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1729689

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: EU Countries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to negotiate bilateral agreements for work permits with individual EU member states which do not currently offer cultural exemptions for work of up to 90 days.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working collaboratively across departments to address the issue of musicians, performing artists and their support staff being able to tour across the EU. We will engage with the new European Commission and EU Member States, and explore how best to improve arrangements for touring across the European continent without a return to free movement. Our priority remains ensuring that UK artists can continue to thrive on the global stage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross grouped question UIN HL1105 question first answered 26/09/2024 10:05:36 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1729690

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	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	St Pancras Station
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make Eurostar St Pancras a CITES designated port.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to make Eurostar St Pancras a CITES designated port following a review by UK Border Force that concluded it does not currently have the necessary capacity and infrastructure to undertake CITES checks. This will be kept under review<em>.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 01/10/2024 13:14:51 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1729691

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cultural Heritage: Customs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to reduce the cost of the ATA Carnet for cultural goods.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and its operational unit, the UK National ATA Carnet Organisation, is responsible for the issue of ATA Carnets in the UK. Issuing Chambers charge their own fees to cover their administration costs. The cost of an ATA Carnet also reflects the cost of providing a guarantee through an International Guarantee Chain, which covers any customs charges potentially due on goods in the countries to be visited.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently participating in a pilot exercise to digitalise ATA Carnets and their processes as part of a World Customs Organisation (WCO) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) initiative. The Digital Pilot was launched in February 2019, initially involving the UK and five other countries. To date, the UK has successfully processed a number of e-ATA Carnets from Heathrow and is looking to collaborate with more ports to make digital Carnets more readily available.</p><p> </p><p>There are other options for temporarily moving goods between the UK and EU which may be more cost-effective than an ATA Carnet, depending on the specific circumstances. The EU’s Temporary Admission procedure can be used in conjunction with the UK’s Returned Goods Relief to claim relief on goods which are temporarily imported into the EU, and subsequently re-exported back into the UK. More information can be found on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 20/09/2024 13:15:31 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1729692

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cabotage: Arts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to negotiate a cabotage exemption for the creative industries within the EU.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to working closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Cabinet Office and other relevant Whitehall departments to address key challenges facing the UK’s creative professionals and their support staff when touring in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to reset the relationship with our European friends and know that strengthening this relationship will take time. This Government is ambitious and wants to make swift progress, with clear manifesto priorities for the creative and cultural sectors.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 23/09/2024 09:44:33 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1729693

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to further improve the provision of A1 forms, in particular for self-employed workers in the music industry touring in the EEA.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2024 answer text <p>Since February 2023 HMRC have delivered three new online A1 application forms. These online forms are more accessible and provide a tailored customer journey for those applying for an A1 certificate.</p><p>In addition HMRC are adding automation to these forms, which will enable faster processing and reduce opportunities for error. HMRC expect the CA3837 used by self-employed workers in the music industry touring within the EEA, to be automated by October 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 20/09/2024 13:15:59 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
	tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1729694

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recent publication of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2023, what plans they have to increase funding for the further development and uptake of human-specific methods that can replace the use of animals in medical research, such as computer modelling and organ-on-a-chip technology.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Science, Innovation &amp; Technology (DSIT) is leading on plans to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of alternatives to animal testing.</p><p>As yet, no assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing Herbie’s Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1112 question first answered 26/09/2024 13:24:28 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1729695

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recent publication of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain 2023, whether they have considered the merits of legislative action such as 'Herbie's Law', to support a further decrease in the number of scientific procedures performed on living animals and to support the long-term phase-out of animal experiments in medical research by 2035.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Science, Innovation &amp; Technology (DSIT) is leading on plans to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of alternatives to animal testing.</p><p>As yet, no assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing Herbie’s Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL1111 question first answered 26/09/2024 13:24:28 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1729696

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Murder of Patrick Finucane Independent Inquiry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what undertakings they have given, if any, to the family of the late Patrick Finucane that the scope or terms of the public inquiry into his murder, announced on 11 September, will differ from those of the inquiry previously proposed to the family.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government will follow due process under the Inquiries Act 2005 in establishing the inquiry into the death of Patrick Finucane. This will include consulting the Inquiry Chair, once appointed, on the Terms of Reference. As set out to Parliament on 11 September, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland supports the assessment from the High Court that the Inquiry should ‘build on the significant investigative foundations which are already in place’. The Secretary of State has informed Mrs Finucane and her family that he will keep them updated on progress on establishing the Inquiry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent question first answered 24/09/2024 11:52:39 answering member 4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1729697

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 7 August (HL344), how many staff in (1) the Treasury, (2) HM Revenue and Customs, and (3) Valuation Office Agency, are permitted to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours; what is the percentage of overall working time they are permitted to spend on such network activity; how many hours are allocated in total; what are the names of each of the networks being funded; and what plans they have to (a) increase, or (b) reduce, such funding.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2024 answer text <p>HMT has eight diversity networks:</p><ol><li>Carers Network</li><li>Disability Action Group, incorporating the Neurodiversity Network</li><li>Ethnic Diversity Network</li><li>Faith and Belief Network incorporating Christian Fellowship, Treasury Jewish Network and Treasury Muslim Network</li><li>LGBT* Network</li><li>Social Mobility Network</li><li>Treasury All Ages Network</li><li>Women in the Treasury</li></ol><p>HMRC has seven Diversity Networks:</p><ol><li>Carers​</li><li>Disability​</li><li>PRISM​</li><li>Race​</li><li>Religion or Belief​</li><li>Sex and Gender​</li><li>Social Mobility</li></ol><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has seven Diversity &amp; Inclusion (D&amp;I) networks:</p><ol><li>Carers</li><li>Disability</li><li>Gender</li><li>Faith &amp; Belief</li><li>LGBTQ+ allies</li><li>Race</li><li>Social Mobility</li></ol><p> </p><p>It is expected that staff manage any network activity they engage in without detriment to their role. These networks are not centrally funded.</p> answering member printed Lord Livermore question first answered 27/09/2024 14:02:16 answering member 4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1729698

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 7 August (HL344), how many staff in the Home Office are permitted to undertake diversity-related network time during core working hours; what is the percentage of overall working time they are permitted to spend on such network activity; how many hours are allocated in total; what are the names of each of the networks being funded; and what plans they have to (a) increase, or (b) reduce, such funding.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2024 answer text <p>As the noble Lord will be aware, successive governments have supported civil service staff to engage in network activity designed to foster a more inclusive workforce. The funding for that activity within the Home Office over the period 2019-24 was set out by the previous government in HC26338.</p><p>For network chairs and other representatives elected by their colleagues, the time they may spend on network activity is capped at 50 per cent of their working hours, and their role within the Department will always be given first priority over staff network activity. Time allocation is pro rata based on working pattern and contract, but the total amount of time allocated to network activity by relevant officials is currently equivalent to 19 FTE staff per year.</p><p>In August 23, the Home Office reported an allocated support time amounting to 19 FTE for the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure and Impact Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 30/09/2024 12:33:17 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer