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1674192

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe of 28 November (HL 277), whether they will now answer the question put, namely to list the ministers and whips in the House of Lords alongside their respective salaries and allowances.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The ministers and whips in the House of Lords and their respective claimed salaries for financial year 2023-2024 are as follows:</p><table><thead><tr><th scope="col"><p>Minister</p></th><th scope="col"><p>Salary</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord Cameron</p></td><td><p>£104,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord True</p></td><td><p>£104,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Neville-Rolfe</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Vere of Norbiton</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Lord Benyon</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Sharpe of Epsom</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Earl of Minto</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Bellamy KC</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viscount Camrose</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Scott of Bybrook</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Penn</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Markham</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbie Douglas-Miller</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Earl Howe</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Johnson</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Offord of Garvel</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£70,969</del><ins class="ministerial">Unpaid</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Callanan</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Viscount Younger of Leckie</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Barran</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Davies of Gower</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Caine</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC</p></td><td><p>£94,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rt Hon the Baroness Williams of Trafford</p></td><td><p>£81,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Earl of Courtown</p></td><td><p>£70,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Gascoigne</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Harlech</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Evans of Rainow</p></td><td><p>£65,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Roborough</p></td><td><p>Unpaid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Baroness Swinburne</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Unpaid</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In line with the Ministerial and Other Pensions Act 1991, Lords ministers are able to claim the Lords Office-Holders Allowance (LOHA). There are two rates for LOHA: Lords ministers living in London can claim £4,435 for the financial year 2023-2024, and Lords ministers living outside of London can claim £36,366 per year.</p><p> </p><p>Lords ministers who are unpaid may choose between claiming either LOHA or the Lords Daily Allowance. Lords ministers who receive a salary are not permitted to claim the Lords Daily Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/12/2023 11:41:08 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2023 15:35:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 5576 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1233883

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Screening
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 tests return a false-positive result in relation (1) to the total number of tests conducted, and (2) as a ratio of positive results in England; and how such figures compare with the figures for such results in (1) Northern Ireland, (2) Scotland, and (3) Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL8056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p><p>All tests have been assessed as performing to manufacturers’ specifications before being used. The current tests are very specific and the risk of false positives, where the test is reacting to other viruses, is extremely low in the order of less than one in 500. Like any diagnostic test however, there is always the small possibility of a false negative or a false positive result.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 18/11/2020 16:09:29 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1239485

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Debates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Memorandum by the Department of Health submitted to the House of Lords Constitution Committee's inquiry Fast-track Legislation: Constitutional Implications and Safeguards in March 2009 which states, in response to Question 3, “The Government believes that 28 days will allow enough time to arrange a debate in each House even when the requirement specified by emergency regulations is urgent, yet minor in scope and effect”; and whether this undertaking applies to regulations made under the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 in response to COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL8626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Section 45R of the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 enables Ministers to use the made affirmative procedure, by which an Instrument can be made before it is approved by Parliament. This is possible, provided the Minister makes a declaration that circumstances warrant this approach, in order to tackle a serious and imminent threat to public health. The inherent safeguard is that the Instrument will lapse within 28 days, unless approved by Parliament.</p><p>In the Department’s Memorandum of March 2009, which dealt with Regulations made under the 1984 Act, including the ones that form a key part of our response to COVID-19, we explained that even if Regulations had to be made in an emergency, taking effect before approval, a debate on an approval motion could take place before the Regulations lapsed. This has been achieved throughout the course of the outbreak. Furthermore, debates on approval motions, in both Houses, took place on the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 the day after they were made, and before they came into force.</p><p>The nature of the COVID-19 pandemic is such that the Government’s response has to be agile, in order to respond swiftly and effectively to evolving threats. The pandemic is therefore a serious and imminent threat to public health. In introducing necessary and proportionate measures to tackle its spread, delay can be harmful, and frustrate both the overall response and the specific objectives of particular Instruments. The powers in the 1984 Act are therefore expressly provided in order to support the approach that the Government has been taking.</p><p>The criteria referred to in section 2 of the Memorandum and section 45G of the 1984 Act are:</p><p>- the individual is or may be infected or contaminated,</p><p>- the infection or contamination is one which presents or could present significant harm to human health,</p><p>- there is a risk that the individual might infect or contaminate others, and</p><p>- it is necessary to make the order to remove or reduce that risk.</p><p>These relate to specific orders made by a magistrate and are not required to be considered for the making of Regulations. These underlying principles are certainly applicable to the national response; and the Government’s view is that the Regulations satisfy all of the criteria set out in the Act. In the course of making Regulations under the 1984 Act, Ministers do undertake assessments as to whether the proposed course of action is a necessary and proportionate response; and it is clear that COVID-19 does represent a significant threat.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL8627 question first answered 24/11/2020 14:59:00 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1239486

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Legislation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the response to Question 2 in the Memorandum by the Department of Health submitted to the House of Lords Constitution Committee's inquiry Fast-track Legislation: Constitutional Implications and Safeguards in March 2009; and whether they are satisfied that there has been suitable evidence to fulfil the four criteria as set out under section 45G of the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 for regulations introduced in response to COVID-19 under that Act.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL8627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Section 45R of the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 enables Ministers to use the made affirmative procedure, by which an Instrument can be made before it is approved by Parliament. This is possible, provided the Minister makes a declaration that circumstances warrant this approach, in order to tackle a serious and imminent threat to public health. The inherent safeguard is that the Instrument will lapse within 28 days, unless approved by Parliament.</p><p>In the Department’s Memorandum of March 2009, which dealt with Regulations made under the 1984 Act, including the ones that form a key part of our response to COVID-19, we explained that even if Regulations had to be made in an emergency, taking effect before approval, a debate on an approval motion could take place before the Regulations lapsed. This has been achieved throughout the course of the outbreak. Furthermore, debates on approval motions, in both Houses, took place on the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 the day after they were made, and before they came into force.</p><p>The nature of the COVID-19 pandemic is such that the Government’s response has to be agile, in order to respond swiftly and effectively to evolving threats. The pandemic is therefore a serious and imminent threat to public health. In introducing necessary and proportionate measures to tackle its spread, delay can be harmful, and frustrate both the overall response and the specific objectives of particular Instruments. The powers in the 1984 Act are therefore expressly provided in order to support the approach that the Government has been taking.</p><p>The criteria referred to in section 2 of the Memorandum and section 45G of the 1984 Act are:</p><p>- the individual is or may be infected or contaminated,</p><p>- the infection or contamination is one which presents or could present significant harm to human health,</p><p>- there is a risk that the individual might infect or contaminate others, and</p><p>- it is necessary to make the order to remove or reduce that risk.</p><p>These relate to specific orders made by a magistrate and are not required to be considered for the making of Regulations. These underlying principles are certainly applicable to the national response; and the Government’s view is that the Regulations satisfy all of the criteria set out in the Act. In the course of making Regulations under the 1984 Act, Ministers do undertake assessments as to whether the proposed course of action is a necessary and proportionate response; and it is clear that COVID-19 does represent a significant threat.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL8626 question first answered 24/11/2020 14:59:00 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1246704

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the Questions for Written Answer tabled by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean on (1) 14 September (HL8056), and (2) 30 September (HL8627 and HL8626).
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL9532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>I answered the noble Lord’s questions on 18 and 24 November respectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 24/11/2020 16:49:54 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1254610

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Netflix: Tax Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much tax relief Netflix received under the creative industry tax reliefs for Corporation Tax scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL10590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. It would not be appropriate for Treasury ministers to become involved in or to comment on the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10591 HL10592 question first answered 07/12/2020 14:22:32 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1254611

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Netflix: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that Netflix’s revenues in the UK are subject to an appropriate level of taxation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL10591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. It would not be appropriate for Treasury ministers to become involved in or to comment on the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10590 HL10592 question first answered 07/12/2020 14:22:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1254612

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Netflix: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Netflix will be subject to the Digital Services Tax.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL10592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. It would not be appropriate for Treasury ministers to become involved in or to comment on the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10590 HL10591 question first answered 07/12/2020 14:22:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1302693

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	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 Covid Pass
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how individuals can obtain confirmation of their COVID-19 vaccination status; whether that information is in a form that individuals can share with commercial organisations for the purpose of vaccine passports; and if so, how.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL14217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>To record vaccinations, the National Health Service National Immunisation Management System (NIMS) is being used as the national register for COVID-19 vaccinations. At the point that someone receives their COVID-19 vaccine, the vaccinating team record this information onto NIMS and onto a patient’s general practitioner record.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will review whether COVID-status certification could play a role in reopening the economy, reducing restrictions on social contact and improving safety. This will include assessing to what extent certification would be effective in reducing risk, and the potential uses to enable access to settings or a relaxation of COVID-19 secure mitigations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also consider the ethical, equalities, privacy, legal and operational aspects of this approach and what limits, if any, should be placed on organisations using certification. It will draw on external advice to develop recommendations that take into account any social and economic impacts, and implications for disproportionately impacted groups and individuals’ privacy and security. The Government will set out its conclusions in advance of step four of the roadmap in order to inform the safe reopening of society and the economy.</p><p> </p><p>Vaccination is not suitable for all citizens and there are other means of demonstrating a reduced risk of transmission. The NHS is working on providing individuals with the means to demonstrate their COVID-19 status through a digital and non-digital route and is working with experts to put security and privacy at the core of this approach. As we continue to explore and trial COVID-19 status certification, we will ensure appropriate Parliamentary scrutiny.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/04/2021 12:28:46 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1306690

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Certificates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for enabling individuals to show proof of having been vaccinated against COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL14630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021,’ published on 22 February, the Government will review whether COVID-status certification could play a role in reopening our economy, reducing restrictions on social contact and improving safety. The Government will set out its conclusions ahead of Step 4 of the roadmap, which will happen no earlier than 21 June.</p><p>The Government has published the Terms of Reference for the review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 12/04/2021 16:41:45 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean