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1177924

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister is expected to finish his consideration of the report by the Intelligence and Security Committee into alleged Russian interference in UK democracy; and when they estimate that report to be published.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL1547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the noble Baroness to the answer given by Earl Howe to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2020-01-09/HL274/" target="_blank">PQ HL274</a> on 9 January 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 24/02/2020 17:35:03 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1246684

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Freedom of Expression
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter by the Secretary of State for Education to university vice-chancellors about the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, what steps they are taking to ensure that freedom of speech is safeguarded in educational institutions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL9589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Universities are required by law to uphold freedom of speech, allowing academics, students, and visiting speakers to challenge ideas and to discuss controversial subjects. In state-funded schools, it is a requirement to teach a broad and balanced curriculum in a way that encourages freedom of speech. We have made clear that if universities do not act to uphold free speech, the government will.</p><p>The right to free speech, however, does not include the right to harass others or incite them to commit acts of violence or terrorism. Universities also have responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 regarding discrimination and harassment, as well as responsibilities under the Prevent duty.</p><p>The government urges higher education (HE) institutions to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. The Department for Education considers this to be an important tool in tackling antisemitism and a strong signal that HE institutions take these issues seriously.</p><p>As autonomous institutions, this decision rests with individual HE institutions, but the government will explore all mechanisms to make sure all HE institutions sign up to this.</p><p>We are exploring a range of legislative and non-legislative options to ensure that free speech and academic freedom are protected at our universities and the Department for Education will set out further steps in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 09/11/2020 13:42:58 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1252030

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Antisemitism
	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 Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 9 November (HL9589), what legislative options they are considering to ensure that all higher education institutions sign up to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>As set out in my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education’s letter to higher education providers on 9 October 2020, the government sees adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition as a demonstration that providers are taking the matter of antisemitism seriously.</p><p>The letter also sets out that officials are exploring how best to ensure that providers are tackling antisemitism, with robust measures in place to address issues when they arise. Options identified by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education in the letter include directing the Office for Students to impose a new regulatory condition of registration, and suspending funding streams for universities at which antisemitic incidents occur and which have not signed up to the definition.</p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 30/11/2020 12:37:00 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1203577

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Israeli Settlements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that their trade agreements will not be made with businesses which (1) exist within, or (2) support, any Israeli settlement considered to be illegal under international law.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom does not recognise the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including settlements, as part of Israel. For this reason, goods originating from settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are not covered by the United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement, which enters into force at the end of the Transition Period.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 25/06/2020 10:57:22 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1227150

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their conditions for trade with the government of Israel, following the UK's withdrawal from the EU/Israel Trade Association Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement was signed on 18th February 2019 and is publicly available online. The current EU-Israel Association Agreement will govern our trade with Israel until the end of the Transition Period, when the United Kingdom-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement will come into force.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 27/07/2020 10:35:28 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1228017

	registered interest
	date	27/07/2020
	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	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they plan to give to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew to help it to address any deficit arising as a result of the restrictions put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>Defra has regular meetings with Kew Gardens about the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak. There are significant impacts on Kew’s operations and finances, mainly as a result of having to close the Kew and Wakehurst Place sites to the public for a period during lockdown, and a staggered return to full operations is anticipated through 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>Kew has reopened to the public under a carefully planned approach and is now able to generate visitor income as a result, although at a significantly lower level than would normally be anticipated. The operational facilities are being kept under review with a view to maximising visitor access within social distancing guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Kew has taken financial mitigation measures to offset in part the loss of income, including reducing costs, postponing investment plans and use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Under optimistic scenario planning of steady growth in visitor numbers and associated income and no second lockdown or related restrictions, Kew’s in-year operating deficit would result in a 25% reduction in total income for 2020/21, which will be funded by Kew drawing down its unrestricted reserves.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with Kew to monitor the situation and assess any future challenges.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/08/2020 09:58:33 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1249852

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Europe Asia Pipeline Company
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the environmental impact of the proposed plan by the Europe Asia Pipeline Company to store and transport oil and distillates from the UAE to Europe.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. We are aware of the preliminary agreement subsequently announced on 20 October between companies in both countries to collaborate in the storage and transfer of oil and oil products through the Europe Asia Pipeline Company’s (EAPC) infrastructure. Her Majesty’s Government is not a party to this commercial deal.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/11/2020 16:52:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1183474

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	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	Vaccination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their vaccines strategy; and whether that strategy will include HPV vaccinations.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL2377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The forthcoming vaccine strategy will consider all vaccination programmes over the life-course and, as such, includes human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations. These HPV programmes, introduced for girls in 2008 and extended to boys in 2019, have been highly effective in reducing infections of the HPV types which cause the majority of cervical cancers (HPV16 and 18), and are expected to further reduce other cancers caused by HPV.</p><p>The vaccine strategy will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/03/2020 12:16:41 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1186002

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	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: Pneumonia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports about the effectiveness of chloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL2719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department is considering carefully all available evidence around the potential of different medicines for use in treating COVID-19.</p><p>Clinical trials are being developed to assess the benefits of a number of different medicines in treating COVID-19. Further medicines may be trialled should evidence indicate to the Department that this would be an appropriate course of action.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 25/03/2020 16:08:02 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1187659

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	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	Ventilators: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with arms manufacturers about utilising such manufacturers' ability to produce ventilators for the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL2897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2020 answer text <p>Work preparing the National Health Service has been ongoing and we have already doubled ventilator capacity. New and existing suppliers are being asked to build as many as they can. The Prime Minister has issued a call to United Kingdom industry to produce additional ventilators and the Department asked appropriate potential manufacturers on Friday 13 March to come forward with proposals for ramping up the production of existing designs or new ventilation machines. Nearly 4,000 companies have responded, including defence contractors.</p><p>Around a dozen potential prototypes have now been presented to the Department which we are currently pursuing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 23/04/2020 10:39:01 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge