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672277

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
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 strategic significance of the UK’s military bases on the island of Cyprus.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom's military bases in the Sovereign Base Areas and separate Retained Sites remain a vital strategic defence and national security asset, supporting our interests in an unstable region.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/01/2017 16:24:24 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

671910

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker when the Chair of State in the House of Lords Robing Room will be reupholstered.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>It is expected that the arms of the Chair of State in the House of Lords Robing Room will be reupholstered in the next financial year. The back of the seat will be left intact but its condition will continue to be monitored in case further restoration work is required.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 17/01/2017 12:59:08 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

671912

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cedars Pre-departure Accommodation Facility
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to use the Cedars deportation centre following its closure.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>On 21 July 2016, the Government announced its decision to close the Cedars pre-departure accommodation facility. The future use of the site will be a matter for the landlord.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/01/2017 17:09:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

671914

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which local authorities in England and Wales have accepted Syrian asylum seekers; and how many have been accommodated in each area.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes quarterly figures on the number of asylum seekers housed in dispersed accommodation by country of nationality and UK region in the Immigration Statistics release. These figures do not include those asylum seekers who do not receive Home Office support and who either accommodate themselves or stay with family and friends.</p><p>In addition for those refugees resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme the Home Office publishes the number of people resettled, broken down by local authority, on a quarterly basis</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/01/2017 17:09:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

671926

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Antiship Missiles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the reasons for the early withdrawal from service of the Harpoon anti-ship missile from Royal Navy Type 23 Frigates and Type 45 Destroyers; what alternative is available; and when that alternative will be available.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL4595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Harpoon system currently carried by the Royal Navy will reach its out of service date in 2018.</p><p>As part of a process of continuously reviewing the capabilities required to deliver their tasking, the Royal Navy is working alongside other areas of the Ministry of Defence to consider options for a Harpoon replacement.</p><p>I am withholding further detail as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/01/2017 16:24:06 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

671084

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to raise awareness of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals within the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government will soon publish a cross-governmental report on the UK’s approach to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) both at home and around the world and will use this opportunity to publicise the Goals. We are also actively considering ways to further raise awareness of the SDGs with the public.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/01/2017 17:35:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

671085

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sustainable Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will involve (1) public administrators, (2) state institutions, (3) political parties, and (4) civil society, in the voluntary national review relating to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL4488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Public administrators, state institutions, political parties, civil society and the public all have an important role to play in delivering the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. The Government is considering when to put itself forward for its first voluntary national review to the UN High Level Panel and will decide the best process for involving other stakeholders thereafter.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/01/2017 17:36:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

671100

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWACS
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Royal Air Force E-3D aircraft are operational.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
uin	HL4503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Two E-3D Sentry aircraft are operational.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/01/2017 16:24:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

671121

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Broadband: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 29 November 2016 (HL3375), 6 December 2016 (HL3759) and 15 December 2016 (HL3986), whether the 2003 Code of Practice for Fixed Line Code Operators, as amended, applies to the erection of new telegraph poles for the delivery of broadband via both copper wire and fibre cabling; and whether it is permissible for a fixed-line operator which is a signatory to the Code of Practice to have a stated policy of non-compliance with some of the Code's provisions.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL4524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet and Pole Siting Code of Practice applies to the erection of new broadband telegraph poles and cabinets for the provision of fixed broadband services which includes copper wire and fibre cabling. Operators who deploy fixed-line infrastructure to provide such services should seek to comply with all of its provisions in relation to telegraph poles.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 17/01/2017 12:59:52 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

671123

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: 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 10 January (HL4287), how many of the 750 children brought to the UK have been transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 without reference to the Dublin Regulation.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Approximately 200 of the children brought over from France as part of the Calais camp clearance were transferred as a result of them meeting the criteria for section 67 of the Immigration Act.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/01/2017 16:55:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno