Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

381600

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Public Buildings: Asbestos
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Ministers and officials in the Welsh government regarding exposure to asbestos in public buildings in Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>There have been no discussions. The statutory responsibility for ensuring that risks from asbestos are managed falls to the duty holder and to any employer undertaking work on asbestos-containing materials in those premises. For public buildings in Wales this could include, but is not exclusive to, the local authority, schools or the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/06/2015 12:02:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

417081

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with ministers of the Welsh Government about the future of the charging of tolls on the Severn Bridge.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL2001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>We will set out a timetable for decisions on the future of the Severn Tolls shortly. In taking this forward we will ensure we consult fully with key interested parties, including the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 15/09/2015 11:18:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

390077

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Falkland Islands: Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated annual cost to the public purse of maintaining the United Kingdom's military presence in the Falkland Islands.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The total annual running cost of the garrison in the Falkland Islands (including infrastructure costs) is around £85 million. In addition, as part of the Falkland Islands Defence Review, £180 million will be invested in improvements to the infrastructure over the next ten years.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 23/07/2015 15:56:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

390076

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	Falkland Islands: Population
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is (1) the current resident civilian population and (2) the current non-civilian population in the Falkland Islands; and what is their estimate of the annual number of visitors to the Falkland Islands.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The usual resident civilian population on the Falkland Islands is 2,931 (Falkland Islands Government Statistical Yearbook 2014). There are around 1,200 military and civilian personnel based at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mount Pleasant supporting a range of air, naval and land capabilities. Over the last 12 months there have been approximately 47,500 visitors to the Falkland Islands.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 09:42:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

417082

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	South Wales Main Line: Electrification
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been any revision to the target date for the completion of the electrification of the South Wales Main Line railway link between London and Swansea.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL2002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister stated on 24th June 2015, this Government is committed to the electrification of Great Western line from Swansea to Cardiff and on to London.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Transport announced on the 25th June 2015 that Great Western was a top priority for delivery and　that is why he has asked Sir Peter Hendy, the new chair of Network Rail, to put forward proposals for replanning the enhancement programme across England and Wales, which includes electrification.　 Sir Peter is due to report to the Secretary of State in the Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/09/2015 13:28:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	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

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

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

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