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347915

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet: Legislation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what procedures they have put in place to ensure that legislative proposals have been adequately discussed and agreed by committees of the Cabinet and the Cabinet before being announced.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Business and Legislation Committee is tasked with overseeing the Government's legislative programme. The Government does not comment on the proceedings of Cabinet or its committees.</p><p>Information on the legislative process is available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website. A copy of ‘Guide to Making Legislation’ has been attached for ease.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 16/06/2015 15:51:38 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name Guide_to_Making_Legislation_July_2014.pdf title Guide to Making Legislation
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

446475

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the relationship is of the "political cabinet" to the Cabinet.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL5247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>Paragraph 4.8 of the Cabinet Manual sets out that political Cabinets are convened by the Prime Minister, but they are not attended by officials. Sensitive papers, such as those covered by the Official Secrets Act 1989, are not distributed to political Cabinets.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL5248 question first answered 03/02/2016 17:24:47 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

446476

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether members of the "political cabinet" have access to (1) matters covered by the Official Secrets Act 1989, or (2) other governmental matters not within the public domain.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL5248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>Paragraph 4.8 of the Cabinet Manual sets out that political Cabinets are convened by the Prime Minister, but they are not attended by officials. Sensitive papers, such as those covered by the Official Secrets Act 1989, are not distributed to political Cabinets.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL5247 question first answered 03/02/2016 17:24:47 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

456858

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Newspaper Press
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any (1) minister, (2) official, or (3) ministerial special adviser, have played any part in the drafting of letters subsequently signed by retired military officers or business people and published in national newspapers in the last year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL6672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>In carrying out government business, Ministers, officials and special advisers must abide by their respective Codes of Conduct.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 16/03/2016 17:28:35 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

456859

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any (1) minister, (2) official, or (3) ministerial special adviser, importuned any persons to sign letters concerning the European Referendum or the consequences of a national vote for leaving the EU in national newspapers; and if so, (a) how many were importuned, (b) how many signed, and (c) how many declined to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL6673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the Prime Minister's oral response to the Hon Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 22 February 2016: Column 32.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 14/03/2016 12:33:34 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL6673 attachment.pdf title Attachment
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

479320

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 14 March (HL6673), whether Mr Hopkins importuned any persons to sign letters to national newspapers concerning the European Referendum or the consequences of a national vote for leaving the EU; and if so, how many (1) were importuned, (2) signed, and (3) declined to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL7095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the Prime Minister's answer to the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries) on 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 32. As set out in the Civil Service Code, it is the role of the civil service to support the Government of the day in developing and implementing its policies.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 12/04/2016 13:21:44 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

480062

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Newspaper Press
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bridges of Headley on 16 March (HL6672), whether the respective Codes of Conduct for (1) ministers, (2) officials, and (3) special advisers, allow them to draft letters to be signed by retired military officers or business people and then published in national newspapers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL7166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The respective Codes of Conduct for Ministers, officials and special advisers make clear the role of these individuals in developing and implementing Government policies.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 12/04/2016 14:54:16 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

57546

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their total expenditure on financial support for organisations which lobby them on government policy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL19
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Government Departments fund and contract with various organisations. It would be a matter for the relevant Department to determine whether any of these organisations lobby the government inappropriately.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 18/06/2014 17:08:10 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

65228

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Falkland Islands Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the comment by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 1 July (HL Deb, col 1709) that he still held the opinion that the Franks inquiry on the Falklands War was not entirely thorough or rigorous, whether in making that comment he was speaking in a personal or ministerial capacity.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>I have recently responded to two debates on the Chilcot Inquiry in my Ministerial capacity. In the course of both, I drew a comparison between the Chilcot Inquiry and the Franks Inquiry, simply to note the information available to the Chairmen of those Inquiries, the significant difference in their scope, including the giving of evidence in public. Both are important Inquiries for the public record, establishing events and learning any lessons. In addition, I offered a personal reflection on the Franks Inquiry [based on my previous work in this area].</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 16/07/2014 16:54:36 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

79186

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Falkland Islands Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the comment by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 1 July (HL Deb, col 1709), whether they consider the Franks inquiry into the Falklands War to have been thorough and vigorous.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL1347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>As I stated on 16 July (HL Column WA127), the Franks Report was an important Inquiry for the public record, establishing events and learning lessons.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 29/07/2014 11:06:25 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit