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1701993

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date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Post Office: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Financial Reporting Council in relation to external audits of the Post Office.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry continues to gather evidence about the Horizon scandal. The Government will consider any lessons learned in respect of audit and other matters once the Inquiry has reported.</p><p> </p><p>We have regular discussions with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) regarding its regulation of statutory audit, while recognising its role as an independent regulator. The FRC is monitoring developments in relation to the Post Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 01/05/2024 16:56:46 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1547165

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Palestinians: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to reports of the detention and intimidation of Palestinian human rights activists in the Palestinian territories, what recent discussions the Foreign Secretary has had with the Palestinian Authority about the activities of the PA Preventative Security Organisation.
tabling member printed	Lord Pickles
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2022 answer text <p>Human Rights is a crucial element underpinning the UK's foreign policy. We continue to urge the Palestinian Authority (PA) to respect human rights, to ensure complaints of mistreatment or arbitrary detention are properly investigated and to continue to improve the performance of the security sector. An essential aspect of our efforts to prepare the ground for a two state-solution is to support a stable PA that can deliver services to its people and act as an effective partner for peace with Israel. The UK will continue to monitor these areas closely and raise with the highest levels of the PA.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2022 13:29:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	33 label Biography information for Lord Pickles

1367672

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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	Zuhair Ibrahim Jasim Abdullah
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed the death sentence of Zuhair Ibrahim Jasim Abdullah with the government of Bahrain; and if so, when was the most recent discussion.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p><br>Ministers and our officials have consistently reiterated the UK's opposition to the use of the death penalty, in all circumstances, with the Bahraini Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/11/2021 15:25:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1193368

registered interest
date	05/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the most vulnerable children whose education is being disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to catch up with their peers in due course.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The department will do whatever it can to make sure no child, whatever their background or location, falls behind as a result of coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>Schools remain open for the children of critical workers and vulnerable children, who are encouraged to attend where it is appropriate for them to do so. Where vulnerable children are not attending an educational setting, we have asked local authorities, schools and colleges to continue to keep in touch with these children and young people during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are continuing to receive additional funding in the form of the pupil premium – worth around £2.4 billion annually – to help them support their disadvantaged pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also committed over £100 million to support children learn at home during this crisis and is considering, with a range of partner organisations, how best to support all pupils who have been affected by school closures. We are working at pace with experts, including the Education Endowment Foundation, to understand and address the immediate and longer-term impacts of school closures. This includes considering the benefits and challenges of a targeted online tutoring offer and the feasibility of some support over the summer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 20/05/2020 16:53:36 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

801251

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are any circumstances in which they would consider withdrawing from the EU Treaties before 29 March 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government will not speculate on hypothetical scenarios. On 29 March 2017, the Prime Minister triggered Article 50, which provides up to two years to ensure an orderly exit. We are using this time to secure an ambitious, wide ranging deal that benefits both the UK and Europe, spanning a future economic partnership, and future security partnership. We are delivering on the result of the referendum and the UK will leave the EU in March 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/12/2017 16:04:10 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

654243

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have carried out a workforce future planning assessment of the number of nurses needed to sustain the demand in services; and if so, what were the results.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) is responsible for ensuring that there is sufficient future supply of staff to meet the workforce requirements of the English health system, taking into account issues such as demographic changes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In delivering its annual workforce plan for England, HEE undertakes extensive discussions with National Health Service organisations, arms-length bodies and Royal Colleges to understand future workforce requirements. HEE takes into account future demand for services in arriving at the final numbers it will commission.</p><p> </p><p>NHS organisations are responsible for undertaking local recruitment and retention schemes to ensure they have access to the workforce they need to deliver care to patients.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/12/2016 11:57:55 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

432394

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	Patrol Craft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the two new offshore patrol vehicles announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will be run operationally alongside the existing seven.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) currently under construction will enter service as replacements for three of the four in-service OPVs. As announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review [Cm9161], two further River Class OPVs will be built, resulting in a more modern and more capable fleet of up to six OPVs in the Royal Navy.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3909 question first answered 03/12/2015 16:17:03 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

172325

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 17 December 2014 (HL3283), what plans they have to introduce legislation to criminalise the purchase of sex.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The government currently has no such plans, and I refer to my answer of 17 December 2014 to question HL3283 on this matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 14:56:29 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans