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1723689

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Death and Injuries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce deaths and injuries on roads.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has announced that it intends to publish a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. Work is already underway on this.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 30/07/2024 12:58:48 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1723086

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
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	Animal Products: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ban the import of trophies taken from endangered species.
tabling member printed	Baroness Fookes
uin	HL252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The government committed in its manifesto to banning the import of hunting trophies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 29/07/2024 15:45:50 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	830 label Biography information for Baroness Fookes

1723093

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
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	Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations of England’s Patient Safety Commissioner in the 'Hughes Report' on the sodium valproate and mesh implant scandals; when they intend to respond to that report; and when they anticipate the first payments arising under the recommended redress scheme may be made.
tabling member printed	Lord Kamall
uin	HL259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is considering the recommendations of The Hughes Report, and to prevent future harm, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS England, and others have taken action to strengthen oversight of valproate prescribing and mesh procedures. For example, nine specialist mesh centres are in operation across England, ensuring that women with complications of mesh inserted for urinary incontinence and vaginal prolapse get the right support in every region, and we have maintained the national pause on the use of pelvic mesh, which has been in place since July 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 26/07/2024 12:34:40 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall

1723114

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the provision of public lavatories in the station upgrade proposals of the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme between Manchester and Leeds.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
uin	HL280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to make any further provision of public lavatories as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme inherited from the previous Government. Public lavatories will be replaced where the programme modifies or removes public lavatories at stations to facilitate works.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 30/07/2024 11:07:12 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1722371

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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	Processed Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to help consumers to identify ultra-processed food, to encourage the consumption of healthy food, and to reduce the percentage of ultra-processed food in the national diet.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the King's Speech, the Government will bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to ban junk food advertising to children, and will stop the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16-year-olds. We face an obesity crisis, and we will take action to tackle it head on, easing the strain on the National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever.</p><p>There is no universally agreed definition of ultra-processed foods (UPF), although NOVA is the most widely used classification system. NOVA categorises foods by how processed they are, rather than their nutritional composition.</p><p>Published evidence has estimated that UPF intake varies by age group, ranging from 51% in adults aged over 19 years old, to 68% in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years old, based on National Diet and Nutrition Survey data.</p><p>In July 2023 the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published a position statement on processed foods and health, and concluded that observed associations between UPFs and health are concerning, but it is unclear whether these foods are inherently unhealthy due to processing or due to their nutritional content. Given the SACN’s concerns, they added the topic of processed foods and health to their watching brief and will consider it at their next horizon scan meeting in October 2024.</p><p>Government dietary advice, based on recommendations from the SACN and as depicted within <em>The </em><em>Eatwell Guide</em>, already shows that many foods that would be classified as ultra-processed are not part of a healthy, balanced diet, as they are high in calories, saturated fat, salt, or sugar. Government advice on healthy eating, including <em>The Eatwell Guide</em> principles, is communicated through the NHS.UK website and the Government’s social marketing campaigns such as Better Health, Healthier Families, and Start for Life.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 30/07/2024 11:09:47 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1722395

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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	Animal Products: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to introduce legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>The government committed in its manifesto to banning the import of hunting trophies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 26/07/2024 11:47:13 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1722397

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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	Animal Housing: Pigs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to banning the use of pig farrowing crates, and whether they will hold a public consultation on such a ban.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.</p><p> </p><p>The use of farrowing crates for pigs is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 26/07/2024 11:47:40 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1722401

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation is allowing payments to representatives of sanctioned Russian Companies and individuals while war in Ukraine continues.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in HM Treasury is responsible for financial sanctions implementation and enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI can only issue specific licences where relevant licensing grounds exist as set out in the legislation. One such licensing ground is professional legal fees and reasonable expenses associated with the provision of legal services. This ground exists because it is important that designated persons can still access legal representation. A ‘reasonableness’ test is applied to each legal fees application which requires applicants to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate to OFSI that the legal fees and expenses are reasonable.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI releases an Annual Review each year which provides information about the number of licences issued under each regime. However, for confidentiality purposes and in order to comply with UK data protection law, OFSI does not publish details about the parties involved in individual licences granted.</p><p> </p><p>Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an increase in the scale and impact of financial sanctions, OFSI has processed a larger number licence applications than previous years. Many licence applications under the legal services licensing ground involve very complex legal cases, some with very high values, across multiple jurisdictions. The amounts agreed in respect of fees for legal services on behalf of Russian designated persons are not readily available and would involve disproportionate costs to gather at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Even where a licensing ground exists and the reasonableness test is met, OFSI will only issue licences where doing so does not undermine the intent or purpose of the Russia sanctions regime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livermore grouped question UIN HL234 HL235 HL237 question first answered 29/07/2024 17:01:26 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1722403

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the level of payment allowed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation between 24 February and 31 October 2022 under the ‘access to justice’ arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in HM Treasury is responsible for financial sanctions implementation and enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI can only issue specific licences where relevant licensing grounds exist as set out in the legislation. One such licensing ground is professional legal fees and reasonable expenses associated with the provision of legal services. This ground exists because it is important that designated persons can still access legal representation. A ‘reasonableness’ test is applied to each legal fees application which requires applicants to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate to OFSI that the legal fees and expenses are reasonable.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI releases an Annual Review each year which provides information about the number of licences issued under each regime. However, for confidentiality purposes and in order to comply with UK data protection law, OFSI does not publish details about the parties involved in individual licences granted.</p><p> </p><p>Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an increase in the scale and impact of financial sanctions, OFSI has processed a larger number licence applications than previous years. Many licence applications under the legal services licensing ground involve very complex legal cases, some with very high values, across multiple jurisdictions. The amounts agreed in respect of fees for legal services on behalf of Russian designated persons are not readily available and would involve disproportionate costs to gather at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Even where a licensing ground exists and the reasonableness test is met, OFSI will only issue licences where doing so does not undermine the intent or purpose of the Russia sanctions regime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livermore grouped question UIN HL232 HL235 HL237 question first answered 29/07/2024 17:01:26 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1722404

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will list the UK-registered companies and partnerships that the Office of Financial Sanction Implementation assessed for legal payments between October 2023 and April 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in HM Treasury is responsible for financial sanctions implementation and enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI can only issue specific licences where relevant licensing grounds exist as set out in the legislation. One such licensing ground is professional legal fees and reasonable expenses associated with the provision of legal services. This ground exists because it is important that designated persons can still access legal representation. A ‘reasonableness’ test is applied to each legal fees application which requires applicants to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate to OFSI that the legal fees and expenses are reasonable.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI releases an Annual Review each year which provides information about the number of licences issued under each regime. However, for confidentiality purposes and in order to comply with UK data protection law, OFSI does not publish details about the parties involved in individual licences granted.</p><p> </p><p>Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an increase in the scale and impact of financial sanctions, OFSI has processed a larger number licence applications than previous years. Many licence applications under the legal services licensing ground involve very complex legal cases, some with very high values, across multiple jurisdictions. The amounts agreed in respect of fees for legal services on behalf of Russian designated persons are not readily available and would involve disproportionate costs to gather at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Even where a licensing ground exists and the reasonableness test is met, OFSI will only issue licences where doing so does not undermine the intent or purpose of the Russia sanctions regime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livermore grouped question UIN HL232 HL234 HL237 question first answered 29/07/2024 17:01:26 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker