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1580444

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date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks: Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, when the Challenger 3 tank is in service, whether they will be free to export, sell, loan or transfer these tanks to any government they should choose without the agreement of the government of Germany.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Challenger 3 will be a highly capable Main Battle Tank with world-leading performance. In line with the Land Industrial Strategy, our ambition is for it to be in service in 2027 with the capability ready for transfer, loan, or export. We are closely working with partners, including Germany where certain Challenge 3 components will be made, in order to meet these ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>Any and all such sharing would be subject to the relevant law of intellectual property, national export regulations, and licence conditions that identify and control the end user, and reflect international arms controls and human rights legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 07/02/2023 16:47:40 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1580445

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the primary purpose of the Challenger II Main Battle Tank’s hull and automotive systems is to transport the Challenger II turret, its associated systems and crew, around the battlefield with an optimised balance of protection and mobility.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Yes. The Challenger 2 hull primarily provides survivability, the automotive components provide mobility, and the turret provides lethality. All three are balanced and work in harmony to deliver an effective capability.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 07/02/2023 11:28:18 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1580446

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Syphilis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether their sexual health strategy will set aspirations to (1) reduce the R-rate of, and (2) set reduction plans for, syphilis.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL5005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving sexual and reproductive health, including reducing rates of syphilis, in England and are considering the need for further government plans. In 2021, we published our policy paper <em>Towards Zero - An action plan towards ending HIV transmission, AIDS and HIV-related deaths in England - 2022 to 2025</em>, available in an online-only format, which sets out the actions that we are taking to move towards ending HIV transmissions and HIV and AIDS related deaths within England by 2030. In August 2022 we also published the <em>Women’s Health Strategy for England</em> which sets out our 10-year ambitions and actions we are taking to improve health for women and girls including reproductive health.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL5007 HL5008 question first answered 01/02/2023 15:07:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1580447

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Public Health: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the correlation between reductions in public health funding and increases in rates of (1) syphilis, and (2) gonorrhoea.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL5006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>We have not made a specific assessment of a correlation between the Government’s public health funding and rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea in England.</p><p> </p><p>Local government is responsible for commissioning sexual health services through the public health grant, and the Government allocated more than £3 billion for the public health grant in 2022/23. We will announce the 2023/24 public health grant allocations to local authorities in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 08/02/2023 17:24:58 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1580448

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their Sexual Health Action Plan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL5007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving sexual and reproductive health, including reducing rates of syphilis, in England and are considering the need for further government plans. In 2021, we published our policy paper <em>Towards Zero - An action plan towards ending HIV transmission, AIDS and HIV-related deaths in England - 2022 to 2025</em>, available in an online-only format, which sets out the actions that we are taking to move towards ending HIV transmissions and HIV and AIDS related deaths within England by 2030. In August 2022 we also published the <em>Women’s Health Strategy for England</em> which sets out our 10-year ambitions and actions we are taking to improve health for women and girls including reproductive health.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL5005 HL5008 question first answered 01/02/2023 15:07:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1580449

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Syphilis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their Syphilis Action Plan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL5008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving sexual and reproductive health, including reducing rates of syphilis, in England and are considering the need for further government plans. In 2021, we published our policy paper <em>Towards Zero - An action plan towards ending HIV transmission, AIDS and HIV-related deaths in England - 2022 to 2025</em>, available in an online-only format, which sets out the actions that we are taking to move towards ending HIV transmissions and HIV and AIDS related deaths within England by 2030. In August 2022 we also published the <em>Women’s Health Strategy for England</em> which sets out our 10-year ambitions and actions we are taking to improve health for women and girls including reproductive health.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL5005 HL5007 question first answered 01/02/2023 15:07:29 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1580450

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a multi-disciplinary workforce in Sexual Health Services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL5009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>We are considering actions to ensure that the sexual health workforce has the required capacity and skills to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of the population in multiple settings. Further information will be available in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access sexual health services, and it is for them to decide on commissioning arrangements, including workforce skills mix and size, based on an assessment of local need for sexual and reproductive health services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL5010 question first answered 01/02/2023 15:08:02 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1580451

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Genito-urinary Medicine: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the size of the workforce providing prevention services within Sexual Health Services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL5010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>We are considering actions to ensure that the sexual health workforce has the required capacity and skills to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of the population in multiple settings. Further information will be available in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England are responsible for commissioning comprehensive, open access sexual health services, and it is for them to decide on commissioning arrangements, including workforce skills mix and size, based on an assessment of local need for sexual and reproductive health services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL5009 question first answered 01/02/2023 15:08:02 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1580452

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were the recycling rates for each local authority in the last year for which figures are available; and what is the ranking of local authorities with regard to percentage of waste recycled.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL5011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>This data is available online for England here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1047704/LA_and_Regional_Spreadsheet_2021_rev.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1047704/LA_and_Regional_Spreadsheet_2021_rev.ods</a> (see Table 3, also attached).</p><p> </p><p>Defra holds this data for England only as waste is a devolved policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 03/02/2023 11:06:11 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon attachment 1 file name PQ HL5011 attachment - LA_and_Regional_Spreadsheet_2021_rev.xls title LA and regional spreadsheet
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1580453

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in trialling alternatives to thiamethoxam on sugar beet.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>British Sugar are progressing with their plan for the development of alternative, sustainable approaches to protect crops from the Yellows Virus Complex (YV), without the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. This includes the development of resistant plant varieties, measures to improve seed germination and new integrated pest management (IPM) practices for growers.</p><p>Further details of this work are available on the British Beet Research Organisation’s (BBRO) website, and specific questions on the timeline for deployable alternatives should be directed to industry.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 30/01/2023 14:50:48 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle