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date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek to achieve a local ceasefire around the Yarmouk Camp in south Damascus so that UNWRA can deliver food to the population in the Camp.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL8024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK is extremely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yarmouk camp in Syria, where intensified fighting between Daesh and Al- Nusra Front in recent weeks has exacerbated the suffering of approximately 6,000 civilians there, who are besieged by Syrian regime forces.</p><p>The UK will consider any option compliant with international law that might save lives in Syria. We do not think it would be feasible to broker a local ceasefire in Yarmouk camp, given the parties involved in the fighting there. However, through the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) the UK will continue to support the resumption of a nationwide Cessation of Hostilities as a step towards an inclusive, Syrian-owned political transition.</p><p>The UK is committed to supporting the most vulnerable people in need inside Syria wherever they are. As part of the ISSG we agreed with other members on 11 February that humanitarian access should be opened to a number of priority areas, including Yarmouk, as a first step to accelerating full and sustained access across Syria. Since then, UNRWA has delivered 21 convoys with multi-sectoral assistance to 19,000 people in Yalda, Babella, Beit-Sahm, including thousands of residents in and from Yarmouk. We welcome UNRWA’s efforts in protecting and assisting vulnerable Palestinian refugees. To date, the UK has allocated over £59 million to UNRWA to provide assistance for Palestinian refugees affected by the violence in Syria and the region.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 11/05/2016 13:15:53 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

515508

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Humanitarian Summit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will represent the UK at the World Humanitarian Summit meeting to be held in Istanbul.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Preparations for the Summit are proceeding and a final decision on who will be in the UK delegation will be taken nearer the time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 10/05/2016 15:49:32 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

515511

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Turkey: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will propose that the three billion euros offered to Turkey from the EU be transferred to the UNHCR World Food Programme for work in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan for refugees and displaced people, in particular for continuing child and adult education.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the EU-Turkey Refugee Facility is to provide support to refugees and host communities in Turkey. We expect that the Facility will provide immediate humanitarian support, as well as help meet longer-term development needs, such as education.</p><p>The first projects funded through the Facility are starting to be implemented, for example through the World Food Programme and UNICEF.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 10/05/2016 15:49:52 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

513479

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Power Stations
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 action being taken, and by whom, to prevent life-threatening consequences arising from the closure of the Gaza power plant.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the closure of the Gaza power plant has triggered electricity blackouts of 12-18 hours per day. The electricity shortage, combined with the lack of affordable fuel, has resulted in a further reduction in the water supply to households and reduction in wastewater treatment and quality of sewerage discharged into the sea.</p><p>We are in regular dialogue with Israel, the Palestinian Authority and other development actors, specifically the EU and UN, on the extension of the 161 power line and conversion of the Gaza power station to gas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 26/04/2016 14:50:38 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

513480

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Power Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the closure of the Gaza power station in April, what assessment they have made of whether an electricity generating ship is still available as an alternative supplier to Gaza.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>We are concerned by the electricity shortage in Gaza and the serious impact it is having on the humanitarian situation. We are in regular dialogue with Israel, the Palestinian Authority and other development actors, specifically the European Union and UN, on the extension of the 161 power line and conversion of the Gaza power station to gas. The UK believes these are the immediate steps necessary to improving the situation in Gaza, however a more comprehensive lifting of restrictions as part of a political agreement is the only long-term solution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 26/04/2016 14:49:42 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton