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520594

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they continue to support the admission of Turkey to the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports the process of Turkey’s EU accession, which remains the most effective means of encouraging reform, stability and democracy in Turkey. But as the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has made it clear that the question of Turkey actually joining the EU is 'not remotely on the cards', indeed that he does not believe it will happen 'for decades'. Every Member State has a veto, at every stage of the process. It is the Government's policy not to agree to any further enlargement of the EU without a new system of controls on the movement of workers being put in place. Under the European Union Act 2011, any new Accession Treaty would require primary legislation before it could be ratified.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/06/2016 11:40:18 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

459276

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	West Lothian Question
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether it is appropriate for Scottish MPs to vote on trading hours in other parts of the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL6921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>MPs from all parts of the United Kingdom can vote on all legislation before the House of Commons. The introduction of English Votes for English Laws has given English MPs a greater say over matters affecting England only. However, clause 33 of the Enterprise Bill, which related to Sunday trading laws, included provisions that extended to Scotland meaning that Scottish MPs were rightly entitled to vote at every stage in the legislative process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 12/04/2016 16:44:13 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

459277

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any discrepancy between the net migration numbers and the number of EU citizens registering for the first time for National Insurance in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL6922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 24/03/2016 16:39:03 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley attachment 1 file name UKSA - HL6922 (1).pdf title Referral Letter
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

458824

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Prime Minister on 22 February (HC Deb, col 22), how they reached the conclusion that the cost of EU regulation will be going down, not up.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL6858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to Parliament on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p> </p><p>Under our new settlement the European Commission has agreed for the first time to set specific targets to reduce the overall burden on businesses in key sectors. The European Council Declaration on Competitiveness commits to ‘doing more to reduce the overall burden of EU regulation, especially on SMEs and micro enterprises’.</p><p> </p><p>To implement this, the European Commission has agreed to introduce a new burden review mechanism. It will conduct an annual survey of the burdens imposed on businesses at the EU level. This process will identify legislation that should be revised or repealed to bring costs down, and will mean that limiting the cost of regulation will be a priority when proposals are developed, negotiated and agreed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/03/2016 14:45:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

455954

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of Detective Superintendent McDonald's description of child abuse allegations against Sir Edward Heath, Lord Bramall and Lord Brittan as "credible and true", and whether they have made representations to the Metropolitan Police Service that an apology should be issued regarding that statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL6534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that allegations of child abuse should be thoroughly and properly investigated. However decisions about arrest and charge are an operational matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service and it would be inappropriate for the Home Office to comment further.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2016 17:54:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

434116

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid: Job Creation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the UK overseas aid budget is devoted to job creation.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL4235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>DFID has committed to increase spending on economic development to £1.8 billion by 2015/16. This will help to create more and better jobs, including for women and youth, supporting countries to lift themselves out of poverty and aid dependency.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 16/12/2015 15:32:29 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

172974

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to continue to abide by the NATO principle urging all member states to spend two per cent of gross domestic product on defence.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL4046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to spending 2% of GDP on Defence and we expect to do so through the end of this Parliament. Decisions on Defence spending after financial year 2015-16 will be determined in the next Comprehensive Spending Review. NATO assess the UK to be the largest defence spender in the EU, the second largest in NATO and one of only four countries in NATO currently meeting the NATO 2% GDP guideline.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 20/01/2015 16:26:04 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton

156541

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Green Climate Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how it is intended that the proposed £650 million United Kingdom contribution to a global green climate fund will be spent; and what role the United Kingdom will have in its disbursement.
tabling member printed	Lord Renwick of Clifton
uin	HL2964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Green Climate Fund is aiming to spend 50% of funds helping developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and 50% helping them adapt to the adverse effects of climate change (with the aim that at least 50% of the adaptation funding goes to the most vulnerable countries).</p><p>The Fund is governed and supervised by a Board of 24 members, composed of an equal number of members from developing and developed countries that will have responsibility for funding decisions.</p><p>The UK holds one of the Green Climate Fund Board seats, meaning we will be fully involved in disbursement decisions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 27/11/2014 12:41:21 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3230 label Biography information for Lord Renwick of Clifton