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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