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528842

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date	27/06/2016
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	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legal advice they have received about whether the result of the EU referendum is legally binding.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear in his statement on 27 June 2016. The British people have voted to leave the European Union, and that the decision must be respected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/07/2016 13:59:13 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

528829

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Government Departments: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek parliamentary approval before deciding whether to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>It is a matter for the Government, and the new Prime Minister, to decide whether there should be a Parliamentary vote before the UK notifies the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/07/2016 16:12:03 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

528831

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	BBC World Service: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Scottish legislative consent is a necessary condition before Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty can be invoked on behalf of the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text No, a legislative consent motion is not required. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/07/2016 13:31:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

528852

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Slovenia: Diplomatic Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the result of the EU referendum, what is the current position of the British members of the European Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>While the UK remains a member of the EU, we retain the rights and obligations of membership.</p><p>British members of the European Parliament were elected to serve their constituents and will be able to do so until the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/07/2016 13:59:41 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

528833

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Railways: Electrification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Rwanda concerning reports that women are being imprisoned for having an abortion after being raped.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of concerns that it is difficult for women in Rwanda to secure the required sign-off by a judge and two doctors for an abortion, and that this may be driving victims of rape to seek illegal abortions.</p><p>We have been clear that Rwanda must do more to give citizens the full civil and political rights that they deserve, including through a justice system which takes into account the challenges faced by women and girls and delivers for victims of crime.</p><p>We have also been working jointly with the Government of Rwanda to deliver a robust drive against gender-based violence. I refer my noble Friend to the answer that the noble Baroness Verma gave on 20 June regarding the Department for International Development’s £4.6 million programme to empower women and girls and tackle the drivers of gender-based violence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/07/2016 13:49:18 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge