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391289

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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

391362

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	COE Parliamentary Assembly
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the Members of the United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and what is the political affiliation of each Member.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL1688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>A list of full and alternate UK members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), as well as their party affiliations and European political groupings, is attached here. The current delegation consists of those members who were appointed by the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), on 15 January 2013 and includes Members from both Houses. The party distribution should reflect the composition of the House of Commons. However, the delegation remains unchanged from before May’s general election (apart from, sadly, Charles Kennedy). Therefore, some existing UK PACE members no longer have seats in Parliament. This delegation can continue for up to a maximum of six months from the date of May’s general election. The new delegation will be appointed by the Prime Minister by November 2015. The party distribution will reflect the composition of the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 08/09/2015 13:29:20 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns attachment 1 file name 150722 PQ HL1688 - UK Del to PACE CoE attachment.docx title PACE: List of full and alternate members
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

391435

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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6077, how many (a) meetings and (b) emails his Department has had with the organisation Action on Smoking and Health in drafting these guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	8083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials met with Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) in June 2012 to discuss updating our 2005 tobacco guidance so as to ensure it reflected our commitments under Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which was adopted in 2009. This department exchanged six emails with ASH between 30 June 2012 and December 2013 when the new guidelines were issued to posts.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/09/2015 13:49:30 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

391436

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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6077, which organisations he consulted when drafting that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	8084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Health were consulted and became co-authors of this guidance as they lead on tobacco control and the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. We also consulted with UK Trade and Investment. Action on Smoking and Health also sent us their recommendations.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/09/2015 13:55:33 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

391440

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	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015 to Question 6077, if he will publish and place in the Library the guidance on engaging with the tobacco industry issued to staff in December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	7910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>I have arranged for the revised December 2013 guidance to overseas posts on engagement with the tobacco industry to be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/09/2015 13:47:13 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies