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Asked by Lord Reay

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their projection of the cost of building all further wind turbines required to enable them to meet their 2020 renewable energy targets, including additional transmission lines. [HL3409]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The UK Renewable Energy Strategy consultation document http://decc. gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/energy mix/renewables/res/res.aspx set out a central scenario for deployment of renewable energy needed to meet the UK's share of the EU renewable energy target.

The resource cost (the cost of the renewable technologies less the cost of conventional generation and carbon allowances) of increasing the level of renewable electricity to meet that scenario, including additional costs to grid infrastructure, was estimated to be in the region of £2.2 billion to £2.6 billion pa in 2020, £33 billion to £37 billion cumulative to 2030. This cost relates to the impact on the electricity market of all renewable electricity technologies that will be incentivised through the renewables obligation (RO) to contribute to the achievement of the 2020 renewables target. There are no estimates of the cost of the RO for individual technologies.

Global Peace Index

Question

Asked by Lord Dykes

To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they will give to the development of the Global Peace Index. [HL4029]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown): The Government welcome the publication of the third annual Global Peace Index (GPI) and its aim to contribute to a greater understanding of the factors that foster peace. We plan to work closely with the GPI team to enhance the methodology behind the index and consider possible common objectives in our work.

GM Europe

Question

Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

To ask Her Majesty's Government what conflicts of interest have been identified concerning discussions taking place about the future of GM Europe; how they were identified; and how they have been resolved. [HL3984]

The Minister for Trade and Investment (Lord Davies of Abersoch): No conflicts of interest have been identified.

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Government: Conflicts of Interest

Question

Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are taken to ensure that (a) no conflict of interest arises, (b) any potential conflict of interest is recognised, and (c) conflicts of interest are resolved, in relation to discussions held between Government Ministers and the business community. [HL3983]

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon): Section 7 of the Ministerial Code sets out the procedures for handling Ministers' interests.

Iran: Missile Development

Question

Asked by Lord Astor of Hever

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of protection of British troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf, in the light of the new Iranian missile capabilities. [HL3923]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Baroness Taylor of Bolton): The safety of UK personnel serving overseas is of paramount importance. We constantly monitor the threats faced by our personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf to ensure that they have the necessary protection to operate effectively in the environments in which they serve.

Israel

Question

Asked by Baroness Northover

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, met the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Liberman, but has not been willing to meet elected members of Hamas. [HL3915]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown): We would welcome constructive dialogue with Hamas, if they renounce violence, recognise the state of Israel and adhere to previously made agreements. However we believe that to talk to Hamas directly at this time, when they remain committed to violence and refuse to recognise Israel, would simply undermine President Abbas and those Palestinians who are committed to peace.

The Arab League has mandated Egypt to communicate with Hamas. We are in regular contact with both the Arab League and Egypt.

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Lebanon

Questions

Asked by Lord Turnberg

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent statements by Hezbollah's leadership that they are acquiring more sophisticated military technology. [HL3896]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Malloch-Brown): Any such action would be in contravention of the arms embargo established by UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and would serve only to undermine regional security.

Asked by Lord Turnberg

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent statements by Hezbollah's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, that his organisation is ready for war with Israel. [HL3897]

Lord Malloch-Brown: Renewed violence would serve only to harm the interests of Lebanon and its people. The only sustainable solution to the challenges facing Lebanon and the conflict in the Middle East is full engagement in democratic politics and the peace process. The Government continue to believe that Hezbollah should disarm, reject violence and play a constructive role in Lebanese and regional politics, in line with UN Security Council resolutions.

Legal Aid

Question

Asked by Lord Laird

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which cases for judicial review in Northern Ireland have been granted legal aid in the past year and at what cost. [HL3625]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): From 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 266 legal aid was granted to 266 individuals to bring judicial review proceedings.

Of the 266 cases granted legal aid a total of 55 cases have concluded and bills assessed with a total cost of £83,533.

Details of the 266 cases in which legal aid was granted are set out in the table to this Answer.

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Surname	Forenames	Associated person/body
Graham	Desmond Reid	Northern Ireland Office
Massey	Katie Margarita	Belfast Education And Library Board
Ngwenya	Belina	Home Office
Devlin	Michael James	HM Prison Magilligan
Curran	Lesley	South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust
Ismail	Abas Sharif	Chief Constable & Home Office
Harper	Paul	Lagan College & Southern Education and Library Board
McNamee	Carolyn	Southern Health & Social Services Trust
Sloss	Lee Nathaniel	Northern Ireland Prison Service
McCracken	Cherie	Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel
Clarence	Gordon	Mental Health Review Tribunal
Khan	Mohammad Nareem	UK Borders & Immigration Agency
Phiri	Maureen	Home Office
Kearney	Niall	Board of Governors
Egbetokun	Samson Olatunji	Home Office
Kamau	Paul	Immigration Officer/Home Department
Wambugu	Njama	Immigration Officer Home Department
Evbuomwan	Eghenayariore	Immigration Officer Home Department
Gorman	Marie	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Timms	Tanya	Immigration Officer Home Department
Akinpitansoye	David	Immigration Office Home Department
Faloon	Christopher	City High Principal Of Board of Govenors or Armagh
Maguire	Elaine	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Mabeka	Linia	Secretary of State for NI
Bell	Patrick	Governor of Prison Service Maghaberry
Wilkinson	Glenn	The Governor
Gibson	Darren Alan	Northern Ireland Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel
McVeigh	James	Northern Ireland Prison Service
McIintyre	Kenneth	The Govenor
McCabe	Thomas	Life Sentence Review Commissioners
Johnston	Lee	Chief Constable
Mohan	Marina	Director of Public Prosecutions
Barnett	Karl David Declan	Director of Public Prosecutions
Davey	Karla	Senior Coroner for NI
O'Neill	Joseph	South Eastern Education and Library Board
Collins	Ryan	Abbey Christian Brothers School
O'Kane	Barry	Ballee Primary School
Daly	Alan	Prison Service Headquarters
Vennard	James	Mental Health Review Tribunal NI
Payne	Laura	The Law Society of Northern Ireland
McLaughlin	Kieran	Law Society Northern Ireland
Carmichael	Brigid	Mental Health Tribunal for NI
Chinyoka	Ignatious	Home Office
Chen	Min	Home Office
Shoukri	Andre Khalid	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Moran	Martin	Southern Health Trust
Stici	Pavel	Immigration Officer Home Department
Gachathi	Judy Kabura	Home Office
Kalombo	Veronique	Immigration Office Home Department
McShane	Ryan	Public Prosecution Service
Gachathi	Judy Kabura	Home Office
Gachathi	Judy Kabura	Home Office
Xiang	Ya Liu	Immigration Officer Home Department
King	Colin	Northern Ireland Ofice
Curran	Brendan	District Judge Magill
Dunn	Kenneth	Maghaberry Prison
McDonagh	James	Western Health & Social Services Board
Liu	Jian Feng	Home Office
Jordan	Hugh	Chief Constable
Uddim	Lukman	Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Mac Giolla Cathain	Caoimhin	Office of Lord Chancellor
Lunney	Catherine	Cicapni
Wilson	Stephen Jeffrey	Life Sentence Review Commission
Stokes	Christopher	NI Prison Service
Flanagan	Gerard	Legal Aid Assessment Office
Hamill	Jessica Patricia	Secretary of State for NI
Brown	David	Secretary of State Northern Ireland
Hayes	Dennis	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Donaldson	Christopher	Governor HMP Maghaberry
Valliday	Darren	PONI
Marley	Henry	Chief Constable of PSNI
Ventura	Vera Monica Guimaraes	Social Security Agency
Doherty	Christopher	Life Sentence Review Commissioners
Haastrup	Christina	Home Office
Maduemezia	Nkeiruka	Home Office
Nguyen	Anh Thi Thuy	Home Office
Hawkes	Thomas	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Donnelly	Kevin	PSNI
Browne	Andrew	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Campbell	Brendan	Trustees of St Paul's High Street
Gugunishvili	Nino	Immigration Office Home Department
Wagner	Manuela	Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland
McEvoy	James	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Ogbogu	Richmeir Ugochukwu	Home Office
Xu	Qing Mei	Home Office
McCartney	Sheena	Southern Health & Social Services Trust
Johnston	Calvin	Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Ogunwa	Chukwuebuka Ubaka	Entry Clearance Officer
Mullan	William John	Maghaberry Prison
Mullan	Abby	Maghaberry Prison
Young	Martin	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Gul	Azim	Home Office
Li	Dai Guo	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Christie	Norah	Chief Constable
Khan	Kasem	Home Office
Omikunle	Jamiu Olanrewaju	Home Office
Playfair	Christopher	Northern Ireland legal Services Commission
Henry	Sam	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Duffy	Colin Francis	Rosemary Nelson Inquiry
Keery	Michelle Joy	Office of First And Deputy Minister
McClean	Denis Gregg	Northern Ireland Prison Service
McCabe	James	Director of Public Prosecutions
Lavery	Mark Owen	Social Security Commissioner
Kennedy	John	Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Achiman	John	Secretary of State For Home Department
Mulholland	Pascal	Scretary of State for Northern Ireland
Rahman	Sohailur	Immigration & Nationality Directorate
Phillips	Ralph	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Duale	Sabah	Secretary of State Home Department
Kibolo-Gembu	Beatrice	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Pretorius	Amanda Menzies	UK Immigration Service
McCaffrey	James Anthony	Department of Enterprise Trade & Investment
Wellbourne	John	Foyle Health And Social Services Trust
Molyneaux	Robert	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Stokes	Mary	Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel
Stokes	Edward	Northern Ireland Prison Service
McCrory	Gerard	The Governor
Limeira	Pedro	Home Office
Chen	An Fu	Senior Immigration Judge
Hart	Darren	Governor HMP Maghaberry
Bolton	Selina	Mr Magill RM
Farrelly	Eamon	Police Service of Northern Ireland
Amamoo	Benjamin	Home Office
Alexander	Silvana	Chief Constable
Chchetri	Harish	Home Office
McConnell	Philip	Chief Constable
Kincaid	Laurence	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Allen	Annie Patricia	Department of Social Development
McDaid	Bernard	Fermanagh District Council
Arkins	Paul Anthony	Police Authority for Northern Ireland
Ajiboye	Olayinka Olayiwola	Home Office
Zhao	Jin Sheng	Immigration Officer Home Department
Radford	Jasmine	Belfast Health & Social Services Trust
McCleave	Mark	Director of Public Prosecutions
Coyle	Darragh	Holy Cross College
Craig	James Junior McKinstry	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Roy	James Lee	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
McCartney	Thomas	HMP Magilligan Prison
Cernetchi	Alexei	Secretary of State for Home Department
Savage	Sean	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust
McLaughlin	Margaret	Christina McLaughlin
Carlin	Alex	Gov HMP Magilligan Northern Ireland
Beatty	Lesa	Chief Constable
Kolebaje	Emmanuel	Immigration Officer Home Department
Keru	Kasumu Tunde	Immigration Officer Home Department
Millar	Victoria	Social Security Agency of Northern Ireland
Dillon	James	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust
Tsang	Joseph	Northern Ireland Court Service
McCaughey	Adrian Josef	Homefirst
Cernetchi	Alexei	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Damons	Jonathan	Immigration Officer Home Department
Shelsher	Karl	Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Shelsher	Christy	Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Haire	Paul	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Holland	Meabh	Secretary of State for Home Department
Belal	Younes	Secretary of State for Home Department
Belal	Laila Violet	Secretary of State for Home Department
Arobieke	Ibrahim	Social Security Agency
Soro	Lavie	Northern Health & Social Care Trust
McLaughlin	Christine	Western Health and Social Services
Wilson	Stephen Jeffrey	Life Sentence Review Commission
McCallion	Anne Marie	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
McCabe	James	Director of Public Prosecutions
Neill	Damien Gerard	PSNI
King	Drew	Northern Ireland Prison Service
McVeigh	Eileen	Director of Public Prosecutions
Shaw	Stacy	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Dorzaj	Samir	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Dorzaj	Rio Saimir	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
McDonnell	Nigel Antony	Decision of District Judge
Hossian	Jakir	Home Office
Jordan	Sylvia	Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel
Coulibaly	Marie-Reine	Northern Health and Social Care Trust
McAfee	Simon	Chief Constable
McCrory	Kevin Gerard	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Reilly	James Clyde	Northern Ireland Prison Service
McCabe	James	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Coll	Edward James	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Monteith	Mervyn	Northern Ireland Court Service
