Tag: Parliamentary Question

Lord Dobbs – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House of Lords

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Dobbs on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Leader of the House how many government defeats there have been on delegated legislation in the House of Lords, (1) in total, and (2) in each Session, since 1950.

Baroness Stowell of Beeston

Since 1950, there have been 35 Government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation in the House of Lords. There have been five such defeats in this session to date – a fifth of the total over the last 65 years.

The number of government defeats on motions relating to delegated legislation since 1950, broken down by session, is detailed below:

Session	Total	Session	Total	Session	Total
1950		1972-73		1994-95
1950-51		1973-74		1995-96	1
1951-52		1974		1996-97
1952-53		1974-75		1997-98	1
1953-54		1975-76		1998-99
1954-55		1976-77		1999-00	2
1955-56		1977-78	2	2000-01
1956-57		1978-79		2001-02
1957-58		1979-80		2002-03	4
1958-59		1980-81		2003-04
1959-60		1981-82		2004-05	1
1960-61		1982-83		2005-06	1
1961-62		1983-84	1	2006-07	2
1962-63		1984-85	1	2007-08
1963-64		1985-86		2008-09	2
1964-65		1986-87		2009-10	4
1965-66		1987-88		2010-12
1966-67		1988-89		2012-13	4
1967-68	1	1989-90		2013-14
1968-69		1990-91		2014-15
1969-70		1991-92		2015-6	5
1970-71		1992-93	3
1971-72		1993-94		TOTAL	35

January 1, 2023

Barry Gardiner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Gardiner on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how the reforms to the Capacity Market announced on 6 May 2016 will ensure a secure electricity supply that is consistent with the decarbonisation objectives set out in her Department’s single departmental plan.

Andrea Leadsom

The Department has set out a number of policies which will decarbonise the economy. For example, we will consult shortly on proposals to close all unabated coal-fired power stations by 2025 to reduce our emissions and continue to invest in new low carbon generation.

The changes to the Capacity Market announced on 6 May will ensure security of electricity supply as we decarbonise: this is non-negotiable. However, all bidders into the Capacity Market are all affected by decarbonisation policies. For example, the EU ETS and the Carbon Price Floor will reduce the competitiveness of coal generation in the Capacity Market relative to cleaner technologies like gas.

January 1, 2023
Tania Mathias – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tania Mathias on 2016-07-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans for clause 187 of the Investigatory Powers Bill to apply to (a) class bulk personal datasets and (b) specific bulk personal datasets; and if she will take steps to ensure that the protection provided under that clause will encompass all types of warrants, as specified in the Investigatory Powers Bill, in the case of medical records.

Mr John Hayes

Clause 187 of the Investigatory Powers Bill applies to specific BPD warrants and provides that, where one of the purposes of the warrant was to authorise the retention or the retention and examination of health records, the warrant may only be issued in exceptional and compelling circumstances.

On 5 July the Government tabled an amendment to the Bill which would make clear that class BPD warrants could not be used to retain, or retain and examine, bulk personal datasets that consist of, or include, health records.

Protections for other parts of the Investigatory Powers Bill relating to medical professionals and confidential information relating to an individual’s health will be provided for in the statutory codes of practice made under the Bill. Draft codes detailing these protections were published on introduction of the Bill in March 2016.

January 1, 2023

Lord Green of Deddington – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Green of Deddington on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each month since December 2014, how many Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship were available, how many applications for such certificates were (1) granted, and (2) refused, and what was the minimum point score for successful applications.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

The data requested is set out in the table below

Allocation Month	RCoS available	No of RCoS Granted	No RCoS refused	Minimum points score[1]	Minimum salary required to meet points score
Dec-14	2481	1819	0	32	£20,500
Jan-15	2416	1670	0	32	£20,500
Feb-15	2392	2409	0	32	£20,500
Mar-15	1690	1919	0	32	£20,500
Apr-15	2528	1888	0	32	£20,800[2]
May-15	2285	2277	0	32	£20,800
Jun-15	1690	1215	1329	50	£46,000
Jul-15	2040	1943	1201	45	£32,000
Aug-15	2347	2418	583	36	£24,000
Sep-15	1544	1520	891	35	£23,000
Oct-15	2111	1953	374	22	£22,000
Nov-15	2011	2100	0	21	£20,800
Dec-15	1989	1774	0	21	£20,800
Jan-16	1926	1441	0	21	£20,800
Feb-16	2439	1760	0	21	£20,800
Mar-16	2661	1748	0	21	£20,800
Apr-16	2175	1692	0	21	£20,800
May-16	2464	1849	0	21	£20,800
Jun-16	2575	1853	0	21	£20,800
Jul-16	2701	2238	0	21	£20,800
Aug-16	2695	1952	0	21	£20,800

(1) The points table used to score applications changed in October 2015.

