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89942

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date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they last conducted an assessment of levels of anti-semitism in the United Kingdom; and what plans they have for future such assessments.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Chief_Police_Officers" target="_blank">Association of Chief Police Officers</a>' National Community Tension Team regularly produces a 'Community Impact Assessment' which contains an assessment on the state of community relations, this includes the level of antisemitism. This material is not shared with the public, as it contains operational policing information. The National Community Tension Team liaises with the Community Security Trust at the national level on behalf of the police service. Police Forces with significant Jewish communities liaise closely at the local level.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Chief_Police_Officers" target="_blank">Association of Chief Police Officers</a>’ also publishes its recorded antisemitic crime data annually on the True Vision website at: <a href="http://www.report-it.org.uk/hate_crime_data1" target="_blank">http://www.report-it.org.uk/hate_crime_data1</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/09/2014 11:42:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

89943

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rivers: Somerset
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the progress in setting up a rivers board better to manage water in the Somerset Levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local partners in Somerset are developing a plan for a new Somerset Rivers Board. Ministers and officials are in close contact with local partners about progress on the formation of the Board.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 15/09/2014 11:50:03 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

89944

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rivers: Somerset
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the progress of the work to dredge the Rivers Barrett and Tone in the Somerset Levels so far during 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>The dredging is going well. The Environment Agency remains on target to complete the 8km dredge of the Rivers Parrett and Tone by 31 October 2014. As of 5 September, there is 3.2km of river left to dredge.</p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 22/09/2014 13:08:14 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

89945

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Floods: Somerset
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the readiness to deal with possible flooding on the Somerset Levels in the winter of 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Repairs to damaged assets in Somerset form part of the large national programme for preparedness ahead of the coming winter. This programme is progressing on time. All of the flood risk assets damaged last winter will either be fully repaired before the coming winter or, for a small number of assets, will have temporary repairs to ensure communities are protected, with permanent works to follow or clear contingency plans in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Somerset the Environment Agency has identified a total of 48 projects, including some improvement projects, which are new works as part of the Somerset Flood Action Plan. As of 3 September, 11 projects were completed, 25 were underway and 12 due to start. We expect all projects to be completed by 31 October.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 15/09/2014 11:53:47 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

89946

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Popat on 11 August (HL1600), whether their assessment is that British Christian and Jewish visitors to Turkey do or do not have freedom of worship in those countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>It is our assessment that British Christian and Jewish visitors to Turkey do have freedom to worship there. The Turkish government is continuing to improve protections for all religious minorities in Turkey and we welcome this.</p><p>We and our EU partners assess however that more needs to be done to entrench freedom of religion for all in Turkey and we will continue to encourage the Turkish authorities to make further progress, as part of our wider human rights dialogue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/09/2014 09:44:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

89947

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 30 July (HL1323), why they accept that the European Commission has a locus in the matter of the border between Spain and Gibraltar; and whether they consider that locus to apply to action by the European Commission concerning incursions into British Gibraltar territorial waters by Spanish vessels from Spanish territorial waters.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>Gibraltar forms part of the EU and the EU provisions on the free movement of workers, capital and services apply to Gibraltar. Spain is entitled to establish checks at the border with Gibraltar, but these checks must be proportionate and non-discriminatory in order to remain in compliance with EU law. Pursuant to its role as guardian of the EU treaties the European Commission has an important role to play in assessing whether Spain has complied with these EU law obligations. We have made consistently clear to the Commission that we believe Spain has breached EU law in this area and the Commission recently agreed that the checks giving rise to waiting several hours to cross the border were disproportionate.</p><p>Incursions by Spanish state vessels into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters raise issues under the international law of the sea rather than under EU law. The UK robustly defends its sovereignty over British Gibraltar Territorial Waters by challenging all unlawful incursions and by making formal protests to the Spanish government.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/09/2014 09:42:41 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

89948

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iraq: Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the latest situation in Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty.
tabling member printed	Lord Clarke of Hampstead
uin	HL1790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>We rely on the UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) for information about the situation at Camp Liberty, as they monitor the adherence by all parties to applicable human rights standards. On 31 August UNAMI reported that the provision of life support systems such as water, electricity and food continue to be well in excess of basic humanitarian standards.</p><p>There are no residents now at Camp Ashraf. The final group of residents were transferred to Camp Liberty on 11 September 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/09/2014 11:18:25 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3413 label Biography information for Lord Clarke of Hampstead

89949

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review their relationship with the government of Iran, including considering firmer sanctions.
tabling member printed	Lord Clarke of Hampstead
uin	HL1791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>Since the election of President Rouhani in 2013, we have been working to improve the UK-Iran relationship for the benefit of both countries. We intend, following Iran’s assurances that UK staff in Iran would be safe and able to carry out their functions, to reopen our Embassy in Tehran as soon as practical arrangements allow. A global diplomatic presence is a key component of UK foreign policy. Nevertheless, there will continue to be range of issues on which the UK and Iran disagree. Restored embassies will enable us to better understand these differences and to work more effectively to tackle them.</p><p>Along with our E3+3 partners, the UK remains committed to reaching a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran which ensures that their nuclear programme is exclusively peaceful. Failure to reach a settlement would lead to the re-imposition of sanctions suspended under the interim deal and consideration of further sanctions pressure.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/09/2014 11:13:11 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3413 label Biography information for Lord Clarke of Hampstead

89950

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Max Clifford
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Max Clifford was handcuffed to a prison officer when he attended his brother’s funeral; and whether he remained so restrained throughout the service.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>NOMS does not comment publicly on matters concerning a named individual’s imprisonment.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/09/2014 10:10:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

89951

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Andy Coulson
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Andy Coulson is being held in a top security prison.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL1793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p>Mr Coulson was initially located in the prison that served the court his case was being heard in. Belmarsh is a multi-functional prison; one of its roles is to hold all prisoners remanded or convicted from a number of courts.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are assigned a security category once they have been sentenced. A prisoner cannot be allocated to a prison of the appropriate category until their risks and sentence management targets have been assessed. Once this assessment was completed Mr Coulson was allocated to a Category D prison. He was transferred to the Category D establishment on 2 September 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/09/2014 10:14:37 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne