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752455

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the EU Satellite Centre.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>​The EU Satellite Centre produces satellite imagery and analysis in support of EU missions and operations in fulfilment of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy. The UK is able to draw on the Centre’s output for defence and security purposes. This year the UK’s financial contribution is approximately 2.17 million Euros.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 31/07/2017 14:42:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

717917

registered interest
date	05/04/2017
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	Central European University
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the government of Hungary to protect the legitimacy, autonomy and academic freedom of the Central European University.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>We are closely monitoring the situation. As part of our regular, open and frank discussions with the Hungarian Government, the British Embassy in Budapest is engaging with them on this matter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/04/2017 13:31:51 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

528829

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Government Departments: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek parliamentary approval before deciding whether to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>It is a matter for the Government, and the new Prime Minister, to decide whether there should be a Parliamentary vote before the UK notifies the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/07/2016 16:12:03 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

528830

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Communism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend the UK to continue to be a member of the Council of Europe and party to the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK continues to be an active member of the Council of Europe and party to the European Convention on Human Rights. I also refer the noble Lord to the answer given by the the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Esher and Walton (Mr Raab) in the House of Commons on 14 June 2016 (House of Commons Vol. 611, Column 1615), in which he said that while we cannot rule out forever withdrawal from the Convention, it is not the Government’s policy to withdraw.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 30/06/2016 15:39:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

528831

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	BBC World Service: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Scottish legislative consent is a necessary condition before Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty can be invoked on behalf of the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text No, a legislative consent motion is not required. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/07/2016 13:31:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

528186

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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	Department for International Trade: Travel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 13 June (HL424), whether another country’s failure to recognise dual citizenship impedes the UK from offering consular assistance to an individual whose fundamental rights are being violated.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>Dual citizenship is allowed in the UK and we respect the rights of Britons who choose to have dual nationality in the UK or overseas. However we acknowledge that many countries do not accept dual nationality, or allow it in the same way as the UK.</p><p>The consular assistance we offer to dual British nationals overseas depends on where they are and their circumstances.</p><p>We do not normally offer support to dual nationals who are in the country of their other nationality, however we consider each case on the circumstances and we may make exceptions if there are special humanitarian reasons to do so.</p><p>In countries where dual nationality is not recognised we offer assistance and lobby for consular access, but the other country has the right to refuse to grant such access.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/06/2016 15:09:39 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

522873

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Homelessness: Greater Manchester
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will seek assurances from the government of Iran that Nazanin Ratcliffe will be granted access to a lawyer and due process rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>We regularly lobby the Iranian government on all of our consular cases; requesting consular access for our officials, and to ensure that they have access to lawyers and are receiving appropriate medical care. Most recently the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), raised the issue with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif on 17 May, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), raised the subject with the Iranian Charge d’Affaires in London on 18 May. The Iranian government do not recognise dual nationals of any country, therefore we cannot gain direct access to dual nationals held in custody.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/06/2016 13:16:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

455151

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to respond to the European Parliament’s call for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia, and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>It is up to individual member states, not the European Parliament, to make national arms export licensing decisions.</p><p>The Government takes its arms export responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application.</p><p>We are able to review licences and suspend or revoke as necessary when circumstances require.</p><p>The Government is satisfied that extant licences for Saudi Arabia are compliant with the UK’s export licensing criteria.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 07/03/2016 15:47:04 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

437848

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Capital Punishment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether opposition to the death penalty remains a key human rights priority for them, in the light of the UK’s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL4550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text Our UN pledges renew our enduring commitment to promoting universal human rights. This includes work to abolish the death penalty. As I have said repeatedly in this House, this Government opposes the death penalty in all circumstances and we continue to call on all states to abolish it. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 22/12/2015 14:24:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

428893

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
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	Government Communications Centre
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what files they hold at Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre, and what are their plans to make the files held there available to the public during this Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL3616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) archive records are held by the FCO rather than Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre (HMGCC). Most of these archive records are held in the FCO main archive at Hanslope Park in Buckinghamshire, which houses approximately 1.2 million files. The FCO has published its archive file inventory and the review programme for its files. The FCO is committed to complying with the Public Records Act and to full transparency with respect to our record holdings.</p><p>HMGCC, which is also at Hanslope Park, is one of the Government’s science and technology establishments, responsible for ensuring that the Government’s communications systems in the UK and around the globe are effective, reliable and secure.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 25/11/2015 15:44:30 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill