Tag: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Chairman of Committees which Members of the House have so far attended no sittings of the House this Session.

Lord Laming

There are nine members who are currently eligible to attend the House but have yet to attend in the 2015/16 Session. They are:

L. Alliance

L. Bridges

L. Cameron of Lochbroom

B. Hanham

L. Inge

L. Neill of Bladen

L. Thomas of Macclesfield

B. Thomas of Walliswood

L. Wade of Chorlton

This list does not include members who are on leave of absence or who are disqualified from attending as members of the judiciary.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock on 2016-10-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 25 July (HL1170), who is responsible for arranging the promised meeting to brief members of the House on the airport at St Helena, and when it is expected to be held.

Lord Bates

DFID are holding a briefing meeting for all interested peers on St Helena airport on 25 October, between 13:00 and 14:00 in Room 10a (House of Lords). Invitations were issued on 5 October.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock on 2016-04-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the corrected Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 13 April (HL5044), how many of those Writs were sent to Peers in (1) each region of England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland.

Lord Faulks

A total of 808 Writs were sent to Life and Hereditary Peers across the regions of England and the counties of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as follows:

East of England 61; East Midlands 15; North East 19; North West 26; South East 108; South West 49; West Midlands 19; Yorkshire & Humber 27; Central London 164; Greater London 221; Scotland 61; Wales 18; Northern Ireland 20.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock on 2016-10-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what compensation claims have been received by the government of St Helena as a result of the delay in opening the airport to commercial traffic, and how those claims are being dealt with.

Lord Bates

As far as we are aware, the St Helena Government has not received any claims for compensation following the identification of wind shear at St Helena Airport.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock on 2015-02-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what due diligence is carried out and by whom before ministerial appointments are made.

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

As was the case under previous administrations, ministerial appointments are a matter for the Prime Minister, in line with the Ministerial Code.

For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a life peerage, the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission vets nominations. For those individuals upon whom the Prime Minister wishes to confer a peerage in order that they might sit in the House of Lords to take up a ministerial role, the Commission consults the main regulatory authorities, including HMRC, before giving advice.