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1151173

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Times of Sittings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what estimate he has made of the total cost of the sitting of the House of Lords on Saturday 19 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the total cost of the sitting of the House on Saturday 19 October at this stage. The costs incurred will relate to additional staff costs and claims that Members may submit in relation to their attendance on that date. Such claims can be submitted up to the end of November and once the figures are available an update will be provided. Other directly attributable costs will be disclosed if available. However, for some general running costs, for example heating and lighting etc., it will not be possible to attribute those to a specific date.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 29/10/2019 17:06:08 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1150640

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Restaurants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of this year's refurbishment of the House of Lords' River Restaurant.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. A full refurbishment of the seating area, fridges and payment stands in the River Restaurant was carried out in September and October 2019. The new design has increased the number of available seats by four and improved the accessibility and flow of the area.</p><p> </p><p>The costs for this project are laid out below:</p><p> </p><p>Enabling and redecoration works: £35,000</p><p>Equipment and fittings: £83,207</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Total Cost of Project: £118,207 </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 30/10/2019 12:33:18 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

752478

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker what is his estimate of the cost arising from the House sitting in September.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The planning assumption made by the House Administration each year is that there will be a sitting in September. Most activities are scheduled on that basis and costs of September sittings are factored into the original budgets.</p><p> </p><p>On that basis, the main additional cost arising from the House sitting in September is an estimated £4k for cleaning and porterage at the end of maintenance and project works to prepare for the sitting and around £1k of staff overtime for the Parliamentary Maintenance Services Team.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 31/07/2017 11:21:10 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

712000

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the contract for the provision of tobacco control legislation enforcement – national support for local authorities, between the Department of Health and ITSA Ltd, ended or will end; how it will be evaluated; whether they intend to extend or re-tender that contract; and if so, what is the timeframe.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL6138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The current contract for the provision of support to local authorities in the enforcement of tobacco control legislation will end in September 2018. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute, who hold the contract, provide regular updates to the Department on agreed milestones and deliverables and will submit a final report at the end of the contract to aid the Department in its evaluation. No decision has yet been taken on any future agreement to support local authorities in tobacco control.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 27/03/2017 10:43:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

711182

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Smoking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which countries the UK will be supporting as part of its international support for smoking control; and when that work will start in each country.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL6070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) Secretariat held an application process to select 15 low to middle income countries to receive support to develop their tobacco control plans.</p><p> </p><p>The FCTC Secretariat will inform successful applicants by the end of March 2017, and publish the results on their website. The project will commence work with those selected countries in year two of the project.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 23/03/2017 15:41:17 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

681843

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish the results of the HMRC consultation <i>Tobacco Illicit Trade Protocol</i> on sanctions to tackle the illicit tobacco market.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL5156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) consultation ‘Tobacco Illicit Trade Protocol – licensing of equipment and the supply chain’ sought views on two aspects of the Protocol. These were the mandatory licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery and the potential licensing of participants in the supply chain of tobacco products for the purposes of tackling the illict trade.</p><p> </p><p>A response document on the licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery was published on 5 December 2016 and draft legislation was published at the same time.</p><p> </p><p>Licensing of the supply chain is more complex and could affect a large number of UK businesses. Therefore, while HMRC is in a position to proceed to implementation of the licensing of machinery, supply chain licensing requires further consideration. A response document covering this aspect of the consultation will be published later in the year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 13/02/2017 15:27:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

678221

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of all UK Government attendance expenses for the Davos Summit.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL4950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text The Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for International Trade represented the Government at the 2017 Davos summit. Total verified UK Government attendance costs are not yet available. As part of the Government’s transparency agenda, total costs for Ministerial visits are published quarterly and the information requested is under preparation. It will form part of the next set of Departmental returns for the first quarter of 2017. answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/02/2017 11:45:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

654720

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a full evidence base, including any supporting research, for each measure contained in their forthcoming tobacco control strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>We have a long track record in this country of implementing tobacco control measures which are supported by a strong evidence base, and the new tobacco control plan will build on this approach. As part of our development of the tobacco control plan, stakeholders were invited to give views during the initial stages. This included representatives of the independent retail sector. We will continue to consult with our stakeholders before introducing any new tobacco control measures.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3967 question first answered 20/12/2016 15:23:59 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

654721

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, and how, they will ensure that the views of the independent retail sector will be taken into account when putting together their forthcoming tobacco control strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>We have a long track record in this country of implementing tobacco control measures which are supported by a strong evidence base, and the new tobacco control plan will build on this approach. As part of our development of the tobacco control plan, stakeholders were invited to give views during the initial stages. This included representatives of the independent retail sector. We will continue to consult with our stakeholders before introducing any new tobacco control measures.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3966 question first answered 20/12/2016 15:23:59 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

646602

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they intend to take following publication of the decisions from the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention of Tobacco Control.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL3620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tobacco control and is well advanced in the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In the Autumn Statement, the Government announced legislation to require the licensing of tobacco manufacturing equipment which also takes the UK a further step forward towards ratifying the FCTC’s Illicit Trade Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>In November, the seventh Conference of the Parties considered a report on e-cigarettes by the World Health Organisation and concluded that further monitoring of market developments, emerging research, development of emission testing methodology and regulatory response is required, but that Parties should be invited to regulate these products “as appropriate to their national laws and public health objectives.” The Government has already introduced a regulatory framework for these products in the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 and The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015. The implementation and effect of these regulations will be monitored and the Government will examine all opportunities to maximise the health benefits of these products for smokers whilst minimising their uptake by children and non-smokers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also shortly publish a new Plan which will set out a framework for future action on tobacco control.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3621 question first answered 06/12/2016 15:49:27 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer