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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering is a Conservative Life peer who has sat under this title in the Lords since 27 October 2015. Her full title is The Baroness McIntosh of Pickering, and her given name is Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh. Prior to joining the Lords, she sat in the Commons as an MP, and was first elected in 1997.

Written questions

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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Groceries Code Adjudicator

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the extension of the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover (1) indirect supply chains including those for dairy products, and (2) the right to undertake own initiative invest...

Asked 15 March 2018

Answered 27 March 2018

By Lord Henley (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)

UIN HL6417

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Exiting the European Union

Professions: Qualifications

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timetable for the certification of professional qualifications to be agreed through mutual recognition under the Brexit negotiations for doctors, lawyers, architects and other professions.

Asked 8 March 2018

Answered 16 March 2018

By Lord Callanan (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL6200

Answered

Lords

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

World Encephalitis Day

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to celebrate World Encephalitis Day on 22 February.

Asked 20 February 2018

Answered 6 March 2018

By Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL5653

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Ritual Slaughter

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of meat (1) sold as Halal which has not been slaughtered in accordance with Halal requirements, and (2) not sold as Halal which has been slaughtered in accordance with Halal ...

Asked 8 February 2018

Answered 15 February 2018

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL5539

Answered

Lords

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

Encephalitis

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to improve the medical training on the diagnosis and treatment of encephalitis in the UK.

Asked 23 January 2018

Answered 6 February 2018

By Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL5028

Answered

Lords

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

Encephalitis

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the diagnosis and treatment of encephalitis forms a part of medical training in the UK.

Asked 23 January 2018

Answered 6 February 2018

By Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL5027

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce regular reviews of protected species designations; and if so, what timeframe they propose for such reviews.

Asked 15 January 2018

Answered 25 January 2018

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL4690

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries Convention

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for inshore fishermen of their decision to withdraw from the London Fisheries Convention of 1962; and whether, in the light of withdrawal from that Convention, inshore fish...

Asked 11 January 2018

Answered 23 January 2018

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL4649

Answered

Lords

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many residential care beds there were in England in (1) 2005, (2) 2010, and (3) 2015.

Asked 9 January 2018

Answered 22 January 2018

By Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL4559

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking: Licensing

To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria the Oil and Gas Authority uses in granting Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences for hydraulic fracturing.

Asked 8 January 2018

Answered 17 January 2018

By Lord Henley (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)

UIN HL4483

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking: Licensing

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether responsibility for the procedure for issuing Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences for hydraulic fracturing was removed from the Department of Energy and Climate Change and passed to the Oil and Gas Authori...

Asked 8 January 2018

Answered 17 January 2018

By Lord Henley (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)

UIN HL4482

Answered

Lords

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Migrant Workers

To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the process of accreditation to enable (1) doctors, (2) nurses, and (3) other health professionals, from the EU and EEA to continue to practise in the UK post-Brexit.

Asked 13 December 2017

Answered 21 December 2017

By Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL4153

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Recycling

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce a plastic bottle deposit return scheme; and if so, whether any such scheme will be self-financing.

Asked 13 December 2017

Answered 28 December 2017

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL4152

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Transport

European Aviation Safety Agency

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the UK to remain a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency.

Asked 20 November 2017

Answered 4 December 2017

By Baroness Sugg (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL3385

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking: North Yorkshire

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of recent protests, what is their evidence base for the environmental safeguards proposed to protect water supplies in areas of North Yorkshire affected by applications to hydraulically fracture.

Asked 13 November 2017

Answered 20 November 2017

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL3125

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Himalayan Balsam

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to eliminate Himalayan balsam; and what consideration they have given to introducing environmental schemes to reimburse landowners and farmers for its removal.

Asked 7 November 2017

Answered 14 November 2017

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL3026

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Transport

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their justification for the difference in application of the six-day standstill rule to (1) a red animal auction mart, and (2) a green animal auction mart; and whether they will keep that rule under review.

Asked 9 October 2017

Answered 19 October 2017

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL1758

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Transport

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the six-day standstill rule on farmers taking their animals to auction marts.

Asked 9 October 2017

Answered 23 October 2017

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL1757

Answered

Lords

Question for Home Office

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of rural crime on farmers and other rural businesses.

Asked 9 October 2017

Answered 23 October 2017

By Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL1756

Answered

Lords

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will put in place a negotiated UK framework for agricultural trade and policies between the nations and regions of the UK once the UK has left the European Union.

Asked 6 September 2017

Answered 20 September 2017

By Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative, Life peer)

UIN HL1396

Answered

Lords