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date	19/06/2018
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	Burma: Genocide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to evidence suggesting genocidal techniques being used by the government of Burma against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine, Christian minorities in Kachin, and other protected groups, including (1) killing members of those groups, (2) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of those groups, and (3) deliberately inflicting on those groups conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction in whole or in part.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has been clear that ethnic cleansing has taken place in Rakhine, and that the violence of August and September 2017 may even constitute genocide, though that would be a determination for an international court to make. We are supporting the UN Fact Finding Mission into human rights violations and abuses in Burma, in particular Rakhine; we await its final report in September 2018. On 31 May, the Burmese Government announced a Commission of Inquiry. We have made clear that there must be a credible, transparent and impartial investigation, which holds to account the perpetrators of atrocities in Rakhine State.</p><p>As I told the House of Lords on 12 June, the Government is currently unable to make a full assessment of the situation in Kachin State due to access restrictions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/06/2018 12:29:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

927308

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Burma: Travel Restrictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with the government of Burma about Burmese authorities denying aid agencies, international observers, foreign diplomats and politicians access to the country.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>​We have repeatedly urged Burma to lift restrictions on access to Burma and to specific regions within Burma for aid agencies, journalists and diplomats and politicians. We shall continue to do so when meeting Burmese Government officials. Given the depth of international concern about the treatment of minority groups in Burma it is all the more important that international representatives and observers are able to operate across the country and report freely what is happening.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2018 12:23:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

927309

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Burma: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in international fora or bilaterally to address the situation of religious and ethno-religious groups in Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>I raised the UK's concerns about the persecution faced by Rohingya Muslims, Christians and other minorities in Burma in my speech to the Human Rights Council of 27 February 2018.</p><p>Our Embassy in Burma has been supporting local projects addressing the drivers of prejudice and inter-communal violence. In 2017 it delivered a two-day inter-faith dialogue in partnership with the Myanmar Institute of Theology; and a workshop for civil servants, parliamentarians and non-governmental organisations.</p><p>We ensured that the UN Security Council letter of 31 May to Burma called for an independent and transparent domestic investigation with international involvement.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/06/2018 12:32:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

927310

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the needs of persecuted and displaced Burmese people in Burma and Bangladesh; and what steps they are taking to address those needs.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>More than 700,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since August last year, and urgently need food, shelter, and medical help. Those who have stayed in Burma also need help immediately. The UK is a leading donor to the humanitarian effort in Bangladesh, having committed £129m to help since last August. Our help has ensured that more than 391,000 children under the age of seven have been vaccinated, 450,000 people have benefited from support to make their shelters more resistant to heavy rain, and our aid will ensure 250,000 people will continue to have access to safe water through the rainy season. We are supporting 30 ‘child friendly spaces’ to support children with protective services and psychosocial and psychological support, and 19 women’s centres will offer a safe space, psychosocial support and activities to women and girls. We have also provided £1 million to the Red Cross and £2 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide assistance in northern Rakhine in Burma.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/07/2018 12:34:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

927311

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken at the United Nations to address the situation in Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is actively engaged at the United Nations, seeking to sustain international commitment to resolving the Rohingya crisis and address other issues of concern in Burma. The UK secured a UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the situation in Rakhine in November 2017, and co-led the Security Council's visit to Burma of 30 April-1 May.</p><p>The UK co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council resolutions on Burma in March 2017 (which established the Fact Finding Mission), December 2017 and March 2018, ensuring the Council called for an end to violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law by parties to Burma's internal conflict. The UK encouraged the appointment of a new UN Secretary General's Special Envoy to Myanmar, who took up her position in June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2018 12:48:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

927312

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Burma: Crimes against Humanity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, if any, to the government of Burma regarding voluntarily accepting the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>At the Foreign Affairs Council in February the UK, together with our EU partners, invited Burma to become a State Party to the Rome Statute or accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.</p><p>We have made clear that there must be a credible, transparent and impartial investigation, which holds to account the perpetrators of atrocities in Rakhine State. We ensured that the UN Security Council letter of 31 May to Burma called for an independent and transparent domestic investigation with international involvement.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/06/2018 12:51:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

927313

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: EU Action
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Transport on 14 June (HCWS765), whether they will place in the library of the House a copy of the EU Presidency's progress report on the revised passengers' rights and obligations Regulation; and whether they intend the UK to comply with the Regulation after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>A copy of the progress report will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p>On the assumption that the Regulation is adopted and takes effect before the end of the Implementation Period, the rules will become applicable in UK law. It should be noted that many aspects of UK rail passenger rights already go beyond the minimum EU requirements, providing comprehensive protection for passengers. These protections will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/07/2018 13:38:08 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

927314

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the eight month extension for the HS2 civils design may have on the overall construction programme and cost estimate for Phase 1.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL8762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is the procurement authority for the Main Works Civils contracts and manages the delivery of milestones within the controls set out by the Department in the Development Agreement and the Framework Document. Following consideration of supplier feedback, the HS2 Ltd Board has recently decided to move the date of Notice to Proceed from 1 March 2019 to 1 June 2019 in order to provide suppliers with additional time to optimise their designs.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd’s latest advice to Government is that Phase One remains on track to deliver HS2 services by 2026 and within the agreed funding envelope, in accordance with the Sponsors’ Requirements as set out in the Development Agreement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 02/07/2018 13:38:58 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

927315

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Out-patients: Attendance
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 O'Shaughnessy on 19 March (HL6008), why the information surrounding the cost of missed appointments at hospital out-patient services is not collected centrally.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL8763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>There is no national performance standard for missed appointments and, as stated in my answer of 19 March, the information is not collected centrally. However, this is an issue which the Minister of State for Health (Stephen Barclay) has asked Departmental officials to consider.</p><p>Costs associated with hospital appointments are determined by a range of locally determined factors including appointment duration, the workforce requirement and the clinical complexity of each appointment. This ensures out-patient services meet the needs of patients and these will differ across the country.</p><p>National Health Service staff are able to use time resulting from missed appointments productively, however. This may include undertaking a variety of additional tasks including support to other patients, or spending time on personal development and training.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 03/07/2018 11:12:28 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

927316

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Middle East: Armed Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether investigations compliant with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights were carried out for all military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL8764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>All Service personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan were repatriated to the United Kingdom and each death was subject to an investigation carried out by a Coroner (or Procurator Fiscal in Scotland). It is for the Coroner to determine the scope of an inquest including the application of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Ministry of Defence fully supports all Coroners inquests.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/07/2018 15:49:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey