus on East Africa. In addition, she has also recently met with the Disasters Emergency Committee, comprising UK non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as writing to World Bank President David Malpass, urging further action on food security in the Horn of Africa.</p><p>We welcome the efforts of wider civil society organisations to raise public awareness. FCDO officials maintain continual dialogue with these groups, and have recently attended events in Parliament on the subject.</p><p>We continue to monitor the situation and our response closely.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL1323 question first answered 11/07/2022 14:56:34 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1484534

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	East Africa: Humanitarian Situation
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 Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 23 June (HL835) and recent findings from Christian Aid which found that only 23 per cent of the British public are aware of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, what plans they have to increase public awareness of the ongoing famine in East Africa.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a major humanitarian donor to the East Africa region, providing more than £230 million to address humanitarian requirements across East Africa in FY 2021/2022.</p><p>The UK played a critical role in convening the recent UN Horn of Africa Drought Roundtable which took place in late April in Geneva. This included working with states in the region and the UN to ensure appropriate levels of participation. It helped to bring much needed focus on the drought and it mobilised roughly US $400 million in new funding.</p><p>The Minister for Africa is also engaging on the subject, attending a recent Ministerial Conference on global food security, highlighting there the need for greater focus on East Africa. In addition, she has also recently met with the Disasters Emergency Committee, comprising UK non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as writing to World Bank President David Malpass, urging further action on food security in the Horn of Africa.</p><p>We welcome the efforts of wider civil society organisations to raise public awareness. FCDO officials maintain continual dialogue with these groups, and have recently attended events in Parliament on the subject.</p><p>We continue to monitor the situation and our response closely.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL1322 question first answered 11/07/2022 14:56:34 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1484535

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to include active members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry with five years of service to the list of groups awarded the commemorative Platinum Jubilee Medal.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Individual Government Departments, the devolved administrations and the Crown Dependencies were responsible for applying the criteria and making eligibility decisions regarding the award of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal to their staff and other organisations that fall under their sponsorship. The criteria are in line with those for the Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.</p><p>To qualify for the Medal, recipients must be in an eligible public sector role in a frontline emergency service accessed via a call to the 999 emergency telephone number or equivalent. This does not include members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, but that in no way diminishes our appreciation for the vital work they do.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 12/07/2022 13:58:23 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1483337

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ensure that the teaching of British values in schools respects protected characteristics, freedom of speech, and the freedom of conscience.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>All schools must offer a curriculum which is balanced and broad, and which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental, and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences of later life. The department expects all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a broad and balanced curriculum, pupils should be taught about different societies, and how different groups have contributed to the development of Britain, and this can include experiences and voices of people from all backgrounds. The curriculum offers many opportunities for schools to do this, notably through citizenship education and relationships, sex, and health education (RSHE).</p><p> </p><p>The RSHE curriculum has a strong focus on equality, respect, the harmful impact of stereotyping, as well as the importance of valuing difference. The citizenship curriculum includes content on democracy and human rights.</p><p> </p><p>In delivering the curriculum, schools should be aware of their duties relating to political impartiality as set out under the Education Act 1996, and must ensure that, where political issues are discussed in the classroom, they are presented in a balanced way.</p><p> </p><p>Pupils should learn about equality, kindness, and respect, and it is for schools to decide how they teach these important values. The department believes in the importance of these shared values which are taught and reinforced every single day in schools across the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 11/07/2022 11:18:18 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1483338

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	China: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to carry out an audit of UK assets held by Chinese Hong Kong officials who are linked to human rights violations.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>We are alarmed by the gross human rights violations in China and the deterioration of rights and freedoms in Hong Kong. It is not appropriate to speculate on who may be designated under the sanctions regime in the future, as to do so could reduce the impact of the designations. We will keep all evidence and potential listings under close review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/07/2022 15:34:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans