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1603180

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date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: EU Countries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any contingency plans to divert shipping to alternative ports should major ports in Europe be made unusable for whatever reason.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The ports and shipping sector is a flexible, dynamic and commercial sector that will take operational decisions on diversion and re-routeing of vessels in the event of disruption. Such decisions will be made with regard to the capability and capacity of vessels and of alternative ports, and to other factors such as delay, cost or convenience for the users of their services. This flexibility has been demonstrated repeatedly over the last few years throughout the pandemic and other occurrences, for example regular diversion of vessels, or changed service plans, to avoid container freight congestion at European ports, delays from industrial action, or weather conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Some shipping routes, potentially with bespoke infrastructure and vessels, are less flexible in nature, but the competitive UK ports and shipping sector offers a varied choice of routes for freight and passengers. On this basis, the Government does not ordinarily plan to intervene in the operational and commercial decision-making of shippers, port, or ship-operators.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/03/2023 11:48:20 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1434978

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Storms: Electricity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the resilience of overhead line transmission of electricity to storm outages; and what steps they intend to take to achieve greater resilience.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy works closely with the National Grid Electricity System Operator, energy infrastructure operators, and the regulator Ofgem to assess the appropriate level of current and future resilience to key assets and infrastructure. Overhead lines are considered as part of a range of options in infrastructure planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/03/2022 17:28:28 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1219716

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the work of the British Army's BAME network.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The Army's Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network was launched in November 2017 and is supported in several ways. These include an appointed Race Champion - Lieutenant General Tyrone Urch - who represents their views and experiences at Army Board level; Race Champion membership of Business in the Community which involves networking and a BAME mentoring initiative; membership of the Army Diversity and Inclusion (D&amp;I) Working Group, and Conferences, mentoring schemes, events, including virtual events, and publicity about the BAME Network in both internal Army communications and external media. Army D&amp;I policy and briefings also highlight the BAME Network and both personnel and the Chain of Command are made aware as to how concerns and issues raised by the network are fed into policy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 09/07/2020 11:24:16 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

862932

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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	UK Relations with EU: Security
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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL5442) concerning the future security partnership with the EU, whether they intend to consult Parliament on those proposals; and whether Parliament will be asked to give final approval.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government set out the UK’s approach to the future security partnership in the Foreign Policy, Defence and Development paper of September 2017. The Prime Minister further expanded on this most recently in her Munich speech on 17th February.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has committed to hold a vote on the final deal in Parliament as soon as possible after the negotiations have concluded. This vote will cover both the Withdrawal Agreement and the terms of our future relationship.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/03/2018 15:41:35 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

714760

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the conclusion of the Prison and Probation Ombudsman in the bulletin published on 28 March that there has been a "lack of concerted and sustained action" to deal with the rise in the number of suicides by female prisoners, what steps they have taken to implement recommendations made in the Corston Report published in 2007, and since, to address that.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>The rise in the level of self-inflicted deaths is complex and there is no simple solution. We are committed to driving improvement across the system to bring the rate down by increasing the support available to vulnerable offenders during the first 24 hours in custody. We have invested more in mental health training for prison officers and are delivering a suicide and self-harm reduction project to address the rise in self-inflicted deaths and self-harm in female prisons. This year, we will publish a strategy for female offenders that will focus on how we improve outcomes for female offenders in the community as well as in custody.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/04/2017 12:20:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

454422

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Squirrels: Pest Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many grey squirrels were culled on the public estate in each Forest District of England and Wales in each of the last three years; and how many were culled by (1) trapping, and (2) shooting, in each of the years in each of the Districts.
tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission does not hold records of the numbers of squirrels killed on the public forest estate in England. The Forestry Commission ceased to operate in Wales on 1 April 2013 with the creation of Natural Resources Wales and we do not hold any information on grey squirrel culling on the Welsh Government woodland estate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 07/03/2016 14:49:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

45731

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
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 number of people (1) displaced, and (2) facing a humanitarian crisis, in the northern Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa as a result of the insurgency by Boko Haram; and what assessment they have made of the needs of those people for aid.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Government supports the assessment of humanitarian needs in Northern Nigeria through OCHA, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Although figures are difficult to quantify, OCHA estimate 5.9 million people have been affected by the insurgency in northeast Nigeria and an estimated 350,000 people have been displacedsince May 2013, both within Nigeria and across the borders into Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Most displaced people are living in host communities, although around 5,000 are in camps. OCHA has assessed the priority needs of affected people as food, water, health and shelter.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool