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1127409

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:23
	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
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:06 04/06/2019 13:28:02
	hansard heading	Shizam Riasat
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15820
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 12:56:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights and freedom of religion or belief implications of the case of the 16 year old Pakistani Christian girl Sheeza Riasat who was abducted from her parents’ home near Gujranwala, Pakistan on 12 February and forcibly converted and married; and what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about that case.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15820
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15820
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the case of Sheeza Riasat. The Government strongly condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls from religious minorities in Pakistan.</p><p>We welcome the recent decision by the Pakistan Senate to pass the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2019. The Bill was recently introduced to the National Assembly.</p><p>The UK regularly raises concerns about the protection of vulnerable groups, including religious minorities, women and children, with the Pakistani Government. Officials at the British High Commission in Islamabad have raised the issue of forced marriage with the National Commission for Human Rights.</p><p>During my visit to Pakistan on 18 and 19 February, I met faith leaders to discuss issues faced by religious minorities, including the issue of forced marriage. I also raised our concerns about child protection, the treatment of minority communities and the issue of forced marriage with Pakistan's Federal Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, during the same visit.</p><p>We will continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to take the steps necessary to comply in full with its human rights obligations to vulnerable groups, including religious minorities and women and girls, and to uphold the rule of law.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1127410

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:25
	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
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:10 04/06/2019 13:28:01
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15821
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 12:56:58
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about kidnappings and forced conversions of under-age girls who are members of a religious minority; and what were the outcomes of any such representations.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15821
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15821
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is concerned about the case of Sheeza Riasat. The Government strongly condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls from religious minorities in Pakistan.</p><p>We welcome the recent decision by the Pakistan Senate to pass the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2019. The Bill was recently introduced to the National Assembly.</p><p>The UK regularly raises concerns about the protection of vulnerable groups, including religious minorities, women and children, with the Pakistani Government. Officials at the British High Commission in Islamabad have raised the issue of forced marriage with the National Commission for Human Rights.</p><p>During my visit to Pakistan on 18 and 19 February, I met faith leaders to discuss issues faced by religious minorities, including the issue of forced marriage. I also raised our concerns about child protection, the treatment of minority communities and the issue of forced marriage with Pakistan's Federal Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, during the same visit.</p><p>We will continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to take the steps necessary to comply in full with its human rights obligations to vulnerable groups, including religious minorities and women and girls, and to uphold the rule of law.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1127411

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:26
	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
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:12 04/06/2019 13:34:01
	hansard heading	Pakistan: Religious Freedom
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15822
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 13:02:16
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Pakistani girls, who are members of a religious minority, being removed from schools by their parents as a result of the number of abductions and forced conversions on the literacy rate of girls in Pakistan; and what steps they intend to take to help resolve this problem.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15822
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15822
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>​Education is an integral part of the UK's approach to improving human rights. The education of girls continues to be a priority for UK development assistance in Pakistan. Under the Punjab Education Sector Programme, we are working with a local partner organisation to reintegrate young and adolescent girls who have left school prematurely back into mainstream schools or vocational education. Within less than a year, over 4000 girls have benefitted from this intervention so far.</p><p>The British Government supports other programmes designed to improve human rights and opportunities for women, religious minorities and marginalised groups. For example, the Department for International Development's AAWAZ II programme works with communities to promote rights of children, women, youth and religious minorities, protect them from exploitation, and prevent discrimination and intolerance. It also funds interventions in support of ending child marriage.</p><p>During my visit to Pakistan in February, I raised our concerns about child protection, the treatment of minority communities and the issue of forced marriage with Pakistan's Federal Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari.</p><p>We will continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to take the steps necessary to comply in full with its human rights obligations to vulnerable groups, including religious minorities and women and girls.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1127412

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:27
	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
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:14 04/06/2019 12:50:02
	hansard heading	Sudan: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15823
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 12:18:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, interim Vice President of Sudan; what assessment they have made of his role in Darfur’s Janjaweed militias; and whether they have discussed his role in the Darfur genocide with officials of the International Criminal Court.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15823
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15823
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK continues to engage with a range of opposition, Transitional Military Council and members of the protest movement. As part of these interactions the British Ambassador to Khartoum met the Deputy Head of the Transitional Military Committee, Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo (&quot;Hametti&quot;), on April 15 2019 to call for: 1) steps to improve the situation in Sudan; 2) a swift move to a civilian transitional government; and 3) the release of all political detainees. The Ambassador also expressed concerns at the past role of the Rapid Support Forces. We have been consistent in public and in private that there must be accountability for the crimes committed by members of the former regime. The UK strongly supports the mission of the International Criminal Court; due legal process must be followed.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1127415

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:31
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:20 04/06/2019 11:33:01
	hansard heading	Hen Harriers: Conservation
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15826
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 11:01:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 16 January (HL12536), what steps they will take in response to the report Patterns of satellite tagged hen harrier disappearances suggest widespread illegal killing on British grouse moors, published in Nature Communications on 19 May, which found that hen harriers are ten times as likely to disappear over grouse moors than elsewhere and that this is the primary cause of their decline; and whether this finding will be reflected in an update to the 2016 Hen Harrier Action Plan.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15826
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15826
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Defra and Natural England will continue working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders, including moorland communities, conservation organisations, police and landowners to implement the Hen Harrier Action Plan, which is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is also working with the Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group on a new action plan to tackle raptor persecution, led by a senior police officer and drawing together representatives from a range of stakeholders.</p>
	creator	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1127419

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:37
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:28 04/06/2019 15:46:13
	hansard heading	POST
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15830
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 15:15:05
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in each of the last five financial years for which data are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15830
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15830
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The cost of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology is shared by the House of Commons and the House of Lords on a 70:30 ratio. The cost to the House of Lords in each of the last five financial years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£151,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£172,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£176,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£170,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£189,342</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1127420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:39
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:30 04/06/2019 14:56:03
	hansard heading	Royal Commissions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15831
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 14:24:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Commissions have been established since 1989; what was the topic of each; and what recommendations of each they adopted.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15831
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15831
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Three Royal Commissions have been established since 1989:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Royal Commission on Criminal Justice</p></li><li><p>Royal Commission on Long-term Care of the Elderly</p></li><li><p>Royal Commission on Reform of the House of Lords</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Government departments will have responded to the relevant Royal Commission reports, and those responses are a matter of public record.</p><p> </p>
	creator	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1127421

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:40
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:31 04/06/2019 14:17:09
	hansard heading	Bacterial Diseases
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15832
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 13:45:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 14 May (HL15384), what assessment they have made of the number of people, with or without resistant blood stream infections, who have Carbapenem resistant E. coli-like bacteria present in their bodies; and what (1) proposed, and (2) current, initiatives there are to control the transmission of such bacteria.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15832
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15832
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The 2018 English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance report contains information on carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) causing bloodstream infections in England. In 2017 there were 18 cases. The number of people with other infections and carriage of E. coli resistant to carbapenems is harder to ascertain as surveillance is not as uniform.</p><p>Public Health England (PHE) publishes guidance on the prevention and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (including E. coli); guidance is available for both acute and non-acute settings, copies of the <em>Toolkit for managing carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in non-acute and community settings</em> and <em>Acute trust toolkit for the early detection, management and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae</em> are attached. PHE is supporting actions outlined in the United Kingdom’s Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan that aim to prevent and control the transmission of carbapenem-resistant bacteria, which includes reducing the number of specific drug-resistant infections in people by 10% by 2025; reducing UK antimicrobial use in humans by 15% by 2024; and adding carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative infections to the list of notifiable diseases in existing laboratory reporting systems.</p>
	creator	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

1127422

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:41
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:34 07/06/2019 10:33:01
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15833
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/06/2019 10:01:46
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will legislate to provide a pension for severely injured victims of The Troubles in Northern Ireland represented by the Wave Trauma Action Group.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15833
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15833
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This is an important issue which the UK Government takes seriously. We received advice from the Victims Commissioner on Friday 31 May 2019 - the completion of this advice represents an important step forward. We are carefully considering that advice and possible next steps, which we aim to set out shortly.</p>
	creator	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1127424

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:02:44
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:05:38 04/06/2019 14:18:03
	hansard heading	Lung Diseases: Medical Equipment
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15835
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 13:46:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential of schemes by pharmaceutical companies to develop recycling and recovery schemes for respiratory inhalers.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15835
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15835
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are informed by NHS England that its joint Public Health England funded Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) has reviewed a scheme operated by GlaxoSmithKline that encourages return of inhalers for recycling. The scheme is very welcome but limited in scope, currently recovering around 1% of all inhalers.</p><p>All used inhalers can already be returned to all pharmacies to be disposed of by incineration with the medicines waste streams.</p><p>NHS England has invited industry suggestions to the national Low Carbon Inhalers Working Group established by the SDU, on ways to increase recovery for environmentally safe disposal and recycling.</p>
	creator	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath