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1199435

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with faith leaders about piloting the opening of places of worship in advance of step 3 of their plan to lift restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic being in place.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL5044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Following publication on 11 May of “Our Plan to Rebuild”, which outlined the steps we would be taking to ease the lockdown restrictions, the Government launched a Places of Worship Taskforce to look at how places of worship can reopen and operate safely.</p><p>The Secretary of State and I have held a series of meetings with the Taskforce as well as holding faith-specific roundtables to hear the views of our faith leaders on how our places of worship can reopen. This is to ensure that those who visit and those who work there are protected as far as possible. The Government is working with the Taskforce as we develop guidance for our faith communities on the safe reopening of our places of worship. This will include guidance on individual prayer, and services and ceremonies such as weddings. This will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL5045 HL5046 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:15:25 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1199436

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with faith leaders about the provision of all services and events in places of worship once those places are reopened.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL5045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Following publication on 11 May of “Our Plan to Rebuild”, which outlined the steps we would be taking to ease the lockdown restrictions, the Government launched a Places of Worship Taskforce to look at how places of worship can reopen and operate safely.</p><p>The Secretary of State and I have held a series of meetings with the Taskforce as well as holding faith-specific roundtables to hear the views of our faith leaders on how our places of worship can reopen. This is to ensure that those who visit and those who work there are protected as far as possible. The Government is working with the Taskforce as we develop guidance for our faith communities on the safe reopening of our places of worship. This will include guidance on individual prayer, and services and ceremonies such as weddings. This will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL5044 HL5046 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:15:25 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1199437

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government further to the publication of Our plan to rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy on 11 May, what discussions they have had with faith leaders about the number of people who will be permitted to gather in places of worship for services and events.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL5046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Following publication on 11 May of “Our Plan to Rebuild”, which outlined the steps we would be taking to ease the lockdown restrictions, the Government launched a Places of Worship Taskforce to look at how places of worship can reopen and operate safely.</p><p>The Secretary of State and I have held a series of meetings with the Taskforce as well as holding faith-specific roundtables to hear the views of our faith leaders on how our places of worship can reopen. This is to ensure that those who visit and those who work there are protected as far as possible. The Government is working with the Taskforce as we develop guidance for our faith communities on the safe reopening of our places of worship. This will include guidance on individual prayer, and services and ceremonies such as weddings. This will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL5044 HL5045 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:15:25 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1182906

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	New Businesses: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following The Alison Rose review of female entrepreneurship, published on 8 March 2019, what progress they have made in increasing the number of female entrepreneurs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL2229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>In response to the Alison Rose Review, the government has set out an ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by 50% by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help realise this ambition, over the past year the Government has worked closely with industry to implement the eight recommendations of the Rose Review. The Rose Review Board, which is co-chaired by BEIS and HM Treasury Ministers, has been established to oversee progress, which includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>HM Treasury have launched the Investing in Women Code, which to date has 22 signatories;</li><li>Working with partners to expand the expert in residence programme to all 38 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas in England.</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/03/2020 13:29:30 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1181089

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	International Women's Day
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark UN International Women’s Day on 8 March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL1947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>International Women’s Day is an excellent opportunity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women in the UK and across the globe.</p><p>As you are aware, the UK Parliament has held debates in both Houses to mark this important event. The House of Commons debate was led by the Minister for Women and Equalities, Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, who delivered the opening statement. Maria Caulfield MP closed the debate.</p><p>I opened the House of Lords debate as the Minister for Women, and it was closed by Baroness Sugg. Thank you for your personal contribution.</p><p>The Prime Minister hosted an International Women’s Day Reception in Downing Street on Thursday 5 March where he gave a speech and took part in a panel discussion with inspirational women from across a range of sectors. Representatives from business, science, and sport, among other areas, attended, alongside school pupils.<em> </em></p><p>International Women’s Day is an important moment and receives significant press attention. As such, Government Equalities Office planned communications ahead of this year's event. This included the Government Equalities Office digital and campaign plans for a series of content featuring women activists and change makers, and Ministerial content including to showcase excerpts from Parliamentary speeches.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 11/03/2020 16:08:22 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175231

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current state of the UK housing market, and (2) how that market may be affected by Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>As a matter of course the department works closely with industry and all levels of government to monitor and assess the future of the UK housing market.</p><p>We are  committed to delivering safe, secure and affordable housing to people across the country, and this has not changed. A key pillar of realising this commitment is our ambition to deliver more homes for the communities up and down the country that need them. We have made necessary legislation that means the UK’s regulatory requirements on construction products are the same as the EU’s requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/02/2020 16:27:03 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175232

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce new tax incentives in their next budget to support the UK housing market.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already made substantial reforms to the taxation of housing. At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98 per cent of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. At Autumn Budget 2017 the Government went further and introduced an SDLT first-time buyer relief that means that 80 per cent of first-time buyers will not pay SDLT, and 95 per cent of first-time buyers who pay SDLT will benefit from the change.</p><p> </p><p>At the last election the Government committed to introduce an SDLT surcharge on non-UK residents purchasing residential property in England and Northern Ireland. This aims to help control house price inflation and the money raised will be used to tackle rough sleeping.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will announce further updates on all tax measures at the Budget, to be held on 11 March.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL709 question first answered 05/02/2020 17:32:33 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175234

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce new non-tax incentives after Brexit to support the UK housing market.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to delivering safe, secure and affordable housing to people across the country and is working closely with the industry to support the market.</p><p>I am focused on delivering the comprehensive suite of housing measures set out in the manifesto to deliver at least another million homes in the next five years and make further progress towards the target of 300,000 new houses a year by the mid-2020s.</p><p>This includes ambitious measures such as renewing the Affordable Homes Programme, making the planning system simpler, and a new single housing infrastructure fund.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 17:02:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175235

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform (1) tax relating to the housing market, and (2) stamp duty, following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already made substantial reforms to the taxation of housing. At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98 per cent of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. At Autumn Budget 2017 the Government went further and introduced an SDLT first-time buyer relief that means that 80 per cent of first-time buyers will not pay SDLT, and 95 per cent of first-time buyers who pay SDLT will benefit from the change.</p><p> </p><p>At the last election the Government committed to introduce an SDLT surcharge on non-UK residents purchasing residential property in England and Northern Ireland. This aims to help control house price inflation and the money raised will be used to tackle rough sleeping.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will announce further updates on all tax measures at the Budget, to be held on 11 March.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL707 question first answered 05/02/2020 17:32:33 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone