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1313660

hansard heading	Taxation: Treaties
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The tax treaty between the UK and Canada does not override the provision of UK law that treats members of the House of Commons and House of Lords as domiciled in the UK for tax purposes.</p><p> </p><p>UK law also treats members of the House of Commons and House of Lords as resident in the UK for tax purposes. Where an MP or peer was also resident in Canada for tax purposes under Canadian law, a tie-breaker in the tax treaty would determine the state in which the member was considered to be resident for the purposes of applying the tax treaty.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/05/2021 14:26:15 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton

1176623

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 29 January (HL528), what was the proportion of successful candidates to the Civil Service Fast Stream with science-related degrees who graduated from (1) Oxford, (2) Cambridge, (3) Russell Group universities, and (4) all other higher education establishments.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2020 answer text <p>Information relating to candidates' university background is published in the <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0003/Civil_Service_fast_stream_annual_report.pdf" target="_blank">Fast Stream and Early Talent 2017-18 annual report.</a></p><p>We do not currently cross-tabulate information relating to science degrees and universities. Providing this information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Russell Group is not in of itself a kite mark of quality and is not considered as such.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/02/2020 13:50:58 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Civil_Service_Fast_Stream_Annual_Report_2017_-_2018.pdf title Fast Stream and Early Talent 2017-18 annual report
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1231320

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Data Protection: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Government Digital Service has undertaken a risk assessment of UK Government data being held with US cloud providers following the judgment by the European Court of Justice in the Schrems II case; and what the outcome of any such assessment was.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL7758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) is currently reviewing cross government cloud policy and guidance, including the Cloud First policy. This includes reviewing the cloud hosting market and associated regulatory environment.</p><p>GDS is currently undertaking a risk assessment of all of its services and products (including GOV.UK) in relation to cross-border data flows. The new ECJ judgment will be considered as part of this assessment. The assessment will identify relevant data flows and make sure appropriate mitigation is implemented if necessary, following updates and guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). GDS has engaged with other government departments via data advisory groups and data protection networks to ensure consistent mitigation.</p><p>Ultimately, however, it is a decision for individual government organisations where and how to store their data, provided it is done in a secure way and offers good value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL7760 HL7763 question first answered 17/09/2020 16:21:38 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1231322

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise the Government Cloud First policy following the judgment by the European Court of Justice in the Schrems II case.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL7760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) is currently reviewing cross government cloud policy and guidance, including the Cloud First policy. This includes reviewing the cloud hosting market and associated regulatory environment.</p><p>GDS is currently undertaking a risk assessment of all of its services and products (including GOV.UK) in relation to cross-border data flows. The new ECJ judgment will be considered as part of this assessment. The assessment will identify relevant data flows and make sure appropriate mitigation is implemented if necessary, following updates and guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). GDS has engaged with other government departments via data advisory groups and data protection networks to ensure consistent mitigation.</p><p>Ultimately, however, it is a decision for individual government organisations where and how to store their data, provided it is done in a secure way and offers good value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL7758 HL7763 question first answered 17/09/2020 16:21:38 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1231364

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the judgment by the European Court of Justice in the Schrems II case, what assessment they have made of the use of US-based cloud providers to host UK Government data held in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL7763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) is currently reviewing cross government cloud policy and guidance, including the Cloud First policy. This includes reviewing the cloud hosting market and associated regulatory environment.</p><p>GDS is currently undertaking a risk assessment of all of its services and products (including GOV.UK) in relation to cross-border data flows. The new ECJ judgment will be considered as part of this assessment. The assessment will identify relevant data flows and make sure appropriate mitigation is implemented if necessary, following updates and guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). GDS has engaged with other government departments via data advisory groups and data protection networks to ensure consistent mitigation.</p><p>Ultimately, however, it is a decision for individual government organisations where and how to store their data, provided it is done in a secure way and offers good value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL7758 HL7760 question first answered 17/09/2020 16:21:38 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1282245

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the proposal by Lord Young of Cookham on 14 January (HL Deb col 889), what assessment they have made of the suggestion that local authorities should include information about registering to vote and voting by post with council tax bills; and whether this information can be delivered safely.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL12834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>Electoral Registration Officers have the statutory responsibility for maintaining complete and accurate registers for their areas; decisions on what to include with local authority mailings is a matter for individual councils. The Electoral Commission (EC) also provides guidance for Electoral Registration Officers and will have a role in raising awareness of how people can vote by post or proxy. As part of their guidance to EROs on planning for the delivery of electoral registration, the EC advises that the online registration application form could be signposted on web pages that residents would most commonly use to carry out a transaction with the local authority, such as the page on which to register and pay for Council Tax.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/02/2021 12:22:43 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

1283733

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make provision for (1) the suspension, or (2) the cancellation, of polls on 6 May in the event of a local emergency, including a local surge in COVID-19 cases resulting from an outbreak of a new variant which spreads rapidly, in a particular (a) polling district, (b) electoral division, (c) local authority, and (d) mayoral or police commissioner election; and who will have the authority to make such decisions under any such plans.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL12954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2021 answer text <p>Democracy should not be cancelled because of covid. The Government has confirmed that the set of local and Police and Crime Commissioner elections scheduled for May will go ahead, and made a firm commitment that the Government will support the sector to deliver them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a clear Delivery Plan for the May elections, setting out how the Government will support local elections teams to deliver effective polls that are covid-secure for voters and staff.</p><p> </p><p>Proxy voting rules will be changed, enabling those who need to self-isolate to request an emergency proxy vote at short notice - right up to 5pm on polling day itself. This will mean that voters who have tested positive for COVID-19, or are self isolating, can still have their say in these elections without having to leave their residence.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence to provide false information on any voter registration form or any form requesting an absent vote. Information will have to be taken at face value as not all electors will be able to produce evidence. For example, some electors will be self-isolating due to contact with others. Others may show symptoms too late to be tested or otherwise have symptoms and are unable to produce a positive test.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance for all those involved in the elections will be available in due course and well in advance of the polls.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL12956 HL12957 HL12958 question first answered 18/02/2021 11:42:01 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1283740

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
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 True on 2 February (HL12298), whether they will now (1) answer the question put, namely whether they have made any assessment of the possible competitive disadvantages to (a) England, (b) Wales, and (c) Scotland, of not being in the EU Single Market; and if so, what was the result of any such assessment, and (2) over whom Northern Ireland has a "competitive advantage" by being in the EU Single Market for goods.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL12965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK has left the EU Single Market and Customs Union with a deal that means the UK can now regulate in a way that suits the UK economy and UK businesses – doing things in a more innovative and effective way, without being bound by EU rules.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Protocol protects the territorial integrity of the UK by safeguarding Northern Ireland’s place in the UK’s customs territory and internal market, ensuring unfettered access to Great Britain for Northern Ireland businesses, while also facilitating the free flow of goods between Northern Ireland and the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The questions of the advantages of relationships with the EU single market and customs union have been extensively debated over the last four years. I note that the Liberal Democrats campaigned to reverse Brexit in the last General Election, but the people of the United Kingdom voted to Get Brexit Done, endorsing the Conservative commitment to leave the Single Market and Customs Union.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/02/2021 11:52:35 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1283760

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they plan to put in place to ensure that applications for a proxy vote for the elections on 6 May (1) are made by the person to whom the vote belongs, (2) are accompanied by clear and full information on why a proxy vote is being requested, (3) are not systematically collected by political parties or candidates at those elections or persons acting on their behalf, (4) include contact information for the applicant, and (5) ensure that late applications can be efficiently and properly processed.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL12956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2021 answer text <p>Democracy should not be cancelled because of covid. The Government has confirmed that the set of local and Police and Crime Commissioner elections scheduled for May will go ahead, and made a firm commitment that the Government will support the sector to deliver them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a clear Delivery Plan for the May elections, setting out how the Government will support local elections teams to deliver effective polls that are covid-secure for voters and staff.</p><p> </p><p>Proxy voting rules will be changed, enabling those who need to self-isolate to request an emergency proxy vote at short notice - right up to 5pm on polling day itself. This will mean that voters who have tested positive for COVID-19, or are self isolating, can still have their say in these elections without having to leave their residence.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence to provide false information on any voter registration form or any form requesting an absent vote. Information will have to be taken at face value as not all electors will be able to produce evidence. For example, some electors will be self-isolating due to contact with others. Others may show symptoms too late to be tested or otherwise have symptoms and are unable to produce a positive test.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance for all those involved in the elections will be available in due course and well in advance of the polls.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL12954 HL12957 HL12958 question first answered 18/02/2021 11:42:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1283761

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what instructions will be given (1) to returning officers for, and (2) to persons acting on their behalf at, the elections on 6 May on how to proceed if two or more applications to appoint a proxy are made in respect of the same elector and they purport to appoint different persons as the proxy for that elector; and whether any such instructions include guidance on what to do should multiple such applications be handed in at the same time at the last possible time for such applications.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL12957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2021 answer text <p>Democracy should not be cancelled because of covid. The Government has confirmed that the set of local and Police and Crime Commissioner elections scheduled for May will go ahead, and made a firm commitment that the Government will support the sector to deliver them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a clear Delivery Plan for the May elections, setting out how the Government will support local elections teams to deliver effective polls that are covid-secure for voters and staff.</p><p> </p><p>Proxy voting rules will be changed, enabling those who need to self-isolate to request an emergency proxy vote at short notice - right up to 5pm on polling day itself. This will mean that voters who have tested positive for COVID-19, or are self isolating, can still have their say in these elections without having to leave their residence.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence to provide false information on any voter registration form or any form requesting an absent vote. Information will have to be taken at face value as not all electors will be able to produce evidence. For example, some electors will be self-isolating due to contact with others. Others may show symptoms too late to be tested or otherwise have symptoms and are unable to produce a positive test.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance for all those involved in the elections will be available in due course and well in advance of the polls.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL12954 HL12956 HL12958 question first answered 18/02/2021 11:42:02 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves