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418375

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
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 number of possible jihadists amongst the migrants at Calais attempting to enter the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) supports the Government and law enforcement agencies by analysing and assessing all intelligence relating to international terrorism at home and overseas. It would not be appropriate to comment on those assessments, but the Government can give an assurance that JTAC continuously assesses the threat to the UK and its interests from international terrorism in whatever form that threat takes.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/09/2015 15:51:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

418376

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: EU Countries
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 there are jihadists amongst the migrants entering Hungary, Austria and Germany.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) supports the Government and law enforcement agencies by analysing and assessing all intelligence relating to international terrorism at home and overseas. It would not be appropriate to comment on those assessments, but the Government can give an assurance that JTAC continuously assesses the threat to the UK and its interests from international terrorism in whatever form that threat takes.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/09/2015 15:51:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

418377

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to detect people from Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine and Albania using stolen Syrian passports to enter the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Border Force uses a range of methods to detect and deter those seeking to enter the UK using stolen passports. This includes the use of advanced technology to identify those attempting to travel to the UK on lost or stolen documentation. Immigration Enforcement operates a network of overseas liaison officers whose role includes working with transport operators to identify imposters and prevent them from travelling to the UK. At the UK border, Border Force Officers, with expertise in forgery and imposter detection, carry out comprehensive checks on all passengers arriving at passport control to establish authenticity and whether the passenger is the rightful holder.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/09/2015 14:36:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

418378

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the moral and philosophical case for them making representations to foreign governments on the use of the death penalty in their countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The British Government is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances and calls on all states to adopt a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in accordance with UN General Assembly resolution 186 adopted in December 2014. This is part of the process towards complete abolition. The UK’s own experience showed that the death penalty did not deter crime, and miscarriages of justice were irreversible and irreparable. Where we judge that an execution is incompatible with international law or marks a backward step, we raise our concerns privately and publicly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/09/2015 14:45:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

418379

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reverse the decline in wild bird populations in the United Kingdom and the Overseas Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting wildlife in accordance with the EU Habitats and Birds Directives through domestic legislation and the designation of Special Sites of Scientific Interest, Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is a devolved matter. In England, we will take forward our manifesto commitment to produce a 25 year strategy for the environment, which will include biodiversity. Over the next five years we will be investing more than £3 billion in environmental outcomes as part of the Rural Development Programme for England (2014-2020). This funding will enhance England’s countryside, enabling us, among other things, to clean up our rivers and lakes, protect drystone walls and hedges, and help birds, bees and other species to thrive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is one of the main objectives in the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme, to be funded under the Rural Development Programme. The Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package options within the scheme will be of particular benefit to wild pollinators, farmland birds and other species.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that our public forests and woodland are kept in trust for the nation and plant another 11 million trees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, we have created over 67,000 hectares of priority habitats such as arable field margins, wetlands and woodlands. We have also maintained over 95% of our Sites of Special Scientific Interest – our most important sites for wildlife – in favourable or recovering condition and put in place Marine Conservation Zones to supplement the stretches of our sea that are already marine protected areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments. The UK Government cherishes the environmental assets of the OTs and we work in partnership with OT Governments to identify where our support can be most effective, including through access to expertise, technical advice and training and through the Overseas Territory Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through Darwin Plus, the UK Government has committed approximately £5.2 million since 2012 to help protect the natural environment in the OTs. Projects currently being funded range from conserving four keystone tree species in St Helena, to an assessment of the conservation status of the endangered Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross on Tristan da Cunha.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Joint UK Government and South Atlantic OTs funding also supports a co-ordinating post based in the Falkland Islands to help meet obligations arising from the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels and to assist with the planning and implementation of albatross and petrel conservation work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL2174 question first answered 22/09/2015 10:55:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418380

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Nature Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect and conserve all forms of wild flora and fauna in the United Kingdom and the Overseas Territories, including rare and endangered species.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is committed to protecting wildlife in accordance with the EU Habitats and Birds Directives through domestic legislation and the designation of Special Sites of Scientific Interest, Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is a devolved matter. In England, we will take forward our manifesto commitment to produce a 25 year strategy for the environment, which will include biodiversity. Over the next five years we will be investing more than £3 billion in environmental outcomes as part of the Rural Development Programme for England (2014-2020). This funding will enhance England’s countryside, enabling us, among other things, to clean up our rivers and lakes, protect drystone walls and hedges, and help birds, bees and other species to thrive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Biodiversity is one of the main objectives in the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme, to be funded under the Rural Development Programme. The Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package options within the scheme will be of particular benefit to wild pollinators, farmland birds and other species.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that our public forests and woodland are kept in trust for the nation and plant another 11 million trees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, we have created over 67,000 hectares of priority habitats such as arable field margins, wetlands and woodlands. We have also maintained over 95% of our Sites of Special Scientific Interest – our most important sites for wildlife – in favourable or recovering condition and put in place Marine Conservation Zones to supplement the stretches of our sea that are already marine protected areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments. The UK Government cherishes the environmental assets of the OTs and we work in partnership with OT Governments to identify where our support can be most effective, including through access to expertise, technical advice and training and through the Overseas Territory Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through Darwin Plus, the UK Government has committed approximately £5.2 million since 2012 to help protect the natural environment in the OTs. Projects currently being funded range from conserving four keystone tree species in St Helena, to an assessment of the conservation status of the endangered Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross on Tristan da Cunha.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Joint UK Government and South Atlantic OTs funding also supports a co-ordinating post based in the Falkland Islands to help meet obligations arising from the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels and to assist with the planning and implementation of albatross and petrel conservation work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL2173 question first answered 22/09/2015 10:55:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418381

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Penguins: British Overseas Territories
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 population trends of penguins in the Overseas Territories.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Overseas Territory (OT) Governments are constitutionally responsible for the protection and conservation of their natural environments. Through the UK Government-funded Overseas Territory Environment and Climate Fund (Darwin Plus) we have committed approximately £5.2 million since 2012 to supporting environment projects in the OTs. A number of these have helped to conserve penguins.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Darwin Plus has funded projects to create a regional database of penguin tracking data, population analysis and modelling and to deploy autonomous camera units to monitor penguin populations in the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office recently funded a project led by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to carry out the first ever stocktake of species in the OTs. The study, completed between January 2013 and March 2014, with further work in 2015, brought together all known species records and conservation assessments. Although only a few OTs have permanent penguin populations, it found that the islands of the OTs include more penguins than any other nation on earth, holding an estimated 36% of the world’s population of southern rockhopper penguins and 34% of gentoo penguins.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/09/2015 10:56:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418382

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the cost of operational and policing requirements for each badger killed under the culling programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL2176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Defra has published on gov.uk the total operational and policing costs to Defra for the licensed culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire in 2013 and 2014, and total number of badgers culled. We do not have a breakdown of operational or policing costs for each individual badger killed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/09/2015 16:28:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

418383

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Services: Children
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 Prior of Brampton on 27 July (HL1635), whether they have plans to introduce day surgery appointments for the clearance or extraction of deciduous teeth under general anaesthetic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Many extractions are already carried out on a day case basis; whether the extraction is carried out as a day case or requires an overnight admission is a matter for the clinicians involved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that NHS Lancashire and Greater Manchester have for a number of years commissioned day case surgery as well as overnight admission for children who require a full clearance of deciduous teeth under general anaesthetic.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/09/2015 16:27:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

418384

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fluoride: Drinking Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to make representations to Manchester City Council to give further consideration to fluoridation of the water supply in Greater Manchester; and whether any such representations will take account of the lower level of tooth decay amongst children in Birmingham, where the water supply has been fluoridated since 1964.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive governments that decisions on water fluoridation are best taken locally. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 gave powers to upper tier and unitary local authorities to make proposals in relation to fluoridation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014 Public Health England published a water fluoridation health monitoring report which showed lower levels of tooth decay in areas with water fluoridation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has also, in 2014, published an evidence informed toolkit for local authorities to support them in planning, reviewing and commissioning oral health improvement interventions for children and young people, including the potential role of water fluoridation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/09/2015 15:12:30 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes