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1675727

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date	05/12/2023
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	Plants: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the EU to enable consumers in Northern Ireland to receive plants and seeds directly from businesses in Great Britain.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>Under the Windsor Framework professional operators, including growers and garden centres, can move plants (including trees) and seeds between Great Britain and Northern Ireland via the new Northern Ireland plant health label scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers wishing to source plants and seeds direct from GB growers will be able to do so through a registered operator in Northern Ireland. We maintain a close working relationship with the horticultural industry to ensure that consumers can access plants and trees from a wide variety of sources.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to have regular conversations with the EU on a wide range of issues related to the application of the Windsor Framework and its impacts on consumers in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 15/12/2023 14:19:49 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1470008

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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	Wind Power: Irish Sea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop wind farms in the Irish Sea.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Three large offshore windfarms, totalling 3.48GW, are currently being developed in the Irish Sea. BP and EnBW are developing the Morgan (1.5GW) and Mona (1.5GW) projects. Cobra and Flotation Energy are developing the Morecambe (0.48GW) project.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 27/06/2022 14:44:22 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1331023

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to resume resettlement programmes for refugees.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>Parliament was informed by Written Ministerial Statement on 18 March that the new global UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) commenced on completion of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>(https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-03-18/hcws855)</p><p>We are committed to welcoming vulnerable refugees through resettlement in the months and years to come, as well as through other safe and legal routes such as Refugee Family Reunion. Since 2015 we have resettled over 25,000 refugees through our resettlement schemes, in addition to granting over 29,000 Refugee Family Reunion visas in the last 5 years. As set out in the New Plan for Immigration we will continue to strengthen our resettlement offer as a safe and legal route to the UK for refugees in need of protection.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/06/2021 15:17:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1174434

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that the Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission is unbiased, and perceived to be unbiased.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the noble Baroness to the answer I gave to PQ <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2019-12-19/HL36/" target="_blank">HL36</a> on 7 January 2020. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL895 HL896 question first answered 12/02/2020 12:11:27 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

752448

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the TUC estimate that some 500,000 workers are on zero-hours contracts or in insecure temporary employment; and what percentage of the total workforce aged 21 to 65 this represents.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The latest ONS Labour Force Survey shows that the number of people who report they are on a ‘zero hour contract’ in their main employment was 905,000 in the 4<sup>th</sup> quarter of 2016, which represents 2.8% of those in employment ages 16-65+, with nearly 70% happy with their hours.</p><p>Due to the age categories in which ONS reports this data, it is not possible to get a figure for 21 to 65 years old.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:01:29 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

529969

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Temporary Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the result of the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, whether they now intend to bring forward an emergency budget including tax rises and spending cuts, or whether they have plans to increase public investment.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>As the Chancellor has said, decisions on what action the government will take in response to the impact of the referendum on the economy and public finances will wait until the Office of Budget Responsibility has made an economic forecast in the Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 12/07/2016 14:55:34 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

76550

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Kingdom jobs were created in 2013–14 as a result of investment in offshore wind projects by the Green Investment Bank.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Green Investment Bank has provided finance to five offshore wind farm projects. Estimated information about the number of jobs supported by these is provided to the Bank by the operators. Complete data is not currently available as one operator has yet to report. The data received in relation to the other four projects is set out below and indicates that these support around 1,330 construction jobs and 250 ongoing operational jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year of GIB investment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Construction jobs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ongoing operational jobs</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walney</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>40</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhyl flats</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>19</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Array</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>100</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynt y Mor</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>90</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westermost Rough</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Data not yet supplied</p></td><td><p>Data not yet supplied</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2014 11:42:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley