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1676098

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date	06/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Tigray: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement published by Refugees International on 27 November concerning the war in Tigray, which stated that "between 40 and 50 per cent of women experienced gender-based violence"; and what steps they are taking, together with international partners, to bring those responsible to justice.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>We welcome independent reporting such as Refugees International's and are appalled by the reports of gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence committed by all sides during the conflict in Northern Ethiopia. The United Kingdom condemns sexual violence unequivocally and without exception and stands with all victims and survivors. We continue to call for the Government of Ethiopia to develop and implement an inclusive and credible Transitional Justice policy, to ensure accountability for atrocities and human rights violations including gender-based violence and have offered support to the Government of Ethiopia on this. Through our human rights and peacebuilding programme, the United Kingdom is helping to build the investigative capacity of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission to deliver justice and accountability for victims, including survivors of gender-based violence. Our humanitarian programming also involves work to improve the availability and accessibility of services for survivors.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/12/2023 10:19:37 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1676099

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date	06/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Assets: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total value of Russian state assets in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>In conjunction with our partners, we have immobilised approximately $280 billion of the Russian Central Bank’s (CBR) foreign currency reserves globally. The CBR’s assets are not subject to an asset freeze but have been immobilised in the UK as it is prohibited to provide financial services in respect of these assets. HM Treasury is working closely with relevant authorities to map the scale and nature of these assets.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will legislate to require persons to inform HM Treasury if they hold any foreign exchange reserves or assets in the UK on behalf of the Central Bank of Russia, Russian Ministry of Finance or Russian National Wealth Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, the Government has imposed asset freezes against designated persons under the Russia Sanctions regime. Between February and October 2022, £18.39 billion in frozen funds were reported to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in relation to this regime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/12/2023 13:01:29 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1676100

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Reconstruction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ask the World Bank to update their March 2023 Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment of the cost of rectifying war damage in Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The World Bank is in the process of updating their March 2023 Rapid Damage Needs Assessment (RDNA). We expect the latest assessment to be ready ahead of the 2024 Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin. Based on the 2023 RDNA, the World Bank calculates total recovery and reconstruction needs at $411 billion. The UK is committed to helping Ukraine rebuild to emerge from the war with a modern economy resilient to Russian threats.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/12/2023 16:59:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1676101

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Russia: Freezing of Assets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to permit the seizure of Russian state assets, and the repurposing of those assets to rectify war damage in Ukraine and to assist in Ukraine’s self-defence.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Russia should pay for its aggression in Ukraine. We are working with partners to identify all possible options for seizing Russian linked assets in the UK that could be used to pay for reconstruction. We are pursuing this at pace and must ensure that measures are compliant with international law. We have reinforced our approach by introducing new legislation to enable sanctions to remain in place until Russia pays for damage it has caused. Our international partners have frozen a significant volume of assets but, like the UK, are yet to fully test the lawfulness of a new asset seizure regime.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/12/2023 17:01:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool