Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1737071

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	ISG Limited: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether certified payments will be paid to companies who have worked on projects run by ISG Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Justice where there are no funds in the project bank account (PBA); and whether there is a risk that PBAs will have failed to shield some parts of the supply chain from this insolvency event.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL1966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Since ISG Construction Limited entered administration on 20 September, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has undertaken a range of activity to understand the full impact on the Department and the supply chain in the construction sector. This has included working with EY, the appointed Administrator, to ensure the sums remaining within Project Bank Accounts are correct. The Department is in contact with a large number of subcontractors to ISG to determine what, if any, direct assistance the MoJ is able to provide. The Department remains committed to the timely payment of invoices in line with our obligations to do so.</p><p>The MoJ is undertaking a review of all potential payments arising from ISG entering administration, but given the scale and complexity of the task, this work is not yet complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL1967 HL1968 HL1969 question first answered 30/10/2024 11:47:06 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

1737072

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	ISG Limited: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether certified payments owed to suppliers of ISG Limited for contracts undertaken on behalf of the Ministry of Justice will be paid directly to those suppliers when expected monies have not been deposited into project bank accounts; how many suppliers have not yet received certified payments owed to them by the Ministry of Justice; and what is the estimated amount of these certified payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL1967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Since ISG Construction Limited entered administration on 20 September, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has undertaken a range of activity to understand the full impact on the Department and the supply chain in the construction sector. This has included working with EY, the appointed Administrator, to ensure the sums remaining within Project Bank Accounts are correct. The Department is in contact with a large number of subcontractors to ISG to determine what, if any, direct assistance the MoJ is able to provide. The Department remains committed to the timely payment of invoices in line with our obligations to do so.</p><p>The MoJ is undertaking a review of all potential payments arising from ISG entering administration, but given the scale and complexity of the task, this work is not yet complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL1966 HL1968 HL1969 question first answered 30/10/2024 11:47:06 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

1737073

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	ISG Limited: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to pay for works completed on Ministry of Justice projects undertaken by ISG Limited, before it went into administration, to companies in the supply chain working on projects for which project bank accounts (PBAs) were in place; when and why the Ministry of Justice stopped paying the sums due into these PBAs; and whether this cessation of payment took place before the formal announcement of ISG administration.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL1968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Since ISG Construction Limited entered administration on 20 September, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has undertaken a range of activity to understand the full impact on the Department and the supply chain in the construction sector. This has included working with EY, the appointed Administrator, to ensure the sums remaining within Project Bank Accounts are correct. The Department is in contact with a large number of subcontractors to ISG to determine what, if any, direct assistance the MoJ is able to provide. The Department remains committed to the timely payment of invoices in line with our obligations to do so.</p><p>The MoJ is undertaking a review of all potential payments arising from ISG entering administration, but given the scale and complexity of the task, this work is not yet complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL1966 HL1967 HL1969 question first answered 30/10/2024 11:47:06 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

1737074

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	ISG Limited: Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of retention payments which (1) have been withheld, (2) have been released to suppliers, and (3) are still being held in relation to completed projects undertaken by ISG Limited for the Ministry of Justice.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL1969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Since ISG Construction Limited entered administration on 20 September, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has undertaken a range of activity to understand the full impact on the Department and the supply chain in the construction sector. This has included working with EY, the appointed Administrator, to ensure the sums remaining within Project Bank Accounts are correct. The Department is in contact with a large number of subcontractors to ISG to determine what, if any, direct assistance the MoJ is able to provide. The Department remains committed to the timely payment of invoices in line with our obligations to do so.</p><p>The MoJ is undertaking a review of all potential payments arising from ISG entering administration, but given the scale and complexity of the task, this work is not yet complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL1966 HL1967 HL1968 question first answered 30/10/2024 11:47:06 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

1737096

registered interest
date	24/10/2024
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	Social Services: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what conversations they have held since the general election with private insurance companies and the Association of British Insurers on the development of affordable private sector insurance policies to fund adult social care.
tabling member printed	Lord Kamall
uin	HL1991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government, since taking office, has not held any such conversations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 29/10/2024 12:00:15 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall

1736761

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
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	Beavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to reconsider DEFRA and Natural England's categorisation of beavers as a non-native species in England, in the light of that animal's categorisation as a native species in Scotland and its status as a European Protected Species.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
uin	HL1926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Beavers are categorised as a native species in England. Beavers became a European Protected Species in 2022 under Schedule 2 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (the ‘Habitats Regulations’). This makes it an offence to deliberately capture, injure, kill or disturb beavers, or damage and destroy their breeding sites or resting place without a licence issued under regulation 55 of the Habitats Regulations by Natural England.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the potential risk that unmanaged beaver releases into the wild can bring, legislation was introduced in 2015 adding the beaver to schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (the ‘WCA’) so that releases in England would require a licence.</p><p>The Beaver (England) Order 2022 amended Schedule 9 of the WCA to retain the requirement for a licence for release of beavers after the species was given protected status and formally recognised as a returned native species.</p><p> </p><p>Although beavers are a native species whose return is welcomed, licensing their release helps ensure beaver release projects are high quality, follow the England reintroductions code, and take place where benefits can be maximised, and risks minimised.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 30/10/2024 14:11:18 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4578 label Biography information for Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice

1736762

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there have been improvements in train running times and cancellation rates, following the pay deal agreed with ASLEF in September; and what further improvements they expect to see as a result of that pay deal that do not require changes in working conditions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
uin	HL1927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The pay agreement with ASLEF has brought an end to over two years of damaging national industrial action which was very disruptive to passengers. Industrial relations have also been reset to enable delivery of a reformed railway that works for everyone. However, because the agreement is so recent, the Department does not yet hold national data to show the extent to which this has directly improved train running times or cancellation dates, which are influenced by a range of factors including seasonal effects.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 29/10/2024 16:32:10 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	4578 label Biography information for Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice

1736777

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Land
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the status of the land which was purchased as part of HS2 and is no longer required; and whether that land will be returned or rented to previous owners to enable them to continue to farm it.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL1942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>This government is carefully reviewing the position it has inherited on HS2 and wider rail infrastructure and will set out detailed plans in due course. These will include our plans for a disposal programme for land and property acquired for HS2 that is no longer required.</p><p> </p><p>Where any land and property asset has been acquired compulsorily, or via statutory blight and is no longer required, then it will be sold subject to the Crichel Down Rules. These require government departments, under certain circumstances, to offer back surplus land to the former owner or the former owner’s successors at the current market value.</p><p> </p><p>In the majority of cases, where agricultural land acquired for HS2 is not required operationally, former owners are offered the opportunity to continue to use and farm the land. This is documented by way of either a licence or Farm Business Tenancy depending on the circumstances and proposed use of the land.</p> answering member printed Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill question first answered 29/10/2024 16:31:35 answering member 4972 label Biography information for Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1736790

registered interest
date	23/10/2024
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: Artificial Intelligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that artificial intelligence used in healthcare is properly regulated.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department has invested £9.3 million to bolster the safety of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and care, and to ensure the regulatory pathway is clear for both developers and adopters. Ensuring technologies are safe is a top priority and, through this funding, the Department has supported the launch of regulatory projects such as the AI and Digital Regulation Service (AIDRS) and the AI Airlock.</p><p>The AIDRS collaborates between the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulation Agency (MHRA), the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Health Research Authority, and the Care Quality Commission. The service, by providing a collaborative ‘one stop shop’ of information, advice, and guidance, allows adopters and developers of AI to easily understand what regulatory and evaluation pathways need to be followed before an AI tool can be safety deployed across health and care.</p><p>The AI Airlock is an MHRA-led initiative, supported by the NHS AI Lab, designed to create a controlled testing environment where developers can rigorously validate AI tools in real-world clinical settings before full-scale deployment ensuring they meet National Health Service standards for safety, efficacy, and integration into existing healthcare workflows. The AI Airlock fosters collaboration between developers, regulators, and healthcare providers and reduces the risks associated with early-stage implementation while providing valuable feedback for developers to refine their products.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 29/10/2024 12:35:50 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1736323

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
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	Genetically Modified Organisms: Seeds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the seed produced by the open field trials of gene-edited crops on 25 commercial farms in England will be tested in accordance with the regulations for the National Lists; and whether the seed will be identified and labelled as a genetically modified variety.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL1849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>All gene-edited seed must be authorised under GMO legislation before it can be marketed. We have not authorised these plants for marketing purposes and as such, the plant breeder cannot apply for National Listing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Hayman of Ullock question first answered 28/10/2024 17:18:40 answering member 4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle