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823226

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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 are making to the government of Israel concerning the lasting effects of tear gas inhalation, and its reported use on Palestinians, especially in the Aida refugee camp.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL4717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>​We have not raised this issue with the Israeli authorities. We recognise the Israeli authorities' legitimate need to deploy security measures in some circumstances, but we have encouraged them to ​​avoid excessive use of force and to act in a way which minimises tensions. When there have been accusations of excessive use of force, we have urged the Israeli authorities to conduct swift and transparent investigations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/01/2018 17:28:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

822821

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help aid to reach people in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	122504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>​The UK continues to take the lead in lobbying across the international community, urging all parties to the conflict to take action to ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. This call was repeated by the UN Security Council Presidential Statement proposed and coordinated by the UK in June 2017.</p><p>The British Government has been very closely engaged on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The Foreign Secretary and I have spoken to the Saudi Foreign Minister about the situation several times in recent months. The Foreign Secretary also discussed this with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on several occasions – most recently on 19 December. The Prime Minister, International Development Secretary and Chancellor all raised the importance of addressing the humanitarian crisis during recent visits to Saudi Arabia. We welcome the announcement on 20 December 2017, by the Saudi-led Coalition, that Hodeidah port will be kept open for humanitarian and food supplies, and that commercial shipping including fuel and food will be permitted to enter.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:58:29 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

823182

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	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 the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust fully consulted with partners in their local Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships over proposals to establish a wholly-owned company to run estates and other support services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust briefed all members of the Somerset Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint (Somerset and Taunton Foundation Trust, Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust, Somerset Clinical Comissioning Group and Somerset County Council) about its plans to establish a wholly-owned company to run its estates and other support services. As required by the National NHS Standard Contract, the Trust sought and received permission from Somerset CCG, Dorset CCG and NHS England Specialist Commissioning for some of the estates services previously delivered by the Trust to be delivered by the new wholly-owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has advised that following legal advice sought by the Trust, informal staff consultation took place in October 2017 and that a further formal consultation took place in November 2017.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4674 HL4675 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

823183

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	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 the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust fully consulted with staff over the full details of proposals to establish a wholly-owned company to run estates and other support services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust briefed all members of the Somerset Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint (Somerset and Taunton Foundation Trust, Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust, Somerset Clinical Comissioning Group and Somerset County Council) about its plans to establish a wholly-owned company to run its estates and other support services. As required by the National NHS Standard Contract, the Trust sought and received permission from Somerset CCG, Dorset CCG and NHS England Specialist Commissioning for some of the estates services previously delivered by the Trust to be delivered by the new wholly-owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has advised that following legal advice sought by the Trust, informal staff consultation took place in October 2017 and that a further formal consultation took place in November 2017.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4673 HL4675 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

823184

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they had with the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust about options for the Trust to make major savings, before the Trust proposed to establish a wholly-owned company to run estates and other support services; and what options were considered.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust briefed all members of the Somerset Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint (Somerset and Taunton Foundation Trust, Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust, Somerset Clinical Comissioning Group and Somerset County Council) about its plans to establish a wholly-owned company to run its estates and other support services. As required by the National NHS Standard Contract, the Trust sought and received permission from Somerset CCG, Dorset CCG and NHS England Specialist Commissioning for some of the estates services previously delivered by the Trust to be delivered by the new wholly-owned subsidiary.</p><p>NHS Improvement has advised that following legal advice sought by the Trust, informal staff consultation took place in October 2017 and that a further formal consultation took place in November 2017.</p><p>National Health Service organisations are responsible for deciding locally the most appropriate structures they need to deliver services to their patients within available resources.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4673 HL4674 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:04:32 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

823232

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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: USA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any recent representations to the government of the United States concerning the application of the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act 1995; and if so, what response they received.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL4723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>While we have not discussed the specific application of the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act 1995 with the Government of the United States, the Prime Minister made clear in her statement of 6 December 2017 that the UK disagrees with the United States' plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital before a final status agreement. The Prime Minister reiterated our position when she spoke to President Trump in December 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/01/2018 18:05:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

823229

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Balfour Declaration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of which of the aspirations contained in the Balfour Declaration have been fulfilled; and if not all, which ones they consider not to have been fulfilled, and why.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL4720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>While we are proud that the UK played a role in helping to make a Jewish homeland a reality, the Balfour Declaration remains unfinished business. That is why we are committed to ensuring that the whole of Balfour is fulfilled, through a two-state solution which provides security and justice for both Israelis and Palestinians. Our focus now is on encouraging the parties to take steps which bring them closer to peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/01/2018 18:02:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

823198

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	Waste Management
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data on the full costs and revenues of the various ways of recycling, or otherwise disposing of, the UK’s domestic waste stream they use to inform their policy in this regard.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL4689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We use the latest industry data on the cost of collection of waste and recycling, waste treatment and disposal. We work closely with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) which has strong industry links and is well placed for tracking and revisiting the latest evidence on costs and revenues.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of costs, one of the key sources of information is the so called gate fee price, i.e. the prices asked by different waste and recycling industry actors to process a certain type of material. Our latest Digest 2017, shows the latest trends in gates fees across facilities like materials recovery facilities, energy from waste plants, anaerobic digestion plants or landfill. There is more detail on the latest gate fee prices on WRAP’s website.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of revenues, a key public source for material recycling revenues can be accessed at letsrecycle.com.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to local authority costs and revenues of waste and recycling activities, a WRAP Consistency Framework summarises the core data in an evidence report (2016) which can be found on WRAP’S website. This is built on detailed assessments of local authority costs of collection and treatment, including elements like staff and non-staff costs as well as average revenues received for sold recyclates. Further information on this is provided in the WRAP Kerbside Analysis Tool available on Wrap’s website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 25/01/2018 17:35:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

823216

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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	China: Taiwan
	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 implications for cross-straits harmony and stability of the announcement by China on 4 January of four air routes in the Taiwan Straits without prior communication with Taiwan and of Taiwan's belief that this violates the negotiation results reached between the Taipei Airlines Association and China Air Transport Association in March 2015; and what representations they intend to make to the government of China in this regard.
	tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
	uin	HL4707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We understand that the opening of the four new air routes in the Taiwan Strait on 4 January is a cause of concern for the authorities in Taiwan.</p><p>Her Majesty's Government is assessing whether the introduction of these new northbound flights in the Straits will have any impact on aviation safety in the region.</p><p>In line with our longstanding position, we encourage China and Taiwan to engage in dialogue to resolve this issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/01/2018 18:01:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

823222

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contact they have made with the new administration in Gaza; and with what results.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL4713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We have not had any contact with the administration in Gaza. The UK retains a policy of no contact with Hamas in its entirety. We encourage the Palestinian Authority to fully resume its government functions in Gaza, and ensure that the reconciliation process is compliant with the Quartet Principles.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/01/2018 17:11:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge