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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2024-07-29more like thismore than 2024-07-29
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Pupils: Gender more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued on whether teachers should be required to use preferred gender pronouns for pupils whose legal sex remains the same as their biological sex. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Pearson of Rannoch more like this
uin HL434 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-08-12more like thismore than 2024-08-12
answer text <p>Children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of the Gender Questioning guidance for schools.</p><p>It is vitally important that teachers have clear guidance, which is why the department is looking carefully at the consultation responses before setting out next steps to take the Gender Questioning guidance forward. The department will also consider this in light of the evidence published in the Cass Review. This will include consideration of the appropriate guidance to give on the use of pronouns in school settings.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern more like this
grouped question UIN HL433 more like this
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less than 2024-08-12T15:45:09.163Zmore like thismore than 2024-08-12T15:45:09.163Z
answering member
269
label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern more like this
tabling member
3153
label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch more like this
1671258
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2023-11-20more like thismore than 2023-11-20
answering body
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
answering dept id 211 more like this
answering dept short name Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
answering dept sort name Levelling Up, Housing and Communities more like this
hansard heading New Towns more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government when was the last time the provisions of the New Towns Act 1946 was used to support delivery of a new community. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-12-06more like thismore than 2023-12-06
answer text <p>The last time the provisions of the New Towns Act 1946 were used in England was in 1964 with the designation of Washington, Tyne and Wear New Town. The New Towns Act 1946 was subsequently consolidated into the New Towns Act 1965 and the Central Lancashire New Town in 1970 was the last new town in England designated under that Act. There have been no new towns designated in England since then.</p><p>Well planned, well-designed, locally led garden communities will play a vital role in helping to meet this country’s housing need well into the future, providing a pipeline of new homes. We are supporting 47 locally led Garden Community projects across the country, with the capacity to deliver around 300,000 homes by 2050.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Penn more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-12-06T14:50:22.17Zmore like thismore than 2023-12-06T14:50:22.17Z
answering member
4726
label Biography information for Baroness Penn more like this
tabling member
228
label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Goss Moor more like this
1464811
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2022-05-23more like thismore than 2022-05-23
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Pornography: Internet more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Online Safety Bill will ensure that commercial pornography websites do not carry any illegal content, such as (1) extreme pornography, or (2) prohibited images of children. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Merron more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-06-08more like thismore than 2022-06-08
answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill principally applies to services that allow users to post content online or to interact with each other, and to search engines. Where commercial pornography websites facilitate user-generated content, they will have to deliver the illegal content duties under the Bill and, where the service is likely to be accessed by children, to protect them from harmful content. These will ensure that all platforms in scope of the Bill tackle illegal user-generated content on their services, including extreme pornography and prohibited images of children.</p><p>Where the illegal content is not user-generated but rather is created and published by the relevant company on its own site, then that website service is likely to be committing an offence so will potentially be liable for prosecution. Part 5 of the Bill creates a new duty on providers of published pornography, which includes some dedicated commercial pornography websites, to protect children from accessing pornographic content.</p>
answering member printed Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay more like this
grouped question UIN HL435 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-06-08T13:45:07.403Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-08T13:45:07.403Z
answering member
4728
label Biography information for Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay more like this
tabling member
347
label Biography information for Baroness Merron more like this
1316941
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2021-05-20more like thismore than 2021-05-20
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading English Language: Education more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, published on 14 March 2018, when they plan to publish an English language strategy. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Gilbert of Panteg more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-06-02more like thismore than 2021-06-02
answer text <p>This government remains committed to English language as demonstrated by the manifesto commitment to boost English language teaching.</p><p>We know that language skills are crucial to help people integrate into life in England, as well as to break down barriers to work and career progression. This is why we want to support all adults in England to secure the English language skills they need.</p><p>The department funds English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision through the Adult Education Budget (AEB). Currently, approximately 50% of the AEB is devolved to 7 Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Mayor of London, acting where appropriate through the Greater London Authority. These authorities are now responsible for the provision of AEB-funded adult education, including ESOL, for their residents and allocation of the AEB to providers. The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for the remaining AEB in non-devolved areas.</p><p>In 2019/20, 116,100 adult learners were supported through the AEB, across devolved and non-devolved areas to improve their levels of English through fully and part funded ESOL courses.</p><p>Our response to the COVID-19 outbreak is our priority at present. We will provide an update on ESOL in due course.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Berridge more like this
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less than 2021-06-02T13:05:47.957Zmore like thismore than 2021-06-02T13:05:47.957Z
answering member
4218
label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
tabling member
4543
label Biography information for Lord Gilbert of Panteg more like this
1170840
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2020-01-14more like thismore than 2020-01-14
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries: Abortion more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to highlight and address how best to (1) prevent unsafe abortion, and (2) make safe abortion accessible for all, as part of their commitment to end preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children in the developing world. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Tonge more like this
uin HL434 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-28more like thismore than 2020-01-28
answer text <p>DFID’s policy on safe abortion takes an evidence-based, public health approach that aims to reduce death and disability caused by unsafe abortions. Between 2018 and 2019, we supported 23.5 million women to use modern methods of family planning, averting 2 million unsafe abortions and saving 8,300 lives.</p><p>Unsafe abortion continues to be a major cause of preventable maternal mortality in developing countries. Sexual and reproductive health and rights will therefore be at the heart of our commitment to ending preventable deaths of mothers, new-born babies and children. We will continue to empower women and girls to choose whether, when and how many children to have. In countries where abortion is permitted, this means supporting programmes that make safe abortion more accessible in order to save the lives of women who would otherwise resort to backstreet abortions. In countries where abortion is highly restricted, we help make the consequences of unsafe abortion more widely understood and support those fighting to access safe abortion. We do this through supporting dedicated programmes such as the Safe Abortion Action Fund, which improves access to safe abortion for some of the world’s most vulnerable women and girls, and an integrated approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights, which includes safe abortion care where legal.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Sugg more like this
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less than 2020-01-28T12:37:39.067Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-28T12:37:39.067Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg more like this
tabling member
200
label Biography information for Baroness Tonge more like this
1156554
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2019-10-28more like thismore than 2019-10-28
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Hydrogen: Storage more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote hydrogen energy storage. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-11-05more like thismore than 2019-11-05
answer text <p>The report published on the 2nd May 2019 by our independent advisors, the Committee on Climate Change, has stressed the importance of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero, however the technologies required to produce low carbon hydrogen are not yet fully developed. BEIS, through its Energy Innovation Programme, has committed more than £40 million to accelerate:</p><ul><li>the commercialisation of large-scale hydrogen energy storage technologies; and</li><li>the development of supplying low carbon hydrogen at scale for industry, power, buildings and transport.</li></ul> more like this
answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-11-05T14:38:58.353Zmore like thismore than 2019-11-05T14:38:58.353Z
answering member
4686
label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank more like this
tabling member
4282
label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
747980
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2017-07-04more like thismore than 2017-07-04
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of maintaining the RMS St Helena since May 2016. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock more like this
uin HL434 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answer text <p>St Helena Line, the company who operate the RMS St Helena, has confirmed the estimated cost of maintaining the RMS St Helena since May 2016 is £916,000.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bates more like this
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less than 2017-07-12T16:03:37.937Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-12T16:03:37.937Z
answering member
1091
label Biography information for Lord Bates more like this
tabling member
579
label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock more like this
522883
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2016-06-06more like thismore than 2016-06-06
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading RMS St Helena more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards they have put in place to ensure that, if the student loan book is sold on, students are not faced with increased rates of interest on their student loans. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Storey more like this
uin HL434 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-06-14more like thismore than 2016-06-14
answer text <p>As stated in the March 2016 Budget, the Government is continuing to prepare for the sale of the pre-2012 income contingent repayment student loan book, with a first sale expected in 2016-17.</p><p>Purchasers would have no direct relationship with borrowers, and would have no power to amend the terms of repayment. Government would still finance student loans and continue to collect repayments.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park more like this
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less than 2016-06-14T13:16:03.907Zmore like thismore than 2016-06-14T13:16:03.907Z
answering member
4329
label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park more like this
tabling member
4238
label Biography information for Lord Storey more like this
350120
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2015-06-11more like thismore than 2015-06-11
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Middle East more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have for addressing interfaith conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the Middle East. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Manzoor more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-22more like thismore than 2015-06-22
answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) supports greater dialogue between Sunni and Shia Muslims among all faith groups in the Middle East and North Africa region to build bridges, talk, listen and learn from each other. At the 27 March UN Security Council debate on the persecution of minorities in the Middle East, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), called for bold leadership from governments and communities in the region to continue working for tolerance and reconciliation. Where the British Government is best placed to act, and has the means to do so, we will. For example, in Syria a number of Government-funded projects have brought together religious leaders from all denominations (including Alawi, Christians, Kurds, Druze and Sunnis) to foster greater understanding between faiths and support reconciliation.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
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less than 2015-06-22T11:26:15.413Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-22T11:26:15.413Z
answering member
3474
label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
tabling member
4289
label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor more like this
62505
registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2014-06-18more like thismore than 2014-06-18
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Democratic Republic of Congo more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the report by Freedom from Torture Rape as torture in the DRC: Sexual violence beyond the conflict zone which suggests that United Kingdom development aid money could be funding programmes for police and security personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who are responsible for raping opponents of President Kabila. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-07-01more like thismore than 2014-07-01
answer text <p> </p><p>DFID welcomes the analysis in the report by Freedom from Torture into the concerning issue of rape used as torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We welcome the recommendations made that urge the Government of DRC to honour their commitments to tackling sexual violence, and DFID to continue projects to support reform of the security sector to promote respect for human rights. The report underlines the importance of DFID's on-going constructive engagement to promote police reform. The UK has and will continue to raise our concerns about sexual violence and torture at the highest level to lobby the Congolese authorities to end impunity for those who abuse or violate human rights.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Northover more like this
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less than 2014-07-01T16:36:45.9173533Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-01T16:36:45.9173533Z
answering member
2539
label Biography information for Baroness Northover more like this
tabling member
3895
label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead more like this