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1227689

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date	22/07/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Pregnancy Tests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received (1) from the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests on behalf of families affected by Primados, and (2) following the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review First do no harm, published on 8 July; and when they intend to respond to any such representations.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/08/2020 answer text <p>On behalf of affected families, the Chair of the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests (HPTs) attended every meeting of the Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Working Group on HPTs and was invited to discuss their draft recommendations and give a statement to the Commission on the draft report of the Group. In addition, 13 affected families gave their personal experiences with Primodos to the Expert Working Group. Since publication of the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, we have received a letter from the Chair of the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests and will be responding shortly.</p><p>The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review published its report on 8 July and all of its recommendations will be considered carefully. The Government will provide an update in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/08/2020 11:18:22 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1227690

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Hong Kong: Immigration
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 21 July (HL6842), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what estimate they have made of (1) the number of holders of British National (Overseas) status in Hong Kong, and (2) their dependants, who are expected to migrate to the UK in the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL7139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text <p>As the Foreign Secretary said on 21 July, we constantly assess the numbers of those expected to take up the bespoke immigration route for British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)s) and their dependants. We estimate that there are 2.9 million eligible for BN(O) passports. Of those, there are around 350,000 passport holders. Many of those who may be eligible will want to stay in Hong Kong, or relocate temporarily. The UK will honour its historic and moral responsibilities to BN(O)s.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/08/2020 14:19:31 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1227691

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long they estimate it will take to clear the NHS waiting lists caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL7140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>Guidance has already been issued to the National Health Service on the process of starting to restore urgent non-COVID-19 services. We have now started to reset NHS services that were rightly suspended whilst we dealt with the initial impact of COVID-19. The approach is being flexed at local level according to capacity and demand in different parts of the country, but the reset will be gradual.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL7141 question first answered 30/07/2020 12:31:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1227692

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to clear the backlog of healthcare cases caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL7141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>Guidance has already been issued to the National Health Service on the process of starting to restore urgent non-COVID-19 services. We have now started to reset NHS services that were rightly suspended whilst we dealt with the initial impact of COVID-19. The approach is being flexed at local level according to capacity and demand in different parts of the country, but the reset will be gradual.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell grouped question UIN HL7140 question first answered 30/07/2020 12:31:20 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1227693

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Waiting Lists
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to use the private healthcare sector to help clear the backlog of healthcare cases caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL7142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/08/2020 answer text <p>National Health Service patients are benefitting from an unprecedented partnership with private hospitals in the United Kingdom as we battle the COVID-19 outbreak. The Department and NHS England and NHS Improvement have worked with the independent sector to secure all appropriate inpatient capacity and other resource across England. This has increased NHS capacity and ensured that more facilities are available for patients diagnosed with COVID-19.</p><p>Throughout this period, independent providers have continued to provide urgent operations for NHS patients, as well as their private pay or insured patients.</p><p>As part of preparing for winter, the Government has provided an additional £3 billion to the NHS. This will allow the NHS to continue to use the extra hospital capacity acquired from the independent sector and also to maintain the Nightingale hospitals until the end of March.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/08/2020 11:38:53 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1227694

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 effectiveness of targeted killing as a counter-terrorism strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL7143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has not made any assessment as to the effectiveness of targeted killing as a counter-terrorism strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/07/2020 12:39:27 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1227695

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 targeting of people directly participating in hostilities towards the UK who are located in non-belligerent states.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL7144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>As the Government has stated previously, it has a policy to defend the UK and its citizens against both armed attacks and imminent threats of armed attack. In doing so the Government may draw on a wide range of tools including, <em>in extremis</em>, the use of lethal force where there is no other effective option. Every situation would be considered on its merits and the appropriate course of action would depend on the circumstances prevailing at that time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/07/2020 12:39:46 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1227696

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Armed Conflict: Civilians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for public consultation over the creation of the UK Strategy on Protection of Civilians; and when they expect to publish the Strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL7145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text <p>As part of the review of its approach to the protection of civilians (PoC), the Government has consulted extensively with civil society and academia. We hope to publish soon a document outlining our approach to PoC with examples of action the Government has been taking. We were unable to meet the previously stated publication date as we were required to adhere to the rules governing the publication of documentation in the run up to the December 2019 General Election. We further postponed publication in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/08/2020 14:06:02 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1227697

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to bring forward proposals for the regulation of Prepack Administrations; and if so when.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL7146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>The Government will publish a report in due course of its review of the voluntary measures that were introduced in 2015 to enhance regulation of pre-pack administrations. The report will set out the Government’s plans for the future of pre-pack administrations.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 03/08/2020 11:42:21 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1227698

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Qassem Soleimani
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the UN Human Rights Council Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, published on 29 June, which found that the killing of Iranian General Soleimani by a US drone strike violated international law, what representations they have made to the government of the United States.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL7147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the report presented by the UN Special Rapporteur, Agnes Callamard. Article 51 of the UN Charter recognises that all States have an inherent right of self-defence. The strike against Soleimani was not a UK operation. The United States set out the basis for its action in a letter to the UN Security Council of 8 January.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 05/08/2020 14:32:34 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts