Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1628691

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	Processed Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answers by the Minister for Primary Care and Public Health on 17 March and 24 April (HC163765, HC180118, and HC180748), what steps they are taking (1) domestically, and (2) internationally, to produce a “universally agreed definition of ultra-processed foods”.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) is currently carrying out a scoping review of the evidence on processed foods and health and aims to publish its initial assessment in July 2023. This will include evaluating existing classifications of processed foods, including ultra-processed foods and the NOVA classification. We are not aware of any plans to agree a definition internationally.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 23/05/2023 14:27:05 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1628715

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to expand the Healthy Start voucher scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to expand the Healthy Start scheme. The scheme is kept under continuous review.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 23/05/2023 14:47:26 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1628335

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Infant Foods: Shortages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to address the current shortage of baby milk formula.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kingsmill
uin	HL7877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department maintains close engagement with industry to ensure continued supply across a broad range of products. We are not aware of any significant issues with the supply of infant formula products. Within the infant formula sector, there are multiple suppliers and different types of formula which allows parents to switch to an alternative product or brand if their preferred option is unavailable.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 23/05/2023 14:54:13 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3788 label Biography information for Baroness Kingsmill

1627727

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Trade Competitiveness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in what ways the secondary competitiveness and economic growth objective under the Financial Services and Markets Bill will support the financial sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The new, secondary growth and competitiveness objectives introduced by the Financial Services and Markets Bill will ensure that the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) can act to facilitate medium to long-term growth and international competitiveness.</p><p> </p><p>A secondary objective strikes the right balance, by ensuring that the regulators have due regard to growth and competitiveness, while maintaining their focus on their existing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The government expects that there will be a step-change in the regulators’ approach to growth and competitiveness following the introduction of the new objectives, while maintaining high regulatory standards.</p><p> </p><p>The FSM Bill includes a package of measures to increase the accountability of the PRA and the FCA to Parliament, strengthen their relationship to HM Treasury, and enhance their engagement with stakeholders. In addition, the government published a Call for Proposals on 9 May, seeking views on what additional metrics the regulators should publish to support scrutiny of their work embedding and advancing their new secondary growth and competitiveness objectives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 22/05/2023 15:27:18 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1627728

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Racial Violence: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support people experiencing racist assault.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of hate crime, including race hate crime, seriously. We expect the police to investigate these hateful attacks and make sure the cowards who commit them feel the full force of the law.</p><p> </p><p>Our absolute priority is to get more police onto our streets, cut crime, protect the public and bring more criminals to justice. We are supporting the police by providing them with the resources they need, including recruiting 20,000 extra police officers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has worked with the police to fund True Vision, an online hate crime reporting portal, designed so that victims of hate crime do not have to visit a police station to report. The Government also funds the National Online Hate Crime Hub, a central capability designed to support individual local police forces in dealing with online hate crime. The Hub provides expert advice to police forces to support them in investigating these offences.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 22/05/2023 12:44:47 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1627730

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Nurses: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address shortages in the nursing sector, with particular regard to specialist roles.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>We are on track to meet the commitment to 50,000 extra nurses in the National Health Service in England by 2024, with almost 43,000 more nurses in February 2023 compared with September 2019. This includes nurses working in specialist nursing roles. Additionally, there are over 5,300 more doctors and over 12,300 more nurses working across the NHS compared to a year ago.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 19/05/2023 12:01:08 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1627738

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of restrictions on night flights on the efficiency of air freight (1) into, (2) out of, and (3) within, the UK.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL7852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the benefits that night flights bring to the economy, through connectivity and the movement of time-critical freight. We also recognise that aviation night noise can disturb people’s sleep - with the potential for health impacts.</p><p> </p><p>To strike a balance between the benefits and detriments, the Government sets restrictions on night flights at Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports, and local planning authorities set restrictions at other airports.</p><p> </p><p>For the airports where restrictions are set by Government, the Government regularly consults on appropriate restrictions to find this balance. The most recent related consultation closed in early May, and we will consult on future proposals towards the end of this year. The Government is aware that the aviation industry has in the past sponsored research to assess the economic impact of night flying in the UK. Through these consultations, it is incumbent on the aviation industry to continue to develop the evidence base and demonstrate the value that night operations bring to the UK economy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL7853 question first answered 22/05/2023 14:41:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1627740

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Night Flying: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of restrictions on night flights on the competitiveness of the UK.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL7853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the benefits that night flights bring to the economy, through connectivity and the movement of time-critical freight. We also recognise that aviation night noise can disturb people’s sleep - with the potential for health impacts.</p><p> </p><p>To strike a balance between the benefits and detriments, the Government sets restrictions on night flights at Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports, and local planning authorities set restrictions at other airports.</p><p> </p><p>For the airports where restrictions are set by Government, the Government regularly consults on appropriate restrictions to find this balance. The most recent related consultation closed in early May, and we will consult on future proposals towards the end of this year. The Government is aware that the aviation industry has in the past sponsored research to assess the economic impact of night flying in the UK. Through these consultations, it is incumbent on the aviation industry to continue to develop the evidence base and demonstrate the value that night operations bring to the UK economy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL7852 question first answered 22/05/2023 14:41:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1627159

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: Specific Learning Difficulties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government where the framework for the advice that the careers services provide to jobseekers with (1) dyslexia, and (2) other specific learning difficulties, can be found online.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL7766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The National Careers Service (the Service) provides free, up to date, impartial information, advice and guidance on careers, skills and the Labour Market in England.</p><p>The Service helps customers make informed choices about their career options, whatever their age, ethnic group and background. Discussions are tailored to meet the individual needs and circumstances of each customer, such as those with dyslexia and other additional needs.</p><p>The more in-depth, community-based service offers intensive support to adults (including jobseekers) with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities as one of the six priority groups for the Service.</p><p>Alongside the community-based service, customers can access the service via the National Careers Service website here: <a href="https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/</a>. The department is committed to ensuring the website is accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.</p><p>The Service’s Accessibility Statement contains information about the accessibility of the website, steps that individuals can take if they cannot access parts of the website and contact details to allow individuals to report accessibility problems. The Accessibility Statement can be found here: <a href="https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/help/accessibility" target="_blank">https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/help/accessibility</a>.</p><p>Development of the online service is supported by significant user research, including users with SEND. Where possible, research is undertaken across a representative range of users, including those with disabilities. Components are also tested to make sure they work with a broad range of browsers, devices and assistive technologies, including screen magnifiers, screen readers and speech recognition tools.</p><p>The following webpage sets out additional, specific job support for individuals with SEND and additional needs: <a href="https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/career-and-job-support-for-people-with-a-disability" target="_blank">https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/career-and-job-support-for-people-with-a-disability</a>. This includes signposting to the British Dyslexia Association for learning disability job support.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/05/2023 15:25:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1627162

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Arctic Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of Norway taking over the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on 11 May 2023, what plans they have to build a stronger relationship with the Council during the two years of Norwegian Chairmanship.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL7771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK has been a State Observer to the Arctic Council since its first meeting and we participate actively in the Council's work. The UK welcomed Norway taking on the Chairship of the Arctic Council on 11 May 2023. We look forward to engaging with the new Norwegian Chair over the coming two years, including to look for further opportunities to enhance the UK's contribution to the work of the Council in areas of mutual interest and global importance, such as climate change and marine pollution.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 18/05/2023 10:32:58 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe