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date	07/11/2014
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	World War I: Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what effect the debt payable to the government of the United States as a result of the First World War has on their foreign policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text There has been no effect on the UK's foreign policy agenda as a result of the debt owed to the Government of the United States deriving from the First World War. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/11/2014 16:22:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

106188

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Helmets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to make it a legal requirement for cyclists to wear helmets; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>We have no plans to make it a legal requirement for cyclists to wear helmets.</p><p> </p><p>Government policy is that the cycle helmets offer a degree of protection for cyclists in the event of a fall from a cycle and some types of collisions. In line with the Highway Code rule 59, we encourage their use by all cyclists and in particular by children. However people and parents are free to choose whether to follow this advice and we have no plans to legislate to introduce mandatory enforcement of cycle helmet wearing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/11/2014 12:44:45 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

106189

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to make cycling road rules more enforceable; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The enforcement of cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police. Depending on the offence officers can issue verbal warnings, fixed penalty notices or report the road user for formal prosecution. We support any action taken by the police to deter and reduce the number of cycling offences.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/11/2014 12:43:48 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

106190

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, since the transfer of driver and vehicle licensing services for people in Northern Ireland from Coleraine to Swansea, how motorists in Northern Ireland obtain licenses; what is their assessment of the success of the new system; and what changes to that system they propose, if any.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Driver licensing in Northern Ireland is a devolved issue. Responsibility for issuing driving licences in Northern Ireland remains with the Driver and Vehicle Agency, based in Coleraine, and there have been no changes in how motorists in Northern Ireland obtain driving licences.</p><p> </p><p>Vehicle registration and licensing in Northern Ireland is not devolved and is the responsibility of the UK Government. The operational responsibility for delivering vehicle registration and licensing services in Northern Ireland passed from the Driver and Vehicle Agency to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea on 21 July. For the first time, motorists in Northern Ireland now have access to the same range of services as those in Great Britain. This includes online vehicle licensing, a wider range of vehicle licensing services available at around 175 Post Offices in Northern Ireland and access to direct debit payments for vehicle excise duty.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 11/11/2014 11:55:32 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

101733

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Population
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projection they have made of the size of the population of the United Kingdom in 2030, 2040, and 2050.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 11/11/2014 15:57:45 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL2542 Lord Laird ONS.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Response
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird