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381006

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date	15/06/2015
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	Birds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what process there is to establish a national bird of the United Kingdom, and what plans they have, if any, to make the robin the national bird.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The robin is synonymous with the British countryside and I am delighted that it has been voted as Britain’s favourite bird, however, there are no plans to adopt it as the national bird.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/06/2015 14:42:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

381007

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement the recommendation of David Anderson QC that communications data should not be intercepted without the authorisation of senior judges for warrants; and if so when.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt Honourable Friend, the Home Secretary, said in her statement on 11 June, the Government will need to give proper consideration to the recommendations made by David Anderson, QC, as well as those made by the Intelligence and Security Committee, before bringing forward legislative proposals in the autumn for pre-legislative scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/06/2015 13:49:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

381008

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of calls relating to an immediately life-threatening situation received an emergency response from the London Ambulance Service within eight minutes in each London Borough area in the last three months; and what was the proportion that received an ambulance vehicle capable of transporting the patient safely within 19 minutes of the request for transport being made.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The information in the attached tables has been provided by the NHS Trust Development Authority and shows performance data for the London Ambulance Service from February 2015 to April 2015, detailing the response times within eight minutes and 19 minutes for each London borough.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/06/2015 13:12:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HL456 Tables.docx title HL456 Data
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

381009

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	FCO Services: Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements are in place for assessing whether information assurance and cyber security systems in FCO Services are adequate.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>FCO Services follows the principles set out in the Government Security Policy Framework and the Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO) Handbook. The FCO Services appointed SIRO is a Board member supported in their role by the Head of Corporate Knowledge and Security and the Chief Information Security Office. The SIRO provides an annual report to the Chief Executive Officer and FCO Services Audit and Risk Assurance Committee on the effectiveness of information risk management arrangements. All FCO Services Directors are made accountable and responsible as Information Asset Owners, and provide quarterly assurance to the SIRO on the security of and risk to all information assets in their area of responsibility. Each Information Asset Manager is supported by a network of Information Asset Owners, and a suite of Information Management policies. Risk management of information assets and cyber security is considered at the quarterly Security Committee chaired by the CEO.</p><p>The FCO Services Cyber Security Steering Group provides assurance that IT System security is effectively managed in accordance with Communications Electronics Security Group (CESG) good practice guidelines, CESG Information Security standards, and any relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Chaired by the SIRO, it identifies and mitigates cyber security risk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:36:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

381010

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	FCO Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when information systems at FCO Services were last independently penetration tested.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>FCO Services operates a range of security accredited information services on behalf of our clients. External penetration tests are conducted as a mandatory part of the security accreditation process. The external penetration tests are commissioned at solution deployment and then at least annually thereafter to maintain the security accreditation. The last external penetration test commissioned was completed in April 2015.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:37:13 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

381011

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	FCO Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many power failures have affected information systems at FCO Services in the last two years.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>Since June 2013 there have been two occasions when power failures have caused information services hosted by FCO Services to become unavailable. The first event was a failure of the Hanslope Park campus electrical supply resilience on the feed from the National Grid being lost. The second occurred during maintenance work in March 2015 to replace failing components. These components were repaired as an interim step but were successfully replaced in June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:37:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

381012

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	FCO Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff at FCO Services have been (1) dismissed or (2) disciplined in the last three years for (a) breaching security arrangements or (b) other reasons.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text Over the last three years, one member of staff has been dismissed for breaching security regulations, and thirteen have been dismissed for other reasons. For the same period, six members of staff have been disciplined for breaching security arrangements, and thirteen have been disciplined for other reasons. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:38:05 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

381013

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Internally Displaced 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 address the continuing humanitarian situation for internally displaced people in Kachin state, Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011 we have committed over £17m in humanitarian funding in Kachin and Northern Shan states in Burma which includes food and cash, health services, and water and sanitation to sites for internally displaced people (IDP). We have also provided £5m of humanitarian health programming. We also fund UN agencies for coordination and capacity building around gender based violence, camp management and water and sanitation. Minister of State Rt. Hon. Desmond Swayne TD MP visited Kachin in August 2014 and met with IDPs and camp officials to discuss their situation. DFID’s head of office visited Kachin in June 2015, visiting IDP camps around Laiza and discussing IDP issues with the Kachin Chief Minister.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 29/06/2015 16:19:59 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

381014

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Internally Displaced 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 ensure that food rations for internally displaced peoples in Kachin state, Burma, are not cut.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011 we have committed over £17m in humanitarian funding in Kachin and Northern Shan states in Burma which includes support for food and cash. We are also working with the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) to investigate development work on livelihoods for those displaced by conflict in Kachin State Burma.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 29/06/2015 16:20:47 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

381015

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Burma: Ceasefires
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 nationwide ceasefire talks in Burma, and the prospects for peace in the ethnic states, particularly Kachin state.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text On 31 March the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team and government negotiators successfully agreed a draft text of the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA). Following this agreement, a series of consultations has taken place to discuss the detail of the Accord, including a meeting between 2 – 9 June in Karen State attended by over 100 representatives from 17 ethnic armed groups as well as UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Burma, Vijay Nambiar. As a result, amendments to the text were proposed, and the ethnic armed groups agreed to form a new committee, comprising more senior representatives, to engage in further negotiations with the Burmese government. Prospects for a NCA ahead of the elections in Burma scheduled for November 2015 remain uncertain. However, even in the absence of a NCA, we do not anticipate a return to widespread conflict. Bilateral ceasefires remain in place between the government and the majority of armed groups, and a timetable for further negotiations is being discussed. We remain actively engaged in the peace process and stand ready to provide whatever additional assistance is required. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/06/2015 13:39:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool