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168118

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Pakistan
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 role and activities of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and in particular its role in the prosecution in Pakistan of Mrs Asia Bibi on charges of blasphemy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL3460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>We are aware of the role of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat in Pakistan and the support it provides to the prosecution team in the Asia Bibi case. We remain concerned about the case of Asia Bibi and the court’s decision to uphold the imposition of the death penalty for blasphemy. We hope the verdict will be overturned on appeal. We trust the courts in Pakistan will ensure a fair and swift hearing of her appeal in the Supreme Court.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 16/12/2014 14:35:27 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

168119

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 30 October 2013 (WA 259), 26 November 2013 (WA 263), 3 December 2013 (WA 36) and 3 December 2014 (HL3158), whether they can provide specific examples of internationally authoritative sources using terms like "genetic modification," "GM" and "germline" in "rather mixed and odd ways"; and what assessment they have made of the consistency of such use compared to the consistency of their definition with sources they consider to be authoritative.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>As the noble Lord is aware, there is no universally agreed definition of genetic modification or “GM” in humans.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s report of its public dialogue exercise referred to the mitochondrial donation techniques as “germ-line modification”, and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ review of Novel Techniques for the Prevention of Mitochondrial DNA Disorders referred to them as a form of “germ line gene therapy”. As the purpose of mitochondrial donation would be to prevent the transmission of serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child, we agree with this.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 16/12/2014 14:46:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

168120

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Stem Cells
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 4 December (HL3090), whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee and its Licence Committee will provide their own assessment of the journal articles concerned in order to ensure that the continued use of embryos is necessary or desirable for the specified principal purposes; how they consider the feasibility of treating degenerative conditions such as those listed in Annex D of the mitochondrial donation consultation document might be affected by the findings in the aforementioned journal articles; for how long the research project concerned has been investigating the use of embryonic stem cells "to improve the outcome of infertility treatments"; and in what ways their possible clinical use in treating infertility might impel the Secretary of State to include things specified in the regulations which would not otherwise fall within the definitions of "embryo", "eggs", "sperm" or "gametes".
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>We are advised by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) that</p><p> </p><p>its Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee (SCAAC) regularly reviews the literature regarding alternative methods to derive human embryonic stem cells so that the HFEA Licence Committee can bear it in mind when considering research licence applications and renewals of licences, in order to ensure that the continued use of embryos is necessary or desirable for the specified principal purposes. SCAAC last considered a literature review on this topic on 4 June 2014 and the paper is available on the HFEA website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.hfea.gov.uk/9152.html</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that the journal articles referred to by the noble Lord will be considered in the next review process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also advised that the research project to which the noble Lord refers first expressly used the phrase “to improve the outcome of infertility treatments” in May 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the noble Lord is aware, the regulation making power in section 3ZA of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, as amended, is limited to enabling regulations to be made to allow an egg or embryo to which a mitochondrial donation technique has been applied to be recognised as a permitted egg or embryo and, therefore, suitable to be placed in a woman. There is no cure for mitochondrial disease. The intended purpose of the draft regulations is to prevent the transmission of serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child in the first instance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 18/12/2014 15:56:01 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

168121

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Horse Racing: Betting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current status of their consultation on the reform of the Horserace Betting Levy in the light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn Statement announcement of the introduction of a racing right.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL3463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>As a result of our analysis of the responses to the two consultations it is clear that more detail is required as to how a replacement for the Levy would work. In order to enable a fair comparison between reform and replacement we will work up the “racing right” proposal and engage constructively with stakeholders so that a fully informed decision can be made. We will consult early in the New Year.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/12/2014 16:22:11 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

168122

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current state of discussions with the relevant authority in Syria concerning compensation for those in Northern Ireland who were injured as a result of explosives and guns that were supplied to the IRA.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text We have been discussing this matter with the Libyan authorities, not the Syrian government. While we do not intend to negotiate a compensation settlement with the Libyan authorities, once stability returns, and our Embassy re-opens, we will again encourage the Libyans to engage with UK victims seeking redress, including those seeking compensation and their legal representatives. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has said that he is committed to doing this and has asked the National Security Advisor to lead cross-government efforts to engage the Libyans on reconciliation initiatives. The Government will also continue to promote broad and lasting reconciliation between Libya and affected UK communities. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/12/2014 14:28:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

167888

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in securing convictions for female genital mutilation.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley of Knighton
uin	HL3412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>At the Girl Summit hosted by the Prime Minister in July 2014, the government set out a clear commitment to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and announced a comprehensive package of domestic measures to achieve this.</p><p>This involved a range of measures to improve the law enforcement response and thereby help to secure convictions for FGM. A number of amendments have been tabled to the Serious Crime Bill to strengthen the law, new police guidance on FGM is being published, and a review by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary into so called ‘honour-based’ violence with a focus on FGM will commence in 2015. In addition, 42 forces have signed joint protocols with the Crown Prosecution Service on the investigation and prosecution of FGM. The government published a consultation on 5 December on how to introduce a mandatory reporting duty to increase referrals to the police in order to support more prosecutions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/12/2014 12:54:21 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4276 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley of Knighton

167889

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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 actions they are taking to ensure that South Yorkshire Police carry out the recommendations in the report by Professor Alexis Jay <i>Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997–2013)</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has written to all chief constables to ask them to take on board the lessons from the Jay report into the failings in Rotherham, and from the rolling HMIC inspections into how forces are protecting children. HMIC’s South Yorkshire Police child protection inspection report was published on 30 September.</p><p>The National Policing Lead for child protection and abuse investigation has taken action to revise the national policing child sexual exploitation action plan to take account of the learning from the Jay report and other recent publications. A series of briefings to police managers across England and Wales, including South Yorkshire Police, have been completed so that the key findings of the Jay Inquiry are shared with frontline leaders across the police service.</p><p>Furthermore, on 13 October it was announced that the Chief Constable for South Yorkshire requested that the National Crime Agency leads an independent investigation into outstanding allegations of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, raised in the Professor Jay Report.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/12/2014 16:11:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

167890

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 actions they are taking to ensure that Rotherham Borough Council's children's services improve in respect of protecting children, in the light of the report by Professor Alexis Jay <i>Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997–2013)</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has appointed a Children’s Social Care Commissioner, Malcolm Newsam, to examine the nature and scale of the problems and oversee and drive improvements in children’s social care functions.</p><p>On the basis of the Commissioner’s initial work and when the review of Rotherham Council's corporate governance reports, the Secretary of State will consider what further action is needed. <br> <br> A statutory direction to Rotherham is published by the Department and is available online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/363018/Final_direction_to_Rotherham_Council_10_Oct_2014.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/363018/Final_direction_to_Rotherham_Council_10_Oct_2014.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/12/2014 17:10:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

167891

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Crowdfunding
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have had any discussions with the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority about whether to allow the securitisation of peer-to-peer consumer or business loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government have not had any discussions with the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or credit rating agencies about the securitisation of peer-to-peer loans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, since April 2014, the peer-to-peer lending sector has been supervised and regulated by the FCA. The FCA monitors risks in any regulated sector on an ongoing basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3416 HL3419 HL3420 question first answered 19/12/2014 12:44:22 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

167892

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Crowdfunding
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they, the Bank of England or the Financial Conduct Authority have held any discussions with the credit rating agencies about the securitisation of peer-to-peer consumer or business loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government have not had any discussions with the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or credit rating agencies about the securitisation of peer-to-peer loans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, since April 2014, the peer-to-peer lending sector has been supervised and regulated by the FCA. The FCA monitors risks in any regulated sector on an ongoing basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL3415 HL3419 HL3420 question first answered 19/12/2014 12:44:28 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn