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1146180

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Armed Conflict: Civilians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the RUSI and Save the Children report entitled The UK strategy on protection of civilians published on 18 September 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	290591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is leading a review of the Government's approach to Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. This is an opportunity to take into account recent developments in the field of Protection of Civilians policy, including research and analysis by governments, international organisations, NGOs and academia. In this context, the recent report by the Royal United Services Institute and Save the Children will inform the review, which we expect to conclude by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 03/10/2019 15:41:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1146181

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Armed Conflict: Civilians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that the review of the UK’s Protection of Civilians Strategy includes (a) the vulnerabilities faced by children in conflict zones, (b) civilian casualty recording and (c) civilian harm-tracking mechanisms.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	290592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is leading a review of the Government's approach to Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. The review involves contributions from both the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence. It is an opportunity for the Government to take into account recent developments in the field of Protection of Civilians policy, including work by states, international organisations, civil society and academia, and to consider a wide range of issues, including children in conflict zones, casualty recording and civilian harm-tracking mechanisms. The review will be completed by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 03/10/2019 15:50:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1146182

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen mechanisms to enable perpetrators to be accountable for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	290593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Support for international criminal justice and international humanitarian law is a fundamental element of the UK's foreign policy. The UK believes that justice and accountability for the most serious international crimes are crucial to building lasting peace and security. In line with these principles, the British Government has supported the strengthening of a number of mechanisms to enable justice and accountability for the most serious international crimes.</p><p>The UK, as a State Party to the Rome Statute, provides financial, political and practical support to the International Criminal Court. We are one of the largest contributors to the Court, contributing £9.7m in 2018. The UK, together with a number of other States Parties, is proposing a number of actions to strengthen the Court to help it to fulfil its mandate under the Rome Statute. These will be discussed at the Assembly of States Parties in December. Our goal is to improve the Court's ability to deliver justice for victims of atrocity crimes that fall under its jurisdiction.</p><p>Since 2016, we have committed almost £1 million to the UN International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to support the preparation of legal cases for serious crimes under international law committed in the Syrian conflict. Following UK-led lobbying, on 1 August the UN Secretary General announced a new Board of Inquiry to investigate attacks on civilian infrastructure during the recent violence in Northwest Syria. We are also committed to supporting the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (<a href="https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sga1869.doc.htm" target="_blank">IIMM</a>). The UK played a leading role in the joint European Union and Orginisation of Islamic Cooperation resolution that set up the IIMM, which will collect and preserve evidence of human rights violations for future prosecutions.</p><p>Furthermore, we intend to establish a UK human rights sanctions regime under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 after we leave the EU. The regime designed to target individuals who have committed serious human rights violations, but who would otherwise not be addressed by the current geographical and thematic sanctions regimes.</p><p>We work through the multilateral system not only to support the implementation of agreed standards on human rights, democracy and the rule of law; but also to hold countries to account when they violate those standards. For example, in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the UK was instrumental in invoking the Moscow Mechanism in response to the serious human rights violations in Chechnya. The UK has been vocal in both the Permanent Council and the Human Dimension Committee in its criticism of those participating states that fail to uphold universally agreed principles. Similarly, in the Council of Europe the UK has been consistent in challenging those member states that fail to meet their obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights, including the execution of judgements by the Court.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 02/10/2019 09:12:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

844130

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on its proposals for leasehold reform for people currently living in leasehold properties.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	128470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders.</p><p>On 21 December 2017, the Government set out a package of measures to tackle abuses and unfair practices in the leasehold market. This includes introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances; restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value), and working with the Law Commission to support existing leaseholders which includes making buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper.</p><p>A number of developers have introduced schemes to compensate existing leaseholders affected by onerous ground rents, but these must go further and faster. The Government wants to see this support extended to all those with onerous ground rents, including second hand buyers, and for customers to be proactively contacted. The then Housing Minister wrote to developers on 21 December 2017 to set out this position. We will be keeping a close eye on progress and will consider measures that could be pursued to take action if necessary.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/02/2018 16:22:27 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1122462

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of rough sleeping in (a) Liverpool, (b) Merseyside and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	246437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG’s latest annual Rough Sleeping Statistics published on 31 January 2019 show the total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough in England on a single night in Autumn 2018 was 4,677. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751, and was up 2,909 people or 165 per cent from the 2010 total of 1,768.</p><p>These single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough are provided by all local authority areas in England. In Liverpool, there were 15 people sleeping rough on a single night in autumn 2018. This was down by 18 people or 55 per cent from the 2017 total of 33, and was up 12 people or 400 per cent from the 2010 total of 3.</p><p>The single night snapshots for (a) Liverpool and (b) those local authorities in Merseyside are provided in table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Rough sleeping single night snapshots, 2010 - 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change from previous year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>-33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>-55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change from previous year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>-67</p></td><td><p>-100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change from previous year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-50</p></td><td><p>-100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change from previous year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>-64</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change from previous year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-29</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td><td><p>2,181</p></td><td><p>2,309</p></td><td><p>2,414</p></td><td><p>2,744</p></td><td><p>3,569</p></td><td><p>4,134</p></td><td><p>4,751</p></td><td><p>4,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change from previous year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2019 11:48:23 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg