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752498

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking concerning the reported confiscation and destruction of EU-funded humanitarian aid projects in the West Bank.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>We have repeatedly made clear to the Israeli authorities our serious concern at the increase in demolitions and confiscations in Area C of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The European Union (EU) has not to date asked for compensation for EU-funded infrastructure. No decision has been made yet as to whether to claim compensation in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 13:48:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

752497

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking concerning the reported delays in ambulance response times to treat injured and sick Palestinians.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Ambulance and permit delays can lead to missed appointments and interrupted treatments, endangering the health and lives of patients. The UK has consistently called on the Israeli Government to ease movement and access restrictions that reduce access to medical care for Palestinians. The UK supports essential health services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through funding to the Palestinian Authority and UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 13:51:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

752493

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to support those living in Gaza who have been deprived of electricity and of phone and internet access.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK is working closely with the United Nations (UN) to monitor the situation in Gaza. We urge all the parties to find a sustainable solution to the current energy situation that is affecting services such as electricity and phone and internet access. In Gaza, the UK is funding basic service delivery through the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, enabling reconstruction work, and investing in job creation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 13:48:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

753304

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government when they expect a regular air service will begin to and from St Helena.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The St Helena Government are undertaking a tender process for a regular commercial air service to and from St Helena. On 9 June, the St Helena Government announced that SA Airlink had been chosen as the preferred bidder for the provision of the scheduled service. A formal announcement on details of the service will be made once contract negotiations are complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 13:50:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

753323

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government wht action they are tkaing to ensure that all refugee policy contains direct refugee input, in line with commitments made by the UN General Assembly in September 2016.
	tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL1011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The New York Declaration adopted at the 2016 UN General Assembly committed to include refugees themselves in the process of delivering a new Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF).</p><p>The UK is working closely with UNHCR – the UN agency responsible for initiating and developing the CRRF – to fulfil this commitment. UNHCR reiterated its commitment to this approach in its report last month, and highlighted that it has set up a CRRF Task Team to “…establish new partnerships (including) with host communities and refugees”.</p><p>In addition, the UK welcomed the inclusion of direct refugee input in the first thematic discussion towards agreement of a new Global Refugee Compact on 10 July. We support further such input in future events.</p><p>More generally, in line with the Grand Bargain agreed at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul last year, the UK is pushing a number of UN agencies, including UNHCR, to better communicate with and seek feedback from affected populations – including refugees.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 13:50:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

752411

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the freedom of information response issued by the Department for International Development (DfID) on 13 March which stated that “Our aid … to millions of people across the Middle East … is carefully tracked and monitored”, what form that tracking and monitoring takes; what evidence they have to demonstrate its success; and what percentage of people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds receive that aid.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>In countries with live conflicts such as Iraq, Syria and Yemen it is especially difficult for DFID to operate and monitor delivery. In these countries, DFID finances partners that have experience of delivering successfully and in conformity with international humanitarian principles in conflict environments. In addition, in Syria and Yemen (where HMG staff are unable to travel), we have contracted independent monitoring agencies to provide objective evidence of programme delivery.</p><p>DFID's results in the Middle East include helping 3.6 million people in Syria to sustainably access clean water and sanitation and 182 thousand children in Syria to gain a decent education. In Iraq DFID has helped 42,000 people access emergency life-saving medical care and provided safe drinking water for more than 200,000 people. In Yemen 1.1 million women, adolescent girls and children under five have been reached through nutrition related interventions.</p><p>DFID’s partners do not identify or record beneficiaries by their religious affiliation or ethnicity.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/07/2017 13:49:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

752121

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department have responsibilities relating to the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	5028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.</p><p>Staff within the DFID Europe Department and DFID Trade for Development team based in the Department for International Trade, lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues.</p><p>Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required.</p><p>Given the interactions between EU Exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:48:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753548

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of her Department's expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	5627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.</p><p>EU Exit is managed within the existing departmental budget and given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:44:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753546

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts in the remit of her Department that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	5714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill [‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related <strong>Statutory Instrument</strong>s will be required.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:46:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

753550

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of her Department's online services are available in the Welsh language only on request.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID follows government guidance on providing Welsh language content on request.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2017 12:47:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake