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101721

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	EU Economic Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why paragraphs 7 and 8 of the European Council’s Conclusions of its meeting of 23 and 24 October were excluded from their Statements about that meeting to both Houses of Parliament on 27 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Paragraph 7 of the October European Council Conclusions refers to the first of five priority areas (stronger economies with more jobs) of the Strategic Agenda for the Union in Times of Change, the EU’s priorities for the next five years, as agreed by EU Leaders in the June 2014 European Council. <br>Paragraph 8 focuses on European Council support for concrete policy actions to boost investment, especially the Commission’s proposed €300 billion investment initiative, encouraging full use of all existing and allocated EU resources. The UK successfully pushed for private investment to be a key part of this language. The investment package is currently a policy initiative to be discussed by EU Heads of State at the December European Council. The economic growth and jobs that the package aims to stimulate in the economies of EU Member States is of significant importance to the UK economy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/11/2014 15:06:09 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

101722

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	EU Economic Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to re-consider the reply given by the Lord Privy Seal on 27 October to Lord Pearson of Rannoch (HL Deb, col 1010) to the effect that the European Union’s new €300 billion Strategic Agenda for the Union in Times of Change affects only the Eurozone and that the United Kingdom will not have to contribute to it.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to the letter of 29 October correcting the reply, placed in the Library of the House by the Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, the right Hon. the Baroness Stowell of Beeston. A copy of the letter is attached for ease of reference.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/11/2014 14:43:37 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns attachment 1 file name 20141029 Lord_Pearson.pdf title Letter of 29 Oct placed in Library of House
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

101723

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	EU Economic Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Prime Minister in response to Cheryl Gillan MP on 27 October (HC Deb, col 36), when they will inform Parliament of the share of the European Commission’s new €300 billion investment package which will be borne by the United Kingdom, whether through the European Investment Bank or otherwise; and when the United Kingdom will have to pay it.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Exact details of the package, including financing, are yet to be determined but the European Commission’s Task Force will report to the European Council in December about the next steps. The UK has a great deal of experience to share in this area by virtue of our National Infrastructure Plan and Guarantee Scheme. The Government will inform Parliament about the details at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/11/2014 15:08:47 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

101724

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	EU Economic Policy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether at the European Council meeting on 23 and 24 October the Prime Minister agreed to the European Commission's new €300 billion investment package over 2015 to 2017, known as the Strategic Agenda for the Union in Times of Change, or whether he was outvoted.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text The Strategic Agenda and the European Commission’s proposed €300billion investment package are different things. The Strategic Agenda for the Union in Times of Change, as agreed by EU Leaders in the June 2014 European Council, outlines five priorities to guide the EU over the next five years. These priorities are stronger economies with more jobs; societies enabled to empower and protect; a secure energy and climate future; a trusted area of fundamental freedoms and effective joint action in the world. The planned investment package is a proposed way to work towards the first of these priorities. Exact details of the package, including financing, are yet to be determined. The European Commission’s Task Force will report to the European Council in December about the next steps. The UK has a great deal of experience to share in this area by virtue of our National Infrastructure Plan and Guarantee Scheme. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/11/2014 15:10:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

90904

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Rotherham
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 proportion of perpetrators in the Rotherham sex abuse scandal who were Muslim.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>Professor Alexis Jay's report into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013 is an account of the failures by Rotherham Council - and by the police and other organisations - to protect vulnerable children. It is highlighted that in Rotherham, the majority of known perpetrators were of Pakistani heritage though it does not comment on the religious beliefs of any of the perpetrators.</p><p> </p><p>Child sexual exploitation is not exclusive to any single culture, community, race or religion. It happens in all areas of the country and can take many forms. We are clear that political or cultural sensitivities must never get in the way of preventing and uncovering child abuse. We are committed to dealing with this Criminal activity and there has never any excuse for failing to bring it's perpetrators to justice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 06/10/2014 10:40:59 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

79765

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
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	Council of Ministers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 21 July (WA 156), how many times since 2008 the Council of the European Union has disagreed with items on its agenda previously agreed within Coreper and to be decided without discussion as A-items.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not record information on how many times the Council has chosen not to adopt an item as an “A” point following a preparatory meeting of The Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER). Where an item is on the agenda for a meeting of the Council of the European Union, COREPER will prepare that item but will not itself take any decision: the decision is for the Council to take. If a matter is planned for agreement as an A point at a Council meeting and it appears that agreement is not possible, it would be either withdrawn from the agenda or made the subject of discussion at that meeting.</p> answering member printed Lord Popat question first answered 11/08/2014 11:17:11 answering member 4173 label Biography information for Lord Popat
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

79766

registered interest
date	29/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
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 Deighton on 28 July (WA 273), what is their estimate of the impact of European Union membership on United Kingdom employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the impact of European Union membership on United Kingdom employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As I noted in my response dated 28 July (WA 273) to Lord Grocott, the Treasury estimate that 3.3 million jobs in the UK may be related to exports to other European Union countries. This figure is based on the assumption that the share of UK employment associated with UK exports to the EU is equal to the share of output that is exported to the EU, making allowance for the composition of the UK economy.</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 11/08/2014 12:19:17 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

79540

registered interest
date	23/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Statement by Lord Nash on 22 July (HL Deb, cols 1059–63) on the report into allegations concerning Birmingham schools, whether they will report to Parliament on whether other parts of the country are similarly vulnerable to the threats that have been exposed in Birmingham, and if so, when they expect to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL1438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>Keeping our children safe, and ensuring our schools prepare them for life in modern Britain, could not be more important. There is no place for extremist views in any school.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will take action whenever information emerges that children are being exposed to indoctrination or extremist views that are contrary to fundamental British values. The Department for Education will continue to support local authorities and schools when serious concerns emerge, wherever those schools are.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State said in her statement to the House of Commons on 22 July, she will reflect on the questions raised and the specific recommendations made in Peter Clarke’s report, and return to the House in the autumn to set out what steps will be taken on these matters.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 28/07/2014 13:13:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

76568

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Law
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 Faulks on 24 June (WA 141), what are the "decision-making processes for making European Union legislation" which are not made public.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Article 4 of Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents sets out exceptions from the duty to provide access. These exceptions include those intended to protect internal deliberative processes where appropriate. For example, Article 4(3) allows documents to be withheld if they relate to a matter where the decision has not been taken by one of the three institutions, if disclosure of the document would seriously undermine the institution's decision-making process, unless there is an overriding public interest in disclosure.</p><p> </p><p>Article 3(4) also allows a document to be withheld if it contains opinions for internal use as part of deliberations and preliminary consultations within one of the three institutions, and if disclosure of the document would seriously undermine the institution's decision-making process, unless there is an overriding public interest in disclosure.</p><p> </p><p>The Freedom of Information Act 2000 also contains exemptions from the duty to release. For example, section 27 allows information to be withheld where its release would, or would be likely to, prejudice international relations. Section 35 allows information to be withheld where it relates to the formulation of government policy. Both of these exemptions are subject to a public interest test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulkner of Worcester question first answered 14/07/2014 16:40:14 answering member 2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

65957

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Committee of Permanent Representatives
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the duties and powers of the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The European Union’s Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States (also known as Coreper) is responsible for preparing the work of the Council and for carrying out the tasks assigned to it by the Council. The Committee may adopt procedural decisions in cases provided for in the Council’s Rules of Procedure. It does not take decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 21/07/2014 13:24:30 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch