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227994

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Select Committees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, following the debate in the House on 12 March on the Liaison Committee’s report (HL Deb, cols. 763–71), when the House will have an opportunity to consider the establishment of an International Relations Committee for the parliamentary session 2016–17 onwards.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Liaison Committee will undertake its usual review of Select Committee activity across the Parliament when it meets early in June. As part of that review, I will invite the Committee to consider how best to seek the views of Members on the future shape of Select Committee activity. This will lead to a Report to the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 26/03/2015 13:00:05 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
	tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

445787

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Commonwealth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to expanding the new Chinese two-year visit visa to include Commonwealth nations which require (1) a tourist visa, and (2) a business visa.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL5197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK is piloting in China, from 11 January, two-year multiple entry visitor visas at the same price as the current standard six month visitor visa. China has made the same offer for British citizens. There are no plans to introduce this in other countries.</p><p>The citizens of a majority of Commonwealth countries do not require a visa to visit the UK and the UK offers customers an efficient and prompt visa processing service.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2016 15:36:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

603967

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	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	Venezuela: Guyana
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent assessment they have made of the government of Venezuela's claim to approximately two-thirds of the territory of Guyana, a Commonwealth member state.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text The Government is aware of the ongoing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. This is a bilateral issue to be resolved between the two countries. We believe the 1899 Arbitral Award, to which we were a party, definitively settled the border. Both countries are signatories of the Geneva Agreement of 1966 which provides a range of mechanisms for dealing with this issue. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/10/2016 14:29:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

784701

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Antigua and Barbuda: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the eligibility of Antigua and Barbuda to receive aid and assistance following the recent hurricane damage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>Antigua and Barbuda is eligible to receive Official Development Assistance (ODA). The island of Barbuda, with a population of 1,800 persons, was recently devastated by Hurricane Irma and the UK is providing humanitarian assistance, through the Red Cross and the Pan American Health Organisation, to the affected population. We have also released £14 million, to Antigua and Barbuda, for climate-resilient infrastructure projects to help the islands build back better and stronger. DFID is awaiting the World Bank’s post disaster needs assessment and will review future needs accordingly, in collaboration with other donors. All of this UK support will be classified as ODA.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/11/2017 12:38:04 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

788305

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Anguilla: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the eligibility of Anguilla to receive aid and assistance following recent hurricane damage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Howell of Guildford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK has argued for flexibility in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) rules for how donors respond to catastrophic humanitarian crises, such as the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean, and recognition of the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States. As a result, in October 2017 the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) agreed on the need to create a new mechanism to re-admit countries that had graduated from ODA eligibility back to the list of ODA-eligible countries if their Gross National Income per capita falls below the High Income Country threshold. In addition, members of the DAC have agreed to establish a process which could allow previous ODA recipients to receive short-term ODA support in the event of catastrophic humanitarian crises. Anguilla was an ODA recipient until 2014 and is assessed by the World Bank to be a High Income Country.</p><p>The destructive force of hurricane Irma was unprecedented, leaving Anguilla damaged extensively. As part of our response the UK has delivered more than 220 tonnes of aid to the island. To support the reconstruction effort the UK has launched a Private Sector Task Force, headed by William Bullard, to identify private sector support and investment, and provide a public-private forum for engagement on building back better in Anguilla as well as other Caribbean Overseas Territories.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2017 16:12:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	993 label Biography information for Lord Howell of Guildford

49912

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many contracts for National Health Service services were awarded between (1) October 2012 and March 2013, (2) April 2013 and September 2013, and (3) October 2013 and March 2014, to (a) National Health Service bodies, (b) third sector organisations, and (c) any other organisations; what was the value of each of those contracts; and what they estimate will be the number and value of such contracts in the same six-month periods in 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Owen
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested on contract awards is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Individual commissioners (clinical commissioning groups and NHS England) are responsible for taking fair and transparent decisions on the award of contracts to the providers most capable of meeting the needs of their populations and providing value for money.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not possible to provide an estimate centrally on the number and value of contracts that will be awarded to different types of provider in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	992 label Biography information for Lord Owen

677415

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in respect of the Department of Health’s figure of £8,722,000 for the amount spent in purchasing services from Independent Sector Providers in 2015–16, what are the (1) contracts, (2) providers and (3) service categories concerned.
	tabling member printed	Lord Owen
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Information pertaining to contracts and service categories is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service commissioners purchase services from a range of independent sector providers. NHS England records independent sector providers through coding identifiers; a sample of independent sector providers sourced from NHS England’s coding identifiers is attached, due to the large amount of data. Some providers do not have separate coding identifiers, therefore there are providers commissioned by NHS England which do not appear in the attached list.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 06/02/2017 13:20:49 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name Example list of Providers.docx title Example list of providers
	tabling member	992 label Biography information for Lord Owen

677416

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Private Sector
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the figure of £8,722,000 stated by the Department of Health in its Annual Report and Accounts 2015–16 (HC322) as the amount spent in purchasing services from Independent Sector Providers includes amounts (1) spent by NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts on such providers, and (2) paid under Private Finance Initiative and Private Finance 2 projects; and, if so, whether they will publish the respective amounts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Owen
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The £8.722 million figure in Departmental accounts is the total value of NHS England commissioners’ contracts with private sector providers in 2015-16. This includes all types of secondary care, but not primary or social care. This does not include services contracted between individual trusts or foundation trusts and independent sector providers or any private finance arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 01/02/2017 17:56:43 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	992 label Biography information for Lord Owen

172354

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reconsider the attitudes, capabilities and experience required for senior posts in regulation in the light of the outcome of the Davis Review of the Financial Conduct Authority.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stewartby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The Davis Review contained no recommendations for the government. The response to the Davis review conclusions is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This question has therefore been passed on to the FCA and the FCA will reply directly to the Noble Lord by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 15/01/2015 17:45:02 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	986 label Biography information for Lord Stewartby

179208

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cheques
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to ensure that cheques will continue to be available for those who wish to use them, including in particular charities and the elderly.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stewartby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government took decisive action on this matter by reversing the 2009 decision by banks to phase out cheques.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As well as this, the Government is bringing in legislation that will require banks to accept cheques in both paper and digital forms. This digital innovation will allow consumers, firms and charities to pay in cheques using only a smartphone image if they wish. It will increase the efficiency of the cheque payment system, making it more sustainable for banks and building societies to provide cheque services. Customers who wish to use paper cheques will continue to be able to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 13/02/2015 15:40:09 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	986 label Biography information for Lord Stewartby