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	registered interest
	date	06/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	INTERPOL: Databases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of the Turkish government's use of the Interpol Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database to target dissidents abroad, what representations they have made to Interpol regarding misuse of the SLTD database.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government strongly supports INTERPOL’s efforts to ensure systems are in place that protect individuals’ human rights in line with Article 3 of INTERPOL's Constitution which strictly forbids any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office continues to work with INTERPOL and the National Crime Agency (NCA), which acts as the UK’s National Central Bureau (NCB) for INTERPOL, to monitor the effectiveness of existing safeguards. We encourage INTERPOL to uphold international human rights obligations and we won’t hesitate to recommend further reforms to INTERPOL as necessary.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to strengthen our collective efforts to deter the misuse of INTERPOL systems and support organisational reform and governance at INTERPOL.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2218 HL2220 question first answered 20/02/2024 12:36:17 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1505679

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Developing Countries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when their plans to grant enhanced trading status to eight developing countries including Syria will come into effect; and whether this will help the reconstruction of war damage in Syria, in particular to (1) schools, (2) hospitals, and (3) homes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Developing Countries Trading Scheme is expected to come into force in early 2023 and will include enhanced preferential tariffs for eight countries including Syria. Robust sanctions will ensure that where this changes trade with Syria, the regime will not benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has committed over £3.8 billion to the Syria crisis. We will not provide long-term reconstruction assistance without a commitment to a political process from the regime.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to offer significant humanitarian and early recovery support so ordinary Syrians have the means to build a better future, including through programmes such as the Syria Education Project.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2022 10:49:35 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1348922

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	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 reported description by Dr Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organisation’s emergencies programme, of the policy of relaxing COVID-19 restrictions on 19 July as “epidemiological stupidity”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL2219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2021 answer text <p>The Government made a full assessment of the epidemiological and other relevant data ahead of taking the decision to move to Step 4 of the roadmap on 19 July. The Government is clear that the pandemic is not over and that the public should continue to behave cautiously.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 03/08/2021 11:44:37 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1182896

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of (1) the male, and (2) the female, working population that earn (a) £25,600 or over, (b) £23,040 to £25,599, and (c) £20,480 to £23,039, per year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL2219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>Estimates of the proportion of the male and female working population by income band are provided in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>The proportion of the (1) male, and (2) female working population (employment and/or self-employment income only) in the tax year 2017 to 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Employment / self-employment income before tax</p></td><td><p>(1) Male</p></td><td><p>(2) Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) 25,600 and over</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) £23,040 to £25,599</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) £20,480 to £23,039</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) under £20,480</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Survey of Personal Incomes, tax year 2017 to 2018</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes on the table</strong></p><ol><li>The proportions are for individuals with employment and/or self-employment income and are based only on their employment and/or self-employment income.</li><li>The tax year 2017 to 2018 is the latest year for which these figures are available.</li><li>The Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) is based on a sample of taxpayers.</li><li>Where income exceeds the threshold for the operation of PAYE (£11,500 for 2017-18), the SPI provides the most comprehensive and accurate official source of data on personal incomes. However, as HMRC do not hold information for all people with personal incomes below the tax threshold, the SPI is not a representative data source for this part of the population.</li><li>As is the case with the published Personal Incomes Statistics, these figures are statistical estimates and will be subject to sampling variation.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/03/2020 13:17:25 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

773018

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: USA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by the British Consulate General Los Angeles' office on external consultants during the Golden Globe Awards 2017, Grammy Awards 2017 and Academy Awards 2017; what were the objectives set for such expenditure; and what assessment was made of the performance of external consultants against those objectives.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL2219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The British Consulate General Los Angeles did not employ external consultants specifically to work on any of the events mentioned by the Noble Lord.</p><p>The Department for International Trade has used agency support in some our work to promote the UK’s excellent creative industries globally, often delivering through partnerships with organisations such as with Variety, BFI, BFC and BAFTA.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 08/11/2017 13:47:11 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie