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347907

	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	National Income
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures for gross value added per capita for (1) England, (2) Northern Ireland, (3) Scotland and (4) Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 09/06/2015 15:58:34 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL193 Lord Wigley ONS Reply.pdf title UK Statistics Reply
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

347908

	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	Productivity
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures for the employee activity rates in (1) Wales, (2) Scotland, (3) Northern Ireland and (4) each of the regions of England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name HL194 Lord Wigley ONS Reply.pdf title UK Statistics Reply 2 file name HL194 Tables.xlsx title Referenced Tables question first answered 11/06/2015 16:01:22 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

347911

	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	Constituencies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce the number of seats in the House of Commons ahead of the 2020 general election.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value. The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 provides for the number of UK constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 through a boundary review which must report before the 1 October 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 16/06/2015 15:52:15 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

392054

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Devolution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which territories they regard as having government that is devolved from the United Kingdom Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland each have legislatures and associated executives that exercise powers that have been devolved from the UK Parliament. This is defined in primary legislation.</p><p>In England, there is also administrative devolution of powers, spending, and decision-making to local Councils, and through specific deals with Greater Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Cornwall.</p><p>The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill aims to provide enabling legislation for these and further devolution deals. The Bill provides for the devolution of administrative powers and budgets, but does not include provision for the transfer of legislative capacity.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 05/08/2015 16:19:06 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381601

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new inward investment projects were secured for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively in the last year for which figures are available; and what is their estimate of the number of new jobs associated with these projects in each of the four nations respectively.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>During 2014/15 UKTI recorded a total of 1,988 successful foreign direct investment projects successfully landing in the UK. The table shows the regional distribution of these projects, and the estimated number of new jobs created.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nation</p></td><td><p>Inward Investment Projects 2014/15</p></td><td><p>Estimated new jobs associated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England (excluding London)</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>38,157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>796</p></td><td><p>21,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>5,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>5,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>4,007</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/06/2015 12:36:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381602

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	FIFA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place between ministers or officials of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and officials of the English Football Association regarding the continued full recognition of the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland Football Associations within FIFA.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <blockquote><p>The Department has not engaged in any discussions with the English Football Association on this subject. Sport is not only a devolved matter, but it is also for the football associations in each of the home nations to maintain their own relationships with FIFA, and in particular with regard to their independent status in world football.</p></blockquote> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/06/2015 12:10:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381603

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the current level of direct funding of S4C by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will be retained in the new licence period irrespective of the outcome of discussions concerning the renewal of the BBC's Charter.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government are committed to Welsh language programming and to the future of S4C.</p><p> </p><p>The level of all exchequer funding for public bodies will be a matter for the Spending Review, which has yet to begin.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/06/2015 16:19:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381599

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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	Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of how many (1) farm workers, and (2) other people, may have had their health affected by working with organophosphate sheep dipping chemicals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s (VMD's) Pharmacovigilance Unit runs a voluntary scheme that encourages veterinary professionals, medical professionals and the general public to report suspected adverse reactions or treatment failures following use of veterinary medicines. Pharmaceutical companies are also legally obliged to report adverse reactions they are made aware of to the VMD within agreed timeframes and are inspected periodically to ensure compliance with this requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Adverse reactions may occur in treated animals, in-contact animals, people administering the product or handling treated animals. Each report is individually reviewed before being subjected to statistical analysis to look for trends. Should a pattern of adverse events for a specific product emerge, regulatory actions to improve the safety of that product may be taken. The action taken will depend on the seriousness of the adverse events and the conditions under which they occurred.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All human reports and statistical findings are regularly reviewed by the VMD’s veterinarians, immunologists, pharmacists, toxicologists and ecotoxicologists before being considered by the Veterinary Products Committee (VPC) who provide independent advice to the VMD.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of reports of suspected adverse reactions in humans to organophosphate (OP) sheep dips received by the VMD each year since records began in 1985 is shown below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not compulsory for reporters to provide information on the occupation of the patient but it is known that at least 83% of those affected were farm workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Reports</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Reports</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1985</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1986</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1987</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1989</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1990</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1991</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>126</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1992</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>130</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1993</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1994</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>47</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1995</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>688</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The majority (56%) of these reports have been assessed to relate to short term illness following acute exposure but since some reports describe a period of illness following each exposure over a number of years, they have been classified as chronic. Almost 50% of reports do not contain any information on whether Personal and Protective Equipment (PPE) was worn, but of those where this information is known, 82% of the reports describe PPE as being either inadequate or totally absent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the request of the Government, the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (the COT) considered the issue of whether prolonged or repeated low level exposure to OPs can cause chronic ill health on two separate occasions. The COT’s “Organophosphates” report of 1999 identified some gaps in the scientific knowledge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government responded by commissioning the research and once it was completed referred back to the COT to seek advice on the meaning of this research.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following a broader review of published scientific literature the COT published a statement on 13 March 2014. The COT concluded that the reviewed evidence suggests that exposures to cholinesterase-inhibiting organophosphates that are insufficient to cause overt acute poisoning do not cause important long-term neurological toxicity in adults and that if toxic effects on the nervous system do occur then they are minor and subtle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The full COT statement and lay summary are both available on the COT website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/06/2015 15:47:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

346831

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mesothelioma: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase the United Kingdom’s capacity to conduct research into mesothelioma and associated diseases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL69
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has invited researchers to apply for mesothelioma research funding, in particular to address the research questions identified through the Mesothelioma Priority Setting Partnership and published in December 2014. Eight NIHR programmes are participating in this themed call, including the NIHR fellowships programme which supports outstanding individuals to become the health research leaders of the future.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The NIHR funds infrastructure capacity for experimental medicine to translate scientific developments into benefits for patients. Such infrastructure supporting studies in mesothelioma includes biomedical research centres and units, clinical research facilities, and experimental cancer medicine centres. The NIHR funds infrastructure capacity for later phase trials and studies through the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN). The CRN is currently recruiting to seven studies in mesothelioma.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/06/2015 12:35:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

347910

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ireland on the possible implications for cross-border relations between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Contact with the Irish government takes place regularly at all levels. This reflects the close relationship which we now enjoy with the Government of Ireland and the Irish people. Discussions cover all issues, including the impact that the British Government’s proposals for reform will have on Ireland, our closest neighbour and friend. Most recently the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr David Lidington), visited Dublin on 26 May for consultations on EU reform; the first visit he made after his reappointment following the general election.</p><p>This Government intends to seek reforms in the EU which will benefit not just the UK but all Member States. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), is confident that he can and will succeed in negotiating to reform the European Union and maintain Britain’s position within it. The Prime Minister will meet the Taoiseach for their annual Summit on 18 June which will provide another opportunity for an exchange of views.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/06/2015 11:36:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley