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225398

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of asylum seekers being detained under powers in the Immigration Acts, what access they have to statutory, free and independent forms of advocacy on an individual basis, excluding legal representation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL5474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>All asylum applicants are directed to a range of sources of advice and support offered by non-governmental organisations. However we consider that statutory access to free and independent forms of advocacy is best delivered through providing the asylum applicant with the opportunity to consult a legal representative at his or her own, or public expense (in accordance with provision made by the Legal Aid Agency) or otherwise. This could be a barrister, solicitor or adviser; all however must be qualified to provide advice under Section 84 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to ensure that the advice offered is of the sufficient quality.</p><p>Safeguards exist for those entering detention through the Detention Duty Advice scheme which was set up by the Legal Aid Agency to provide access to legal advice in detention centres. The scheme provides free legal advice under legal aid for people held in immigration detention, who cannot afford a fee-paying private legal adviser or who are no longer represented by a duty solicitor.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/03/2015 15:58:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

225399

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish any guidance issued to civil servants and appointing panels as to how to judge the appropriateness of the political activity of applicants for appointment to public bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL5475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies 2011 sets out the standards expected from those who serve on the boards of UK public bodies. Paragraph 3.11 covers political activity. A link to the Code can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=code+of+conduct+for+board+members&amp;src=IE-SearchBox&amp;FORM=IENTSR" target="_blank">http://www.bing.com/searchq=code+of+conduct+for+board+members&amp;src=IE-SearchBox&amp;FORM=IENTSR</a></p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/03/2015 12:20:13 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

225400

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islam
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to sponsor a conference on the nature of Islam, and the use of Islam by extremists to justify their actions.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>We continue to work with a range of community and faith groups to explore concerns across all forms of extremism including Islamist extremism – although we have no plans to sponsor a specific conference. Our work promotes the moderate voices of the vast majority of Muslims and of other faiths across the country who oppose the poisonous rhetoric of extremists.</p><p>Last Autumn, the Home Secretary announced a new counter-extremism strategy that goes beyond violence and terrorism. The strategy will aim to build up the public sector and civil society to identify extremism in all its forms, confront it, challenge and defeat it. Although overseen by the Home Office, its implementation will be the responsibility of the whole of government and the public sector, and wider civil society.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/03/2015 15:05:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

225401

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Nepal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conditions a Nepalese man must meet to obtain a three-month tourist visa to visit the United Kingdom if he is married to a woman who is a British citizen resident in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>All visit visa applications, regardless of nationality, are carefully considered in accordance with the Immigration Rules. Visitors must demonstrate that they are genuinely visiting the UK for a period of less than six months and intend to leave the UK at the end of their proposed visit. Applicants must satisfy our decision-makers that they have strong social and economic ties to their home country as well as adequate funds to cover the cost of their travel to and stay in the UK without taking employment or accessing public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/03/2015 15:50:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

225402

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough: Veterans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 2 March (HL Deb, col 6), why Lord Wallace did not answer the question asked relating to veterans sleeping rough.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL5478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>DCLG’s Rough Sleeping Statistics England – Autumn 2014 statistical release provides a single night snapshot and does not provide information on the demographics of rough sleepers. However, the Greater London Authority’s CHAIN (Combined Homeless and Information Network) database in London shows that, in 2013/14, 3% (145) of people seen rough sleeping who are from the UK had served in the armed forces.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has increased spending to prevent and tackle rough sleeping and homelessness making over £500 million available, giving councils the funding and tools needed to take action against rough sleeping locally. There is a range of initiatives and projects in place to help rough sleepers, prevent single homelessness and to help those who have been homeless find and sustain accommodation. The initiatives help a wide range of single homeless people including military veterans.</p><p> </p><p>StreetLink has helped thousands of vulnerable people who have slept rough or faced the prospect of doing so. By using Streetlink the public can help connect rough sleepers to the local services available so they can get the help they need to get them off the streets. Since 2012, StreetLink has made nearly 24,500 rough sleeping referrals to councils to investigate, leading to 10,500 rough sleepers being found and connected with local services of which nearly 2,000 resulted in them finding accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We have also supported the roll-out of No Second Night Out nationally through the £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund for the voluntary sector, ensuring rough sleepers are found quickly and that they do not spend more than one night on the street.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched an £8 million Help for Single Homeless Fund for local authorities which will improve council services for single people facing the prospect of homelessness. Thirty-four projects, working across 168 local authorities, will provide support for up 22,000 single homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is helping single homeless people find and sustain accommodation in the private rented sector through our £14 million funding to Crisis. By 2016 we expect the Crisis scheme to have helped 10,000 single homeless people since it started in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We have also introduced protection to ensure that former and current Service personnel are not disadvantaged in accessing social housing because of the disadvantages of military life. We have changed the law by regulation so that seriously injured personnel and former members of the Armed Forces with urgent housing needs must always be given high priority for social housing by local authorities. We have also made sure that serving personnel and those who have recently been discharged do not lose their qualification rights because of the requirement to move from base to base. Additionally, we have issued statutory guidance strongly encouraging local authorities to give sympathetic consideration to prioritising the needs of all former Service personnel, for example through the use of local preference criteria and local lettings policies.</p><p> </p><p>The devolved administrations publish their own statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL5436 HL5437 question first answered 12/03/2015 15:08:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

225403

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
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	Food: Production
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 recent research from the National Farmers' Union on the decline in food production in the United Kingdom and its impact on food security.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL5479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping UK food producers thrive and expand. We are working with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and others to support a competitive UK farming industry, including through our £160 million investment in applied research under the agri-tech strategy, as well as the new Rural Development Programme for England, which includes £141 million dedicated to improving agricultural productivity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 16/03/2015 17:40:44 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

225404

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they provide as part of their homelessness prevention strategy to help prevent relationship breakdown.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL5480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Right Reverend Prelate to my previous response of 9 March 2015 to question HL5087.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/03/2015 12:26:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

225405

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Smuggling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations of Committee A of the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly entitled "Cross-border Police Cooperation and Illicit Trade" published in February 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL5481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>These are matters that are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Department of Justice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/03/2015 15:17:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

225406

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Monetary Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any allegations or evidence of market abuse have been brought to their attention in connection with the operation of the asset purchase scheme used to implement quantitative easing; and whether the Bank of England has investigated its own role in the administration of the scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL5482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on 20 March 2014 that it had taken enforcement action against an individual for the manipulation of a UK government bond in the run up to a Bank of England Quantitative Easing (QE) operation on 10 October 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The FCA’s investigation found this was the action of one trader on one day, and there was no evidence of collusion with traders in other banks. The FCA acted following information initially referred to it by the Bank of England, demonstrating the benefits of the Bank working in close co-operation with the FCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Bank thoroughly reviewed its processes at the time, in addition to its ongoing monitoring and examination of QE operations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that misconduct in financial markets is unacceptable and takes all allegations of misconduct seriously. Any evidence relating to the potential manipulation of financial markets should be passed to the FCA.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 18/03/2015 16:51:19 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

225407

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Monetary Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what oversight they exercise of the quantitative easing programme to manage its risk under the HM Treasury Indemnity.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL5483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The MPC makes decisions on its policy tools, including quantitative easing, in order to meet the 2% inflation target in the medium term.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The framework for the Asset Purchase Facility (APF), authorising it to be used as a monetary policy tool, was set out in the exchange of letters between the then Chancellor of the Exchequer and the then Governor of the Bank of England on 29 January and 5 March 2009. The framework requires the Chancellor to authorise the ceiling on total asset purchases by the APF, given the indemnity the Treasury provides for the facility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 18/03/2015 17:20:04 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners