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date	10/02/2020
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	Shaadi.com
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Shaadi.com, when facilitating relationships and marriages, promotes (1) the caste system, and (2) discrimination against Dalits.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2020 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not made any assessment of Shaadi.com, or similar matrimonial websites.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/02/2020 13:31:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1177212

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 29 January (HL Deb, col 1446), when the postponed Time for Justice: Putting Survivors First conference will take place; and how they intend to prioritise their commitment to support the victims and survivors of sexual violence in conflict in their policies.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2020 answer text <p>The Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) International Conference, Time for Justice: Putting Survivors First, will take place this year and we will confirm the exact date with the House in due course. The Foreign Secretary and I, as the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, will host the event.</p><p>The UK is fully committed to supporting survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and follows a survivor-centred approach, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2467 on Sexual Violence in Conflict. This includes working closely with survivor networks to ensure their perspectives inform PSVI policy and programming. In October 2019, I appointed two UK PSVI Survivor Champions, Nadine Tunasi and Kolbassia Haoussou. The Survivor Champions advocate for all survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and are a vital element of our survivor-centred approach. The UK plans to announce a contribution to the International Fund for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/02/2020 13:34:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1177213

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Africa: Trade Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage countries in Africa to sign up to the African Continental Free Trade Area.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>54 of the African Union's 55 member states have signed the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and 28 of those have so far deposited their instruments of ratification with the African Union Commission (AUC). The UK is supporting the initiative by providing technical assistance, including the secondment of an investment expert to the AUC. We are also spending over £400 million annually across Africa to help countries break down barriers to trade - supporting critical trade infrastructure like ports and roads; tackling burdensome regulations, high transport costs and delays at customs; and building trade skills so that partner countries are better able to take advantage of trading opportunities. The AfCFTA was an area of focus in the trade and investment session at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London on 20 January, with AUC Chairperson Faki outlining progress to date to UK investors.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/02/2020 15:23:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1177214

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Arms Trade: Export Controls
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 proposals in the report by John Deverell for Oxfam A Process for Arms Exports: Fulfilling Criterion 2C of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licencing Criteria, published on 6 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been made aware of the contents of the report published on 6 February by John Deverell for Oxfam entitled A Process for Arms Exports: Fulfilling Criterion 2C of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licencing Criteria, and has noted them fully. The Government has some of the most stringent exports rules in the world and will not issue an export licence where it considers there is a clear risk that the goods might be used in the commission of a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law. We already draw on a range of sources in making assessments, including from non-governmental organisations and international organisations, and welcome any further information or proposals they choose to provide.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/02/2020 17:51:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool