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484535

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date	22/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will respond to question HL6501, about trade with Israel, tabled on 26 February.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>On 17 February, the Government published procurement guidance for public authorities that makes clear that boycotts in public procurement are inappropriate and may be illegal outside where formal legal sanctions, embargoes and restrictions have been put in place by the UK Government. It is general guidance for public authorities on contracting with suppliers from WTO countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL6501 question first answered 19/04/2016 16:29:15 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

484536

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the demolition of the new school in Abu Nuwar (east of Jerusalem) which had been designed to increase the capacity of the existing school and kindergarten.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2016 answer text <p>We have not raised this particular demolition with the Israeli authorities. However our position is clear; demolitions cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians and are (in all but the most exceptional of cases) contrary to international humanitarian law. We regularly raise the issue of demolitions with our Israeli counterparts.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2016 13:10:00 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

484537

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the appropriation of 234 hectares of Palestinian land near Jericho by Israel on 10 March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued a press statement on 16 March condemning the Israeli government's decision to take over 585 acres of land in the West Bank as ‘state land’.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2016 13:10:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

484538

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	Israel: Army
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about allegations that excessive force by the Israeli army has not resulted in investigations in the majority of cases.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2016 answer text <p>We have repeatedly expressed our concerns about the appropriate use of force by the Israel Defence Forces, as well as the need for Israel to implement the recommendations of the Turkel Commission on improving how the Israeli authorities investigate alleged violations of international humanitarian law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/04/2016 13:10:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

484539

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisation is responsible for collecting air pollution data generated by monitoring in and around Heathrow airport.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2016 answer text <p>Air quality monitoring data collected in and around Heathrow Airport is presented on the Heathrow AirWatch website which is funded via a joint working partnership consisting of Heathrow Airport Ltd, London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow, Slough and Spelthorne Borough Councils and British Airways. It is managed by the consultant Ricardo Energy and Environment.</p><p> </p><p>Two local monitoring sites are included in the Government’s national monitoring network (the Automatic Urban and Rural Network). All national air quality monitoring data is available on the Government’s UK-Air website.</p><p> </p><p>The two monitoring sites are London Hillingdon which is located in a suburban residential area approximately 30 metres from the M4 motorway and London Harlington which is located close to a minor road to the east of Harlington village.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 05/04/2016 09:49:49 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

484540

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how to achieve legally binding targets for air pollution should the third runway at Heathrow proceed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL7317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2016 answer text <p>The Airports Commission published a large amount of analysis on air quality, which included an assessment of potential impacts on limit values, in its Final Report, which is available in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as announced in December, we are testing the Airports Commission’s work on air quality against the Government’s new air quality plan, as recommended by the Environmental Audit Committee.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/04/2016 13:30:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge