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347578

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are currently discussing with the European Commission and other European Union member states, with regards to renegotiation: (1) a United Kingdom opt-out from "ever closer union"; (2) reducing the impact of red tape and "excessive interference" from Brussels on businesses, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups, and the City of London; (3) the balance of competences regarding social and employment law, in particular access of EU migrants to in-work and out-of-work benefits; (4) ensuring that eurozone member states cannot impose changes to the single market without the agreement on non-eurozone members; (5) the ability for individual member states to negotiate trade deals with third countries; (7) reducing the EU budget; (8) introducing EU-wide transparency laws similar to those in the United Kingdom; (9) allowing member states greater control over migration; (10) giving national parliaments greater powers to block EU legislation; (11) permitting businesses to sell goods in imperial as well as metric units; (12) obliging food producers to apply country-of-origin labelling; and (13) returning control of agriculture and fisheries policies to member states; and what assessment they have made of the relative importance of these policy areas within an overall renegotiation package.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has started to discuss his plans for EU reform and renegotiation with other EU leaders. He has been clear that the plans involve reforming welfare and immigration rules, increasing economic competitiveness and cutting red tape to create jobs and growth for hard working families, and protecting Britain's interests outside the euro. It also means halting the constant flow of powers to Brussels including by ensuring a stronger role for national Parliaments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/06/2015 15:54:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

347582

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	United Nations: South Korea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proposed United Nations field office in South Korea will monitor human rights violations in North Korea; and what is their assessment of the state of progress in establishing that office.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The UN Human Rights Council mandated the UN field office in Seoul to monitor and document the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in resolution A/HRC/RES/25/25. This resolution also mandates the field office to enhance the engagement and capacity-building of various stakeholders and to maintain the visibility of the human rights situation in the DPRK. The UK supported this resolution and looks forward to the opening of the field office. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva have advised us that the field office should become operational this month.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/06/2015 15:53:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347583

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	North Korea: Food Supply
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 United Nations World Food Programme's estimate that $69 million is required to ensure food security in North Korea, in the light of the level of spending by the government of North Korea on defence and luxury facilities; and what discussions they have had with the government of North Korea about their spending priorities and their requests for international aid.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not made an independent assessment on the food security situation within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). We remain concerned about the DPRK government’s continued prioritization of military spending over spending to feed its people. The UK does not have a bilateral aid programme in the DPRK nor have we held recent discussions with the DPRK government regarding spending priorities or requests for international aid.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/06/2015 15:52:35 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347646

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made his Department's budget for each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The total Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) settlement for the current financial year is £1.3 billion. After non-discretionary spend is removed, the FCO budget is around £700 million.</p><p>Like all Departments, we are preparing for the forthcoming Spending Review, which will determine the FCO's budget for 2016-17 and beyond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/06/2015 15:54:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347647

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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: Ethnic Groups
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 his Department has made of the effects of the proposed resettlement of Bedouin in Southern Israel on the peace process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is deeply concerned about the proposals to demolish Bedouin villages in Israel. I visited the Khan al Ahmer Bedouin during my visit in October 2014 and saw at first hand the devestating impact resettlement plans had on the communities. Officials at our Embassy in Tel Aviv are monitoring the situation closely, including the case of the Um Il Hiran and Ateer. Embassy officials have been in contact with the Adalah Legal Centre who have continued to provide updates on the legal situation. They have also been in contact with other organisations that work within the Bedouin community, such as Itach-Maaki and The Arab-Jewish Center for Equality, Empowerment and Cooperation-Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development, to best inform the UK’s lobbying of the Israeli authorities on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2015 13:27:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347649

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Sri Lanka: War Crimes
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 representations he has received from the government of Sri Lanka about allegations of war crimes in that country.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The matter of accountability for alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka has been raised on a number of occasions with the new Sri Lankan government. I discussed the matter with the Sri Lankan government during my visit to Sri Lanka in January, and again with Foreign Minister Samaraweera during his visits to the UK in February and March. Separately the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Whitney (Mr Cameron), also discussed accountability with President Sirisena, and the Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) further with Foreign Minister Samaraweera in March.</p><p>We were encouraged by the Sri Lankan government’s February commitment to co-operate with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and to establish a credible domestic process to investigate incidents of alleged war crimes and hold individuals to account. As Sri Lanka returns to the UN Human Rights Council in September for discussion it will be important for Sri Lanka to show real progress on this important matter.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 04/06/2015 13:45:54 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347679

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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 Aid
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 latest position regarding training of the Syrian moderate opposition is; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><th> </th><td><table><tbody><tr><td>The UK is contributing to the US-led effort to train and equip the moderate armed opposition ISIL. We will provide 85 personnel to the programme. This includes headquarters staff and trainers, and their deployment will be phased over time as the programme is established. They will provide instruction in the use of small arms, infantry tactics and medical skills. The programme is designed to help the moderate opposition fight ISIL and to help create the conditions for a negotiated political transition in Syria.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 04/06/2015 16:26:40 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

347708

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will (a) sign the Safe Schools Declaration and (b) support implementation of that declaration in countries where armed conflict is taking place.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The intention of the Safe Schools Declaration is for countries to endorse the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military use During Armed Conflict. While we support the spirit of the initiative, we have concerns that the Guidelines do not mirror the exact language and content of International Humanitarian Law. We consider that the full implementation of International Humanitarian Law provides the best protection for civilians in all situations of armed conflict. The UK and several other countries therefore did not sign the Safe Schools Declaration in Oslo in May.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/06/2015 08:59:06 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

347764

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Yemen: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Yemen on the safety of British citizens in that country.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, we have advised British nationals against all travel to Yemen. Our travel advice has included information on the current situation in Yemen, as well as of the support that can be provided in neighbouring countries. We continue to work with international partners to resolve the current crisis in Yemen and bring political stability to the country. Given the current situation in Yemen, I have not discussed this issue with the Government of Yemen since the beginning of the recent crisis.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/06/2015 08:56:38 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

347238

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they currently pass to United States military targeting teams operating in Iraq and Syria all intelligence information on locations where United Kingdom nationals are working with Islamic State; and if not, whether they plan to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>In accordance with long standing policy the Government does not make public information regarding the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq and Syria which could compromise UK or coalition military operations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra