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1714622

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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	Darwin Plus: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to continue financing Darwin Plus at £10 million per year after the current commitment ends in 2025.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL4173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Running since 2012, the Darwin Plus programme has invested over £55 million in more than 320 projects across the UK Overseas Territories. The UK Government has recently expanded the Darwin Plus programme to better meet the needs of the UK Overseas Territories. In 2023, Darwin Plus introduced a new local scheme aimed at building capacity, and a new strategic scheme for fostering great innovation, ambition and collaboration in and between territories, both of which are now funding live projects.</p><p> </p><p>Post March 2025, Darwin Plus funding will be subject to outcomes of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 08/05/2024 13:47:09 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1700747

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fishing Vessels: Subsidies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what amount of fuel subsidy is received by the UK pelagic fishing fleet.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL3787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text Qualifying fishing vessels are eligible for two fuel duty reliefs: entitlement to use red diesel, taxed at a reduced rate of 10.18p per litre, and marine voyages relief. The government does not consider either of these to be fossil fuel subsidies. answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 29/04/2024 10:26:47 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1675016

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen the marine protected area surrounding South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is currently undertaking the second 5-year review of its Marine Protected Area (MPA). The review is considering the effectiveness of the current MPA measures, including whether the underpinning scientific research and monitoring is sufficient, particularly in light of climate change, and whether effective monitoring and surveillance capacity is in place. The review will determine whether additional measures are required to achieve the stated MPA objectives. GSGSSI is committed to reporting on its review by early next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2023 11:15:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1583459

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
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	Charities: Lotteries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to hold further consultations on charity lottery limits; and when they will be held.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL5368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>Society lottery limits were last increased as part of a wider package of reforms in 2020. These reforms were reviewed 12 months after they were implemented. The results of the review were published in March 2022, and can be accessed on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-society-lottery-sales-and-prize-limits/one-year-review-of-society-lotteries-sales-and-prize-limits" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website. The review concluded that it was too soon to reach any firm view on the impact of the changes, especially during a time when the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic made evaluation more difficult, and that more data on annual growth of the sector were required before considering any further changes. Officials continue to work with the Gambling Commission, as part of its regulatory role, to keep the sector under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay question first answered 21/02/2023 17:06:12 answering member 4728 label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1552238

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Planning: Inspections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what requirements are in place for declarations of interest concerning planning inspectors; and whether there is a code of practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL4338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Planning Inspectors and other Planning Inspectorate officials are bound by the organisation's Code of Conduct, which covers declarations of interest among other issues.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 22/12/2022 12:40:51 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1538955

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: Biodiversity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the proposed UK delegates attending the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal will be from (1) UK Overseas Territories, and (2) Crown Dependencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL3159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>As Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, I will be attending CBD COP15 as part of the UK delegation, which will be led by Defra Secretary of State Thérèse Coffey. My Department continues to work closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on our plans for the meeting. The current intention is for the delegation to contain eight representatives from the Overseas Territories. We will work closely together to advocate for ambitious global targets to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, including targets to ensure that at least 30% of the global land and of the ocean is protected, ecosystems are restored, species population sizes are recovering, and extinctions are halted by 2050.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 16/11/2022 17:39:38 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1537239

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
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	Biofuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take in the Biomass Strategy to ensure that energy crops do not create competition with food production on high quality agricultural land.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL3021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Land availability is a key consideration of any future role for domestic biomass production. The Food Strategy, published in June 2022, commits to publishing a land use framework for England in 2023 which will set out land-use change principles to ensure food security is balanced alongside climate, environment and infrastructure outcomes. We are seeking to deliver as much as we can on our limited supply of land, to meet the full range of HM Government commitments through multifunctional landscapes.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 15/11/2022 16:51:15 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1504668

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	Birds: Gun Sports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the number of woodcock shot annually in each of the last 10 years; and what discussions they have held, if any, with Natural England in relation to the effect of shooting woodcock on the status of woodcock.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL2158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Data for the number of woodcock shot in each of the last ten years has not been collated. However, there are publicly available game bag returns for the period 1961-2005 through the Game &amp; Wildlife Conservation Trust website (<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gwct.org.uk%2Fresearch%2Flong-term-monitoring%2Fnational-gamebag-census%2Fbird-bags-summary-trends%2Fwoodcock%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CTessa-Jayne.Piper%40defra.gov.uk%7C5a1c89c2e8a94b75943b08da956ee64a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637986600781291901%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fdKx19tS4%2BLVBM48E0ocKBM8glTGfJ%2FvOUYd64XCOB0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gwct.org.uk/research/long-term-monitoring/national-gamebag-census/bird-bags-summary-trends/woodcock/</a>). Where shooting occurs on protected sites, some bag return reports may be requirements of consent by Natural England.</p><p> </p><p>In response to a request from Defra, Natural England has submitted a briefing to Defra which considered woodcock ecology, population status and possible drivers of woodcock decline (including hunting).</p><p> </p><p>Defra intends to review Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which lists species of birds which may be killed or taken outside a close season. In particular, consideration will be given to the evidence underpinning the listing of species such as woodcock so that we can ensure that recreational shooting is sustainable and does not undermine species recovery. This may include a review of the evidence for the timing and duration of the close season.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/09/2022 13:28:38 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1488579

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
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	Development Aid: Biodiversity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to use Official Development Assistance funds to support countries to deliver an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity; and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL1706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK has committed to spend at least £3bn of International Climate Finance between 2021/22 and 2025/26 on development solutions that protect and restore nature. As set out in the Government’s recently published International Development Strategy, the UK is also taking steps to ensure UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) overall becomes ‘nature positive’, aligning with the international goal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, and the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, once agreed.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is implementing a range of ODA funded programmes, including some ICF funded activities, to support developing countries to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. These include: the £100m Biodiverse Landscapes Fund, supporting improved management of six highly biodiverse landscapes worldwide; an expanded Darwin Initiative (£93.75m) funding conservation projects and building capacity in developing countries; work to tackle the Illegal Wildlife Trade which is a key driver of biodiversity loss (£30m); the UK’s Blue Planet Fund (£500m), supporting developing countries to protect and sustainably manage marine ecosystems; and a new Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate (up to £40m) to deliver R&amp;D on policy solutions for climate challenges through action on biodiversity. In addition, we are scoping potential further work to support developing countries in meeting the draft Global Biodiversity Framework’s 30x30 target to protect and restore critical ecosystems.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 25/07/2022 08:50:19 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1470901

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Generation: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support members of the Windrush generation in their retirement.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL1000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>For people of State Pension age, there is a contributory State Pension based on an individual’s National Insurance record. It is supported by further measures for older people including Pension Credit which provides means-tested support for those most in need.</p><p>We are putting in place arrangements across Government to ensure where members of the Windrush generation have been denied access to employment because they were unable to demonstrate their lawful status, their National Insurance position is corrected so the period of the loss does not impact their State Pension entitlement.</p><p>Work on this issue is ongoing, and we continue to work with other government departments to finalise this area of work. As soon as arrangements are finalised, we will write again to explain what this will mean for affected individuals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/06/2022 16:20:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge