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date	24/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks: Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, when the Challenger 3 tank is in service, whether they will be free to export, sell, loan or transfer these tanks to any government they should choose without the agreement of the government of Germany.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Challenger 3 will be a highly capable Main Battle Tank with world-leading performance. In line with the Land Industrial Strategy, our ambition is for it to be in service in 2027 with the capability ready for transfer, loan, or export. We are closely working with partners, including Germany where certain Challenge 3 components will be made, in order to meet these ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>Any and all such sharing would be subject to the relevant law of intellectual property, national export regulations, and licence conditions that identify and control the end user, and reflect international arms controls and human rights legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 07/02/2023 16:47:40 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1388396

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date	15/12/2021
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	Food: Production
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 15 November (HL Deb, col 49GC), what are the reasons for the minister's view that the Earl of Caithness has argued that "the choice is between food production and ecological restoration".
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2021 answer text <p>My remark referred to comments made by my noble Friend during the passage of the Environment Bill, where he implied a focus on the environment could conflict with the need to produce food. The remark did not refer to the speech delivered by my noble Friend during the Beyond Brexit Debate (15 November 2021). The Government is committed to rewarding farmers and land managers for their role as environmental stewards and investing in productivity, through our future environmental land management schemes and current schemes like the recently launched Farming Investment Fund. A healthy environment is crucial to providing the ecosystem services which underpin a thriving agricultural sector, through fertile soils, clean water and pollination.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 22/12/2021 15:55:19 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

1199375

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how COVID-19 testing capacity will be prioritised when they reach their target of 200,000 daily tests.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>To provide a more comprehensive response to a number of outstanding Written Questions, this has been answered by an information factsheet <em>Testing – note for House of Lords</em> which is attached, due to the size of the data. A copy has also been placed in the Library</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 29/07/2020 07:56:13 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell attachment 1 file name Testing - note for House of Lords.pdf title Testing information factsheet
tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

829019

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much aid from the Department for International Development's budget has been made available to Ethiopia, either through direct or indirect contributions in the last three years for which figures are available; and what were the main purposes of each contribution.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>DFID budget spend in Ethiopia for the last three years for which figures are available is detailed in our published Annual Report and Accounts, and shown in the table below. Further information on DFID’s current programme can be found in the DFID Ethiopia Profile, published in July 2017 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-ethiopia-profile-july-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-ethiopia-profile-july-2017</a>)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bilateral Spend (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>284,298,764</p></td><td><p>338,850,044</p></td><td><p>340,387,168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Multilateral spend (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>241,688,266</p></td><td><p>223,467,308</p></td><td><p>137,118,616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Centrally Managed Programme Spend (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>40,930,173</p></td><td><p>48,566,779</p></td><td><p>40,698,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 566,917,203 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 610,884,132 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 518,204,387 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>DFID’s programme is designed to help Ethiopia in transforming into a stable, industrialised and more resilient country, able to self-finance itself out of poverty and harness the potential of its youth. As of March 2017 we had supported 1.2 million children to gain a decent education, helped 755,000 people access clean water and/or sanitation and reached 5.7 million people through nutrition related interventions. DFID’s portfolio in Ethiopia also focusses on helping to catalyse over £500 million of new investment, generating more jobs, and creating opportunities for British business in one of the fastest growing economies in the world. DFID is investing significantly to tackle migration issues and help refugees have a long-term life in Ethiopia (host to the second largest refugee population in Africa), while reducing incentives for onward migration to Europe and diminishing the influence of criminal gangs and people smugglers. And DFID has played a leading role in the response to ongoing severe drought in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, where our humanitarian funding will support over 1.2 million people with emergency food rations, give 100,000 people improved access to water and sanitation, and help 500,000 pastoralists with emergency livestock support to prevent them falling into destitution.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/02/2018 12:39:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Ethiopia Country Profile.pdf title DFID Profile of Ethiopia - July 2017
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

678852

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Reorganisation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria will be used to judge whether NHS sustainability and transformation plans have been the result of meaningful local community engagement and reflect local context, needs and financial situations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>In NHS England’s 30 June and 21 October 2016 STP submission guidance, NHS England set out clear expectations that STPs would include the following elements as part of their plans:</p><p> </p><p>- A plan to engage more formally with NHS boards and those of their partners after the July conversations between STP leads and representatives from national bodies;</p><p>- Evidence of how footprints have engaged organisations and other key stakeholders so far, and with whom they are still to engaged; and</p><p>- Evidence or plans to involve staff, clinicians and care professionals, patients and Health and Wellbeing Boards etc.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of the 30 June and 21 October guidance documents are attached.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has made clear that STP partners should work with the knowledge, skills and experience of people in their communities. To support this, it jointly produced a practical guide for those developing plans in each of the 44 footprint areas and the statutory organisations that form part of them.</p><p>A copy of this guidance <em>Engaging local people: A guide for local areas developing Sustainability and Transformation Plans</em> is attached.</p><p> </p><p>Those STP areas that are more advanced in their plans have begun formal consultation in line with business as usual requirements for service changes. Even where this is not taking place, dialogue with local people is essential throughout. Local community and voluntary sector engagement will be a central factor in national bodies’ consideration of individual local proposals and the support they give to local areas to deliver them.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name engag-local-people-stps.pdf title Engaging local people 2 file name STPs - STP October 2016 guidance letter.pdf title 21 October Guidance 3 file name stp-submission-guidance-june.pdf title 30 June Guidance grouped question UIN HL5004 question first answered 08/02/2017 17:21:55 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

444452

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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	Ground Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the condition and capacity of naturally occurring underground aquifers in the light of the high levels of rainfall in the UK over the last six weeks.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency routinely monitors groundwater levels in England’s principal aquifers and publishes these monthly in a national water situation report.</p><br /><p>Rainfall totals for December were above average across England at 165% of the long term average. For a second consecutive month north-east and north-west England had exceptionally high rainfall totals for the time of year. Groundwater levels increased at approximately two-thirds of indicator sites during December and two thirds of sites were classed as normal or higher for the time of year.</p><br /><p>The Environment Agency undertakes monitoring and assessment of different aquifers locally, based upon the potential risk of groundwater flooding. A system of groundwater flood alerts and warnings is provided through our incident response procedures for those communities most vulnerable to potential groundwater flooding.</p><br /><p>The groundwater situation currently varies widely across the country, with higher than average and exceptionally high groundwater levels in parts of Cumbria, Yorkshire, Wessex, East Hampshire and Sussex whilst across the rest of southern England groundwater levels are around average or below average for the time of year.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/01/2016 13:36:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

179724

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 February on the National Crime Agency, when they expect that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL5003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) operates UK-wide, including in Northern Ireland, and provides support to its partner agencies there in relation to customs and immigration matters whilst continuing to exchange information with the PSNI. The NCA has, to date, been unable fully to target serious and organised crime groups in Northern Ireland involved in activities which require policing powers to tackle them.</p><p>The draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, was laid before Parliament on 29 January 2015. It makes provision for the NCA to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers including the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases.</p><p>This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The Order details commencement of the provisions, some of which will come into force the day after it is made, including the extension to Northern Ireland of all of the relevant civil recovery provisions relating to freezing and recovery orders. The related civil recovery investigation powers will require further secondary legislation relating to a Code of Practice.</p><p>A number of provisions that relate to the NCA’s operational use of constable powers and covert techniques, which will be subject to a Memorandum of Understanding, will come into force at the end of two months beginning with the day on which the Order is made. The Order may not be made until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/02/2015 15:04:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont