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date	22/09/2020
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
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answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Reviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the estimated cost of the external management review of the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL8368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The current estimate is that the External Management Review is likely to cost in the region of <del class="ministerial">£100,000</del><ins class="ministerial">£135,000</ins>, based on the estimated number of days work involved, which may vary. This estimate includes <ins class="ministerial">the costs of recruiting the Reviewer, and</ins> the fees which will be paid to the Reviewer, as well as to any external supporting staff, but does not include the costs of any internal staff time spent working on the Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 05/10/2020 16:22:32 question first ministerially corrected 12/10/2020 11:56:35 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith previous answer version 51899 answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1227832

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date	23/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to instruct the intelligence agencies to produce a plan to address any interference by the government of Russia in UK (1) democratic processes, and (2) society.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL7209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>The Security and Intelligence Agencies produce and contribute to regular assessments of the threat posed by Hostile State Activity. We keep such assessments under review and, where necessary, update them in response to new intelligence. It is, and will always be, an absolute priority to protect our democracy and elections. In July 2019 we announced the Defending Democracy programme to bring together government, civil society and private sector organisations to ensure our democracy stays open, vibrant and transparent.</p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7179 question first answered 03/08/2020 15:32:26 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1227833

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date	23/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Espionage: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to introduce legislation to strengthen their ability to deal with (1) espionage, and (2) illegal behaviour, in the UK by (a) the government of Russia, and (b) people associated with that government.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL7210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>In the Queen’s Speech we committed to introduce legislation to provide the security services and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to disrupt hostile activity by foreign states. The Home Office is considering several measures for introduction via new primary legislation to make the UK a harder environment for adversaries to operate in.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/08/2020 09:54:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock