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1491738

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date	21/07/2022
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	Cereals: Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help farmers maximise cereal production for export to offset global supply shortages due to the war in Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL2004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2022 answer text <p>To support our farmers we are bringing forward half of this year's BPS payment as an advance injection of cash to farm businesses and have delayed changes to the use of urea fertiliser until at least spring 2023. Farmers will be further supported through new slurry storage grants as of this year, helping meet the Farming Rules for Water and reducing dependence on artificial fertilisers by improving storage of organic nutrients.</p><p> </p><p>UK cereals are mainly produced for the domestic market, and whilst the UK is 88% self-sufficient in domestically produced cereals, we do also export. It is not for the Government to dictate to famers, who are free to react to market signals, what crops to plant, or where that produce should be sold or exported.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to keep the market situation under review through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade and recent developments. We have also increased our engagement with industry to supplement our analysis with real-time intelligence and to identify where mitigations are available.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 09/08/2022 11:54:55 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1491762

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Animal Products: Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many seizures of imported (1) products of animal origin, and (2) pig meat, have been made in the last three years.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL2028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2022 answer text <p>Border Force holds the data on seizures of imported products of animal origin, including meat. Data on seizures of pig meat specifically is unavailable.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 09/08/2022 11:55:31 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1491763

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 13 July (HL1351), what proportion of those using chaplaincy provided by their service identified as non-religious; what reasons were given for dissatisfaction with or a neutral stance towards the service received; what steps have been taken to improve the service in response to the 30-40 per cent of respondents who declared themselves either neutral towards or dissatisfied with the service they had received; and what resources, including funded posts comparable to religious chaplaincy, are provided to the various staff networks, including the Humanist And Non-religious in Defence Network, to provide support to those Service personnel who do not wish to talk to a Chaplain.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL2029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>Information regarding how many users of the chaplaincy identified as non-religious is not held. Data regarding any protected characteristics of individuals seeking confidential pastoral support is not normally recorded, nor will they necessarily even arise or be disclosed unless they have a direct bearing upon the issues at hand.</p><p> </p><p>Where dissatisfaction or a neutral stance is expressed in the Armed Forces Continuous Attitudes Survey (AFCAS), the specific reasoning behind each survey response is not recorded. AFCAS does not go into that level of detail, however, local evaluations in-Unit routinely show high levels of satisfaction with the teaching and pastoral care that chaplaincy provides.</p><p> </p><p>Neutral responses with the AFCAS survey are often in effect a “not applicable (N/A)” response. In this case the respondents are not likely to have sought direct support from the chaplaincy in the time frame of the AFCAS survey. As they are unlikely to have accessed or used the service provided, there are no specific measures targeting improvement for this cohort of respondents. <br> <br> Information regarding a breakdown of resources comparing the chaplaincy to the various staff networks that provide support to Service personnel is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The question of the religion, belief, or any other protected characteristics of an individual in contact with chaplaincy has absolutely no bearing on priority of access for pastoral support. Pastoral support is delivered according to need and open to all.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2030 question first answered 04/08/2022 15:02:35 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

1491764

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the service provided to armed forces personnel by the chaplaincy is prioritised according to the religion or belief of the individual seeking pastoral support.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL2030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>Information regarding how many users of the chaplaincy identified as non-religious is not held. Data regarding any protected characteristics of individuals seeking confidential pastoral support is not normally recorded, nor will they necessarily even arise or be disclosed unless they have a direct bearing upon the issues at hand.</p><p> </p><p>Where dissatisfaction or a neutral stance is expressed in the Armed Forces Continuous Attitudes Survey (AFCAS), the specific reasoning behind each survey response is not recorded. AFCAS does not go into that level of detail, however, local evaluations in-Unit routinely show high levels of satisfaction with the teaching and pastoral care that chaplaincy provides.</p><p> </p><p>Neutral responses with the AFCAS survey are often in effect a “not applicable (N/A)” response. In this case the respondents are not likely to have sought direct support from the chaplaincy in the time frame of the AFCAS survey. As they are unlikely to have accessed or used the service provided, there are no specific measures targeting improvement for this cohort of respondents. <br> <br> Information regarding a breakdown of resources comparing the chaplaincy to the various staff networks that provide support to Service personnel is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The question of the religion, belief, or any other protected characteristics of an individual in contact with chaplaincy has absolutely no bearing on priority of access for pastoral support. Pastoral support is delivered according to need and open to all.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2029 question first answered 04/08/2022 15:02:35 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

1491765

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons: Ethics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their policy paper Ambitious, Safe, Responsible: Our approach to the delivery of AI enabled capability in Defence, published on 15 June, what assessment they have made of the specific ethical problems raised by autonomous weapons that are used to target humans and which have been raised by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Oxford
uin	HL2031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>We're very aware of the ethical concerns raised by numerous stakeholders including the ICRC around the potential misuse of AI in Defence, including its impact on humans and the potential use of autonomous systems in ways which might violate international law. We published the Ambitious, Safe, Responsible specifically in order to ensure clarity and support ongoing conversations around the UK approach.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to autonomous weapons systems: the UK's focus is on setting clear international norms for the safe and responsible development and use of AI, to ensure compliance with International Humanitarian Law through meaningful and context-appropriate levels of human control. We propose development of a compendium of good practice mapped against a weapon systems' lifecycle which would provide a clear framework for the operationalisation of the eleven guiding principles agreed by the UN Group of Government Experts on Certain Conventional Weapons 2017-19.</p><p> </p><p>We are keen to continue extensive discussions on this issue with the international community and NGOs on this issue, including through discussions at the UN.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 04/08/2022 15:04:14 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4279 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Oxford

1491770

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been paid out in refund requests after people submitted a 'Life in the UK' test (1) refund request, or (2) complaint form, since March 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in a reportable format and is locally held management information which has not been quality assured. Obtaining it would require a manual trawl which would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2039 question first answered 04/08/2022 15:07:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1491771

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 'Life in the UK' test (1) refund, and (2) complaint, forms have been received; and how many refund requests have been (a) received, and (b) paid out, in each month since March 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in a reportable format and is locally held management information which has not been quality assured. Obtaining it would require a manual trawl which would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2038 question first answered 04/08/2022 15:07:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1491772

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 July (HL1503), when support for organisations through the EU's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund is expected to end.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/08/2022 answer text <p>To date AMIF has funded 46 external Integration projects to a value of £71m.</p><p>The Integration percentage of the total UK’s allocation is 26%.</p><p>All external projects are entirely independent from the Home Office and the AMIF UK Responsible Authority.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2041 question first answered 31/08/2022 16:03:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1491773

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 July (HL1503), what assessment they have made of their commitments to (1) "be a EU leader in integration and mitigation initiatives" when support from the EU's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund ends, and (2) "proactively support national and international initiatives for joint co-operation between EU Member States", as set out in their guidance published on 8 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/08/2022 answer text <p>To date AMIF has funded 46 external Integration projects to a value of £71m.</p><p>The Integration percentage of the total UK’s allocation is 26%.</p><p>All external projects are entirely independent from the Home Office and the AMIF UK Responsible Authority.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2040 question first answered 31/08/2022 16:03:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1491774

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 July (HL1506), whether the 'Life in the UK' test includes any questions about out-of-date information included in the current 'Life in the UK' test handbook.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>The Life in the UK (LitUK) test and supporting handbook are updated annually. Where an event means some test content is incorrect, related questions will not be asked and the content will be updated accordingly as per the scheduled updates.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/08/2022 15:07:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser