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1010120

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date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to sign the Global Compact for Safe Orderly and Regular Migration at the UN Intergovernmental Conference in Morocco on 10 and 11 December; and if so, what assessment they have made of the consistency of the Compact with their 2017 Manifesto commitment to reduce and control migration.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL11567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is supportive of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, both as a step forward in international co-operation to tackle irregular migration and as a framework to help us deliver our commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p><p>Our participation in the Global Compact will not affect our continued ability to determine and implement our own migration policy in the national interest. The Compact is a ‘non-legally binding, cooperative framework’, which reaffirms the sovereign right of States to determine their national migration policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Migration Compact aims to bolster international cooperation by providing a framework to implement regular and managed migration through effectively managing our borders and returning those with no right to remain.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2018 17:20:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

1010154

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the declaration from the recent London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, what progress his Department has made on implementing the declaration of the previous such conference in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	192755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The implementation of the 2014 London Conference Declaration has been led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has supported this work both financially and through our overseas network of posts which is working with international organisations, governments, NGOs and businesses across the globe to combat Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT).</p><p>Between 2014 and 2021 Her Majesty's Government will be investing over £36 million on action to tackle IWT. Significant progress has been made, and since 2014 the UK has:</p><p>- Funded 61 projects through the IWT Challenge Fund, including: training border force agents and prosecutors; campaigning to reduce demand in key markets; supporting legislative reform and helping communities to manage and benefit from their wildlife. It also funds projects tackling corruption.</p><p>- Provided British Army personnel to train park rangers in key African states.</p><p>- Supported INTERPOL's work on intercepting shipments of ivory, rhino horn and other illegal wildlife products and the International Consortium for Combatting Wildlife Crime in assisting Governments to strengthen their criminal justice systems and enhance enforcement capabilities.</p><p>- successfully lobbied to increase the Global Wildlife Programme from $131m to $168m</p><p>- Worked with UN, G20 and EU partners - as well as NGOs, business and law enforcement experts - to build a global coalition against IWT.</p><p>A raft of new measures were announced at the London 2018 conference which build on the commitments being implemented following the IWT conferences in London in 2014, Kasane in 2015 and Hanoi in 2016. 57 countries have adopted the London 2018 Declaration, with more expected to sign. We will continue to work with our international partners to make further progress on the commitments pledged at all the IWT conferences.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/11/2018 14:39:13 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1010155

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the implications are for his Department's policy of the US Government's recently stated policy to remain committed to military intervention in Syria as long as Iranian forces retain a presence in that country.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	192958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>​The United States' military action in Syria is a part of the Global Coalition against Daesh, of which the UK is also a key member. The Coalition's objective in Syria is securing the defeat of Daesh. We welcome the United States' continued commitment to a peaceful solution of the Syrian conflict consistent with UN Security Council resolution 2254.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/11/2018 17:56:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1010156

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress on negotiations between the Syrian Democratic Council and the Government of Syria.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	192756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We are aware that talks were held between the representatives of the Syrian Democratic Council and the Syrian regime in summer 2018. These talks do not appear to have achieved significant progress.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/11/2018 17:57:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1010157

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Morocco: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of recent reports by the Moroccan Association of Human Rights of a recent increase in attacks against sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	192757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>​Her Majesty's Government is aware of a recent report<strong>s</strong> by the Moroccan Association of Human Rights and others. Worldwide, we continue to emphasise the importance of respecting the human rights of migrants and we will raise concerns with the Moroccan authorities when appropriate. We continue to work alongside European partners to tackle the shared challenge of illegal migration, including efforts to deter people from making perilous journeys, providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable migrants and targeting the people smugglers and traffickers who exploit their desperation.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/11/2018 17:55:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1010171

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Lebanon: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of talks on reaching agreement on the formation of a unity government in Lebanon.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	192818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>​While we welcome Lebanon's first parliamentary elections since 2009, which took place in May, it is disappointing that a new Lebanese government has not yet been agreed. We welcome the efforts of Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri in attempting to form a government. We continue to call on all Lebanese parties to agree without delay a balanced and unified Lebanese government capable of addressing the crucial issues facing the country.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/11/2018 17:59:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1010172

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Iraq: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on the integration of members of the popular mobilisation units into that country’s national armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	192819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>​On 14 November I raised with Foreign Minister Al Hakim the need for reform of the Iraqi security sector, which should include bringing security forces and militias under the control of the Government of Iraq. The Prime Minister also raised this message with Iraqi Prime Minister Abdul Mehdi by phone on 26 October. We will continue to make this clear to the Government of Iraq at all levels.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/11/2018 17:58:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1010181

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the global rate of biodiversity loss; and what effect that assessment has had on the formulation of his Department's policies.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	192825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK is a signatory to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a global endeavour to halt biodiversity loss. As a party to the CBD, the UK collaborates in assessments of biodiversity change, which are published in the Global Biodiversity Outlook series, the flagship publication of the CBD. As such, the government does not do its own assessment of the global rate of biodiversity loss, but it does an assessment of biodiversity loss in this country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is also a member of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which in March adopted four regional assessments that evaluate biodiversity and ecosystems services. These assessments provide vital evidence on which to make informed decisions balancing the needs of people and nature in four world regions. In May 2019 the Platform will adopt a new global synthesis of the state of nature and ecosystems, the first such report since the landmark Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was published in 2005.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/11/2018 17:11:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1010191

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Lidl: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that have been lost as a result of commercial evictions arising from land acquisition by Lidl.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	192723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available from official sources. Land acquisition deals are a commercial matter for the parties concerned, and the use/reuse of purchased land is for the relevant local authority.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/11/2018 15:04:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1010204

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Unemployed People: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of unemployed people who are entitled to claim (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) universal credit but are not doing so.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	192726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>At this point in the Universal Credit (UC) rollout schedule, we are not able to distinguish between Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and UC claims at entitlement level within the Family Resources Survey data (available on gov.uk) for the purposes of estimating take-up statistics. Therefore the JSA data are not of a suitable quality to be published. We are also unable to estimate UC take-up rates at present.</p><p> </p><p>In total, there are 700,000 households not claiming their full entitlement under the legacy system, that we expect will claim Universal Credit because it is a more accurate system.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/11/2018 18:15:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead