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79152

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Marriage: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will ensure that registered civil partners wishing to undergo a marriage ceremony with religious elements receive equal treatment as same sex couples who are not registered civil partners and wish to marry in the same way.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL1313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that couples wishing to convert their civil partnership in to a marriage can do so from 10 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The draft Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014, which were laid in the House on 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2014, provide for a simple conversion process, which is not, and was never envisaged to be, a marriage ceremony. The draft regulations were prepared in accordance with the provision made by Section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, in particular subsections (4) and (5), which was debated at length in both Houses of Parliament during the passage of the Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The process was conceived in line with responses from those in civil partnerships to the public consultation in 2012, which called for a simple, straightforward and low cost way for couples to convert their civil partnership into a marriage. Stakeholders expressed a desire for a conversion process which would not undermine the significance of the original civil partnership and which would avoid creating undue new burdens or costs for couples. Accordingly the conversion process was not envisaged to be a process which would replicate a marriage ceremony, whether religious or secular, but was rather intended to be an easy administrative process by which couples converted their civil partnerships and had these recognised as marriages from the date the civil partnership was formed. Couples who did want to celebrate the conversion with family and friends could choose to hold some form of non-statutory celebratory ceremony following the conversion itself, if they so wished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to listen to the views expressed by stakeholders during the implementation of the Act. We have heard views articulated by stakeholders in recent weeks raising concerns with the conversion process as set out in the draft regulations as laid and in particular regarding the possibility of incorporating religious elements within conversions. We will consider these views and whether suitable options exist for addressing them within the legal framework established by the Act over the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1314 question first answered 11/08/2014 12:49:34 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

79153

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Marriage: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 bans the use of religious services at conversion.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL1314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that couples wishing to convert their civil partnership in to a marriage can do so from 10 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The draft Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014, which were laid in the House on 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2014, provide for a simple conversion process, which is not, and was never envisaged to be, a marriage ceremony. The draft regulations were prepared in accordance with the provision made by Section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, in particular subsections (4) and (5), which was debated at length in both Houses of Parliament during the passage of the Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The process was conceived in line with responses from those in civil partnerships to the public consultation in 2012, which called for a simple, straightforward and low cost way for couples to convert their civil partnership into a marriage. Stakeholders expressed a desire for a conversion process which would not undermine the significance of the original civil partnership and which would avoid creating undue new burdens or costs for couples. Accordingly the conversion process was not envisaged to be a process which would replicate a marriage ceremony, whether religious or secular, but was rather intended to be an easy administrative process by which couples converted their civil partnerships and had these recognised as marriages from the date the civil partnership was formed. Couples who did want to celebrate the conversion with family and friends could choose to hold some form of non-statutory celebratory ceremony following the conversion itself, if they so wished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to listen to the views expressed by stakeholders during the implementation of the Act. We have heard views articulated by stakeholders in recent weeks raising concerns with the conversion process as set out in the draft regulations as laid and in particular regarding the possibility of incorporating religious elements within conversions. We will consider these views and whether suitable options exist for addressing them within the legal framework established by the Act over the summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1313 question first answered 11/08/2014 12:49:34 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

78258

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage young people to engage in sport.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL1153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>As part of Sport England’s 2012- 17 Youth and Community Strategy it is investing £461 million to get more young people playing sport regularly. Currently over half of all young people (54.5%) play sport once a week and almost a quarter of a million more young people are playing sport today than in 2005 when London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Specific targets for young people have been agreed with each national governing body of sport. Sport England is also running programmes specifically targeting young people including Sportivate which over the last two years has given almost 400,000 young people the opportunity to take up a new sport. Over 2000 satellite clubs have been set up across England to reduce the number of young people who stop playing sport after leaving school.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/07/2014 12:04:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

78260

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism: Marketing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are promoting holidays in the United Kingdom to British residents; and, if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL1155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Tourism is a devolved matter, and domestic holiday marketing to British residents is carried out by the tourist boards of each constituent part of the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, VisitEngland’s ‘Holidays at Home are GREAT’ campaigns have also benefited the Devolved Administrations by promoting domestic holidays throughout the United Kingdom, not just in England. The campaign, now in its third year, has received £9.3 million funding from the Government, which has been match-funded by the private sector and other tourism partners. These campaigns have been promoted through various media channels including mainstream terrestrial channels, cinemas and via the web. The first two campaigns generated £380m in extra visitor spend, and the current campaign has been marketed through media channels since 1 April 2014. VisitEngland’s Growing Tourism Locally programme, which received £19.8 million from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund, specifically aims to inspire UK residents to take more holidays in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/07/2014 11:19:08 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

77764

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
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 6 May (WA 331–2) and the comments by Helen Grant, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities on 9 July (HC Deb, col 140 WH), how they intend to establish baseline data that can be used to determine whether caste legislation is stopping unlawful discrimination given their acceptance of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s statement that research for that purpose would not be possible; and what are the terms of reference of the feasibility study announced by Mrs Grant.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL1061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>The Government has accepted that the Equality and Human Rights Commission will not be undertaking further research in the area outlined in the question. However, in their respective statements neither Lord Ahmad nor Helen Grant accepted that such research cannot be done, which is why we are commissioning the feasibility study to which the Noble Lord refers.</p><p>The key objectives for this study, which form its terms of reference, are to:</p><ul><li>Identify and critically assess the key issues which affect the feasibility of quantifying the extent of caste discrimination in Britain, and measuring changes over time;</li><li>Identify specific methodological approaches for realistically and feasibly quantifying the scale of caste discrimination in Britain and measuring changes over time;</li><li>Appraise the costs and benefits associated with each methodological option.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 04/08/2014 10:31:06 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

77256

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact and application of a place of consumption tax on the online gambling market, and the ability of the Gambling Commission to meet its commitments on removing crime from that sector; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The assessment of the impact of the reforms to remote gambling taxation is available in the relevant Tax Information and Impact Note published at Autumn Statement 2013, available on the Government's website.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission has a statutory duty to promote three licensing objectives, the first of which is: preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime. The Government is confident that the Gambling Commission has the tools it needs to fulfil this duty.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:17:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77257

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the conclusions of the HM Revenue and Customs report undertaken by Frontier Economics Ltd on the United Kingdom betting and gaming industry and elasticity of demand for online gaming were taken into account when developing the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The report ‘The UK betting and gaming market: estimating price elasticities of demand and understanding the use of promotions” was published in June 2014, after the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 had been introduced.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/07/2014 14:18:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77258

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they have undertaken to quantify the costs of following the regulatory process for businesses applying for a United Kingdom gambling licence; and what assessment they have made of its impact on the competitiveness of new entrants to the online gambling sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is responsible for ensuring that the costs of applying for a Commission licence, and the regulatory burden of complying with it, are the minimum necessary to ensure compatibility with the licensing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission keeps its licensing arrangements and licence conditions and codes (LCCP) under review. Recently it consulted on improved licensing processes for moving to an online licence application process, and introducing a multi-jurisdictional form to reduce the costs for applicants applying for licences in more than one jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force on 1<sup>st</sup> October, the Commission has been working with operators and overseas regulators to avoid duplication and undue regulatory burden wherever possible – for example, minimising the need for operators to duplicate material or assurances that can be obtained from an operator's host nation regulator. These consultations have enabled the Commission to take into account the impact on the relative attractiveness of operating legally in a regulated market compared to the risks of operating illegally.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL993 HL994 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77259

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken any work to quantify the impact that the cost of regulatory compliance would have on the ability of licensed gambling operators to compete against unlicensed operators in the United Kingdom market.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is responsible for ensuring that the costs of applying for a Commission licence, and the regulatory burden of complying with it, are the minimum necessary to ensure compatibility with the licensing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission keeps its licensing arrangements and licence conditions and codes (LCCP) under review. Recently it consulted on improved licensing processes for moving to an online licence application process, and introducing a multi-jurisdictional form to reduce the costs for applicants applying for licences in more than one jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force on 1<sup>st</sup> October, the Commission has been working with operators and overseas regulators to avoid duplication and undue regulatory burden wherever possible – for example, minimising the need for operators to duplicate material or assurances that can be obtained from an operator's host nation regulator. These consultations have enabled the Commission to take into account the impact on the relative attractiveness of operating legally in a regulated market compared to the risks of operating illegally.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL992 HL994 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft

77260

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they have undertaken to ensure that the burden on companies applying for a gambling licence is minimised in line with their priorities to reduce red tape; and whether they considered the ability of such companies to compete against unlicensed operators in any such work.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is responsible for ensuring that the costs of applying for a Commission licence, and the regulatory burden of complying with it, are the minimum necessary to ensure compatibility with the licensing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission keeps its licensing arrangements and licence conditions and codes (LCCP) under review. Recently it consulted on improved licensing processes for moving to an online licence application process, and introducing a multi-jurisdictional form to reduce the costs for applicants applying for licences in more than one jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force on 1<sup>st</sup> October, the Commission has been working with operators and overseas regulators to avoid duplication and undue regulatory burden wherever possible – for example, minimising the need for operators to duplicate material or assurances that can be obtained from an operator's host nation regulator. These consultations have enabled the Commission to take into account the impact on the relative attractiveness of operating legally in a regulated market compared to the risks of operating illegally.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL992 HL993 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft