Information between 1st August 2024 - 20th October 2024
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Division Votes |
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11 Sep 2024 - Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 - View Vote Context Lord Lucas voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 143 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 132 |
Written Answers |
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Gender Recognition Certificates: Young People
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 7th August 2024 Question To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their plans to lower the voting age to 16, whether they also intend to lower the legal age for (1) applying, or (2) qualifying, for a Gender Recognition Certificate to 16. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Government has no plans to lower the minimum age of application for a Gender Recognition Certificate. |
Relationships and Sex Education
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Thursday 8th August 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government how many responses they received to their consultation Review of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education statutory guidance, which launched on 16 May and closed on 11 July; and when they intend to publish their response to the consultation and summary of responses. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Education) The public consultation on the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education statutory guidance was open for eight weeks and received over 14,300 responses.
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has been clear that children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of this guidance for schools and as such the government will look carefully at the consultation responses and consider the relevant evidence, including through stakeholder conversations, before setting out the next steps to make sure the guidance draws from the best available evidence. This will include plans for responding to the consultation.
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Civil Servants: Sexuality
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 18th September 2024 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 12 August (HL426), whether the Ministry of Justice has received such representations from the Public and Commercial Services Union; and what was their response. Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Public and Commercial Services Union has not made any representations to the Ministry of Justice regarding this motion and therefore no response was given. |
Department for Work and Pensions: Transgender People
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 18th September 2024 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Department for Work and Pensions (1) currently has, or (2) has previously had, a National Diversity Ambassador on Trans Issues; and if so, (a) who they were, and (b) during what time period(s) they served. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) DWP does not have a National Diversity Ambassador on Trans Issues. Since 2018, under the current Permanent Secretary, there has been no formally recognised role of this description. Before this, the term Ambassador may have been used colloquially within the Department to raise awareness of Trans and wider Equity, Diversity and Inclusion matters. However, this role was not confirmed in any official capacity. |
Civil Servants: LGBT+ People
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 25th September 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 7 August (HL345), how many staffing hours are allocated to the Civil Service LGBT+ Network, and across how many staff members. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Allocation of working time spent on cross-government staff networks is an agreement between the staff network volunteers and their departments as employers.
The majority of staff time spent on the Civil Service LGBT+ Network is voluntary and unpaid. There are no central records on how many staff members participate in the network.
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Civil Service: Equality
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 25th September 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 12 August (HL517), what applications for an equality, diversity and inclusion spending control exemption have been (1) applied for, (2) accepted, and (3) rejected, since the general election. Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Applications and decisions about applications for external Equality Diversity and Inclusion expenditure lie with individual departments. No exemptions have been centrally reported since the General Election.
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Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Wednesday 25th September 2024 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 7 August (HL344), whether any of the civil servants claiming diversity network time are also claiming trade union facility time, and at what hourly amounts; and what is their policy on the double dipping of network time and facility time. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) There are fewer than 5 individuals in DWP in September 2024 who are claiming Trade Union (TU) Facility time and Diversity Network time. In line with standard departmental practice in statistics, we do not publish details of numbers below 5, or where individuals might otherwise be identified in the data, as this would breach our data protection obligations. DWP does not have a policy on colleagues claiming both Diversity Network Time and Facility Time at the same time. |
NHS: Cost Effectiveness
Asked by: Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Tuesday 8th October 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Centre for Perioperative Care's CPOC Manifesto: A Blueprint for NHS Efficiency, published on 12 April, in the light of the review of the NHS by Lord Darzi of Denham. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) In light of the review of the National Health Service by Professor Lord Darzi, which highlights the importance of driving productivity in hospitals, the Government welcomes the manifesto of the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) and will consider its recommendations. The Government is already working with NHS England to improve perioperative care, which can reduce length of stay, improve patient outcomes, and increase productivity. In May 2023, NHS England published guidance setting out five core perioperative care requirements relating to the care of adult patients awaiting planned inpatient surgery. These measures address the key objective of identifying health needs as early as possible in perioperative pathways, and then using time on the waiting list to optimise health, through optimisation of both existing health conditions and of health-related behaviour. NHS England is working to oversee and support implementation, and will continue to do so throughout 2024/25. In addition, NHS England is also undertaking work on other areas addressed in the CPOC manifesto such as drinking, eating, and mobilising after surgery. |
Bills |
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Permitted Development Rights (Extension) Bill [HL] 2024-26
Presented by Lord Lucas (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Private Members' Bill - Lords A Bill to make provision to extend permitted development rights to allow householders to improve and extend their residential properties; and for connected purposes.
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Parliamentary Debates |
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EV Strategy: (ECC Committee Report)
35 speeches (20,790 words) Wednesday 16th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Baroness Parminter (LD - Life peer) I think this is an issue that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, may wish to come back to in a moment. - Link to Speech 2: Earl of Leicester (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, my noble friend Lord Lucas referred to various members of the committee, which was excellently - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) The report—as well as the noble Lords, Lord Lucas and Lord Grantchester, and the noble Earl, Lord Leicester—also - Link to Speech |
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
57 speeches (31,378 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 8th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Redesdale (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Lucas, suggested that the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is sitting on lead acid - Link to Speech 2: Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I strongly agree with my noble friend Lord Lucas in asking that the draft regulations be made available - Link to Speech 3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) something that the UK pursues in its international agreements.The noble Lords, Lord Sandhurst, Lord Foster, Lord - Link to Speech |
Environment and Climate Change Committee Report: An Extraordinary Challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our Land and Sea by 2030
48 speeches (26,445 words) Wednesday 11th September 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) Lucas called for—and we aim to grow that.I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, that - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) The environmental improvement plan was mentioned; I mentioned it previously.The noble Lord, Lord Lucas - Link to Speech |
Permitted Development Rights (Extension) Bill [HL]
1 speech (1 words) 1st reading Monday 9th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: None The Bill was introduced by Lord Lucas, read a first time and ordered to be printed. - Link to Speech |
Independent Schools: VAT Exemption
91 speeches (27,717 words) Thursday 5th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) and ask the Minister a number of questions.In terms of timing, which my noble friends Lord Maude and Lord - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) with information about support sessions that will help them to go through this process.The noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 15th October 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Department of Science, Innovation and Technology Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: Q209 Lord Lucas: The science and technology framework requires action across the whole of government |
Tuesday 8th October 2024
Oral Evidence - The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, and Oxford BioMedica Science and Technology Committee Found: Lucas; Baroness Neuberger; Baroness Neville-Jones; Baroness Northover; Viscount Stansgate; Baroness |
Bill Documents |
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Oct. 16 2024
HL Bill 18 Running list of amendments - 16 October 2024 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LUCAS _ Clause 2, page 2, line 30, after “products” insert “with information including their |
Oct. 15 2024
HL Bill 18 Running list of amendments - 15 October 2024 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LUCAS _ Clause 2, page 2, line 30, after “products” insert “with information including their |
Oct. 14 2024
HL Bill 18 Running list of amendments – 14 October 2024 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LUCAS _ Clause 2, page 2, line 30, after “products” insert “with information including their |
Oct. 10 2024
HL Bill 18 Running list of amendments – 10 October 2024 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: derogation from regulatory equivalence. ” 59/1 HL Bill 18—Running List 10 October Clause 2 LORD |
Oct. 09 2024
HL Bill 18 Running list of amendments – 9 October 2024 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: to and including 9 October 2024 [Amendments marked ★ are new or have been altered ] Clause 2 LORD |
Sep. 09 2024
HL Bill 28 (as introduced) Permitted Development Rights (Extension) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Bill Found: Lord Lucas Ordered to be Printed, 9th September 2024 . |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd September 2024 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 10th September 2024 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 15th October 2024 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Engineering biology At 10:15am: Oral evidence Sir Patrick Vallance - Minister of State at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology View calendar |
Tuesday 5th November 2024 2 p.m. Science and Technology Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Peter Kyle - Secretary of State at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Alexandra Jones - Director General for Science, Innovation and Growth at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Emran Mian - Director General for Digital Technologies and Telecoms at Department of Science, Innovation and Technology View calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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24 Oct 2024
Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Science and Technology Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions A one-off session to explore the work of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). |