Johnston	Madeline	Department for Social Development
Barre	Rahma Roon	Immigration Office Home Department
Montgomery	Anthony	Prison Service Headquarters
Campbell	Christopher	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Doherty	Christopher	Life Sentence Review Commissioner (PSNI)
Burns	Paul	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Black	Darryl	Chief Constable
Stanfield	Alan	Chief Constable
Austin	Aidan	Chief Constable
Langenhoven	Monique	Home Office
O'Neill	Gerard	Chief Constable of PSNI
Sproule	Jonathan	Director of Public Prosecutions
Donaghy	John	Compensation Agency
Harbinson	William	Northern Ireland Prison Service
McVea	Ryan	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust
Oromosele	Lexy	UK Border Agency
Butt	Muhammad Ejaz	Immigration Office Home Department
Gaughran	Fergus Martin	Chief Constable of the RUC
Hart	Darren	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Jordan	Hugh	Police Service of Northern Ireland
Hemsworth	Colette	Chief Constable
Bell	Patrick	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Dunwoody	Francis	Governor HMP Magilligan
Dunn	Kenneth	Northern Ireland Prison Service
Pereira da Silva	Marcelo	Immigration Office Home Department
Montgomery	Anthony	Governor HMP Maghaberry
Wynn	Kelly Ann	Compensation Agency
Murray	Paul	Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel
O'Neill	Peter	Prison Service Headquarters
Hutchinson	Eamon	Prison Service Headquarters
Traynor	Michael Daragh	South Eastern Education and Library Board
Notarantonio	Francisco	Director of Public Prosecutions
Mulvaney	Timothy	UK Border Agency
Deery	Gordon	Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Bradley	Sean Matthew	Chief Constable
Clarke	Darren	Maghaberry Prison
Chen	An Fu	Immigration Office Home Department
McGrattan	Niall	South Eastern Education and Library Board
Jordan	Hugh	Chief Constable
Bovaird	Wilson Robert	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust
Shillue	Edith	Kindercare Fostering
Trimble	Andrew	Chief Constable
Cunningham	Maureen	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust
Smyth	Emmanuel	The Governor
Magee	Arthur	Southern Health & Social Services Trust
McCullagh	Kevin	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust
Eluyoye	Steven Asjayi	Immigration Office Home Department
Cromie	Michael	Magilligan Prison
Withy	John Daniel Foster	Department of Environment & Heritage
Withy	John Daniel Foster	Planning Appeals Commission
Wallace	Philip	Chief Constable
Smyth	Eric	Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Sproule	Jonathan	Newtownards Youth Court
Ward	Erin	Southern Education and Library Board
El-Khamlichi	Mohammed	South Eastern Health & Social Services Trust & NIO
Chen	Zheng Wang	Immigration Office Home Department
Darai	Tarik	Home Office
McCallion	Anne Marie	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Boswell	John	Craigavon Council Craigavon Planning Dept.
Jordan	Hugh	Senior Coroner for Northern Ireland
Cawley	Thomas	Magilligan Prison
Low	Chee Ping	Immigration Office Home Department
Cavanagh	Mark	NI Prison Service
Khan	Zadran Shahzad	Immigration Office Home Department
Jordan	Hugh	Senior Coroner for Northern Ireland
Low	Chee Ping	Immigration Office Home Department
McDonagh	John Thomas	Prison Service Headquarters & Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Copeland	Christopher	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Howard	Charlotte	Director of Public Prosecutions
Smyth	Joseph	North & West Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Taggart	David Albert	NI Prison Service
Aslam	Mohammed	Home Office/UK Border Agency
Huang	Zhao Kang	Immigration Office Home Department
Walmsley	Mary	Ministry of Justice
Walmsley	Desmond	Ministry of Justice
Walmsley	Desmond	Ministry of Justice
Clarke	Dean Robert James	South Eastern Education and Library Board
Robinson	Ryan	Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal
Payne	Oisin	Western Health & Social Services Trust
McCafferty	Terence	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Smyth	Jonathon	Prison Service Headquarters
Chen	Heng Ru	Immigration Office Home Department
Magee	Theresa	Chief Constable
Magee	Gabriel	Chief Constable
Duffy	Colin	Crown Solicitors
Edwards	Rein	Chief Constable
Wright	David Dickson	Billy Wright Inquiry

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