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1669350

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date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Driving Licences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the existing L-Category licensing regime to (1) improve access, (2) reduce costs, and (3) help accelerate progress towards net zero.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is open to discussing ideas for reform of the existing motorcycle testing requirements and the wider licensing regime for powered light vehicles known as L category vehicles where they do not compromise safety standards. The Government has received proposals from the Motorcycle Industry Association calling for such reform. The Government intends to engage with the MCIA on these proposals in the coming weeks in order to discuss and better understand them.</p> answering member printed Lord Davies of Gower question first answered 27/11/2023 14:55:47 answering member 4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1462891

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Old Oak Common Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their latest estimates for the cost of the station serving Great Western, Heathrow Express and TfL train services at Old Oak Common; how many station platforms are planned; when development approval will be sought; and whether these costs related to Old Oak Common station are included in the Government’s cost estimate for HS2.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>Old Oak Common will contain 14 platforms: 6 subterranean High Speed platforms and 8 conventional rail platforms for services on the Great Western Main Line.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Target Cost for Phase One, the budget allocated by HS2 Ltd for the Old Oak Common station, including contingency for risk, is £1.67bn (2019 prices). A more detailed breakdown of costs cannot be provided as this information is commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>The High Speed Rail (London to West Midlands) Act provides the necessary powers for the station.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/05/2022 11:10:48 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1314735

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Boundary Commission for England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the role and responsibilities of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England will be affected by the inspection of Liverpool City Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>The Local Government Boundary Commission for England, an independent Parliamentary body, is responsible for deciding, and implementing by order subject to a Parliamentary process, warding arrangements and council size as part of their electoral reviews of local government areas. The Commission, when undertaking their electoral review of Liverpool, will have an interest in the recommendations of the Best Value Inspection Report into Liverpool City Council that relate to warding and council size. These issues, however, are entirely a matter for the Commission to decide in accordance with their existing statutory responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 26/05/2021 14:38:45 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1169666

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	West Bank: Demolition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of Palestinian homes that have been demolished in East Jerusalem and the West Bank in order to build housing for settlements; and whether that number has increased in the last two years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The British Government is seriously concerned by the continued demolition of Palestinian property by the Israeli authorities. The practice causes unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians; calls into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution and, in all but the most exceptional of cases are contrary to International Humanitarian Law. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have repeatedly raised our concerns about demolitions with the Israeli authorities. Most recently, the UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN raised this issue at the UN Security Council briefing on the Middle East on 18 December 2019. We call on the Israeli authorities to cease the counter-productive policy of demolitions, and provide a clear, transparent route to construction for Palestinians in Area C.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/01/2020 15:00:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1151164

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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	Hospitals: Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of food served in English hospitals is (a) organic, and (b) locally sourced; and what plans they have, if any, to increase that percentage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Data on the percentage of organic and locally sourced food served in English hospitals is not collected centrally.</p><p>On 17 June 2019, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced a root and branch review of the food provided in National Health Service hospitals for patients, visitors and staff which will include ensuring that food provided in the NHS is sustainable, in line with the aims of the Government’s National Food Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/10/2019 14:38:36 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle