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172687

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have yet to respond to the application submitted on 25 October 2013 by the person whose Home Office reference is A1342128 for indefinite leave to remain under the settlement protection route.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL4007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases and has obligations in law to protect this information. Applications for indefinite leave to remain need to meet the requirements set out in the Immigration Rules.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 15:03:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

172688

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
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	City Link
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will examine the financial support undertakings given to City Link by its owner; and whether they have estimated the cost to the taxpayer of the withdrawal of the committed support.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service will consider the conduct of the directors of City Link in connection with the management of the company. This would include any issues associated with financial support offered by its owner or by third parties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not uncommon that an insolvent company has insufficient money to pay their creditors in full - including employees - and that is why there are special arrangements for employees who are made redundant on the insolvency of their employer. These provisions ensure employees receive a basic minimum of the debts owed by the employer from the National Insurance Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is too early to provide an estimate of the cost of the payments to former employees of City Link. However, I can confirm that there are statutory limits on these payments, such as the £464 cap on a week’s pay.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/01/2015 12:51:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

172692

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the United Kingdom's gas supply comes through Ukraine; and whether they are satisfied about the security of this supply.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL4012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Due to the interconnected nature of the European gas system, it is possible that some gas feeds through to the UK via Ukraine. Nevertheless, we estimate that these are small volumes, likely less than 1 per cent of total imports.</p><p>Since the gas agreement between Russia and Ukraine signed on the 31 October we assess the risk to the UK and Europe’s energy supply is low and we have no grounds at present to expect a disruption to gas transiting the Ukraine. Ukraine has proved through the gas dispute to date to be a reliable transit state. The UK and other EU Member states have reiterated that existing contracts for gas supply from Russia to the European Union need to be respected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 15/01/2015 16:33:42 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

172693

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scottish Parliament
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the status of the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Commission chaired by Lord Smith of Kelvin delivered a cross party agreement on further devolution to Scotland on 27 November 2014. The Government has committed to producing draft clauses by 25 January 2015. Individual parties have made commitments to introduce legislation to Parliament following the General Election in May 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 15/01/2015 12:14:35 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

172694

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Welsh Assembly accountable to Parliament for the taxpayers’ money provided to these institutions to enable them to run public services in their respective regions.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The roles and responsibilities of the Government and the devolved administrations are explained in various provisions made in the devolution Acts, as well as in non-statutory publications setting out the relationship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in HM Treasury’s ‘<em>Statement of Funding Policy</em>’,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘the devolved administrations will be fully accountable for the proper control and management of their public expenditure allocation and for securing economy, efficiency and value for money through scrutiny by the relevant Parliament or Assemblies and the detailed accountability and audit procedures listed in the Devolution Acts.’ (3.2.5)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s commitment to the integrity and autonomy of the devolved administrations is outlined in the ‘<em>Devolution: memorandum of understanding and supplementary agreement</em>’:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘The United Kingdom Parliament retains the absolute right to debate, enquire into or make representations about devolved matters. It is ultimately for Parliament to decide what use to make of that power, but the UK Government will encourage the UK Parliament to bear in mind the primary responsibility of devolved legislatures and administrations in these fields and to recognise that it is a consequence of Parliament’s decision to devolve certain matters that Parliament itself will in future be more restricted in its field of operation.’</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 14/01/2015 17:30:00 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

172695

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: East Midlands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long patients in Nottingham and Derby have had to wait to get a general practitioner appointment every month in the last year.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Waiting times for general practitioner appointments are not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/01/2015 12:08:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

172696

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: East Midlands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average waiting time in the accident and emergency departments in Nottingham and Derby for every month in the last year.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the mean and median duration to assessment, treatment and departure, in minutes, in accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments for Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, by month from April 2012 to March 2013 is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/01/2015 12:12:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name A&E Waiting Times.xlsx title A&E Waiting Times
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

172697

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Poland
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 Bates on 16 December 2014 (HL3409), whether they will now publish the results of their specific consideration of the sustainability of levels of immigration from Poland to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government regularly considers the impact of migration from the European Union and has published research on this issue. In July 2014 the Migration Advisory Committee published its report on the growth of EU and non-EU labour in low-skilled jobs and its impact on the UK. In the same month the Government’s Balance of Competences report on the Free Movement of Persons assessed the effects of EU migration on the labour market and its impact on local communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/01/2015 14:24:36 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

172698

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
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	Gibraltar: Spain
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 apparent incursions by Spanish fishing vessels into British Gibraltar territorial water on 26 December 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>A Spanish fishing vessel was present in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) on 26 December 2014. However, Spanish fishing vessels do not constitute State vessels. Accordingly, our assessment is that this incident did not give rise to any violation of British sovereignty. In accordance with the Constitutional division of responsibilities between the British Government and Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, the enforcement of laws relating to the activity of commercial and recreational vessels in BGTW is a matter for the authorities in Gibraltar.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 19/01/2015 15:43:03 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

172699

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the position taken by the government of Spain that Gibraltar should be excluded from the proposed European Union legislation Single European Sky Two+.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Gibraltar continues to be included in the scope of existing Single European Sky II (SESII) legislation, as it should be under the Treaties of the European Union.　 At the Transport Council on 5 December, the Government took a very firm position making it clear to the European Commission and Italian Presidency that Spain’s attempts to exclude Gibraltar airport from the proposed Single European Sky Two+ proposals were unacceptable to the UK and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Robert Goodwill walked out of Council to protest this approach.　 The Government will continue to oppose Spain’s attempts to exclude Gibraltar airport from future aviation legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 15/01/2015 12:20:40 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten