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712567

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date	20/03/2017
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	Syria: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect the rights of women in Syria, as part of their overseas operations in that country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
uin	HL6162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>All of the projects the UK funds through the Conflict Stability and Security Fund in Syria incorporate awareness of gender equality issues and work to promote the empowerment of women. In particular, we have supported women-led projects through a governance programme, which has enabled women to participate in community engagement activities, project development and decision-making at the local level.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:58:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

712575

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Somaliland: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are providing to Somaliland to enhance political stability in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL6170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to enhancing political stability in Somalia, including in Somaliland. We are supportive of dialogue between Somaliland and neighbouring Puntland, and with the Federal Government of Somalia on areas of mutual interest.</p><p>In Somaliland, the UK is an active member of a group of international donors which provide technical, financial and political support to the National Electoral Commission and the broader electoral cycle in Somaliland. This included £2.18million in UK support to plan, prepare and deliver biometric voter registration in Somaliland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:57:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

712598

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Qatar: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate (1) they, and (2) the International Labour Organisation, have made of the number of (a) deaths, and (b) serious injuries, which have occurred on stadium and hotel building sites in Qatar in the last two calendar years.
tabling member printed	Lord Triesman
uin	HL6193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the death of five construction workers over the past two years – of which two were workplace accidents on world cup building sites, and the other three were health-related. We do not have any figures for serious injuries and do not estimate them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2017 15:57:05 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3651 label Biography information for Lord Triesman