(2) The minimum salary to qualify under Tier 2 increased from £20,500 to £20,800 in April 2015, in line with wage inflation. This information is available in the public domain and can be found at the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship

January 1, 2023

Adam Afriyie – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adam Afriyie on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to encourage higher donor registration among (a) all people and (b) mixed ethnicity donors to the UK stem cell and bone marrow register.

Jane Ellison

Since 2012, the Department has provided nearly £19 million to improve the provision of stem cells in the United Kingdom for all people. This funding has enabled the recruitment of over 75,000 young male donors who are more likely to be able to donate bone marrow and we continue to expand the pool of young male donors.

The stem cell improvement programme has directly addressed the difficulty faced by patients from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community and those with mixed ethnicity through targeted recruitment. The Department also continues to support the work of the National BAME Transplant Alliance. The programme has also funded the collection of umbilical cord blood samples, which has a specific target to achieve 40% of samples come from BAME and mixed ethnicity births.

January 1, 2023
Lord Laird – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2015-12-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether non-academic employees of a UK university are considered to be public officers for the purposes of misconduct or malfeasance in public office.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

This is a matter of interpretation for the courts to pronounce upon in the context of a relevant case, and it would not be appropriate for the department to provide a general legal opinion.

January 1, 2023
Christina Rees – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christina Rees on 2016-01-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons he ended the insolvency exemption from the 2012 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act on 17 December 2015.

Dominic Raab

Since the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, it has always been the government’s stated intention that the exemption for insolvency cases would be temporary. Commencement of Part 2 of LASPO’s conditional fee (or ‘no win no fee’) arrangement reforms for insolvency, was announced in December and will apply from April this year. The aim of LASPO’s reforms was to control the cost of civil litigation.

Ministry of Justice Officials discussed Professor Walton’s report with him, but the Ministry of Justice did not agree with his conclusions. Officials have also met representatives of insolvency practitioners who use no win no fee arrangements to fund these cases, as well as those who fund them in other ways.

January 1, 2023
Lord Condon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Condon on 2016-02-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by Sir Stephen Bubb The Challenge Ahead and his proposal for a Commissioner to protect and promote the rights of people with learning difficulties.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The Government welcomes Sir Stephen Bubb’s report Time for Change – the Challenge Ahead which focuses on improving the experience of care and outcomes for people with learning disabilities. Sir Stephen’s report acknowledges the real progress that has been made in the last year.

The Department will consider the recommendations in Time for Change – the Challenge Ahead in our development of a Learning Disability Action Plan. However, new statutory roles and legislation are not necessarily the answer to achieving the changes envisaged by the Steering Group. We believe that we can make more rapid and meaningful progress by ensuring that the rights that exist under current laws and statutes are properly understood, implemented and exercised by those with learning disabilities and/or autism.

January 1, 2023
Kevin Brennan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Best in Class, published by the CBI in December 2015, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of Swedish four box grid approach to analysing the attractiveness of international markets.

Anna Soubry

In CBI’s Best in Class report, the reference to the Swedish four box grid approach was part of a wider recommendation on allocating overseas resources for business support.

The UK Government recognises that it has a crucial role to play in supporting businesses that export and invest in international markets.

The Government is committed to focusing UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) overseas resources for business support in those markets that can deliver greatest benefit for the UK. UKTI uses similar publicly-available market data to Sweden (including GDP growth, political risk and the ease of doing business) in its assessment of export markets, but importantly this is just one input into the opportunity-focused, five-year rolling business planning process being developed to guide resource decisions.

January 1, 2023
Lord Jones of Cheltenham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham on 2016-04-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria were used in selecting the members of the Guidelines Development Group who advised the Chief Medical Officer on the evidence base for the updated guidelines concerning alcohol consumption.

Lord Prior of Brampton

A group of 13 independent scientific experts were commissioned to report back to the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers and make recommendations on new low risk drinking guidelines. The members of the Guidelines Development Group were chosen according to the type of expertise they had and their individual ability.

January 1, 2023