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904295

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Middle East on 19 April (HC135976), what assessment they have made of the ability of an organisation that investigates complaints made regarding its own conduct to be accountable, independent and transparent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text We will judge any proposal for an investigation on its merits. We urge that any investigation be independent and transparent, its findings be made public and, if wrongdoing is found, that those responsible be held to account. answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/05/2018 12:17:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

872500

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	Anguilla: Foreign Relations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the strength of the relationship between the UK and Anguilla.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL6674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text The relationship between the UK Government and the Government of Anguilla is one based on partnership with each responsible for delivering their duties under Anguilla's constitution; always acting in the best interests of the people of Anguilla. answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/04/2018 13:38:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

870271

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to support, promote and increase the ethical personal lending market as an alternative to high-cost credit providers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL6605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text The government is committed to delivering a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which is able to meet the needs of all consumers.<p> </p>In March, the government hosted the first meeting of the Financial Inclusion Policy Forum, a new key initiative bringing together government, regulators, industry and the third sector to coordinate action and provide leadership in tackling these challenges. The Forum’s mission is to ensure that individuals, regardless of their background or income, have access to useful and affordable financial products and services, including affordable credit.<p> </p><p>The government also supports credit unions, which provide an affordable alternative to high-cost credit. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced its intention to help the sector expand by increasing the number of potential members of credit unions from two million to three million. In addition, from this year a greater proportion of funds recovered from illegal money lenders will be allocated to incentivise vulnerable people to join, save, and borrow with a credit union instead of turning to loan sharks.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 29/03/2018 14:42:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

884171

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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	Crimes against Humanity: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent reviews they have conducted in relation to the existing legislation on genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and their effective use by UK courts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL6856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text The UK believes it is vitally important to achieve justice for victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. It is essential that perpetrators of the most serious crimes do not enjoy impunity. The UK is a party to the International Criminal Court and the Geneva Conventions. Our international obligations are enacted in UK domestic legislation. There have been no recent reviews conducted in relation to the existing legislation. answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/05/2018 12:15:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

905294

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	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	Burma: Armed Conflict
	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 Burma regarding the recent escalation of military violence against civilians in Kachin and Shan states; and what efforts they have made to ensure the protection of civilians displaced by conflict.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL7885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text The British Ambassador to Burma raised the UK's deep concerns about the treatment of civilians in Kachin State during the current military offensive in a meeting with the Commander in Chief of Burma's military on 3 May<p /><p /> In a statement on 11 May, the Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific also expressed concern about the latest military offensive in Kachin. He called on the Burmese military to fulfil its duty to respect international humanitarian law, ensure access for humanitarian organisations and allow the 2,000 civilians trapped by the fighting to leave to safe areas. He also called on all parties to the conflict to cease fighting, protect civilians, and return fully to peace talks. answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/06/2018 16:11:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

885927

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Sierra Leone: Criminal Proceedings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK funding is being used, or has been used, to support special criminal sessions in the High Courts of Sierra Leone; if so, what assessment they have made of whether those sessions have resulted in the passing of death sentences; and whether that funding complies with their Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Human Rights Guidance published in January 2017.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL7015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text Her Majesty's Government funding is not being, and has not been, used to support special criminal sessions in the High Courts of Sierra Leone. answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/04/2018 16:25:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

884242

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Community Hospitals: Rural Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what role they envisage for community hospitals in rural areas providing 'step-up step-down' and rehabilitation facilities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL6927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>‘Step up’ care (preventing unnecessary admissions to acute hospitals or long term care) and ‘step down’ care (receiving patients from acute care for rehabilitation and to support timely discharge from hospital) are considered to be intermediate care services.</p><p>Whilst these intermediate care services can be provided in a community hospital, it is also possible to provide them in a care home or home setting. It is for the local commissioners, whether they are in rural or urban areas, to determine the most appropriate location to provide these services for their local system based on local needs and issues. It is also important that this choice recognises that the principle that ‘home’ - a person’s usual place of residence – is generally the best place for people to be whenever possible.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 30/04/2018 15:30:58 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

885931

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in assessing business and ethical risks when selecting private sector contractors such as Virgin Care for public service contacts, what weight they give to a company's tax structure and payments record.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stunell
	uin	HL7018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>‘Preferred contractor status’ is not a recognised procurement term. Private sector companies bidding for individual National Health Service contracts have to follow a well-established procurement process which identifies and selects a shortlist of bidders and then a preferred bidder, which is awarded the contract after final due diligence. NHS England have advised that information on NHS contracts entered into by local commissioners is not held centrally.</p><p>It will be for the individual NHS organisations to assess the finances of any potential providers. During the procurement process, the finances of potential providers should be tested by finance professionals to assess the financial stability and ability to undertake the services to the required level of the contract. The Department recommends the use of a Standard Selection Questionnaire (first published in September 2016). Under the ‘Grounds for Mandatory Exclusion’, it states that the procuring authority reserves the right to use its discretion to exclude a provider where it can demonstrate by any appropriate means that the provider is in breach of its obligations relating to the non-payment of taxes or social security contributions.</p><p>After a contract is awarded to a provider the NHS organisation is under an obligation to oversee the delivery of services and assuming there are no concerns then the contractor will be paid as agreed under the contract. How the contractor manages their financial affairs is a matter for the contractor not the NHS commissioner, unless the commissioner becomes aware that the contractor is acting illegally, not paying taxes as an example, in which case there may be a duty to report this and act appropriately under the terms of the contract.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7017 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:57:55 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	445 label Biography information for Lord Stunell

885930

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Virgin Care
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they gave to the tax status of Virgin Care when awarding that company preferred contractor status with the NHS last year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stunell
	uin	HL7017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>‘Preferred contractor status’ is not a recognised procurement term. Private sector companies bidding for individual National Health Service contracts have to follow a well-established procurement process which identifies and selects a shortlist of bidders and then a preferred bidder, which is awarded the contract after final due diligence. NHS England have advised that information on NHS contracts entered into by local commissioners is not held centrally.</p><p>It will be for the individual NHS organisations to assess the finances of any potential providers. During the procurement process, the finances of potential providers should be tested by finance professionals to assess the financial stability and ability to undertake the services to the required level of the contract. The Department recommends the use of a Standard Selection Questionnaire (first published in September 2016). Under the ‘Grounds for Mandatory Exclusion’, it states that the procuring authority reserves the right to use its discretion to exclude a provider where it can demonstrate by any appropriate means that the provider is in breach of its obligations relating to the non-payment of taxes or social security contributions.</p><p>After a contract is awarded to a provider the NHS organisation is under an obligation to oversee the delivery of services and assuming there are no concerns then the contractor will be paid as agreed under the contract. How the contractor manages their financial affairs is a matter for the contractor not the NHS commissioner, unless the commissioner becomes aware that the contractor is acting illegally, not paying taxes as an example, in which case there may be a duty to report this and act appropriately under the terms of the contract.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL7018 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:57:55 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	445 label Biography information for Lord Stunell

906490

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	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	Turkey: Elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific measures they are taking to encourage free and fair elections in Turkey, and in particular to protect freedom of speech.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL8003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2018 answer text <p>​​We are actively supporting the electoral monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. We are engaging with the Turkish government regarding preparations for the elections and have urged them to ensure the process is carried out in a transparent and democratic manner.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/06/2018 12:50:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich