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1718959

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with (1) European counterparts, and (2) other international partners, about how provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora are being implemented.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL4740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Defra officials regularly discuss how the provisions of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are implemented with both European counterparts and other international partners. This includes at regular meetings of the CITES Standing Committee which was last held in November 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/05/2024 13:56:37 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1701620

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
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	Hedges and Ditches: Environment Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following their consultation last year, whether they plan to introduce legislation to protect hedgerows this spring and during the bird breeding season.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL3851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Following overwhelming support to our consultation last summer, which received almost 9,000 responses, on 16 April the Government laid before Parliament new regulations that will place management practices for hedgerows on agricultural land into legislation. These practices include a cutting ban between 1 March and 31 August to protect nesting birds during this period, and a 2m buffer strip around a hedge where green cover must be established and maintained to protect the health of the hedge and the wildlife that use it.</p> answering member printed Lord Douglas-Miller question first answered 24/04/2024 13:43:38 answering member 5006 label Biography information for Lord Douglas-Miller
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1694001

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
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	Dentistry: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to employing refugees who are qualified dentists to help alleviate the backlog in NHS dentistry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL3038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The General Dental Council (GDC), which is responsible for the regulation and registration of dentists, has advised that it is keen to support refugees with their registration applications wherever possible. Dedicated information for refugees can be found on the GDC’s website, in an online only format.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/03/2024 12:29:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1682288

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	London Stock Exchange: Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to undertake a study of the impacts to date of Brexit on the London Stock Exchange.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL1590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The government does not intend to review the impacts of Brexit on the London Stock Exchange.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is Europe’s leading hub for investment, and London continues to be the only European hub in the top ten of the Global Financial Centres Index. The government is committed to building on these strong foundations to make the UK the global capital for capital.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU provides the freedom for the UK to tailor financial services regulation to UK markets, including through the government’s Smarter Regulatory Framework programme. Under the programme, assimilated law is being replaced by a regulatory framework tailored to the UK that will benefit businesses and consumers alike.</p><p> </p><p>The government is taking forward an ambitious programme of reform to improve the competitiveness of UK markets. This includes overhauling the UK’s Prospectus Regime to create a simpler and more effective regime than its EU predecessor, delivering on a key recommendation of Lord Hill’s Listing Review. Legislation to deliver this reform was laid on 27 November 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 29/01/2024 16:44:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1673796

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to reply to the letter dated 24 July from Baroness Quin to the Minister of State at the Department for Education regarding the inclusion of traditional music in music teaching in schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>I can confirm that a response to the correspondence dated 24 July 2023 from the Noble Lady was sent on 21 August 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/12/2023 13:20:20 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1660907

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
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	Housing: Solar Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing legislation to make solar panels mandatory for all new house building projects except for in exceptional circumstances.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL10191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-09-11%2F198649&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C36386cdbaf7840b8e06e08dbbb5331a6%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638309738202425684%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gRCHmJUn%2F2ClEo28TgAG0TKJa%2FRsDbsTHj6%2Bga8JBm0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">198649 </a> on 19 September 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 25/09/2023 14:26:47 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne attachment 1 file name UIN 198649.pdf title UIN 198649
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1659999

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to consider introducing measures to ensure that no new housing developments are permitted in areas where the sewage system is already unable to prevent the discharge of raw sewage into neighbouring rivers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL10109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework expects local planning authorities to plan for the development and infrastructure required in their area, including infrastructure for wastewater and utilities. They should work with other providers, such as sewage companies, to assess the quality and capacity of infrastructure and its ability to meet forecast demands</p><p><br> The Government has made a commitment, as part of its reform package under the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, to consult on whether or not we should make water companies statutory consultees on certain planning applications, and if so, how best to do this. It will be important that water companies engage local planning authorities on the right applications at the right time so they can input effectively and not slow down the application process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 25/09/2023 14:22:28 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1652156

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Fractures: Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Wales about its commitment to provide 100 per cent population coverage of Fracture Liaison Services by September 2024; and what plans they have to introduce a similar commitment for England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL9260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department regularly discusses health matters with the Welsh Government and other devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work with NHS England on the consideration and implementation of musculoskeletal policy, including Fracture Liaison Services.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/07/2023 13:00:44 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1652157

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Osteoporosis: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Royal Osteoporosis Society, and (2) other key stakeholders, about any further research required to address the gaps in knowledge identified by the National Screening Committee in its assessment Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women, published in 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL9261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) adopted an expanded remit which included establishing a Research and Methodology group (RMG). This group has published guidance on the UK NSC’s GOV.UK webpage around how screening researchers can ask the UK NSC’s RMG for advice and is the best port of call to engage with the UK NSC about research.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/07/2023 11:23:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1401662

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Working Hours
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have concerning the proportion of employees working shifts of more than six hours who do not receive payment for the rest breaks to which they are entitled.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL5255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>In Great Britain, working hours are governed by the Working Time Regulations, which set the maximum working hours and minimum rest breaks workers are entitled to. All workers are entitled to a minimum of 20 minutes’ rest break if they work at least six hours, which may be paid or unpaid depending on the employment contract. Some workers such as shift workers may be entitled to ‘compensatory rest’ if they don’t have the right to specific rest breaks.</p><p> </p><p>Payment for rest breaks is a matter for individual contracts.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/01/2022 16:33:07 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin