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1144192

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	EU Action
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 August (HL17479), what information on (1) how many times the UK has voted against legislation in the Council of Ministers since 2001, and (2) how many of those occasions that legislation subsequently passed, is available; and if so, where it is to be found.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL17680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Information on EU legislation considered by the Council of the European Union can be found on the public votes register, including where the United Kingdom was part of a non-blocking minority on votes decided by Qualified Majority Voting. This can be accessed via the Council website.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:28:21 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:50:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133934 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1144193

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	EU Action
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 August (HL17479), whether the UK has successfully blocked any proposed EU legislation in the Council of Ministers since 2009; and if so, what were those measures.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL17681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on EU legislation considered by the Council of the European Union can be found on the public votes register, including where the United Kingdom was part of a blocking minority on votes decided by Qualified Majority Voting, or where the United Kingdom voted against measures decided by Unanimity. This can be accessed via the Council website.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:25:33 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:49:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133935 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1144194

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	EU Law
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 August (HL17479), how many EU laws have been approved by the Council of Ministers since 2009.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL17682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on EU legislation can be found on the Council website.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:25:18 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:49:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133936 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1141935

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	EU Action
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the UK has voted against legislation in the Council of Ministers since 2001; and on how many of those occasions that legislation subsequently passed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL17479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>​This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on EU legislation can be found on the EU website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/08/2019 13:54:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1092789

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	EU Action
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many EU legislative proposals the UK has voted against at the Council of Ministers since 2009; and how many of those proposals were withdrawn as a result.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL14740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on European Union (EU) legislation can be found on the EU website.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/04/2019 16:00:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1087550

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pieces of EU legislation have been passed as "A" items in the Council of Ministers in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL14470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold this information centrally. The European Union (EU) website provides information on EU legislation including the number of regulations, directives and decisions adopted by the EU. This information is available by month and by year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/03/2019 14:42:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1006698

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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	Treaties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions since 1988 they have unilaterally withdrawn from their obligations under international treaties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL11478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has unilaterally withdrawn from 52 treaties since 1 January 1988. All of these have been multilateral treaties.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/11/2018 12:56:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

893154

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2018
	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	Morocco: Travel Restrictions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to discuss with the government of Morocco why the Reverend Colin Dye was recently refused entry to Morocco, and why he was held overnight and then placed on a flight to Rome without any entries on his passport or a copy of the paperwork he was obliged to sign.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL7371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government cannot interfere in another country's immigration procedures, in the same way that we would not allow them to interfere in ours. Reverend Colin Dye did not request consular assistance while in Morocco; therefore the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have no information about his deportation to Rome.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/05/2018 12:00:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

663139

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2016
	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	Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the recent attacks on the Ahmadi mosque in Chakwal, and on the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Raburah; and about the arrest of Ahmadis in these incidents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL4354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is aware of reports of the raid on an Ahmadiyya Muslim office in Rabwah on 5 December and condemns the attack on the Ahmadiyya mosque in Chakwal on 12 December. The Government strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of people based on their beliefs. Our concerns are reflected in the latest update to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual human rights report.</p><p>We regularly raise our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Government of Pakistan. During his visit to Pakistan in November 2016, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), raised religious tolerance and the importance of safeguarding the rights of all Pakistan's citizens. During his visit to Pakistan in January 2017, the Minister for Asia and the Pacific, my Hon. Friend the Member for Reading West (Mr Sharma), raised the protection of minorities, including the Ahmadiyya, with Kamran Michael, Pakistani Minister for Human Rights, and Barrister Zafarullah Khan, the Prime Minister's Special Assistant for Human Rights. The Government continues to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious minorities, and to uphold the rule of law.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/01/2017 12:10:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

637322

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Vetting
	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 efficiency of the Foreign Office's vetting process for new employees; and what is the average time a successful applicant has to wait before they can start their duties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL3247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Most new employees are cleared within 60 working days if they require Developed Vetting clearance, or 18 days if they require Security Checked clearance. Occasionally additional checks are required which may take longer. All Foreign and Commonwealth Office vetting is conducted in accordance with the requirements and standards set by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 22/11/2016 16:52:13 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch