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House of Lords Session 2019-21 Monday No. 135 2 November 2020 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS WRITTEN STATEMENTS AND WRITTEN ANSWERS Written Statements ................................ ................ 1 Written Answers ................................ ..................... 4 [I] indicates that the member concerned has a relevant registered interest. The full register of interests can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/ Members who want a printed copy of Written Answers and Written Statements should notify the Printed Paper Office. This printed edition is a reproduction of the original text of Answers and Statements, which can be found on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/. Ministers and others who make Statements or answer Questions are referred to only by name, not their ministerial or other title. The current list of ministerial and other responsibilities is as follows. Minister Responsibilities Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal Earl Howe Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Lord Agnew of Oulton Minister of State, Cabinet Office and Treasury Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Lord Ashton of Hyde Chief Whip Baroness Barran Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Baroness Berridge Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Department for International Trade Lord Bethell Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care and Whip Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Whip Waldrist Lord Callanan Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Earl of Courtown Deputy Chief Whip Lord Gardiner of Kimble Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Baroness Goldie Minister of State, Ministry of Defence Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Lord Greenhalgh Minister of State, Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Minister of State, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for International Trade Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay Whip Baroness Penn Whip Baroness Scott of Bybrook Whip Baroness Stedman-Scott Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Sugg Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Lord True Minister of State, Cabinet Office Baroness Vere of Norbiton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport Baroness Williams of Trafford Minister of State, Home Office Viscount Younger of Leckie Whip © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2020 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/ Written Statements 2 November 2020 Page 1 I can inform the House that Her Majesty has appointed Written Statements Jonathan Rees QC to succeed Mr Cayley as the next independent Director of Service Prosecutions. Mr Rees Monday, 2 November 2020 has practised from chambers at 2 Hare Court since 2015, prosecuting and defending serious criminal allegations of murder, terrorism, sexual abuse and corruption. Atomic Weapons Establishment: Direct I should also like to take this opportunity to pay tribute Government Ownership to Mr Cayley who has served as Director for the last [HLWS537] seven years and worked hard with other Service Justice System stakeholders to improve the processes by which Baroness Goldie: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has cases are built and brought to trial, whilst maintaining the made the following Written Ministerial Statement. necessary independence of prosecutorial decision-making. His efforts have ensured that the Authority has retained its In 1993 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) entered into a position as an independent and respected prosecuting Government owned Contractor operated (GoCo) body which has underpinned the operational effectiveness arrangement with Hunting-BRAE whereby Hunting- of the Armed Forces. BRAE operated the Atomic Weapons Establishment As he hands over his responsibilities to Mr Rees, I (AWE) on behalf of the Government. In 1999, following would like to express my personal gratitude for the a competitive tender, a new 25-year contract was awarded important contribution he has made. to AWE Management Ltd (AWE ML). On the 1 July 2019 the MOD triggered the Successor Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: Consent Arrangements clause with AWE ML to enable it to Mechanism Regulations consider alternative viable management options ahead of the current contract expiration. Although the existing [HLWS540] arrangements have brought stability to the organisation Viscount Younger of Leckie: My Right Hon. Friend the MOD has concluded that AWE will revert to a direct the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Government ownership model. Lewis) has today made the following statement: Under the revised arrangements, AWE plc will become I am today laying before both Houses of Parliament a an Arms-Length Body wholly owned by the MOD. It will draft of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland continue to be managed by a world leading team and a (Democratic Consent Process) (EU Exit) Regulations new Board will be appointed by the MOD. The new 2020 which will, if approved, reflect in domestic law the business model will see AWE plc continue to draw on consent mechanism set out in the Ireland/Northern Ireland private sector specialist support to strengthen capability as Protocol and the UK Government’s Unilateral Declaration well as playing a key role in managing capital projects of 17 October 2019. and contracts. This approach is recognised as best practice The consent mechanism ensures that Articles 5 to 10 of in other major complex programmes. the Protocol will cease to apply if Northern Ireland’s The MOD, AWE ML and AWE plc will jointly manage political representatives conclude they are no longer the termination of the contract and the transition to the desirable. The first consent process will take place in late new arrangements, which are anticipated to be completed 2024, and will be repeated every four or eight years by the end of June 2021. This will be completed in close depending on whether consent (if given) is given on a co-operation with workforce representatives, regulators, simple majority or a cross-community basis. Embedding the supply chain and the local community. that recognition of consent in the Protocol was intrinsic to its acceptance by this Government. The continued safe and secure operation of AWE sites The regulations implement both a default consent will remain the over-riding focus during the transition and procedure, which will apply if a First Minister and deputy under the revised management structure. First Minister are in office at the time notification of the start of the process is given, and an alternative consent Director of Service Prosecutions procedure, which will apply if a First Minister and deputy First Minister are not in office at the time notification of [HLWS538] the start of the process is given. The alternative procedure Baroness Goldie: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of enables any MLA to bring forward the consent motion in State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has the absence of a First Minister and deputy First Minister. made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Protocol was specifically designed to protect the Under section 364 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and the gains of the Director of Service Prosecutions is appointed by Her peace process. The principle of consent is central to it, Majesty the Queen. The term of the current incumbent, ensuring that democratically elected local politicians Andrew Cayley QC, comes to an end on 2 November make decisions for the people of Northern Ireland. 2020. Page 2 2 November 2020 Written Statements Transport for London: Funding and have proposed that this could be done by an increased Financing council tax precept from April 2021. They will submit their proposals by 11 January 2021, alongside the fiscal [HLWS536] sustainability plan. The Government will take all steps Baroness Vere of Norbiton: My Right Honourable necessary at the appropriate times to enable this proposal. friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Extending the congestion charging zone to inner Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement. London has been ruled out by both the Government and The Government and the Mayor of London have agreed the Mayor. National travel concessions including free a second extraordinary funding and financing package for travel to school for those who qualify under the 1996 Transport for London for the period to 31 March 2021. It Education Act will continue to be funded by the replaces the agreement signed in May. It will ensure the Government. The Freedom Pass for pensioners and the continued operation of public transport services in disabled will continue as now. It is not funded by TfL or London and is proof of our commitment to supporting the the Mayor. capital and the transport network on which it depends. The full agreement can
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