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1672491

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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	British Committee for Iran Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work in the UK of the British Committee for Iran Freedom.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of the British Committee for Iran Freedom's work as well as its political affiliations. The FCDO believe that it is for all Iranians to ultimately determine the future of Iran.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/12/2023 17:46:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1465626

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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 Poverty: Ministers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to appoint a Food Poverty Minister.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Victoria Prentis is the Minister responsible for food, working with industry to make sure food is available to buy. Defra is working with other Government departments on food policy and food insecurity, including the Department for Education on school meals and the Department for Work and Pensions on the welfare system, to ensure a government-wide approach to tackling pressures facing low-income households.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/06/2022 17:01:03 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1327212

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Defamation: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to assist with the extension of the Defamation Act 2013 to Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>The civil law of defamation is a devolved issue in Northern Ireland. As such, the development of, or any reform to, the law in this area is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive and Northern Ireland Assembly to consider.</p><p> </p><p>I note that the Northern Ireland Minister for Finance, Conor Murphy MLA, updated the Assembly late last year and that work is underway in his department to review defamation law. An MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) has also been granted consent by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to introduce a Bill into the Northern Ireland Assembly on this issue. I understand that the proposed Bill is currently being considered by the NI Assembly Speaker as per usual processes.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 08/06/2021 14:53:01 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1171537

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the £9.2 billion funding to invest in the energy efficiency of homes, schools and hospitals announced in the Queen's Speech is new money that has not already been allocated.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and is committed to meeting net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Any spending decisions are for future fiscal events. This year’s Budget and Spending Review will confirm multi-year budgets including those commitments made in the Queen’s speech.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering what further fiscal and other policy measures are needed to meet our net zero target and HMT Net Zero Review will be looking at how to pay for net zero over the course of this year.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 24/01/2020 14:00:08 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1167240

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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	Bosnia and Herzegovina: EU Defence Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the objectives of the EU’s Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and what contribution, if any, the UK is making to that operation.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>​EUFOR Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is an EU military operation. It operates under a UN Chapter VII mandate and under the Berlin Plus arrangements, is commanded by NATO and has access to NATO assets and capabilities. Its main objective is to support the authorities of BiH to maintain a ‘Safe and Secure Environment’. The United Kingdom has consistently supported its aims and objectives. The United Kingdom shares Operation Althea’s common costs with the other 22 participating nations. We currently contribute a number of staff officers, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance taskforce and offer an ‘over the horizon’ reserve battalion.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/11/2019 17:34:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

748845

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when they will make a decision on the allocations from the Community Housing Fund for 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund was launched on 23 December 2016 to put local groups who know their area’s needs best in the driving seat and help them deliver housing that is affordable to the local community. My officials are working up proposals and a decision on how the Fund will be delivered from 2017/18 will be made in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/07/2017 15:56:26 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

523693

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 6 June (HL Deb, col 627), whether they have the necessary power to pursue pension contribution payments from companies where the parent company is based in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, or Monaco.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>Each case will need to be considered on its own merits but the Pensions Regulator can use its anti-avoidance powers against targets that are based abroad. Section 303 of the Pensions Act 2004, governing the service of documents abroad, is intended to operate outside the UK jurisdiction The power to enforce any regulatory action against a non-UK company is likely to require the approval or cooperation of the relevant overseas authorities. By and large, these provisions should be enforceable in other EU and Commonwealth jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator has demonstrated that it is prepared to use its anti-avoidance powers against targets that are based abroad, as was shown in its handling of the cases involving Sea Containers and the Lehman Brothers group and a complex investigation into the Carrington Wire Defined Benefit Pension Scheme resulted in a £8.5m settlement with two Russian companies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 16/06/2016 13:48:07 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

381060

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Advertising
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to prevent advertising related to gambling offering "free bets" and "free money".
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text The previous Government initiated a review of gambling advertising including "free bets" and "free money" last year. Televised gambling advertising in the UK is governed by the Advertising Codes which are maintained by the Broadcast Committee for Advertising Practice. This is supplemented by a self-regulatory industry code, the Industry Code for Socially Responsible Gambling. The Industry Code includes a 9pm television watershed for all gambling advertising, with exceptions for bingo, lotteries and the advertising of sports betting around televised sporting events. answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL507 question first answered 29/06/2015 16:53:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

63099

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many cases the Legal Aid Agency granted funding for legal representation (full legal aid certificates) in the discrimination category in each of the years (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, and (3) 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Discrimination only became an extant category of law covered by the Civil Legal Aid Mandatory Gateway following the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. As such, the only figures available relate to the financial year 2013/14 when 4 certificates for legal representation funding were granted. However, discrimination cases may not always be captured in this record as an alleged contravention of the Equality Act can be recorded in other categories of law, for example, mental health.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency routinely publishes legal aid statistics; this information can be found using the link below:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-april-2013-to-march-2014" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-april-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-april-2013-to-march-2014</a></p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 07/07/2014 16:51:41 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill