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date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the financial and time costs of running an election campaign for a United Kingdom expert candidate to be elected to the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and when that assessment was last undertaken.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government last undertook an assessment of the financial and time costs of running an election campaign for an independent UK expert to be elected to the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>It was estimated at the time that the equivalent of 108 days of work would be needed to identify a suitable candidate and support them throughout the campaign process. This estimate included running a process to identify a suitable candidate and running a campaign to support the successful candidate. In addition, financial costs would be incurred, including expenses for brochures, campaign events, and paying for the candidate's campaign travel.</p><p> </p><p>Other financial costs would include expenses for brochures, campaign events, and paying for the candidate's campaign travel. Previous campaigns for similar bodies have incurred costs of between £10,000 and £33,000.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 07/07/2014 16:27:42 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

63111

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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 current membership of the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women; and which members and candidates for election in 2014 they consider to be able to represent United Kingdom interests.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Assessments of the current membership of and the candidates for election to the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women are made jointly by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p><p> </p><p>All members and candidates for election to the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women are assessed against a number of criteria, including their moral standing, competence in the field, and ability to exercise their functions independently of the government they have been nominated by. Consideration is also given to fair representation of geographical regions, gender, and different legal systems. Candidates are elected by the 193 UN member states.</p><p> </p><p>HMG is confident that the members of the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women are able to discharge their mandate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 07/07/2014 16:29:47 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

63116

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve the availability of food in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports UN agencies and International NGOs get aid and goods into Gaza through our support to the UN Access Co-ordination Unit. We also help vulnerable families to buy the food and basic items they need through support to the World Food Programme in Gaza. Ultimately, however, the availability of food will only change in a sustainable way through the easing of Israeli movement and access restrictions on Gaza. We continue to press the Government of Israel, in close coordination with our EU partners, to ease these restrictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 07/07/2014 16:37:19 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge