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1715413

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date	01/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
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 transparency and cost-effectiveness in the procurement of defence equipment, given the increasing complexity and expense of modern military hardware.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL4266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave him on 3 April 2024 in response to Question number HL3443.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 17/05/2024 13:44:12 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto attachment 1 file name HL3443.docx title Defence Equipment: Procurement
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1551415

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date	13/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Marriage: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the marriage tax allowance.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Marriage Allowance (MA) is designed to recognise marriage, and the commitment it entails, in the tax system. The MA is targeted at married couples and civil partners where one partner earns below the Personal Allowance (PA) and the other is a basic rate taxpayer. In 2022-23 the MA is £1,260 and is worth up to £252 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The transferable amount has been fixed at 10 per cent of the Personal Allowance since it was introduced in 2015. Setting the value of the allowance considerably higher would increase the cost and the Government must ensure the tax system supports strong public finances.</p><p> </p><p>Even with the decision to maintain the current level of the Personal Allowance and consequently the current level of the MA, the PA has increased by over 40 per cent in real terms since 2010, ensuring some of the lowest earners do not pay income tax. Thanks to the PA, in 2021-22 around 30% of earners didn’t pay tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands that people are worried about the cost of living challenges ahead. That’s why decisive action has been taken to support households across the UK through cost of living challenges ahead, whilst remaining fiscally responsible.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced further support for next year designed to target the most vulnerable households. This cost of living support is worth £26 billion in 2023-24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Harlech grouped question UIN HL4267 HL4268 question first answered 19/12/2022 14:36:11 answering member 4928 label Biography information for Lord Harlech
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1380805

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date	22/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	COBR
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Cobra meetings have been held in response to the build-up of Russian forces on the Ukraine border.
tabling member printed	Lord Coaker
uin	HL4266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>As a matter of policy, the Government does not comment on COBR meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 30/11/2021 13:52:08 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1195263

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date	12/05/2020
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: Politics and Government
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 5 May (HL3427), what urgent representations they will make to the government of Hong Kong about any breach of Article 22 of the Basic Law arising from the arrest of pro-democracy leaders and lawmakers; and what plans they have, as part of their role as a co-signatory to the Sino-British Joint Declaration, to request that the trials of those arrested do not proceed.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL4266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2020 answer text <p>As set out in my Written Answer on 5 May (HL3427), we are concerned by the arrests of a number of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong and are following these cases closely. Senior Officials have raised our concern about the arrests with the authorities in Hong Kong, Beijing and with the Chinese Embassy in London; and we will continue to make our views clear both publicly and privately.</p><p>Article 22 of the basic law states that &quot;No department of the Central People's Government [,,,,] may interfere in the affairs which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region administers on its own in accordance with this law&quot;. As co-signatory of the Joint Declaration, we expect the mainland Chinese authorities to respect Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and the rights and freedoms provided for in that legally binding treaty.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/05/2020 14:19:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

808742

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date	18/12/2017
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	Energy: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure regulatory alignment in the energy market after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
uin	HL4266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to maintain affordable, clean and secure energy supplies for businesses and households. As part of this we share the EU’s ambition to make energy trading easier and more efficient by opening up national markets and increasing the level of interconnection between them.</p><p>We want to continue arrangements which allow the efficient trade in electricity and gas, both on the island of Ireland, and between the UK and continental Europe.</p><p>We continue to closely collaborate on current and future regulatory and technical arrangements. For example, I was pleased to be able to represent the Government at the Energy Council on 18 December at which General Agreements were reached on four legislative proposals within the Clean Energy package.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 21/12/2017 16:29:46 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone