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], "questionText" : "To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith) on 4 July 2018 (HL8851) and 18 July 2018 (HL9279), what hereditary peer by-elections have taken place under the terms of the House of Lords Act 1999 since the retirement of the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley on 9 May 2018; and in each of those by-elections, how many (1) candidates, and (2) electors, there were; and what was (a) the number of votes cast for the winning candidate, and (b) the percentage of the electorate who voted, in each case.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by the Chairman of Committees (Lord Laming) on 12 May 2016 (HL8153) and the Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith) on 26 November (HL11454), why the cost of a Liberal Democrat hereditary peers' by-election, payable to Electoral Reform Services, has risen from £300 to £570.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The percentage for the total cost for the UK delegation represented by Members of the House of Lords in the last financial year was (1) 50.58% for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, (2) 35.01% for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and (3) 14.41% for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p>The percentage of the total cost across the three delegations represented by Peers in the last financial year was 41.13%.<\/p>
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The secretariat support for all three delegations is supplied by the House of Commons on a cost sharing basis. The House of Lords provides 30% of the total cost, and the House of Commons 70%.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by Lord McFall of Alcluith on 8 February (HL5378) and by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL5379), what was the percentage of the total costs for the UK delegations represented by members of the House of Lords attending (1) the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, (2) the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and (3) the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chair of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. The Parliamentary Digital Service uses an industry standard service to categorise and block websites that are deemed offensive, the \u201cReligion of Peace\u201d website is blocked as part of this automated service as it is classified as a religion-based hate website by the service. There are no indications that the website has been available to access on the parliamentary network.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answers by Lord McFall of Alcluith on 1 and 24 February 2017 (HL4961 and HL5612), why the Religion of Peace website is no longer accessible from computers attached to the parliamentary network, having previously been available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Members are entitled to claim a daily allowance and certain travel expenses as detailed in the Guide to Financial Support for Members<\/em>, which is available on the intranet. No financial assistance is specifically made available for those members who sponsor passes for secretarial or research staff.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Touhig on 15 November (HL3572), what financial assistance is available to backbench members to employ the three secretarial and research support staff who are entitled to passes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | 2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td>2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td>2023/24<\/strong><\/p><\/td>2024/25<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Planned preventative & Reactive maintenance<\/p><\/td> | £7,821,724<\/p><\/td> | £8,156,641<\/p><\/td> | £8,134,727<\/p><\/td> | £8,218,493<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Minor projects<\/p><\/td> | £2,212,473<\/p><\/td> | £2,212,473<\/p><\/td> | £2,212,473<\/p><\/td> | £2,212,473<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Maintenance team<\/p><\/td> | £5,013,950<\/p><\/td> | £5,013,950<\/p><\/td> | £5,013,950<\/p><\/td> | £5,013,950<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Maintenance and Minor <\/strong> projects<\/strong><\/p><\/td>£15,048,146<\/p><\/td> | £15,383,063<\/p><\/td> | £15,361,149<\/p><\/td> | £15,444,916<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Major projects<\/strong><\/p><\/td>£102,393,805<\/p><\/td> | £140,357,071<\/p><\/td> | £98,586,481<\/p><\/td> | £23,504,834<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Total<\/p><\/td> | £117,441,951<\/p><\/td> | £155,740,134<\/p><\/td> | £113,947,630<\/p><\/td> | £38,949,749<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The risks of failure relating to the physical condition of the Palace of Westminster are reviewed and mitigated as part of the operation and maintenance of the Parliamentary Estate. These risks include fire, hitting uncharted underground services, unexploded ordnance, and failure of legally required services, all of which have mitigation plans in place to reduce the risk of failure. The table below shows the current assessment of the likelihood of the top five risk events in relation to catastrophic failure.<\/p> <\/p> Top 5 Risk Events in relation to Catastrophic Failure<\/strong><\/p><\/td>Likelihood<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Fire during construction work<\/p><\/td> | Low<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Collapsing structures<\/p><\/td> | Very Low<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Uncharted underground services<\/p><\/td> | Very Low<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Unexploded ordnance (UXO) or other hazardous materials<\/p><\/td> | Very Low<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Failure of legally required services (e.g. water)<\/p><\/td> | Medium<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: <\/strong>In-House Services and Strategic Estates Health and Safety & maintenance team risk registers<\/p>"}
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<\/p> To avoid publicly disclosing sensitive security matters it is not possible to go into further detail, however Members are always welcome to contact the Director of Security to discuss any security-related concerns privately.<\/p>"}
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