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990507

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the provisions of Article 32.10 (Non-Market Country FTA) of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement would preclude the UK having both a United States–UK free trade agreement and a UK–China free trade agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL10840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK is not a party to the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement and none of its provisions place an obligation on the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 02/11/2018 13:29:16 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

820524

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they are taking to regulate the operation of Scottish limited partnerships.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL4605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government conducted a Call for Evidence on Limited Partnership law in 2017. We are actively considering options for reform and will announce next steps shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 16/01/2018 14:32:43 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

820525

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the National Crime Agency about the operation of Scottish limited partnerships.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL4606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of the recent call for Evidence on Limited Partnership law, government officials have discussed the operation of Scottish Limited Partnerships with the National Crime Agency, and received evidence from the Agency.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 16/01/2018 14:32:20 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

820526

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether ministers have had discussions with the government of Scotland about the operation of Scottish limited partnerships.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL4607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>In addition to official level engagement my hon. Friend the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility (Margot James) has had an exchange of correspondence with the Scottish Government on the issue of Scottish Limited Partnerships.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 16/01/2018 14:31:46 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

820527

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Money Laundering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they are taking to prevent the use of Scottish limited partnerships for money laundering and the avoidance of legal limits on financial activity.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL4608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government conducted a Call for Evidence on Limited Partnership law in 2017. We are actively considering options for reform and will announce next steps shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 16/01/2018 14:31:11 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

820528

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Caledonian MacBrayne
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Caledonian MacBrayne registered their sea-going employees in a company registered in Guernsey; and, if so, how much revenue was foregone by HMRC in employer's national insurance contributions.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL4609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The provision of ferry services in Scotland is a devolved matter, and CalMac Ferries Limited and its subsidiaries are companies wholly owned by the Scottish Government. HMRC cannot comment on the tax affairs of individual taxpayers, as it has a duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/01/2018 15:43:06 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

820529

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the UK meeting the Sustainable Development Goal target of halving the number of road traffic fatalities by 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL4610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK has one of the lowest road traffic fatality rates of all European countries, but we are not complacent. The British Road Safety Statement sets out the Government’s commitment to improve road safety further and reduce the number of people killed or injured on the roads every year and can be viewed on gov.uk and available in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 24/01/2018 13:11:41 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

432413

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the (1) composition, (2) ownership, and (3) reporting line, of each of the two new bodies to be created to supervise the delivery programme of the successor nuclear deterrent.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL3927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>As set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (Cm9161), the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will establish a new team headed by an experienced commercial specialist to act as the single sponsor for all aspects of the defence nuclear enterprise, from procurement to disposal, with responsibility for submarines, nuclear warheads, skills, related infrastructure and day-to-day nuclear policy.</p><p>We will strengthen our arrangements for the procurement and in-service support of nuclear submarines, establishing a new delivery body with the authority and freedom to recruit and retain the best people to manage the submarine enterprise. Options for the new organisation will be developed and assessed for a decision in 2016. The MOD will remain in control of the Successor submarine programme.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/12/2015 16:15:21 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

432414

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the estimated cost of the nuclear deterrent successor programme has increased.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL3928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Designing and building submarines is one of the largest programmes and one of the most complex activities that the Ministry of Defence and UK Industry undertakes. It is the purpose of a design phase to improve our understanding of costs and timescales, which we have now done. The current estimates reflect what we have learned since the design phase began.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/12/2015 16:14:23 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen

432415

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident Submarines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the lifetime of the Vanguard-class submarines can be extended beyond the previous published date of 2018 to the 2030s referred to in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member printed	Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
uin	HL3929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>As set out in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, we have assessed that we can safely manage and maintain the Vanguard boats until Successor submarines are introduced into service in the early 2030s.</p><br /> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 07/12/2015 17:28:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	672 label Biography information for Lord Robertson of Port Ellen