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730998

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact within the UK of the relocation, following Brexit, of EU medical research and related facilities which are currently based in the UK to other EU member states; and what estimate they have made of the (1) short-term, (2) medium-term, and (3) long-term, costs of those relocations.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL19
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Science and research are vital to our country’s prosperity, security and wellbeing. This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure right outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union.</p><p>We have a world class research base and world beating universities and businesses that mean the UK life sciences will continue to thrive. As shown by the recent investment decisions by GSK, Alnylam and Novo Nordisk, the UK remains open for business.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation, including medical research.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 29/06/2017 14:57:53 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

731000

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what joint response they are making with the governments of other European countries in response to the US announcement of its withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord; and what action they are taking to ensure that all G20 countries fulfil their obligations under that agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL20
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The UK underlined our commitment to the Paris Agreement at the G7 Environment Ministers’ meeting earlier this month and at the EU Foreign Affairs and Environment Affairs Councils last week, where, along with European partners, we were clear that we deeply regret the US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.</p><p>We welcome the continued support that the Paris Agreement has received from other political parties here in the UK, other countries, and subnational and non-state actors in the US and around the world. We will continue to work with the US to encourage them to show the leadership they have in the past on reducing carbon emissions.</p><p>We will continue to work through the G20, and other international fora, to promote the swift and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. For example, the Government remains committed to the success of the Green Climate Fund as the key new vehicle for helping developing countries adapt to climate change and follow low carbon development paths. Besides the US, 42 Governments have pledged funding to the GCF, including Germany, France, Sweden, Mexico and Colombia.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 29/06/2017 14:57:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

714934

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that, following Brexit, UK research groups will receive appropriate funding and organisational assistance to enable them to collaborate with EU research programmes and networks, in the same manner in which research groups in non-EU countries undertake such collaboration.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL6421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2017 answer text <p>In the Autumn Statement 2016 the Government announced that we will make Britain the global go-to nation for scientists, innovators and tech investors, by investing an extra £2 billion a year in R&amp;D by 2020/21.</p><p>This Government intends to secure the best possible outcome for the UK research base as we exit the European Union. We would welcome an agreement to continue to collaborate with our European partners on major science, research, and technology initiatives. However, whatever happens in the future, the Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 10/04/2017 13:40:57 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

714935

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change: Arctic
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will be making representations to the government of the US about reports of the elimination and non-disclosure of scientific data for the Arctic region; and whether they will make representations to UN agencies about the maintenance of this data collection as the Arctic climate changes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL6422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>Whilst this Government does recognise that countries will make their own judgments about how best to contribute to and maintain the scientific record, we fully acknowledge the importance of the integrity of the scientific record. We place significant value on science and evidence-based policy making and we will continue to advocate transparent and open scientific data sharing with our international partners.</p><p> </p><p>At present, it would not be appropriate to comment on specifics without further evidence of the reports being made. The UK and the US do however have a long and successful history of working together on a wide range of scientific and technical disciplines. The UK-US scientific partnership is one of the world’s strongest - nearly 30% of the UK’s international co-authored papers are with the US, producing an impact 50% higher than the UK research base average. We expect this collaboration to continue long into the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 07/04/2017 12:16:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

714300

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed the objectives of the Paris Agreement with the government of the United States; and whether they intend to continue to work with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other UN agencies to implement those objectives.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL6321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government is committed to tackling global climate change. We play a leading role internationally and we are delivering on our commitments to create a safer, more prosperous future for us all.</p><p>As he stated in the House of Commons on 28 March, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary raised climate change during his recent visit to Washington. My hon. Friend the Minister for Energy and Industry also raised it during his visit to the United States including during his meeting with Energy Secretary Rick Perry.</p><p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in her speech in Philadelphia earlier this year, climate change does not respect national borders and so is a challenge best faced by leading together, including through multinational institutions, like the United Nations (UN), that encourage cooperation and partnership.</p><p>We remain committed to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change process, the Paris Agreement and the institutions that underpin it such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. These bodies are invaluable in coordinating global efforts to tackle climate change and ensuring that these efforts are based on robust scientific and economic analysis.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 10/04/2017 13:31:40 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

705844

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Space: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the emphasis on EU space programme co-operation in section 10.13 of the White Paper<i> The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union</i>, what plans they have to ensure coherent space research collaboration with the European Space Agency and Russia after the UK withdraws from the EU; and why such co-operation has not been included in the Draft Spaceflight Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL5674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The European Space Agency (ESA) is an international organisation, rather than an institution of the European Union. ESA programmes will continue to play an important role in delivering UK national space objectives and, in December 2016, the UK negotiated an investment of more than €1.4 billion over the next five years in ESA space initiatives. The UK will continue to collaborate with Russia through our subscription to ESA. The UK’s membership of the European Space Agency will not be affected by the UK leaving the EU and does not therefore require new legislative measures. The Draft Spaceflight Bill is intended to establish a national regulatory framework to enable launch from the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 06/03/2017 15:36:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

688256

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Industrial Democracy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Prime Minister’s statement that she favours greater industrial democracy in the UK, whether they intend to establish an all-party inquiry into this matter, along the same lines as the 1977 Bullock Report.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL5393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening the worker voice in the boardroom. The Government’s green paper on Corporate Governance Reform explored a range of options for strengthening the worker voice. The Government will publish its response in due course after analysing the responses it has received.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 22/02/2017 16:02:03 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

642877

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Storms
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are planning to publicise and explain the new arrangement for naming storms over the UK and Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL3479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Details on the naming of storms over the UK and Ireland, together with all the latest information about storms in the UK, are available on the Met Office website at <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/barometer/uk-storm-centre" target="_blank">http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/barometer/uk-storm-centre</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/12/2016 12:11:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name met-office-naming-storms.pdf title Details on the naming of storms
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

626816

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Arctic: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the House of Lords Arctic Committee's <i>Responding to a Changing Arctic</i> report, what steps they are taking with other EU and Arctic Council countries to exchange data with Russia about the Arctic region, especially regarding the methane and dangerous greenhouse gases being generated in this region.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL2894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Arctic Council plays a key role in gathering and acting on evidence about environmental change in the region. As an Observer State, the UK engages periodically with the Arctic Council’s Black Carbon and Methane Expert Group, including through submitting its National Report on Enhanced Black Carbon and Methane Emissions Reduction in 2015. This was done alongside seven other nations and the EU.</p><p>In October 2016, scientists from UK, Russia, EU and Arctic Council countries met. One of the main issues discussed was the consequence of thawing permafrost in Russia. A key outcome of the discussions will be the development of a roadmap for future research, monitoring and collaboration.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of understanding change in the Russian Arctic and looks forward to seeing valuable new opportunities arising from the new Agreement on Enhancing Arctic Scientific Cooperation reached by the Arctic States this year. This is expected to be signed and come into operation in 2017. The Government will continue to support UK scientific engagement with the Russian Arctic through the work of the Natural Environment Research Council Arctic Office and others.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/11/2016 12:18:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton