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date	23/01/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether any former Chief Executive Officers of the Equality and Human Rights Commission are restricted by non-disclosure agreements from providing evidence about their tenure or on other equalities issues to statutory inquiries or investigations by international bodies, for example the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions; and if so, for how long any such restrictions would be binding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>As an executive non-departmental public body that is operationally independent, this is for the Equality and Human Rights Commission to respond. I have attached the response from the Interim Chief Executive below.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1837 HL1838 question first answered 06/02/2024 12:24:51 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name 020224Barker.pdf title EHRC letter
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1489974

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date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Energy Bills Rebate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many private renters will not receive the one-off £150 energy rebate payment because the rebate money is paid directly to their landlord and not to the tenant.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
uin	HL1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>Councils are expected to pay the council tax rebate to the occupants of an eligible property, not the landlord. Where a landlord of an eligible property usually pays the council tax as part of the rental agreement, the Government has asked councils to agree a payment method directly with the tenant.</p> answering member printed Lord Harrington of Watford question first answered 26/07/2022 14:03:06 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4922 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford

1344932

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date	07/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a Smart Fund tax on technological devices to support the creative arts sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a Smart Fund tax on technological devices but the Government continues to monitor the way that creative sector tax reliefs are working to ensure they are effective.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the significant disruption the necessary actions to combat Covid-19 are having on sectors such as the creative arts.</p><p> </p><p>During this difficult time the Treasury has worked intensively with employers, delivery partners, industry groups, and other government departments to understand the long-term impact of Covid-19 on all key areas of the economy and continues to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The sector continues to benefit from the significant cross-economy support made available throughout this pandemic, including the generous employment schemes, grants, loans, a reduction in VAT to 5%, business rates relief, and the extension of the moratorium on commercial evictions for business tenants.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2021, the Chancellor announced a further £300m to build on the existing £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to protect the cultural sectors. To date, more than £1.2 billion in grants, repayable finance and capital has been awarded to over 5000 organisations and sites in England.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in March 2021, the Chancellor extended the £500 million Film &amp; TV Production Restart Scheme to enable the screen sector to operate throughout the year. The registration deadline for this scheme is 31 October 2021, and claims will be able to be submitted up to 31 March 2022 for losses incurred up until 31 December 2021. The scheme has directly supported more than 45,000 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>The £7 million UK Global Screen Fund pilot has also been established to support the export of UK independent screen content, in particular UK independent film.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/07/2021 10:02:58 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1180608

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date	25/02/2020
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	Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the reported occupation of an Ahmadiyya place of worship in District Kusur, Punjab, by anti-Ahmadi extremists, denying Ahmadi Muslims the right to worship.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned about the occupation of an Ahmadiyya mosque in Kusur District, Punjab. The UK strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of innocent people based on their beliefs. We engage at a senior level on the mistreatment of religious and ethnic groups, including Pakistanis from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.</p><p>I raised our deep concerns about this incident in Kusur District and the importance of protecting of the Ahmadiyya community, as equal citizens, in a letter to Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Dr. Shireen Mazari, on <del class="ministerial">28</del> <ins class="ministerial">27 </ins>February.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/03/2020 15:17:45 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2020 11:19:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 10925 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool