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803046

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date	08/12/2017
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	Non-native Species
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in response to the findings of the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 that new and emerging invasive non-native species are one of six urgent climate change risks for the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL4011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK has long recognised the threats posed by invasive non-native species. In 2008, we published a comprehensive Great Britain Non-native Species Strategy designed to tackle these threats, the first of its kind in Europe.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our strategy, we carry out horizon-scanning for new invasive non-native species likely to pose a significant risk if they arrive in the UK. These threats are formal assessments using a comprehensive risk framework that takes climate change into account. We will be carrying the next horizon scanning exercise in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We also carry out risk analysis for individual species which specifically takes the potential impacts from climate change into account.</p><p> </p><p>We have set up a Great Britain working group to consider research needs relating to invasive non-native species, which includes the impacts from climate change.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/12/2017 13:58:53 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

802510

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Construction: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the survey conducted by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, published in September, which stated that more than half of construction workers deem labour shortages to be a serious challenge.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL3972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government does take the issues around the supply of workers to the construction sector very seriously. We are working with industry - through the Construction Sector Deal - to deliver a step change in the productivity of the sector over the coming years, in particular, by increasing the use of digital and offsite manufacturing technologies. This will create new jobs and new skills requirements.</p><p>As part of the Sector Deal, we are committed to working with industry to implement the recent review of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB). This will strengthen their governance, accountability and efficiency to better deliver critical skills needs across construction and related engineering industries. A £34m fund for construction skills was announced in the Budget, as part of the National Retraining Scheme. The fund will help to build construction training facilities attached to housing developments, and will support adult students to retrain as construction workers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/12/2017 16:32:50 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

802411

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's finding that 400,000 more children and 300,000 more pensioners have fallen into relative poverty since 2012–13; and what assessment they have made of (1) when, and (2) at what level, that trend will peak.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The figures quoted in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s report are taken directly from the Department’s Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series, which was published in March 2017. This publication also shows on an after housing costs basis over the same period 2012/13 to 2015/16, the number of people in absolute low income (where the poverty line moves with inflation), fell by 1.1m individuals, including 200,000 children and 100,000 pensioners. This shows that real incomes are increasing at the lower end of the distribution.</p><p> </p><p>However we are not complacent. For children we are committed to action that tackles the root causes of child poverty and disadvantage, with policies that incentivise employment being the best route out of poverty and ultimately improving children’s long-term outcomes. <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, includes nine national indicators to track progress in tackling the disadvantages that affect families and children. Four of these measures are set out in Primary legislation and place a duty on the Government to report annually to Parliament on the parental worklessness and educational attainment indicators. Data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p><p> </p><p>For pensioners, we are committed to protecting up to the full amounts of the basic and new State Pensions through the Triple Lock and to supporting vulnerable pensioner households with pension credit. Pensioners are also supported with Winter Fuel Payments, free TV licences for those aged 75 and over and the free bus pass.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not forecast estimates of low income, but the next HBAI publication for 2016/17 data has been pre-announced in line with National Statistics protocols and will be published by the end of March 2018. The government is committed to continue publishing this series on an annual basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/12/2017 15:47:17 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

801213

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Food: Waste
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the East of England Co-op to sell food after the best-before date, in order to help reduce food waste; and whether they intend to encourage other supermarket chains to do the same.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Selling food beyond its best before date is not a food safety issue. The Government encourages all food businesses, large and small, to use the updated Waste &amp; Resources Action Programme guidance to help them put the right date mark on food and help to guide people on the refrigeration and freezing of products which are crucial to reducing the amount of edible food thrown away.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2017 15:24:51 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

801214

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to protect local authorities from the loss of business rate income that has been identified as a consequence of bringing forward CPI uprating in the 2017 Autumn Budget policy costings.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 7 December to PQ HL 3516.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/12/2017 16:53:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

801215

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following recent comments by the Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nurses, Janet Davies, what steps they are taking to (1) encourage people without a fixed address to register with a GP's surgery, (2) prevent homeless people being discharged from mental health hospitals back on to the streets, and (3) invest in specialist mental health care for homeless people.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL3872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has published guidance for general practices and patients to ensure that homeless patients are still able to access primary care services <em>People who are Homeless</em> <em>How to Register with a doctor (GP). </em>A copy is attached. In addition, NHS England has issued online only guidance to general practices to clarify that proof of identity or address is not required to register with a general practitioner.</p><p>The decision to discharge someone from a mental health hospital should be a clinical decision made by multi-disciplinary teams. Mental health providers and commissioners should work with local services, including social care, to ensure there is an appropriate package of care in place to support discharge. The government has committed to a range of actions to reduce rough sleeping, including investing £28 million of funding to pilot the Housing First approach for entrenched rough sleepers in the West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Manchester, and the Liverpool City Region.</p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government is working closely with the Department of Health on how to improve access to mental health services for rough sleepers, or those at risk of homelessness in England. The Government is also supporting 84 projects, some specifically funding mental health interventions, across 205 district and unitary local authorities in England, through its £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme offering tailored support services for people who need them and rapid support for people to make a sustainable recovery from homelessness.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/12/2017 15:29:06 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name how-to-register-with-a-gp-homeless.pdf title How to register with a doctor
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

801228

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Processing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Framework for Data Processing by Government provisions in the Data Protection Bill on the Cabinet Office strategy to make better use of data.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL3885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We have already engaged with the Cabinet Office Better Use of Data team and will continue to do so in the development of the Framework.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 12/12/2017 12:15:17 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

801229

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Henley on 4 December (HL Deb, col 850), what steps they intend to take to manage the risk of high electricity costs arising from the Hinkley Point C plant, particularly with regard to (1) poor people, and (2) commercial users.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The strike price for Hinkley Point C (HPC) is fixed at £92.50 (2012 prices, rising with CPI inflation) for each megawatt hour (MWh) generated over the first 35 years of operation. The strike price is made up of a combination of wholesale market prices and a levy on consumer energy bills and ensures that consumers will pay no more than this for electricity from HPC during the contract period. When wholesale prices rise above the strike price the developer will need to repay the difference. When shared across consumers (households and businesses), payments under the Contract for Difference will amount to around £12 of the average household bill over 2026 – 2030 (based on 2012 prices).</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to tackling fuel poverty. In line with our commitment to upgrade fuel poor homes to band C by 2030 we are taking action to support households in fuel poverty. The Warm Home Discount provides over 2 million low income and vulnerable households each year with a £140 rebate on their energy bills, including this winter. Since April, 70% of the £640m per year Energy Company Obligation has been focused on low income households through the Affordable Warmth part of the scheme. It will upgrade the energy efficiency of over 300,000 homes per year, tackling the root cause of fuel poverty. We are also safeguarding the competitiveness of those energy intensive industries particularly exposed to the additional costs arising from the Contract for Difference by exempting them from a proportion of these costs. An exemption scheme allows for real-time changes in energy use to be taken into account and provides certainty to business.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/12/2017 16:00:55 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

801237

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Commonwealth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage performing arts organisations, museums and galleries to celebrate the Commonwealth prior to the Commonwealth Summit in London in April 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL3894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has written to the Department's Arms Length Bodies to increase and encourage participation in the Commonwealth Summit celebrations. Departmental officials are continuing to work with the Commonwealth Summit Unit to put together a national package.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 12/12/2017 12:15:52 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

801240

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	European Medicines Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK will continue to be involved in both clinical trials and the development of new medicines by the European Medicines Agency following its re-location to the Netherlands.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL3897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>We recognise the important role that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) plays in the protection of human health.</p><p> </p><p>In the negotiations, the Government will discuss with the European Union and Member States how best to continue cooperation in the field of clinical trials and medicines regulation in the best interests of both the United Kingdom and the EU. The Prime Minister has made clear that a key priority through the negotiations will be to ensure that the UK remains one of the best places in the world for science and innovation. Regardless of the outcome of those negotiations the UK is committed to offering a competitive service for clinical trial assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Following the EMA's relocation to the Netherlands our aim is to ensure that patients in the UK and across the EU continue to be able to access the best and most innovative medicines and be assured that their safety is protected through the strongest regulatory framework and sharing of data.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL3898 HL3899 question first answered 13/12/2017 15:30:07 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton