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	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	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	Colombia
	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 government of Colombia's land restitution process.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text Whilst security for claimants and those returning to their land is a key concern, our 2013 Human Rights Report (released on 10 April 2014) notes that some progress has been made on the issue of land restitution. Since January 2012 there have been 64,815 registered land restitution claims. In his recent meeting with President Santos on 7 November, the Deputy Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam (Mr Clegg), welcomed the Colombian government’s efforts to improve respect for human rights in Colombia, including through its land restitution and victims reparations processes. Our Embassy in Bogota runs several human rights projects to help improve Colombia’s land registry process, increase access to protection measures and raise awareness of the UN guiding principles on business and human rights. Officials from our Embassy also meet regularly with indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and we also funded a project aimed at developing the role of organisations in protecting communities’ rights to the territories. We are following closely several emblematic land restitution cases; our Ambassador raised the cases of the Curvaradó and Jiguamandó communities with the Ministry of the Interior in July and acts as an observer on the case. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/12/2014 14:08:23 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

637316

	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	Ahmad Manasra
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning the 12-year prison sentence given to 14-year-old Ahmad Manasra.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL3241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>We have not raised this specific case with the Israeli authorities. Whilst we condemn all acts of violence which target innocent civilians, we are deeply concerned about the treatment of Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons. We continue to push for the implementation of previously agreed improvements and encourage further changes in practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 01/12/2016 14:05:18 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

788932

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Military Bases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) Greek Cypriots, and (2) Turkish Cypriots, have been employed at each of the British Sovereign Bases in Cyprus in each of the last five years, broken down by pay grade.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL3241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of Greek Cypriots (GC) and Turkish Cypriots (TC) employed in the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA) and the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA) over the last five years are as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WSBA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greek / Turkish Cypriot</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td><td><p>GC</p></td><td><p>TC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 11 - 12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 9 - 10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7 - 8</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 - 6</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 - 4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 1 - 2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>The statistics provided for Cypriot employees based in both the Eastern Sovereign Base Areas and Western Sovereign Base Areas are based on the current Sovereign Base Area Administration and British Forces Cyprus pay banding scales.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/11/2017 14:28:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

425843

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pension Funds
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in encouraging small pension funds in the United Kingdom to amalgamate or co-operate in order to be able to compete with larger international pension funds in the purchase of suitable assets.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL3241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is driving scale in pension provision and the clear trend is towards larger schemes which are better able to take advantage of the economies of scale including better access to a wider range of investment vehicles.</p><p>The Government fully supports the concrete steps the pensions industry has taken to cooperate on investment strategies – for example, the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) launched in February last year, and the London Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV) currently under development by a number of local authorities’ pension schemes in London.</p><p>Moreover, the Government will also work with the Local Government Pension Scheme Administering Authorities more widely to ensure that they pool investments to reduce costs significantly, while maintaining overall investment performance.</p><p>Trustees and managers are ultimately responsible for making investment decisions in the best interests of scheme members, and the Government recognises the challenges of the current economic environment for scheme funding. The Pensions Regulator sets out on an annual basis its key messages on current market conditions and how trustees and employers can agree appropriate funding plans that protect members’ benefits without undermining the sustainable growth of the employer.</p><p>Ministers continue to meet regularly with key stakeholders from the pensions industry to understand better the range of challenges facing schemes and employers and will consider whether there are further steps the Government could take.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 17/11/2015 17:53:48 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey