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391287

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Tunisia: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the impact of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's revised travel advice for Tunisia on the Tunisian economy in terms of the loss of revenue from British tourism.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Sousse terrorist attack has had a significant impact on tourist numbers in Tunisia: at the time of the attack there were an estimated 20,000 British tourists in Tunisia. This had dropped to around 2,000 before the Government changed its travel advice. Our travel advice has highlighted for some time the high threat from terrorism in Tunisia. Because of developments in the threat and intelligence picture since the attack, coupled with our assessment of the vulnerability of tourist sites, we took the decision to change our travel advice in order to ensure the safety of British nationals <br><br>Tourism usually accounts for around 15 per cent of Tunisia’s Gross Domestic Product. We and international partners are working with Tunisia to identify how we can best support their economy, including by increasing our bilateral and multilateral support. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), and EU Foreign Ministers discussed economic support for Tunisia, including a significant increase in olive oil export quotas, at Monday’s EU Foreign Affairs Council. We also continue to encourage Tunisia to set out its plans for its economic development.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:18:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

391289

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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, further to the Prime Minister's commitment to work with the US to destroy IS, what their strategy is for doing so.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is part of a Global Coalition of over 60 countries and organisations who have come together to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Coalition agreed that we will need to make concerted efforts on five lines: Military, Foreign Fighters, Finance, Stabilisation and Strategic Communications. The UK is playing a key role to support concerted efforts on these five lines. <br><br>The UK is a leading contributor to the military efforts to defeat ISIL. We are upgrading local forces – the Iraqi Security Forces (including Kurdish fighters) and the Syrian Moderate Opposition – through the provision of training and equipment and the RAF is part of the Coalition’s air support which is helping to defeat ISIL on the ground. <br><br>We are countering ISIL’s efforts to recruit foreign fighters by identifying recruitment networks, encouraging the exchange of information on travel routes, and ensuring Coalition members are sharing information to combat the flow of these fighters. <br><br>We have been working to prevent ISIL’s use of the international financial system and cutting off sources of funding, whether from oil smuggling, kidnap for ransom, foreign donations, or the trade in looted antiquities. <br> <br>The Coalition is committed to providing stabilisation support in Iraq. Essential services, civilian planning, local government and police will be needed in liberated areas to ensure relief and recovery, so that displaced people can choose to return to their homes safely. In the meantime, the UK is providing humanitarian assistance to the millions of people affected by ISIL’s brutality and chaos in Syria, Iraq and the region. The UK is one of the co-leads for the international working group on strategic communications. We are enabling credible voices across the region to speak out against ISIL’s atrocities and to encourage people not to support or promote ISIL. <br>We also support Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi and his efforts to lead an inclusive government and advance national reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:17:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

391300

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Diplomatic Service: Tolls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anelay of St Johns (HLWS119), what action they have been taking on the issue of unpaid London Congestion Charge bills and fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations, with what results, and when they expect a satisfactory agreement to be reached.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL1655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has held meetings throughout the past year with a number of diplomatic missions and international organisations about outstanding London Congestion Charge bills and fines, and other debts. The subject of a mission’s outstanding debts is also raised with all incoming Heads of Mission.</p><p>In March this year FCO officials wrote to all diplomatic missions with unpaid London Congestion Charges over £100,000 requesting payment of the outstanding fines as a matter of priority and to give them the opportunity to pay the outstanding fines, or to dispute them with Transport for London (TfL), before we published the details.</p><p>Statistics provided by TfL show that the vast majority (around two thirds) of diplomatic missions pay Congestion Charges. Diplomatic missions which do not pay, claim that the Congestion Charge is a form of tax from which they should be exempt under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) 1961. The view of the Government is that there are no legal grounds to exempt diplomats and they are therefore expected to pay Congestion Charges. Officials from the FCO, the Department for Transport (DfT) and TfL continue work to identify a solution to the legal impasse with non-paying missions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:16:39 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

391302

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Diplomatic Service: Parking Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anelay of St Johns (HLWS116), what action they have been taking on the issue of unpaid parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations to ensure fines are duly and regularly paid; and with what result.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL1656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has held meetings throughout the past year with a number of diplomatic missions and international organisations about outstanding parking fines and other debts. The subject of a mission’s outstanding debts is also raised with all incoming Heads of Mission. In April this year FCO officials wrote to all diplomatic missions with unpaid parking fines over £500 to give them the opportunity to either pay the outstanding fines, or to dispute them with the creditors, before the publication of the details to Parliament. Subsequent payments of parking fines, including amounts waived by councils, totalled £214,154.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:16:05 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

391304

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	India
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the statement in 2014 by the Indian Home Minister describing the 1984 killings of Sikhs in India as genocide, whether they are pushing, or plan to push, for an international inquiry.
tabling member printed	Lord Singh of Wimbledon
uin	HL1657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The tragic losses of lives during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 remain a source of deep pain to Sikhs everywhere around the world. We recognise the deep scars that this has left and the understandably strong feelings that exist to this day. We are aware of reports of the Indian Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, referring to the anti-Sikh riots as genocide. Any inquiry is a matter for the Indian government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:15:41 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4251 label Biography information for Lord Singh of Wimbledon

391311

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Radicalism
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 there is a link between Muslim extremism and United Kingdom policies in the Middle East.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>There is no justifiable link between Islamist extremism and British policy in the Middle East. As the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), said on 20 July, “The root cause of the threat we face is the extremist ideology itself.”</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to make a significant contribution to countering Islamist extremism and terrorism across the Middle East, including through the UK’s leading role in the Global Coalition to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:15:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

391313

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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: Palestinians
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 role of the EU in respect of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government assesses that the EU plays a positive role in promoting conduct which is in line with Israel’s obligations as an occupying power under the Fourth Geneva Conventions of 1949.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:15:04 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

391317

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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: West Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with their European allies regarding any United Kingdom red lines for Israel in the West Bank.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has regular discussions with European partners about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Our fundamental starting point in all our discussions is that Israeli conduct must be in line with International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:14:53 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

391319

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel concerning the orders and directives given by Colonel Ofer Winter during Operation Protective Edge.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>While officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have not had any discussions with the Israeli authorities over these specific orders, we are pressing Israel to demonstrate accountability for its actions during Operation Protective Edge (OPE). Officials held discussions with the Israeli Military Advocate General’s office on 13 July and with the Israeli State Comptroller’s office on 15 July where OPE was raised.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:14:14 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

391339

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Greece: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the spending of British tourists going to Greece (1) in the United Kingdom and (2) in Greece.
tabling member printed	Lord Radice
uin	HL1675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>British nationals make around 2 million visits to Greece every year. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not have data on the amount of money British tourists spend. The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises estimate that British tourists spend on average 1000 Euros per visit. Based on Bank of Greece data, 740 Euros out of the 1000 Euros is retained in Greece. They do not provide figures or estimates for expenditure in the UK by British tourists going to Greece.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:13:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	510 label Biography information for Lord Radice