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61513

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 23:56:43
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:18:39
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European General Court
	house id	2
	identifier	HL291
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:56:31
	question first ministerially corrected	23/07/2014 14:51:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will be publishing a response to proposals from the European Court of Justice for new rules of procedure that would permit the General Court to take into account, in actions for annulment, confidential information that has not been shown to some of the parties to the proceedings.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Pannick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL291
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL291
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government issued an Explanatory Memorandum on the 25 <del class="ministerial">May</del> <ins class="ministerial">April</ins> in which it highlighted these proposals as a matter of particular interest. This is a complex and sensitive issue which Governments across the EU are very carefully considering. We are aware of parliamentary interest in this issue and will continue to update on developments. Under the Treaty on European Union national security remains the sole responsibility of each Member State.</p>
	creator	3870 label Biography information for Lord Pannick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3870 label Biography information for Lord Pannick

58565

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:08:02
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:57
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Syria
	house id	2
	identifier	HL90
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 11:49:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whom they consider to be the legitimate government of Syria.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL90
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL90
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>While we consider the National Coalition the sole legitimate representatives of the Syrian people, it is not at present the government in Syria. The Coalition is working to realise the aspirations of the vast majority of Syrians for a democratic and pluralist future for their country. The Assad regime has lost all legitimacy by responding to the demands of its people for their basic rights and freedoms with escalating, and horrifying, brutality: using chemical weapons, heavy artillery and air power against civilians; unlawfully detaining and torturing its own people, including children; and preventing life-saving humanitarian support from getting to those who need it. The recent Syrian presidential elections were a parody of democracy and served only as a reminder of the continued illegitimacy of the Assad regime.</p>
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

57536

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:13:56
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:12:07
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	identifier	HL9
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/06/2014 13:30:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the resources for projects under the Human Rights and Democracy Programme were allocated to the area of freedom of religion and belief in 2013.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Coventry
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL9
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the 2013-14 financial year the Human Rights and Democracy Programme (HRDP) received 218 proposals for funding. Seventeen of these proposals were for work associated with Freedom of Religion and Belief (FORB), representing 7.8% of proposals received. Six projects were ultimately funded, to the value of £214,029. This represents 3.3% of the total resource available.</p><p>The programme is keen to see more good quality project bids on this theme in future bidding rounds, and have actively encouraged more quality bids for the 2014-15 financial year.</p>
	creator	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4266 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Coventry

58561

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:07:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:51
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Sudan
	house id	2
	identifier	HL86
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 11:59:07
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan about policies involving the death sentence for women who change their religion.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL86
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL86
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I am appalled at the death sentence given to Meriam Ibrahim, and her continued imprisonment. Immediately following her trial, the Minister for Africa, my Hon. Friend, the Member for Boston and Skegness (Mr Simmonds), issued a statement describing her conviction as barbaric and calling upon the Government of Sudan to respect the right to freedom of religion and international human rights laws as enshrined in its own constitution. The Chargé d'Affaires of the Sudanese Embassy in London was summoned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 19 May at the request of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague). The Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, my Hon. Friend the Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Ms Featherstone), reiterated our demand with the Sudanese Foreign Minister when she met him on 20 May. Our Embassy in Khartoum attended Meriam Ibrahim's trial, continues to press the Sudanese authorities for her release and is in close contact with her defence team.</p><p> </p><p>The UK opposes the death sentence in all circumstances. We are calling on the Sudanese government to undertake a comprehensive review of its penal code to ensure its laws reflect both its constitution and international human rights obligations, and the values and compassion of the Sudanese people.</p><p> </p>
	creator	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

58559

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:07:22
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:49
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Brunei
	house id	2
	identifier	HL84
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 14:49:20
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Brunei about its policies involving stoning as punishment for adultery and dismemberment as punishment for theft.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL84
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL84
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I discussed the possible implementation of a new sharia criminal code in Brunei with the Sultan and other government figures during a visit to Brunei in April. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Cambridgeshire (Mr Vara), also discussed this with the Bruneian Attorney General at the Commonwealth Law Ministers meeting on 6 May. The Secretary of State for Health, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), also raised concerns with his opposite number at a Commonwealth Health Ministers' meeting on 18 May 2014.</p>
	creator	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

58551

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:06:31
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:38
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	China
	house id	2
	identifier	HL76
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 14:53:36
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking in relation to suppression of the marking of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations by the government of China.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL76
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL76
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text We are concerned at reports of detentions in relation to the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square and raised our concerns about this with the Chinese authorities during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 20 May. The Minister of State, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), raised this issue with the Chinese authorities on 19 May and made a statement on this issue on 21 May. We also fully support the EU statement of 28 May calling for the release of all those imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their views. We were pleased to see that on 5 June, the Chinese authorities released a number of those arrested after attending an event to commemorate the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989.
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

57600

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:20:40
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:33
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Middle East
	house id	2
	identifier	HL73
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 15:56:04
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the government of Israel concerning reports of two Palestinian youths killed by live fire, and one critically injured, during the Nakba Day demonstration.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL73
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL73
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised the use of lethal force in this case with both the Israel Defence Force and the Israeli Border Police on 16 May.</p><p>On 21 May, the local EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a local statement expressing deep concern about the deaths of two Palestinian youths on 15 May in the West Bank and emphasising the importance of such incidents being investigated thoroughly. They reiterated the need for security forces, whether Israeli or Palestinian, to refrain from the use of lethal force, except in cases where there is a real and imminent threat to life.</p>
	creator	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

57599

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:20:35
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:32
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel
	house id	2
	identifier	HL72
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/06/2014 11:04:04
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the government of Israel concerning thereported destruction of fruit trees belonging to the Tent of Nations farm outside Nahalin village on 4 May; and whether they intend to encourage the payment of compensation.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL72
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL72
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We have not raised this specific issue, including compensation, with the Israeli authorities. However, we repeatedly make clear to the Israeli authorities our serious concerns about continued demolitions of Palestinian property and the need to abide by their other obligations under international law. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised the issue of demolitions in general on 28 May with Prime Minister Netanyahu's office.</p>
	creator	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

57598

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:20:31
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:13:31
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel
	house id	2
	identifier	HL71
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 11:39:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning the Palestinian footballers, Adam and Johar Halabiya, who were reportedly arrested without charge at the Jordan and West Bank border, following their hospital treatment for gunshot wounds.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL71
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL71
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have spoken to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on the issue. The IDF have informed us that Adam and Johar Halabiya were transferred to Jordan for medical treatment and that the IDF approved their continued treatment during detention. Upon their release from the hospital, they were arrested on a terrorism-related charge.</p>
	creator	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

50498

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/05/2014
	date	12/05/2014
	date tabled	12/05/2014
	ddp created	12/05/2014 21:05:17
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:11:50
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	house id	2
	identifier	HL7020
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what briefings they have received from the United Kingdom Ambassador to Nigeria with regard to the incitement by certain individuals to treat some children as witches; and what reports they have received about the physical and mental effects on children subjected to such accusations.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL7020
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7020
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our High Commission in Abuja have previously reported on children being accused of witchcraft in Nigeria. We are aware of various reports detailing the physical and mental damage caused by such accusations. Our officials in Nigeria, and in London, regularly meet with individuals and non-governmental organisations to discuss this.</p><p>Child abuse is appalling and unacceptable wherever it occurs and in whatever form it takes. Abuse linked to faith is an abhorrent crime, which should be condemned by people of all cultures, communities and faiths.</p>
	creator	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer