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1042079

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Ostend
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 Port of Ostend about any frontier control requirements for operating post-Brexit ferry services from that port; and what commitment, if any, they have made to funding any such requirements.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Ostend does not have juxtaposed border controls, so there are no UK frontier controls in operation there. However, Border Force has engaged in a series of discussions with the Port of Ostend and with Belgian authorities about facilities required for the reinstatement of a ferry service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 28/01/2019 14:30:52 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1041196

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the number of trains, per hour and per direction, planned for the section of HS2 from London to Birmingham Interchange when Phases (1) 1, (2) 1 and 2A, (3) 1, 2A and 2B are operational.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The HS2 Development Agreement requires that the HS2 infrastructure to be capable of operating 10 trains per hour in each direction in phase 1, 10 trains per hours in each direction at phase 2a and 18 trains per hours in each direction at phase 2b.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 28/01/2019 16:31:18 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1041197

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the award of the shipping contract to Seaborne Freight to operate ferry services between Ramsgate and Ostend meets EU state aid and competition rules; what discussions they have had with EU officials about this; and whether they have budgeted for compensation to be paid to other ferry operators and Eurotunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The contract was awarded under the procedure provided for in regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which implement EU requirements. No discussions with EU officials were required nor held, and we do not expect to pay compensation to any party.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/01/2019 16:10:21 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1041198

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who will set charges for trucks to use Seaborne Freight on the Ramsgate to Ostend service; and whether Seaborne Freight ferries will carry both unaccompanied freight as well as driver accompanied freight.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Seaborne Freight will set charges for its customers while the Government will be responsible for allocating the capacity procured for priority users. The company's intention is to carry driver-accompanied freight but this is a commercial matter for the parties concerned.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 28/01/2019 13:07:17 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038896

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Ramsgate: Channel Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the Mayor of Ostend before awarding a contract to Seaborne Freight to operate ferry services from Ramsgate to Ostend from 29 March; and given the Mayor’s statement that the port will not be ready in time, what alternative port arrangements they intend to make.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Port contracts are a matter for operators. Operators on other routes (including Brittany Ferries and DFDS with whom the Government has also contracted) will be used for scheduled ro-ro traffic if Ostend is not ready by 29 March. The majority of the additional freight capacity which has been contracted is not via Ostend.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/01/2019 16:03:27 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038897

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the changes made to the latest edition of the HS2 Development Agreement, dated November 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a routine update of the DA building on the version published in 2017. The intention is to produce a more simplified version of the DA with an emphasis on plain English. The DA continues to provide clarity on roles and responsibilities between HS2 Ltd and DfT to reflect the growing maturity of the programme and as the project moves from development to delivery. This revised DA provides clarifications and amendments to, for example, the Land and Property section where the concepts of Core Land, Additional Land, Management Land and Operation &amp; Maintenance Land are set out. It amends the role for HS2 Ltd associated with the shadow operator functions transferring to the West Coast Partnership and changes the Performance Remedies Regime. Other areas of change include:</p><ul><li>Stations Commercialisation</li><li>Sponsor’s Requirements</li><li>Wider Programme Benefits</li><li>Over Site development</li><li>Management Information</li><li>Undertakings and Assurances</li><li>Instruction, Change and Affirmation Process</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2019 17:50:17 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038898

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have been held between the Department for Transport and Transport for London on funding for the section of HS2 between Old Oak Common and Euston.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The section of the HS2 line between Euston and Old Oak Common stations is a DfT Sponsor’s Requirement and as such is funded from the HS2 Phase One funding envelope. Where third parties such as local authorities and transport bodies have requests for additional requirements or scope beyond the DfT Sponsor’s Requirements, HS2 Ltd is delegated to consider incorporation of these requests, subject to an appropriate funding agreement with the relevant third parties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2019 16:19:29 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1038726

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Ramsgate: Channel Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which ferries are planned to operate the Ramsgate–Ostend route from 30 March 2019; where and when they were built; whether they will conform to the latest Maritime and Coastguard Agency regulations applicable to roll-on roll-off ferries published after the MS Herald of Free Enterprise disaster; and what, if any, safety derogations they will be given.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Specific vessel arrangements are a matter for operators. All vessels must comply with all regulatory requirements that apply to them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/01/2019 13:51:52 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1037586

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether written ministerial direction for expenditure on the contingency planning for a no deal Brexit was requested, in particular for (1) contracting with shipping lines and port operators to operate additional services, (2) developing the port of Ramsgate, (3) the provision of ferries, and (4) any necessary dredging works.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>No such direction has been required for any of these purposes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 22/01/2019 14:10:03 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1037587

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, before awarding Seaborne Freight a contract to provide additional shipping services to and from Ramsgate in the event of a no deal Brexit, they complied with the provisions of section 7 of the Government Functional Standards for General Grants Guidance that "all Government grants shall be subject to timely and proportionate due diligence and fraud risk assessment"; and whether they will place a copy of any contract due diligence report in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>No grants have been made to Seaborne Freight, nor are there any plans to make any. Seaborne Freight has been contracted to provide ferry services and will only be paid for those services after they have been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 17/01/2019 13:39:43 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley