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1079471

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date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyres: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation regarding the maximum allowed age of tyres fitted to (1) coaches and (2) heavy goods vehicles.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL14132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>On 26 February 2019, the Government announced that it will consult on options to ban tyres older than 10 years from use on buses, coaches, heavy goods vehicles and mini-buses.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will also look at whether the ban should be extended to taxis and private hire vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that some of the options under consideration may have implications for different stakeholder groups. This is why we have committed to a full consultation in order to better understand the consequences of various proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/03/2019 13:19:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1079475

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Countryside Stewardship Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many farmers are awaiting Countryside Stewardship payments from 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL14136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Payments for 2018 Countryside Stewardship claims are underway and 20% of eligible agreement holders have received their advance payment. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is working towards paying 95% of 2018 advance payments by the end of March and will issue bridging payments, in early April, to eligible agreement holders who have not received a payment by the end of March. In addition the RPA is aiming to pay 95% of eligible final payments by the end of July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA took on administration of Countryside Stewardship in October 2018 and is continuing to simplify the administration of the scheme as far as possible under the current EU system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/03/2019 16:39:59 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1079476

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Environmental Stewardship Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many farmers are awaiting the final payment of their (1) Entry Level Stewardship, and (2) Higher Level Stewardship, for 2017; whether any bridging payments will be paid to such farmers; and if so when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL14137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Over 98% of 2017 advance and over 80% of 2017 final payments have been issued to agreement holders. Recognising the importance of these payments, around £26 million was paid in bridging payments to just over 1,700 eligible agreement holders in September 2018. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is working to complete 95% of final payments by the end of July.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA took on administration of Environmental Stewardship in October 2018 and is continuing to simplify the administration of the scheme as far as possible under the current EU system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/03/2019 16:38:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1079480

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Lebanon
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government at what stage would an individual who is both (1) a member of a Lebanese parliament or the government of Lebanon, and (2) a member of a political organisation connected with Hezbollah, be informed that they would, under the provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019, be denied access to the UK as a participant at the Inter-Parliamentary Union and other conferences in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL14141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Where it is known that an individual seeking entry to the UK is a member of an organisation proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000, their application for entry clearance can be refused under Part 9 of the Immigration Rules on the basis that their character, conduct or associations make it undesirable to grant them entry to the UK. Applications for leave to enter at the border can be refused on the same grounds.</p><p><br>Individuals may also be excluded from the UK on the basis that it is conducive to the public good.</p><p><br>Members of a foreign government coming to the UK on the official business of their government are exempt from immigration control under section 8(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 and cannot ordinarily be refused entry under the non-conducive provisions of the Immigration Rules, unless the Secretary of State has directed under Article 4(a) of the Immigration (Exemption from Control) Order 1972 that the person shall not be exempt from the provisions of the 1971 Act.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/03/2019 16:45:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1079481

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Mental Capacity
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 importance of communication in assessments of mental capacity, particularly when the speech and language centre of the brain has been affected; and whether they intend to make speech and language therapists eligible for training to become Approved Mental Capacity Professionals in forthcoming regulations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL14142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Speech and language therapists would be expected to have an important role in Liberty Protection Safeguards. This role will include supporting individuals with communication needs to communicate clearly, make objections and to ascertain their wishes and feelings. We intend to work with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists ahead of implementation to establish the detail of the role they will play in the new system.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 14/03/2019 11:21:52 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1079484

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Europe: Immigration
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 (1) the governments of Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, and (2) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organisation for Migration, and the EU are adequately dealing with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in accordance with international law; and if not, whether they intend to hold discussions with those governments and organisations to propose possible improvements.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL14145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The British Government has not carried out such assessments. However, we continue to assess more broadly current levels of migration, asylum and migration capabilities, conditions for migrants themselves and the impact on communities. Where it is appropriate to provide support, the UK has, for example, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, made available £500,000 to support a project delivered through the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to contribute to local governments' efforts to enhance community stabilization and social cohesion in targeted locations in Una Sana Canton, following the recent increase in migrant arrivals. In Serbia, we have spent over £500,000 to improve asylum management systems by providing technical assistance and building capacity, again delivered through the IOM. Consistent with the UK's 'whole of route' approach to tackling irregular migration, we hold regular discussions, in both multilateral and bilateral settings, with a range of international partners to promote and uphold human rights, humanitarian conditions and other standards in the design and delivery of policies affecting migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and would raise any concerns in this context.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/03/2019 14:27:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1079485

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Covert Human Intelligence Sources: 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 Baroness Williams of Trafford on 27 February (HL13696), whether they intend to require the relevant public authorities to report any increase in the number of juvenile covert human intelligence sources (CHIS) used to combat drug crime following the extension of the authorisation period for juvenile CHIS to four months.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL14146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 created the role of Investigatory Powers Commissioner, who has oversight of all investigatory powers, including the use, by public authorities empowered under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, of covert human intelligence sources. Lord Justice Fulford, the current Commissioner, remarked in his inaugural annual report that his report addresses a number of issues, including “statistics on the use of relevant investigatory powers”.</p><p>The Noble Lady is aware of his commitment to report on the matter of juvenile covert human intelligence sources in more detail this year, including providing more detailed statistics. The Commissioner has said that he will consider how best to report on the issue going forward, and his next annual report will provide further detail of how this matter is being kept under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/03/2019 17:39:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1079487

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	NHS: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-disclosure agreements have been part of settlement agreements issued by the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
uin	HL14148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on how many non-disclosure agreements have been part of settlement agreements issued by the National Health Service in each of the last five years is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 14/03/2019 11:21:25 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1079489

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 13 February (HL13342), what steps they are taking to reduce the waiting time for Personal Independence Payment appeals from the date on which an appeal is lodged to the final outcome.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
uin	HL14150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice recognises that there are delays in the system and is in the process of recruiting more judicial office holders in order to increase capacity and help to reduce waiting times for appellants. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, 225 new medical members have already been appointed and 119 disability-qualified members have recently been recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and providing a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal</a></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/03/2019 17:43:41 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

1079490

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial assistance they gave to the government of Sudan to combat Female Genital Mutilation in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL14151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>DFID Sudan provides no direct financial assistance to the Government of Sudan. DFID Sudan provides some funding that is disbursed by implementing partners to the Government of Sudan.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 14/03/2019 17:51:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge