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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 21 May (HL15637), how much of the allocation for 2018–19 has been spent on product compliance testing; how many tests were conducted; and what were the results.

Asked by
Countess of Mar (Crossbench)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 June 2019
Reference
HL15925
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Office for Product Safety and Standards has spent on testing for compliance using the match test under the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 since its formation; how many fabrics have failed the test; and how many have passed.

Asked by
Countess of Mar (Crossbench)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 June 2019
Reference
HL15926
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Office for Product Safety and Standards has spent on product compliance testing under the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988 since its formation; and what were the results of such testing.

Asked by
Countess of Mar (Crossbench)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 May 2019
Reference
HL15637
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, further to the 2014 and 2016 consultations on Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations and the Technical Paper: Systematic Rationale for modification of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations in relation to Schedules 4 & 5, published in October 2014, which outlined the...

Asked by
Countess of Mar (Crossbench)
Answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 May 2019
Reference
HL15563
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Yemen is not an exempted country for the purposes of the requirement imposed on third-country migrants who wish to enter the United Kingdom as a spouse or civil partner of a British citizen to have passed an English language test.

Asked by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 February 2012
Reference
15096; 734 c335WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK Border Agency-approved centres provide English language tests at level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference; and what consideration they have given to the cost and practical difficulties of Yemenis taking an English language test at that level as a result.

Asked by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 February 2012
Reference
15097; 734 c335-6WA
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the level of effectiveness of the current test for tuberculosis in cattle; and what proposals they have for improving the effectiveness of the test.

Asked by
Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Notes
Answer received between Monday 1 August 2011 and Monday 8 August 2011.
Date
11 August 2011
Reference
11290; 729 c458WA
House
House of Lords
My Lords, we are looking at all the relevant key evidence, including the published scientific evidence from what was referred to as the ““randomised badger culling trial”” and subsequent post-trial analysis. Having looked at that, we will draw up proposals. We will then consult on them and consider the best way forward.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1065
House
House of Lords
My Lords, we have every intention of attacking the problem vigorously, but whatever we do will be based on the science that is put before us. We will make sure that we understand that science and act on it.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1065-6
House
House of Lords
Tuberculin skin tests are the internationally accepted standard for detecting TB. Many countries have eradicated TB using a test and slaughter approach. In England, evidence suggests that without addressing the disease in badgers, it will be impossible to eradicate TB in cattle. The department has committed to developing affordable options for a carefully managed and science-led policy of badger control in areas with high and persistent levels of bovine TB.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1063-4
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Baroness is correct to say that there has been a decline. Addressing bovine TB still involves great expense, in compensation, testing, research and surveillance. Something of the order of £63 million was spent on it in 2009-10. Some £29.9 million has been invested over the years in vaccine development. We shall continue to work on vaccine development and encourage others to do so as well.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1064-5
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I accept that there are occasions when using the current test—what I have described as the internationally accepted comparative test—that some cattle are missed. If we move to another test, known as the single test, there is a possibility of a greater number of what are described as false positives, which again would not be satisfactory. A further test is used, a blood test which is known as the gamma test, and we can look at it. I can give my noble friend an assurance that we will look at all three, but for the moment we think that the comparative test is the best one to use.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1064
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Lord knows far more about these matters than many in the House and I listen to him with great respect. I shall certainly take on board what he says. As I said, at the moment we believe that the comparative test is the right one but, as the noble Lord well knows, there are other tests at which we can, and will, look.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1066
House
House of Lords
The noble Baroness has absolutely stumped me. I do not know whether foxes and rabbits can spread bovine TB. We know that badgers are the principal problem, which is why we want to address them first, but if there is a problem in foxes and rabbits, I am sure that we will look at that as well.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1065
House
House of Lords
My Lords, my understanding is that when breeding cattle are imported—the same would be true of export—the single test would be used. As I have said, that test can be more accurate, but it leads to more false positives. However, in the cases to which my noble friend refers, a false positive would be better than missing some of the others.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1065
House
House of Lords
My Lords, my noble friend, I think, refers to the gamma interferon blood test, which is used alongside the tuberculin skin test in certain prescribed circumstances to improve the sensitivity of the testing regime and identify more affected animals more quickly. I shall certainly look at whether it is possible to use that test solely, but, as I said earlier, for the moment, we believe that the comparative tests that we are using are possibly the best.
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1064
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the practice of skin testing for bovine tuberculosis followed by the slaughter of reactors will eliminate the disease from the national herd.
Asked by
Lord Dixon-Smith (Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
22 July 2010
Reference
720 c1063-4
House
House of Lords

What tests HMG intend should be covered by the "comprehensive test ban treaty" which is referred to in the document by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference Principles and Objectives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament; whether they intend that the desk top tests be included in a ban; and whether they...

Asked by
Lord Kennet (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 June 1995
Reference
565 c54WA
House
House of Lords

Whether in the light of the publication by the United States Department of Energy on 27th June this year of fact sheets making clear that the US conducted a successful nuclear warhead test in 1962 using reactor trade plutonium imported from the UK HMG will reconsider the replies given by...

Asked by
Lord Jenkins of Putney (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 July 1994
Reference
557 c81-2WA
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Henley (Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
20 July 1990
Reference
521 c1119-21
House
House of Lords