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1715932

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Waste
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the amount, to the nearest one million tons, of (1) steel railway lines, (2) sacks of rubble, and (3) concrete sleepers and other concrete items, which are unused and lying on or beside railway lines or in sidings; what estimate they have made of the number of railway items littering railway property; and what plans Network Rail have to remove, sell or dispose of these items.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>Network Rail needs to keep a supply of strategically placed rail on the network for track renewal and replacement, but it is also committed to removing excess scrap material from lineside, when commercially viable, to make the railway safer, higher performing and less visually impactful to customers and neighbours. Once routes have identified material for collection, it can either be recycled or reused on the infrastructure through three material handling depots, or it can be sold to wider markets.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail presently does not hold information on the amounts of these lineside materials.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 16/05/2024 15:59:41 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1552760

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas and Roads: Snow and Ice
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 level of gritting of (1) roads, and (2) pavements, during icy weather.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>Section 41(1A) of the Highways Act 1980 places a duty on local authorities to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway (which covers both the carriageway and footway) is not endangered by snow or ice. It is the local authority’s responsibility to assess the need to grit and ensure that there are adequate drivers available to carry out gritting operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that it is not possible nor proportionate to grit every road or pavement in the country. Instead, local highway authorities prioritise parts of the network that contain essential services such as bus routes, hospitals, and shopping centres. Councils provide winter information including details of their gritting routes on their websites.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/12/2022 11:16:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

1382027

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Constitutions: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote Northern Ireland's constitutional position within the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government is resolutely committed to the Union and will take every opportunity to promote Northern Ireland’s integral place within it as we have said many times, while always upholding the consent principle we will never be neutral on Northern Ireland's position within our United Kingdom.</p><p>During this centenary year for Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, the Government has proudly celebrated the contribution of Northern Ireland’s people, culture, traditions and enterprise to our Union and the world.</p><p>The record settlement for Northern Ireland in the Spending Review demonstrated the clear benefits of the Union, with £15 billion per year in funding alongside investment through the New Deal, City and Growth Deals and the New Decade, New Approach financial package.</p><p>Together, this investment will deliver greater prosperity and stronger public services for the benefit of everyone in Northern Ireland. All of this underlines the enormous benefit Northern Ireland gains from being part of the fifth largest economy in the world.</p><p>The Government will continue to work tirelessly to ensure the benefits of levelling up are felt across the United Kingdom, and to make Northern Ireland an even better place to live, work and invest within it.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 08/12/2021 16:33:24 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1195806

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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	Care Homes: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which agency has the lead responsibility for supplying COVID-19 testing kits to care homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) and the Department are working closely together to respond to outbreaks of COVID-19 in care homes.</p><p>PHE's health protection teams (HPTs) play a vital role locally in responding to any outbreak in care homes, providing tailored infection control advice to allow staff to protect themselves and their residents. From the outset, HPTs have been arranging testing for residents when an outbreak is reported at a particular care home.</p><p>The Department is offering a test to every staff member and resident in every care home in England, whether symptomatic or not. By 6 June, every care home for the over 65s will have been offered testing for residents and staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 08/06/2020 10:47:31 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

810036

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Bahrain: Detainees
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 12 December (HL3727), in describing the Bahrain Ombudsman for the Ministry of the Interior as "independent", whether they took account of the report of the UN Committee against Torture, published on 29 May, which states that "these bodies are not independent" and "complaints ultimately pass through the Ministry of the Interior".
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes note of a number of sources of information on this issue, including publications by the United Nations.</p><p>We believe that the oversight bodies in Bahrain, including the Ministry of Interior Ombudsman, are structured so that they are able to operate independently from the organisations that they oversee.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/01/2018 14:03:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

670020

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Proceedings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will participate in the consultation launched by the President of the Family Division on proposed changes relating to public hearings in family law cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The last consultation document on transparency in the family courts the President issued was published in August 2014 and he has not published another since. A recent article published in a national newspaper which suggested otherwise was incorrect.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/01/2017 14:57:20 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

436086

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue has been raised from call charging associated with the legal aid telephone gateway.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Between March 2014 and January 2015 the LAA phased out the use of 0845 access numbers for CLA and replaced them with 0345 numbers.</p><p /> <p>This means there is a single national point of contact for CLA without callers having to pay extra to call them.Calls to 03 numbers cost no more than a national rate call to a 01 or 02 number and count towards inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls. This applies to calls from any type of line including mobile, fixed line or payphone.</p><p /> <p>The LAA provides clear information about the costs of making a call. Individuals can also check whether they may qualify for legal aid via a free digital service on gov.uk before requesting a call back. They also have the option of asking CLA staff to make a return call.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:35:04 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

175379

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the potential impact of minimum unit pricing of 50 pence per unit of alcohol on the cost of living indices.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL4382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The government consulted on a proposed minimum unit price of 45p and published an impact assessment which included an estimate of the cost to different levels of drinkers. The impact assessment did not include as assessment at any other level.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/02/2015 12:21:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe