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Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Sentencing (25 Jan 2023)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the sentencing of those currently in the prison system serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection.

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recycling: Labelling ( 4 Jan 2023)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken (1) to progress plans to introduce mandatory recycling labelling on packaging, and (2) to ensure businesses are able to implement these reforms effectively and at reasonable costs.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Office for Product Safety and Standards (21 Dec 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Office for Product Safety and Standards is sufficiently staffed and skilled to enforce the new regulations on mandatory recycling labelling.

Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: English National Opera: Finance (28 Nov 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, or plan to have, with Arts Council England to understand their decision to withdraw all national programme funding from English National Opera; and what plans they have to ask the Arts Council to reconsider this decision.

Written Answers — Department for Education: European University Institute: Brexit (24 Nov 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Deputy Director of the Department of Education’s Disadvantage and International Directorate dated 24 October, what consideration they have given to replacing “does not include” with “includes” in section 7 of the European University Institute (EU Exit) Regulations 2022.

Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-pacific Partnership: Patents (30 May 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on the rights of representation of UK patent attorneys before the Unified Patent Court.

Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-pacific Partnership: Patents (30 May 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK negotiators will seek to protect patent attorneys' rights of representation before the Unified Patent Court during accession negotiations to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Horizon Europe (28 Apr 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current position in negotiations for the UK's associate membership of the Horizon Europe Programme; and what steps they are intending to take in order to protect the position of UK academics who have been awarded research grants by the European Research Council.

Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Channel Four Television: Privatisation (20 Apr 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the privatisation of Channel 4 on the independent production sector.

Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Channel Four Television and Streaming (20 Apr 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fundamental differences between Channel 4 and international streaming services, such as Netflix.

Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Channel Four Television: Privatisation (19 Apr 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to safeguard the specific public service duties of Channel 4 in the event of privatisation.

Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report - Statement (24 Mar 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: My Lords, Alastair Morgan, the indefatigable brother of Daniel Morgan, was my constituent for 22 years when I was a Member of Parliament. I fought for many years, through a succession of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police, to try to secure justice for Daniel Morgan’s family. Sadly, that has not been achieved, even now. The independent report last year and this report from the...

Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Broadcasting: Scots Gaelic Language (21 Feb 2022)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with (1) the BBC, and (2) the Scottish government, about provisions for the (a) protection and (b) enhancement, of Gaelic broadcasting in any broadcasting White Paper.

Written Answers — Home Office: Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre: HIV Infection (29 Nov 2021)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government why a detainee at Colnbrook Immigration Centre was denied HIV medication.

Standards in Public Life - Motion to Take Note ( 9 Sep 2021)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. I warmly commend the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, on both initiating this debate and introducing it so superbly. Many years ago, in the early 2000s, I was a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life for two and a half years. I must say, it is a great enhancement to our debate today that the current distinguished chairman...

Written Answers — Home Office: Visas: Afghanistan ( 2 Sep 2021)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a rapid UK visa authorisation process for those Afghan citizens who worked in Kabul with former Royal Marine Commando Paul Farthing for the charity Nowzad.

Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Economic Partnership Agreements: Japan ( 7 Jul 2021)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to comply with Article 14.12 of the UK–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, and (2) to discuss measures with the government of Japan to ensure adequate remuneration for (a) performers, and (b) producers, of phonograms used for (i) broadcasting, or (ii) any communication to the public.

Environment Bill - Second Reading ( 7 Jun 2021)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: My Lords, I remind the House first of my interests as declared in the register. The Bill is broadly welcome. It says it has ambition, it aims to set its sights high, and it betokens a wish on the part of the Government to have strong environmental standards in what is, alas, a post-Brexit world—so far, so good. But it does not get everything right, and there are three things I would like to...

Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Intellectual Property (28 May 2021)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on the intellectual property sector.

Written Answers — Department for International Trade: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (28 May 2021)

Lord Smith of Finsbury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish (1) their outline approach, (2) a scoping analysis, (3) their response to public consultation, and (4) a timetable for negotiations, on the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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