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749927

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Civil Society
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how, and when, civil society will be consulted with regard to Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Department for Exiting the EU and across Government have engaged with civil society organisations to understand their views and to ensure that their expertise contributes to our negotiating position. We have met a range of organisations, including trade unions, charities, faith groups, academia and consumer bodies.</p><p>With the negotiations underway, we will continue to engage widely and intensively. We will reach a successful outcome by drawing on the expertise of these groups, understanding their perspectives and working with them to test and validate positions as we prepare to leave the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/07/2017 10:43:39 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

717219

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	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	United Nations: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many appointments to UN committees and agencies are held by representatives or citizens of the UK; and what are those positions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2017 answer text <p>The UN only publishes broad statistical data about the nationality of its employees. As of 31 December 2016, there were 866 UK citizens employed by the UN Secretariat. The last published data covering the UN system including the Secretariat plus UN funds, programmes and specialised agencies dates back to 31 December 2012 and shows a total of 2454 UK citizens employed at the time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/04/2017 13:31:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

723732

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	United Nations: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many appointments, other than as employees, to UN committees and agencies are held by representatives or citizens nominated by the UK; and what are those positions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL6774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The 2016/2017 UN Handbook shows that there is one UK citizen on each of the following seven UN and UN agency committees:</p><ul><li>Committee on Contributions;</li><li>International Law Commission;</li><li>UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals;</li><li>Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters;</li><li>International Court of Justice;</li><li>Sub Committee on the Prevention of Torture (sub-committee of the Committee Against Torture);</li><li>Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 27/04/2017 12:26:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

172324

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	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	NATO: Newport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many delegates from fragile and conflict-affected states attended the NATO Summit in Wales in September; and of those how many were women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is primarily focused on issues of Transatlantic security. However, the UK was keen to encourage broader participation at the Summit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Allied Heads of State and Government met with 27 partner countries including International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) contributors (Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tonga, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates), countries from the region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan) as well as Japan. High level representatives of the United Nations and the European Union also attended.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NATO agreed that its partner countries which cooperate with NATO on interoperability should also be invited. As well as countries included above, the Republic of Moldova, Morocco, Serbia, and Switzerland also attended the Summit.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/01/2015 14:10:53 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

172323

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	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	NATO: Newport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many delegates in total attended the NATO Summit in Wales in September; and of those how many were women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text According to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), a total of 2226 delegates attended the NATO Summit in Wales in September of which 394 were women. However the number of women may have been higher as 295 of the 2226 delegates did not confirm their gender at the point of registration. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/01/2015 14:09:44 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

172322

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	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	NATO: Newport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people comprised the Afghanistan delegation attending the NATO Summit in Wales in September; and of those how many were women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>According to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the Afghanistan delegation to the Summit in Wales in September comprised a total of 12 people, of which 2 were women.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/01/2015 14:07:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

172321

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	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	NATO: Newport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people comprised the United Kingdom delegation at the NATO summit in Wales in September; and of those how many were women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in Wales in September comprised a total of 40 people, of which 10 were women. The first ever meeting at a NATO summit on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) was held. The meeting launched NATO’s new Policy and Action Plan on WPS, and made permanent of the role of the Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/01/2015 14:06:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

429489

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	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	UN Support Mission in Libya
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many representatives were present at the recent UN Support Mission in Libya conference in London.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Over 150 representatives attended the UK and UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) meeting held on 19 October in London on international support for a new Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA). 36 women accepted the invitation to attend the meeting, drawn from 40 countries, UN Agencies, and international bodies. The UK recognises that female participation in politics and civil society is an essential component of restoring stability in Libya, and our Libya Office in Tunis, working closely with UNSMIL, made a particular effort to ensure female Libyan participation. Four of the 17 independent Libyan delegates were women. The meeting was co-chaired by Jane Marriott, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Directorate in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3740 HL3741 question first answered 25/11/2015 15:40:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

429486

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	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	Islamic State
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many representatives were present at the recent meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIL in London.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>On 28-29 October, the UK hosted the fourth meeting of the Global Coalition’s Communications Working Group, along with our Coalition Co-Chairs, the United Arab Emirates and the US. Ministers and senior officials from 32 Coalition countries participated. 149 delegates were involved in the meeting over the two days, of whom 43 were women.</p><p>The meeting focused on digital communications and what more coalition governments could do, in partnership with civil society and digital industry, to promote positive voices and to ensure those promoting extremism and violent extremism online were not left unchallenged.</p><p>The meeting agreed that highlighting women’s voices was a key part of the Coalition’s response to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s propaganda.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3737 HL3738 question first answered 30/11/2015 15:50:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

429490

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	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	UN Support Mission in Libya
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many women were present as representatives at the recent UN Support Mission in Libya conference in London.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL3740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Over 150 representatives attended the UK and UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) meeting held on 19 October in London on international support for a new Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA). 36 women accepted the invitation to attend the meeting, drawn from 40 countries, UN Agencies, and international bodies. The UK recognises that female participation in politics and civil society is an essential component of restoring stability in Libya, and our Libya Office in Tunis, working closely with UNSMIL, made a particular effort to ensure female Libyan participation. Four of the 17 independent Libyan delegates were women. The meeting was co-chaired by Jane Marriott, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Directorate in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL3739 HL3741 question first answered 25/11/2015 15:40:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger