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	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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	Kosovo: Roma
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how they intend to call the United Nations to account for the alleged violations of human rights law by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo in respect of the Kosovo Roma, as set out in the June 2016 report of the United Nations Human Rights Advisory Panel.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>​The Government discusses issues relating to Kosovo and minority rights at the UN, and with international partners, on a regular basis. As part of the Government's support for UN reform, we want to ensure that there are robust systems in place to deal with such complaints. The UK hosted the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in London in September 2016, which called for improvements in the '3Ps' of peacekeeping; better planning, pledges and performance, and specifically that all UN personnel deployed in UN peacekeeping operations be committed to the highest standards of conduct.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/07/2017 11:26:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

748024

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with police commissioners about the adequacy of available resources for those commissioners to fulfil their role and duties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have met with a number of senior police leaders since the General Election on a wide range of issues including resources.</p><p> </p><p>We have protected overall police spending and Counter-Terrorism policing in real terms since Spending Review 2015.Every Police &amp; Crime Commissioner who maximised their local precept income in 2016-17 and 2017-18 is receiving at least the same direct resource funding in cash than they received in 2015-16.</p><p>We have a constructive and ongoing dialogue with policing about ensuring that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place to keep t he public safe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/07/2017 11:25:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

747991

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their action plan to tackle female genital mutilation; and what assessment they have made of the success of that plan to date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls. That is why our work to end this practice is an integral part of the cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy, which is backed by increased funding of £100M.</p><p>We have significantly strengthened the law, including introducing a new offence of failing to protect a girl from FGM, lifelong anonymity for victims, and a mandatory reporting duty requiring specified professionals to report known cases in under 18s to the police. We have also introduced FGM Protection Orders to protect women and girls at the earliest opportunity. These are already being used to good effect - since their introduction in July 2015, over 100 orders have been made.</p><p> </p><p>Raising awareness amongst frontline professionals is essential. That is why in April 2016 we published multi-agency guidance on FGM, which is statutory for the first time, and have developed free e-learning which has been completed by over 100,000 individuals to date. The Home Office’s FGM Unit is carrying out awareness raising outreach across the UK. These tools are helping increase awareness, encourage good practice, and support training.</p><p> </p><p>Significant work is under way to improve the response from health and social care professionals. The Department of Health, in partnership with the NHS, is leading a £4m national FGM Prevention Programme, and as part of the Department for Education’s £200m Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme a range of projects have been funded. DfE have also invested £375,000 to raise awareness amongst school staff and pupils.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/07/2017 11:25:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill