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100000

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:20
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:08
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2215
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 11:56:42
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current commitment, bilaterally and multilaterally, to the United Nations Level 3 Emergency Situation in Central African Republic.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2215
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2215
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In December 2013 the UN declared a Level 3 crisis in CAR which is in effect until December 2014. The UK welcomed the UN declaration which more accurately reflected the severity of the situation on the ground and brought much needed attention and resources from across the UN system to respond to the crisis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has been closely monitoring the situation and has committed a total of £18 million in humanitarian funding to CAR in 2014 to help hundreds of thousands of people, along with £7 million in Cameroon and Chad to assist CAR refugees. The funds are going towards the protection of civilians, urgent medical assistance, and to food security and livelihoods assistance through UN agencies, the Red Cross and NGOs. In 2014, the UK is the third largest bilateral humanitarian donor to CAR after the USA (£87 million) and the EU (£39 million). The UK’s combined bilateral and multilateral contributions (through the EU and the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund) to the CAR crisis total £27 million in 2014.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

100001

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:20
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:09
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2216
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 11:58:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will review the level of humanitarian aid given bilaterally to the Central African Republic.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2216
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2216
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK has been closely monitoring the situation in CAR and has committed a total of £18 million in humanitarian funding to CAR in 2014 to help hundreds of thousands of people, along with £7 million in Cameroon and Chad to assist CAR refugees. In 2014, the UK is the third largest bilateral humanitarian donor to CAR after the USA (£87 million) and the EU (£39 million). DFID officials conduct quarterly visits to CAR in order to meet with partners and review the response.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

100005

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:22
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:15
	answering body	Department for International Development
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2220
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 11:56:18
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what military personnel they are providing to contain the spread of ebola; and how many staffed and equipped field hospitals they have, if any.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2220
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2220
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the UK has committed £205 million to contain, combat and ultimately defeat the disease in Sierra Leone. UK support will include the construction of six Ebola treatment centres across the country, providing 700 beds to treat 8,800 patients over the next six months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In support of this effort, the UK has deployed 750 military personnel to Sierra Leone. This will support the deployment of RFA Argus and three Merlin helicopters which will provide crucial transport support to medical teams and aid experts. It also includes military personnel to staff a WHO Ebola Training Facility training healthcare workers, logisticians and hygiene specialists; and support to a UK joint civilian-military command and control hub, which will provide the backbone of infrastructure, commodities, training and management needed to scale up the response in Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p>
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

100014

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:27
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European Commission
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2229
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:52:54
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the commitment made by Lord Hill of Oareford to the European Parliament that he would put the interests of the European Union above those of the City of London.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2229
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2229
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>As Lord Hill made clear during his hearing before the European Parliament, a strong UK financial services sector is in the interests not just of the City of London, and of the UK, but of the EU as a whole.</p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100015

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:28
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2230
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 17:17:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the risk of the Eurozone returning to recession and the statement by the Chancellor of Exchequer that Britain could not be immune from any such event, they plan to encourage industry and commerce to diversify their markets and reduce their reliance on the European Union market.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2230
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2230
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We have to recognise that the UK is not immune to problems elsewhere in the world. The UK has one of the most open economies in the world through trade and financial channels. In particular, growth in the euro area – our largest trading partner – is weak and we have to expect that to dampen our own recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since entering office, this Government has worked consistently towards a rebalancing of the UK economy and growing our trade with all parts of the world, including key emerging markets. Since 2010, for example, UKTI has increased the number of its overseas-based staff working outside the EU from 875 to 1060, reflecting the growing priority being given to non-EU markets; and, excluding aircraft, nearly all of the exports supported by UK Export Finance in recent years have been to markets outside the EU. Ministers continue to take an active role, including through the Chancellor-led annual Economic and Financial Dialogues with India and China, the most recent of which secured £2.4 billion in bilateral investment deals.</p><p> </p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100016

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:30
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European Commission
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2231
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:53:19
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what articles in the Treaties of the European Union the European Parliament has the power to reject the candidatures of European Commissioners nominated by member states.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2231
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2231
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Article 17 (7) sub-paragraph three of the Treaty on European Union states that the Commission as a body is subject to a vote of consent by the European Parliament, and subsequently appointed by the European Council.</p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100017

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:25
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:31
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European Parliament
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2232
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/11/2014 12:32:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the amount of subsidy paid to each of the European Parliament’s political groups annually.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2232
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2232
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The annual accounts for all groups are available on the European Parliament (EP) website. The last year for which figures are available is 2013:</p><p>European People’s Party: €21,680,180</p><p>Progressive Alliance of Socialists &amp; Democrats (S&amp;D): €15,387,789.85</p><p>Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE): €6,718,994.35</p><p>Greens/EFA: €4,365,639.83</p><p>GUE/NGL: €2,657,578.33</p><p>European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR): €4,046,038.85</p><p>Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD): €2,614,225.43</p><p>Non -Attached: €1,315,501</p><p>Link to accounts on EP website: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/groups/accounts_en.htm</p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100019

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:25
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:13:33
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Ukraine
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2234
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:44:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Kramer on 15 October (WS33–35), whether the interim report concerning the crash of Malaysian Airways Flight MH17 indicates whether the aircraft was attacked by warplanes or a ground-based missile; and when the final report is likely to be produced and published.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2234
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2234
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Dutch Safety Board published its preliminary report on the crash of Malaysian Airlines on 9 September 2014. Based on its preliminary findings to date, there is no indication of any operational or technical issues with either the aircraft or its crew. The damage observed on the forward section of the aircraft appears to indicate that the aircraft was penetrated by a large number of high-energy objects from outside the aircraft. It is likely that it is this damage that resulted in the loss of structural integrity of the aircraft, leading to an in-flight break. The Dutch Safety Board is continuing with its investigation. There is no current indication when it will publish the final report.</p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100040

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:35
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:01
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European Union
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2246
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:07:42
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that when they wish to repatriate powers from the European Union they can do so without contravening European law.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2246
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2246
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the EU to the benefit of all Member States, to make it more competitive, democratically accountable and fair for those inside and outside the Eurozone. Political parties have set out their position on the question of the appropriate exercise of competence in the EU. The Government’s policy is clear: we need an EU where decisions are taken at the right level, with issues best left to member states decided at the national level. We have already shown that such reform is possible: cutting the EU budget; ending the UK’s bailout obligations; cutting red tape in line with Business Taskforce recommendations; ensuring our fish stocks are managed regionally rather than centrally, agreeing three major Trade Agreements and launching trade talks with the US.</p><p>Support for EU reform is growing: this summer, the President-elect of the European Commission committed to explore improving the interaction between the Commission and national parliaments, which he recognised have a key role to play in enforcing the principle of subsidiarity; to completing the internal market in products and services; to creating the right regulatory environment and promoting a climate of entrepreneurship and job creation; and to working for a deal that “accepts the specificities of the UK in the EU, while allowing the Eurozone to integrate further.” The European Council also recognised the need for reform. It concluded in June that there was a need to protect the right to free movement from “misuse or fraudulent claims” and that “the concept of ever closer union allows for different paths of integration.”</p><p>The Government’s proposals for EU reform will continue to respect the UK’s obligations under the existing Treaties.</p>
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

99962

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/11/2014
	date	20/10/2014
	date tabled	20/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 08:42:09
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:12:12
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	North Korea
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2177
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:56:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of imports to North Korea of luxury goods in 2013; what assessment they have made of the impact of such imports on the availability of food in that country, in the light of the World Food Programmes's analysis of the situation; and what assessment they have made about the number of goods which were imported from European states which are prohibited from selling luxury goods to North Korea under existing United Nations sanctions.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2177
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2177
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) does not produce economic statistics, meaning the UK cannot make an accurate assessment on the level of imports of luxury goods. A recent report produced by the UN Panel of Experts, established under UN Security Council Resolutions imposing sanctions on the DPRK, notes ongoing investigations regarding potential violations of sanctions through the import of luxury goods, including some items originating from European states.</p><p>We are also aware of recent South Korean media reports which suggest that the DPRK imported luxury goods worth (US) $644m during 2013. However, given the lack of reliable data, it is difficult to assess the impact of the import of luxury goods on the provision of food for the general population. Should it be proven that the DPRK authorities chose to spend resources on luxury goods rather than feeding the population, this would not only be a deliberate breach of sanctions but would seriously call into question the regime’s economic prioritisation.</p><p>Despite generally good aggregate cereal harvests for the fourth consecutive year in 2014/15, 16 million people remain chronically food insecure and highly vulnerable to production shocks. The UN Food and Agricultural Organisation/World Food Programme Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to the DPRK 2013, reported an estimated uncovered food deficit of 40,000 tonnes for that marketing year. The report stated that the food security situation remained similar to previous years with most households having borderline and poor food consumption.</p><p> </p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool