Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1674214

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Legislation: Reviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans the Home Office has to undertake post-legislative review of (1) the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, (2) the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019, (3) the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, (4) the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020, (5) the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020, and (6) the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020, in line with the policy of reviewing Acts three to five years after enactment.
tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>We continue to review all aspects of the Compensation Scheme, listening and responding to feedback received from stakeholders and customers to ensure the Scheme is operating effectively for those affected. The Windrush Compensation Scheme will also undertake a review in October 2024, in line with the published Impact Assessment.</p><p>The Compensation Scheme has no end date and there is no cap on the number of claims we will accept or the amount of compensation we will pay out.</p><p>There is no planned timetable for post legislative scrutiny of the other bills mentioned in the question.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 13/12/2023 16:41:23 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1468303

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any (1) organisations, or (2) individuals, outside the Judicial College (a) were, or (b) are, involved in the (i) development, or (ii) delivery, of training on domestic abuse for judges and magistrates.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>To preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training, under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, and Coroners and Justice Act 2009 respectively. These responsibilities are exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p>I understand that the digital training on domestic abuse launched in October 2021 is compulsory training for family judges, magistrates and legal advisers for the 2022-23 training year.</p><p>New training that addresses the attitudinal and behavioural issues raised in recent caselaw, the Ministry of Justice’s Harm Report and the Domestic Abuse Act, was launched in April 2022 and forms a substantial part of compulsory continuation training for family and civil judges.</p><p>The judiciary, supported by professional staff in the Judicial College, are responsible for the design, content, and delivery of judicial training. In developing domestic abuse training, the College drew on external expertise and resources as appropriate. The training programme and training requirements are reviewed regularly.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL719 HL720 HL721 question first answered 20/06/2022 11:50:16 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1177000

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	NHS: Negligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to decrease the cost to the NHS of clinical negligence claims.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>This is a complex and sensitive issue. The Department is working intensively across Government and with the National Health Service to explore possible options, looking at all the drivers of cost. We will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 30/01/2020 15:54:19 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

751125

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what (1) research they have commissioned, and (2) consultation they have undertaken, in relation to the role of library services in a digital age.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Libraries Taskforce, jointly established by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Local Government Association, published Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021 in December 2016. This strategy sets out 7 strategic Outcomes that libraries support, one of which is increasing digital access and literacy, and it highlights a range of initiatives through which libraries support digital skills, access, skills and related work. This document was produced following extensive consultation with the sector and stakeholders. The UK Digital Strategy also underlined the importance of libraries as a ‘go to provider’ for digital skills training.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL723 question first answered 19/07/2017 15:23:16 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

525450

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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	Public Libraries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what surveys of earthworm populations and diversity in arable soils in England have been carried out since 1996, and for each project what was the contractor's budget, and where the final report can be found on the gov.uk website.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Defra has not carried out any surveys of earthworm populations and diversity specifically in arable soils.</p><p> </p><p>However, Defra carries out research on earthworms as part of a wider programme of research on sustainable land management because of their important role in developing soil structure, water movement, nutrient dynamics, and plant growth.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has contributed funding to the Open Air Laboratory (OPAL) Soil and Earthworm Survey in England launched in 2012. Two technical reports detailing the analysis of the first set of results of the Soil and Earthworm Survey are publicly available on the website of Imperial College London.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s delivery partner Natural England has previously funded the London Natural History Museum to survey earthworms in a number of semi-natural sites across England and Scotland, but also included sampling from 6 arable sites. This work was captured in a report published by Natural England in April 2014 entitled “<em>Earthworms in England: distribution, abundance and habitat”. </em>The report is available on Natural England’s website, reference NECR145.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 Defra funded the establishment of the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform (budget £4,111,184), supporting research into sustainable productive farming techniques, which includes current assessment of earthworm abundance under contrasting arable systems at the Allerton Project at Loddington.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/06/2016 14:09:35 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

384511

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Passive Smoking: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what their assessment is of the number of people who have died from passive smoking in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Exposure to secondhand smoke is a serious health hazard. More than 50 carcinogens have been identified in secondhand smoke.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report of the United States Surgeon General titled <em>The health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke</em> concluded that secondhand smoke causes premature death and disease in children and adults who do not smoke. The scientific evidence indicates that there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, ear problems and more severe asthma. Smoking by parents causes respiratory symptoms and slows lung growth in children. Exposure of adults to secondhand smoke has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and causes coronary heart disease and lung cancer. Legislation to stop smoking in vehicles carrying children will come into force in England on 1 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p><br> The report of the Royal College of Physicians titled <em>Going smoke-free: The medical case for clean air in the home, at work and in public places</em> included estimates that secondhand smoke exposure caused approximately 12,200 deaths in the United Kingdom in 2003, and that the majority of these deaths occurred as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke in the home. These estimates were made prior to the introduction of smokefree legislation in England in 2007. Over the past decade, the proportion of smokers who say that they do not smoke in the home has increased.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The evidence is clear that smokefree legislation in England has had beneficial effects on health, as set out in the report <em>The Impact of smokefree legislation in England: evidence review</em> which was published alongside the <em>“Tobacco Control Plan for England”</em> in March 2011. The reports referred to have already been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/07/2015 15:48:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

65186

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that local authorities prevent free schools and academies from adopting unfair and arbitrary admissions procedures.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Academy schools, including free schools, are required by their funding agreements to comply with the School Admissions Code when setting their admission arrangements. The Code is clear that the criteria they use to decide the allocation of school places must be ‘fair, clear and objective'.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who considers that these schools' admission arrangements are unlawful or do not comply with the Code can object to the Schools Adjudicator. An adjudicator's determination of an objection is binding and enforceable on the school concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The Code requires local authorities to object to any non-compliant admission arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/07/2014 14:57:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey