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143442

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date	07/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	World War I: Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they owe the government of the United States as a result of the First World War; and what are the arrangements for repayment.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>At the end of the First World War, the debt owed to the United States by the United Kingdom amounted to around £850 million. Repayments of the debt were made between 1923 and 1931. In 1931, President Hoover of the United States proposed a one year moratorium on all war debts, which allowed extensive international discussions on the general problems of debt repayment to be held. However, no satisfactory agreement was reached. In the absence of such an agreement, no payments have been made to, or received from, other nations since 1934. At the time, the United Kingdom was owed more by other nations than the outstanding principal it owed the United States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For this reason, liabilities and assets arising from WW1 have not been listed on the UK government’s balance sheet since 1944-45.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 20/11/2014 17:03:29 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

143445

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many times in the last 10 years no Government response to a Lords Select Committee report was forthcoming eight months or longer after the report’s publication; and what were the subjects of the report or reports in question.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally; it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/11/2014 14:44:34 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

143447

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Middle East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to conduct consultations at a local level about the best ways of rehabilitating and re-integrating upon their return young people who have left Britain to fight in Syria and Iraq.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes extremely seriously the threat posed by those who travel from the UK to areas of conflict abroad, and who may return with experiences which they may use against the UK, or with the intention of radicalising others. <br><br>People who commit, plan and support acts of terror abroad and seek to return to the UK will be prosecuted. All decisions on returnees from Syria or Iraq are taken on a case by case basis. Whether a prosecution is justified in an individual case is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service to decide after a full police investigation. For others, it may be that support from mental health or social service bodies might be the appropriate course of action. Prevent interventions which provide individual support to people who are vulnerable to further radicalisation are among the range of options which are considered. <br><br>The Prevent programme includes work both to dissuade people from travelling to Syria and Iraq, and to intervene when they return. The approach has been shaped by ongoing discussions with operational partners and practitioners at local and national level. The Government has no plans conduct a formal consultation on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 01/12/2014 11:58:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

143448

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many self-inflicted deaths of prisoners occurred in (1) 2003, and (2) 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of self-inflicted deaths in prison in 2003 and 2013 is published in the Safety in Custody statistical bulletin which is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons is a key priority for the Government. We are working hard to understand any trends, but, as is the case in society at large, there is no simple explanation with complex and individual reasons behind any suicide.</p><p> </p><p>We have dedicated resources providing support every day in prisons and have created a specialist team to help share good practice as part of our strenuous efforts to learn from each death.</p><p> </p><p>Young adults are a particularly challenging and vulnerable group, and that is why we have commissioned an independent review into the deaths of 18 to 24-year-olds in prison custody.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/11/2014 14:03:56 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

143449

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any members of the armed forces who contract ebola whilst serving in Africa will be immediately returned to the United Kingdom to receive medical treatment.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Any member of the Armed Forces who contracts Ebola Virus Disease will have their circumstances considered on the basis of individual clinical need. Their safety and that of health practitioners, will be of paramount importance. If it is determined that the best clinical outcome would be achieved through medical evacuation, this would take place.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 21/11/2014 14:23:20 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

143450

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	Forests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the acreage of forest that would need to be planted in the United Kingdom in order to meet a carbon reduction budget of 50 per cent by 2025; and what is their assessment of the contribution forests and other carbon sinks can make to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no sector specific carbon reduction targets for forests and other carbon sinks but the contribution of these sectors to meeting carbon budgets is set out in the 2011 Carbon Plan. Forests and other carbon sinks can play a valuable role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the Government has put in place a range of policies to realise this reduction. These include the Rural Development Programme, the Woodland Carbon Code and the UK Forestry Standard as set out alongside Government’s wider forestry objectives in the Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 20/11/2014 16:40:30 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

143451

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	Forests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what international action they are taking to press the case for global re-afforestation in order to act as a carbon sink.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The UK supports protection and conservation of global forests through our £3.87 billion International Climate Fund (ICF). To date, over £500 million has been committed to support a range of initiatives, including supporting forest governance; sustainable forestry, agriculture and land management, community forest management, and developing knowledge and evidence that can contribute to effective and coordinated policies and strategies. The UK also supports REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, and Conservation, Sustainable Management of Forests, and Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks), through investments in pilot REDD+ projects through the ICF, and through decisions supportive of the development of REDD+ through the international climate change negotiations.</p><p>The UK played a key role in developing the New York Declaration on Forests, endorsed by over 150 governments, private sector stakeholders, civil society, non-governmental and indigenous community organisations at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit on 23<sup>rd</sup> September 2014. The Declaration highlights the importance of reducing deforestation and increasing forest restoration to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and calls for action. It sets out an ambitious restoration goal of restoring 150 million hectares of degraded landscapes and forestlands by 2020 and significantly increasing the rate of global restoration thereafter, which would restore at least an additional 200 million hectares by 2030.</p><p>There are a number of important international processes in 2015 that can also encourage more ambitious outcomes for global re-afforestation and restoration. The UK will press the case for ambitious, quantitative forest conservation targets for 2030 in the post-2015 new sustainable development goals, and supports the inclusion of ambitious outcomes for forests as part of the post-2020 new international climate agreement. The Bonn Challenge 2.0 will also be an opportunity for countries to bring forward ambitious forest restoration targets.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 20/11/2014 16:43:24 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

143453

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Meat
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 Astor of Hever on 28 October (HL2119), what information they provide to members of the armed forces to enable them to make informed choices about the consumption of halal food.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence policy is fully consistent with current UK legislation and Government guidelines. Although there is no requirement for a menu to state whether a dish does or does not contain halal food. Service and entitled civilian personnel with special dietary requirements are fully informed as to which dishes are suitable for them to eat.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 21/11/2014 14:27:56 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

143455

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action are they taking to support the growth in the number of older people playing walking football.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL2740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>Walking football is a fantastic way to help people who would not otherwise take part in sport to get active. To support this, Sport England is investing £11.3m in its ‘Get Healthy Get Active’ scheme which encourages inactive people to play sport.</p><p> </p><p>Three of the ‘Get Healthy Get Active’ projects will offer walking football as part of the programme of sports that participants can choose from and, as part of its ‘Inclusive Sport Fund’ to encourage people with disabilities to be more active, Sport England has also invested £168,141 into a project delivered by the Rotherham Community Sports Trust which features a walking football programme for people with early onset dementia.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 20/11/2014 14:47:16 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark