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1455705

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date	30/03/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Spiking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the rise in the prevalence of spiking.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	906388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>This is an issue which the government takes very seriously. The public have a right to feel safe on the streets and they expect the government, law enforcement, and the private sector to ensure this.</p><p>Action which the Government is already taking on spiking includes:</p><ul><li>Supporting the rollout of pilot initiatives to improve the safety of women in public spaces, including in the night-time economy.</li><li>Working with the police to better understand the nature of spiking. This will inform a statutory report on the nature and prevalence of spiking. The report is due 12 months from the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill receiving Royal Assent.</li><li>The Home Office is also considering the case for a criminal offence to target spiking directly. We will not hesitate to legislate if necessary.</li></ul> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 30/03/2022 15:06:50 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1455706

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	906389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>To support women in the workplace, we will: extend redundancy protections for women after they return from maternity leave; introduce neonatal leave and pay; and introduce one week of unpaid carer’s leave. We have also recently consulted on measures to increase the availability of flexible working – and look forward to publishing our response to that in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 30/03/2022 15:33:57 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

1455707

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Autism: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help ensure equality and freedom from discrimination for people with autism.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Fay Jones
uin	906390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>In July 2021, we published a new all-age autism strategy that set out our commitments to address the inequalities autistic people experience. These include poorer health outcomes and a 16 year life expectancy gap. As part of this, we have provided over £13 million to improve access to diagnosis, including through testing ways to reduce waiting times and expanding a pilot that is identifying autistic children and young people earlier on in life. To improve inclusion of autistic people, we have also provided £600,000 to train many more educational staff across England, and we will launch an autism public understanding initiative this year.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 31/03/2022 09:42:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones

1455772

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
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	TotalEnergies: Russia
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 report by Global Witness in its article TotalEnergies ships Russian crude on Russian tanker, despite chief exec promise, published on 23 March, that TotalEnergies has continued to transport oil from Russia to the UK and Europe, despite its CEO’s commitment not to take oil from Russia; and what, if any, steps they intend to take as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2022 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister announced the Oil Taskforce on the 8<sup>th</sup> of March 2022. This is a joint government and industry group which will facilitate engagement and cooperation during the transition away from Russian oil and oil-related products by the end of 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 12/04/2022 11:43:45 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1455774

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing in (1) Tigray, and (2) Ethiopia more generally, to victims of conflict-related sexual violence, particularly in relation to medical equipment and supplies.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2022 answer text <p>We are appalled at the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence and the destruction of medical facilities in northern Ethiopia, which is clearly impacting the availability and accessibility of support for survivors.</p><p>The UK has been funding the delivery of lifesaving health and social services including reproductive health kits and supplies and clinical management to prevent HIV transmission, sexually transmitted infections and treat injuries and wounds caused by sexual assault. We are working through partners to remove barriers to medical care and psychosocial support for refugees in Addis Ababa that have been targeted with sexual violence. UK programmes are also building the capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission's ability to investigate conflict-related sexual violence and ensure that appropriate referrals to health and social services are made.</p><p>Despite the recent overland humanitarian convoy that reached Mekelle on 1 April, the first in nearly four months, there has been negligible humanitarian access to Tigray since July last year. The UK welcomes the recent humanitarian truce, but urges all parties to take all necessary steps to provide unfettered and sustained humanitarian access to northern Ethiopia.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL7480 question first answered 12/04/2022 12:27:27 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1455775

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Tigray: Armed Conflict
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 impact on victims of conflict-related sexual violence of (1) the destruction of medical clinics, and (2) reduced medical equipment and supplies, as a result of the war in Tigray.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL7480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2022 answer text <p>We are appalled at the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence and the destruction of medical facilities in northern Ethiopia, which is clearly impacting the availability and accessibility of support for survivors.</p><p>The UK has been funding the delivery of lifesaving health and social services including reproductive health kits and supplies and clinical management to prevent HIV transmission, sexually transmitted infections and treat injuries and wounds caused by sexual assault. We are working through partners to remove barriers to medical care and psychosocial support for refugees in Addis Ababa that have been targeted with sexual violence. UK programmes are also building the capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission's ability to investigate conflict-related sexual violence and ensure that appropriate referrals to health and social services are made.</p><p>Despite the recent overland humanitarian convoy that reached Mekelle on 1 April, the first in nearly four months, there has been negligible humanitarian access to Tigray since July last year. The UK welcomes the recent humanitarian truce, but urges all parties to take all necessary steps to provide unfettered and sustained humanitarian access to northern Ethiopia.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park grouped question UIN HL7479 question first answered 12/04/2022 12:27:27 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1455776

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Harrogate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with Harrogate Borough Council about the arrangements for a by-election to fill the vacancy in the Marston Moor ward, following the cancellation of the scheduled election by Article 14(1)(a) of the North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2022 answer text <p>As I explained in my answer to the Noble Lord, Lord Stunell [HL7179], as a consequence of the North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order, there remains a vacancy in the Marston Moor ward. My officials have had discussions with Harrogate council's officers and we understand that the council, as a consequence of this vacancy, have made arrangements for the residents of Marston Moor ward to be represented on the district council by a member for a neighbouring ward.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 13/04/2022 13:59:08 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1455778

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a ship is classed as a passenger ferry (1) with or without a carriage of vehicles, and (2) whether or not it contains freight.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>A passenger ferry, also known as a roll on-roll off (ro-ro) passenger ship is a ship capable of carrying more than 12 passengers and having ro-ro cargo, or freight, spaces. Ships defined as a ro-ro passenger ship do not always have to carry passengers and/or ro-ro cargo; the ship is certificated to have the capability to carry passengers, vehicles and cargo.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/04/2022 11:37:10 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1455779

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Conditions of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to standardise employment (1) rates, and (2) conditions, for staff working on ships.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The pay and conditions are a matter for each operator to determine provided they meet the minimum legal requirement. Provisions already exist to provide national minimum wage to domestic routes such as Cairnryan to Larne or Belfast.</p><p>As part of our nine-point plan to protect seafarers rights, we will introduce new laws to amend the Harbours Act 1964, to penalise ferries operating from British ports which do not pay at least the minimum wage to their workers in British waters.</p><p>The extension will bring into scope the relevant parts of international ferry operations such as the Dover straits and Irish Sea routes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/04/2022 11:35:26 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1455780

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Hybrid Bills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker when the findings on the consultation of hybrid bill procedures will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2022 answer text <p>The consultation on Stage 2 of the review of hybrid bill procedure took place from 29 April to 23 July 2021. Forty-three responses were received, raising a range of issues. Some of these issues have been addressed in the preparations for the hearing of petitions against the High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons on 24 January 2022. A report, summarising the issues raised in the consultation responses and the steps taken so far to address them, will be published on the UK Parliament website in the near future. The report will also indicate how the longer-term work will be taken forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 07/04/2022 13:55:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley