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1205430

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date	18/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fossil Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they give to policies for reducing the use of fossil fuels by 2050 when developing trading links with least developed countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL5955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has long supported the promotion of our values globally, including ambitious global action to tackle climate change, and this will continue as an independent trading nation. We have already legislated to deliver net zero emissions in the United Kingdom, becoming the first major economy to do so.</p><p>Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing our world. We are committed to upholding the United Kingdom’s high environmental standards and will consider the mechanisms available to us, including through our trading relationships with Least Developed Countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 24/06/2020 11:13:38 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1205431

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish any correspondence with the Welsh Government relating to the cancellation by Roche Diagnostics of orders for supplies relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL5956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The response to COVID-19 is a national effort and we are committed to working closely with the devolved administrations to align and coordinate testing efforts, where possible. This includes ensuring Wales receives its fair share of proprietary test kits.</p><p>We do not recognise the claim that there were any cancellations of orders placed with Roche by the Welsh Government. The arrangement with Roche was designed as a whole United Kingdom approach, and individual orders from devolved administrations would not be accepted on this basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/10/2020 11:30:13 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1205432

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Sheep Meat: UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to safeguard the export of lamb products from the UK to EU markets in their negotiation for a trade agreement with the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL5957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government intends to achieve a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU by December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants a free trade deal, based on friendly cooperation. Avoiding tariffs would be beneficial to both the UK and the EU. The Political Declaration aims to achieve a zero tariff and zero quota agreement. We are working to achieve this, in the interests of farmers, businesses and consumers across the UK. This will benefit lamb producers who are exporting lamb products from the UK to the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We remain optimistic and we will work hard to reach an agreement on our future relationship. This is why we have agreed to intensify talks throughout July.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 02/07/2020 13:00:49 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1205433

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Prime Minister has discussed matters relating to securing a trade deal between the UK and the EU with the First Minister of Wales since 1 June.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL5958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers have regular discussions with Ministers from the Devolved Administrations on a wide range of matters, including our future trading relationships now that we have left the European Union. As part of this regular engagement the Paymaster General holds regular calls with Jeremy Miles, the Welsh Government Counsel General and Minister for Europe Transition. As set out in our approach to negotiations, the UK is looking for a deal that is in the interests of all of the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 29/06/2020 10:47:36 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1205434

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total additional financial allocation, over and above the budgeted amounts for 2019–20 and 2020–21, respectively, they have made available to the Welsh Government to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL5959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have so far announced £2.3 billion of additional funding for the Welsh Government in 2020-21 to support people, businesses and public services in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the UK-wide measures that the people and businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit from, such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 29/06/2020 10:35:01 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1205435

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in which regions of England the COVID-19 R transmission rate has been recorded as being above 1.0 during (1) May, and (2) June.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL5960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government Office for Science has published estimates of R in NHS England regions for the past two weeks. These estimates are detailed in the following table. Regional R estimates are more uncertain and variability in the data means they are more likely to fluctuate from one week to the next.</p><p>R can only be estimated and not precisely calculated. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies’ view is that it is highly likely that the true value of R lies within the published range. If the range extends above 1 then this does not necessarily mean the epidemic in that region is increasing, just that the uncertainty in the data means it cannot be ruled out.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>NHS England Region</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Estimated R number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Published on 12 June</p></td><td><p>Published on 19 June</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>0.7 – 0.9</p></td><td><p>0.7 – 0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>0.8 – 1.0</p></td><td><p>0.7 – 1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>0.8 – 1.0</p></td><td><p>0.8 – 1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East and Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0.7 – 1.0</p></td><td><p>0.7 – 0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>0.8 – 1.0</p></td><td><p>0.7 – 1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>0.8 – 1.0</p></td><td><p>0.7 – 0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0.8 – 1.1</p></td><td><p>0.6 – 0.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 30/06/2020 14:13:53 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1193395

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government to what extent they assess the effective reproduction number of COVID-19 for populations other than that of the UK as a whole; and, what was the effective reproduction number for respectively (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Northern Ireland, and (4) Scotland, for the latest date when all four figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet <em>Science of Covid-19 note for House of Lords</em>, which is attached due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 31/07/2020 11:50:56 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Science of Covid-19 note for House of Lords.pdf title Science of COVID-19 information factsheet
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1193396

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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	Protective Clothing: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consignments of personal protection equipment have been received by the UK, or by any individual nations of the UK, from the People’s Republic of China.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>In March 2020 a new, dedicated unit was set up to focus on securing supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). This unit identified PPE suppliers from across the globe to meet the increasing demand for a growing list of PPE products. We have now contracted with over 150 suppliers able to deliver at the scale and pace the United Kingdom requires.</p><p> </p><p>The central database system for these new PPE contracts, implemented by Cabinet Office colleagues, does not identify non-UK suppliers by individual country; and many of the UK-based suppliers also import supplies from other countries for which the information is not held centrally. It is therefore not possible to supply complete information on how much PPE has been received or purchased from non-UK countries, including China. Procurement Regulations require the publication of Contract Award Notices in the Official Journal of the European Union and certain information will be published on Contracts Finder about the contracts awarded.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/06/2020 10:47:07 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1193397

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
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	Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies: Devolution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the advice given by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies is shared, on a routine basis, with the devolved administrations.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2020 answer text <p>The Devolved Administrations are core participants of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). They therefore routinely receive all evidence papers and advice that SAGE provides.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 19/05/2020 13:11:42 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1193398

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional financial allocation they have made respectively to (1) the Welsh Government, (2) the Scottish Government, and (3) the Northern Ireland Executive, to deal with the implications of COVID-19, in addition to the budget allocation for the current financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Our response to Covid-19 needs to be UK-wide and that is why UKG has so far announced almost £7 billion of additional funding to the devolved administrations to support people, business and public services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This means £3.5 billion for the Scottish Government, £2.1 billion for the Welsh Government and £1.2 billion for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the UK-wide measures that the people and businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit from, including the Job Retention Scheme, Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and Business Interruption Loan Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Following agreement with the devolved administrations, the Department of Health and Social Care is procuring tests, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ventilators on a UK-wide basis. The devolved administrations will therefore receive a share of this equipment, rather than a share of the funding.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/05/2020 13:32:07 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley