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1736356

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date	22/10/2024
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	Import Controls
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 UK's state of readiness for the implementation of (1) safety and security declarations for imports, (2) import checks on medium-risk fruits and vegetables, and (3) checks on EU goods arriving from the Republic of Ireland to west coast ports, in relation to the Border Target Operating Model.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL1901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <ol><li>The Government announced on 7 October that Safety and Security declarations will be required for EU imports from 31 January 2025. Readiness is assessed as being on track. A plan is in place that includes a comprehensive list of readiness activity, with engagement well underway with trade.</li><li>Border Control Posts (BCPs) are designed to handle high volumes of imported Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods and carry out reliable checks which minimise friction on traffic flow. Most BCPs can process six or more vehicles at the same time with ample space to remove or inspect products. <ol><li>Checks at BCPs are handled by trained staff working to standard operating procedures, ensuring inspections are undertaken safely and efficiently. Inspectors are rigorously trained and are equipped to ensure SPS goods are handled safely and with care.</li><li>GB plant health services have significantly increased the number of plant health inspection staff to service the demand for import checks in England and Wales of EU plants and plant products. Inspector levels are being monitored to ensure these meet demand and deliver checks in line with set Service Level Agreements and ensure minimal trade disruption.</li></ol></li><li>Responsibility for biosecurity and BCP infrastructure is a devolved matter. However, Defra is working closely with West Coast ports, the Welsh and Scottish Governments to ensure that BCPs across GB can implement the Border Target Operating Model. We will ensure that importers, ports and the authorities have time to prepare for these controls to be turned on.</li></ol> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 31/10/2024 15:29:53 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1735296

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings that they have had with European Union officials have taken place in Northern Ireland regarding the Windsor Framework in (1) 2023 and (2) 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL1711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government meets with officials from the EU regularly to discuss the operation of the Windsor Framework, both virtually and in person in a range of locations. We do not maintain a central log of these engagements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 28/10/2024 17:22:14 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1735297

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the proportion of goods moving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain that are deemed to be at risk and are therefore subject to full EU compliance requirements.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, more than 80% of all freight movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will be treated as not at risk and will move within the UK internal market system. That commitment will be monitored by the Independent Monitoring Panel and will take effect once the internal market system comes into force fully next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 31/10/2024 15:20:04 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1735334

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many organisations were liable to pay the apprenticeship levy in (1) 2019–2020 and (2) 2022–2023.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL1750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>In 2019-20, 30,600 employers paid the apprenticeship levy, and in 2022-23, 34,200 employers paid the apprenticeship levy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 29/10/2024 11:58:54 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1734970

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Private Education: Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of revenue that will be lost by overseas pupils choosing not to study in the UK as a result of VAT being added to independent schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL1665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government has carefully considered the impact that changes to the tax treatment of private schools will have on state and private schools. Following scrutiny of the Government’s costing by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, the Government will confirm its approach to these reforms at the Budget on 30 October, and set out its assessment of the expected impacts of these policy changes the usual way.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 29/10/2024 15:07:29 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1734983

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation will affect travel from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL1678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Electronic Travel Authorisations are a new requirement for international travel to the UK. They do not affect domestic journeys, which means they do not affect travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 30/10/2024 16:50:53 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1734991

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to conduct research on the practical, technical and economic impacts of regulating for embodied carbon emissions, and (2) to consult on measuring and reducing embodied carbon in buildings and the timing of any such consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Ravensdale
uin	HL1686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>My department has been conducting research into the practical, technical and economic impacts of regulating embodied carbon in new buildings. This research is now nearing completion and will inform future policy decisions, including when and how to seek views on the measurement and reduction of embodied carbon.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage question first answered 29/10/2024 15:56:41 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	4715 label Biography information for Lord Ravensdale

1734998

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
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	NHS: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in updating the NHS Data ethnicity categories in line with the 2021 Census categories, to include Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has continued to work at a national level on behalf of the Department, as part of a wider equality monitoring review programme, to explore options for how best to update equality monitoring arrangements by reference to the protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010. This review for the National Health Service includes consideration of equality monitoring in relation to ethnicity and consideration of the 2021 ethnic group census categories, which includes gypsy, Irish traveller, and Roma. Once the report recommendations are made to the Department, ministers will review and consider next steps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 25/10/2024 11:33:35 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1734558

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Crafts: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide financial or logistical support to small craft manufacturers struggling with high import duties when bringing their own work back into the UK after exhibiting abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL1613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>Relief from import duties can be claimed when bringing goods back into the UK. Returned Goods Relief allows individuals and businesses to claim relief from customs duty and import VAT on goods which are exported from the UK and subsequently returned to the UK, subject to meeting the relief’s conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the financial and logistical support which may be available for moving goods temporarily between the UK and other countries without payment of import duties can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 29/10/2024 11:49:27 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

1734589

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Hedgehogs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what hedgehog surveys have to be undertaken before any new building developments.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Planning law requires environmental impact and biodiversity net gain assessments to be submitted with all relevant planning applications. These provide information on the existing habitats and species on a proposed development site.</p><p>Current planning policy requires that any development proposal protects and enhances the natural environment, while hedgehog highways are endorsed in the National Model Design Code and Planning Practice Guidance as a feature to enable movement between sites.</p><p>The legal requirement for 10% biodiversity net gain on developments will encourage more onsite habitats which are conducive to common species like hedgehogs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage grouped question UIN HL1658 question first answered 28/10/2024 17:19:34 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead