Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1608410

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication by the US Department of State 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Rwanda which deemed conditions at detention centres in Rwanda as "harsh and life-threatening", what steps they are taking to ensure that any migrant sent to Rwanda is (1) housed in adequate accommodation, and (2) has their human rights protected.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL6915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>Under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP), relocated individuals will not be detained. They will be housed in appropriate accommodation and provided with support in accordance with the standards and assurances set out in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and <em>Notes Verbale</em>.</p><p>An independent Monitoring Committee will monitor the entire relocation process and compliance with assurances in the MoU, including the processing of asylum claims and provision of accommodation and support in Rwanda.</p><p>Our own comprehensive assessment as set out in the relevant country policy and information notes (CPINs) assesses that Rwanda is a safe and secure country. Our CPINs are kept under constant review and are published on the Gov.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 13/04/2023 15:26:13 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1608419

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
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 progress in the adoption of the Cyber Assessment Framework across all government bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL6924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy, published in January 2022, sets out how we will build and maintain our cyber defences; by building greater cyber resilience across all government organisations, and working together to ‘defend as one’ - exerting a defensive force greater than the sum of our parts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The strategy sets a clear target for government’s most critical functions to be appropriately resilient by 2025, with all government organisations being resilient to known vulnerabilities and common attack methods by 2030.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The strategy will see us roll out GovAssure in April as the foundation of a new, more robust independent assurance regime for the whole of government. With its foundations in the National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Assessment Framework, it will help us to understand our risk at scale and put us on the pathway to reducing it, as well as aligning Government with the best practice in management of wider UK Critical National Infrastructure sectors. Results of these reviews will not be published publicly for reasons of security. The progress on adopting the Cyber Assessment Framework across HMG is that pilots have been conducted with 3 government departments, and the wider scheme will launch in April.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6925 question first answered 13/04/2023 13:10:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1608420

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the cyber audits of all government departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL6925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy, published in January 2022, sets out how we will build and maintain our cyber defences; by building greater cyber resilience across all government organisations, and working together to ‘defend as one’ - exerting a defensive force greater than the sum of our parts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The strategy sets a clear target for government’s most critical functions to be appropriately resilient by 2025, with all government organisations being resilient to known vulnerabilities and common attack methods by 2030.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The strategy will see us roll out GovAssure in April as the foundation of a new, more robust independent assurance regime for the whole of government. With its foundations in the National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Assessment Framework, it will help us to understand our risk at scale and put us on the pathway to reducing it, as well as aligning Government with the best practice in management of wider UK Critical National Infrastructure sectors. Results of these reviews will not be published publicly for reasons of security. The progress on adopting the Cyber Assessment Framework across HMG is that pilots have been conducted with 3 government departments, and the wider scheme will launch in April.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6924 question first answered 13/04/2023 13:10:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1608421

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Audit: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the draft Audit Reform Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL6926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not set a date for publication of a draft Audit Reform Bill. The Government is committed to legislating when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 09/05/2023 16:18:13 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1608428

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be able to (1) zero rate, and (2) exempt, additional goods and services from VAT in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Lilley
uin	HL6934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework establishes new freedoms for the UK to set VAT rates and thresholds in Northern Ireland that go far beyond those available before EU Exit. That includes the ability to zero rate additional goods for VAT.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL6935 HL6936 question first answered 13/04/2023 15:49:49 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

1608429

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be able to raise the VAT registration threshold in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Lilley
uin	HL6935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework establishes new freedoms for the UK to set VAT rates and thresholds in Northern Ireland that go far beyond those available before EU Exit. That includes the ability to zero rate additional goods for VAT.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL6934 HL6936 question first answered 13/04/2023 15:49:50 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

1608430

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be able to (1) zero rate, and (2) exempt, new goods and services from VAT under the terms of the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Lilley
uin	HL6936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework establishes new freedoms for the UK to set VAT rates and thresholds in Northern Ireland that go far beyond those available before EU Exit. That includes the ability to zero rate additional goods for VAT.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL6934 HL6935 question first answered 13/04/2023 15:49:50 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

1608437

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation COVID-19 vaccination programme for 2023: JCVI interim advice, 8 November 2022, what estimate they have made of the number of vaccinations required to prevent a COVID-19 hospital admission for individuals in clinical risk groups, as outlined in the Green Book; and whether they will provide a link to Appendix A of this statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The numbers needed to vaccinate (NNV) for the prevention of hospitalisation was calculated to consider the benefits of continued offers of primary vaccination, booster vaccination, the autumn booster and potential boosting in the spring of 2023, for example, for those newly entering a risk group. This calculation estimates the number of people in a particular group who would need to be vaccinated in order to prevent one hospitalisation. The lower the number, the more beneficial vaccination of that group would be.</p><p> </p><p>Strong age effects were seen, as well as large differences within adult ages, by clinical risk group. The oldest age groups and the older individuals in clinical risk groups had the lowest NNV for prevention of hospitalisation. There is also a trend for higher NNV for prevention of hospitalisation when moving from the primary to each booster dose.</p><p> </p><p>The spring 2023 booster is for immunosuppressed people at risk rather than all individuals in a clinical risk group.</p><p> </p><p>The results of NNV by age and clinical risk group are shown in Tables 3b and 4a of Appendix 1, which is attached.</p><p> </p><p>These cover all individuals in a risk group based on analysis of data including the national immunisation register. The NNV has not been broken down into separate clinical risk groups, as outlined in the Green Book.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 24/04/2023 14:45:48 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham attachment 1 file name Appendix 1_ estimation of number needed to vaccinate to prevent a COVID-19 hospitalisation.pdf title Appendix 1: NNV to prevent hospitalisation
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1608447

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Buildings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that older buildings, which may be subject to stricter planning regulations, can become energy neutral.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL6957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>There is no “one-size-fits-all&quot; approach to tackle the UK’s diverse building stock. Changes need to be sensitive to the character, appearance and specific characteristics of a listed building</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance has been published for minimum energy efficiency standards for carrying out building work to existing homes (Part L1B of the Building Regulations), including guidance for listed buildings.</p><p> </p><p>Work is currently ongoing to meet the commitment in the British Energy Security Strategy to review the planning barriers households face when installing energy efficiency measures in conservation areas and listed buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 13/04/2023 14:11:04 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1608454

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes against Humanity: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to applying universal jurisdiction as a means of bringing to justice those who have committed atrocity crimes, but have evaded prosecution in international courts or domestic courts in other jurisdictions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The International Criminal Court Act 2001 and The International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001 allows jurisdiction over the offences of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed abroad by any person who: (i) is/was a UK national or UK resident at the time of the crime; or (ii) became a UK national or UK resident after the crime and still resides in the UK when proceedings are brought. Criminal law in the United Kingdom provides for universal jurisdiction over the crimes of torture and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, allowing prosecutorial authorities to investigate and prosecute these offences under certain conditions when they were committed abroad by foreign nationals. The relevant prosecuting authorities from across the UK will bring individuals to justice wherever possible, in line with their respective prosecutorial policies. Universal jurisdiction has been applied in the past in the UK, including in the case against Agnes Taylor who was accused of participating in crimes of torture during the first Liberian Civil War.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 11/05/2023 14:11:11 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool