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802386

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date	06/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hafizzulah Husseinkhel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to reconsider the case of Hafizzulah Husseinkhel, an Afghan interpreter who worked as an interpreter for the British Army and is due to be deported from the UK; if so, when; and what assessment they have made of his safety should his deportation go ahead.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a long and proud history of granting asylum to those who genuinely need our protection, in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention.</p><p>Each claim is carefully considered on its individual merits and we cannot comment on individual cases. We support the principle that asylum should be claimed and processed by the first safe country in which an individual finds themselves as that is the fastest route to safety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/12/2017 14:08:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

802387

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date	06/12/2017
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	North Korea: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the compliance of their decision not to raise the individual cases of the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea with the UK's treaty obligations to act in cases where it is aware of treaty violations in another state.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We remain concerned that China continues to regard North Koreans fleeing the DPRK as economic migrants rather than refugees under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. The UK Government calls upon China to observe the fundamental principle that refugees should not be returned to a country where they may be subject to persecution. This is clearly the case in North Korea. We raised this issue most recently with China at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in June 2017.</p><p>The UK Government has made clear on many occasions our serious concerns about the human rights situation in the DPRK and the regime's treatment of its people, particularly those who are repatriated. These are issues we have raised repeatedly both directly with the DPRK government and through our leading roles in multilateral organisations.</p><p>We continue to work with allies and partners to maintain pressure on the DPRK to address the significant concerns we have about its human rights record, including the treatment of DPRK defectors. Most recently, the UK helped to advance an EU-Japan sponsored resolution at the United Nations Third Committee condemning the DPRK's appalling human rights situation and calling for immediate action.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3921 question first answered 20/12/2017 17:56:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

802388

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	North Korea: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the moral and practical implications of their decision not to intervene to seek safe passage of the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea to the Republic of Korea or a third country.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We remain concerned that China continues to regard North Koreans fleeing the DPRK as economic migrants rather than refugees under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. The UK Government calls upon China to observe the fundamental principle that refugees should not be returned to a country where they may be subject to persecution. This is clearly the case in North Korea. We raised this issue most recently with China at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in June 2017.</p><p>The UK Government has made clear on many occasions our serious concerns about the human rights situation in the DPRK and the regime's treatment of its people, particularly those who are repatriated. These are issues we have raised repeatedly both directly with the DPRK government and through our leading roles in multilateral organisations.</p><p>We continue to work with allies and partners to maintain pressure on the DPRK to address the significant concerns we have about its human rights record, including the treatment of DPRK defectors. Most recently, the UK helped to advance an EU-Japan sponsored resolution at the United Nations Third Committee condemning the DPRK's appalling human rights situation and calling for immediate action.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL3920 question first answered 20/12/2017 17:56:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

802391

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Missions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many trade missions were undertaken by ministers in 2017; and what was the destination of each mission.
tabling member printed	Lord Barker of Battle
uin	HL3924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade undertook 139 trade missions outside of the United Kingdom in 2017, in 43 countries as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vietnam, and Zambia.</p><p> </p><p>Of these missions, eight were supported by the Department’s Ministers, in eight countries as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Ethiopia, Uganda (Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Liam Fox)</p><p>China (Minister of State for Trade &amp; Export Promotion, Baroness Fairhead)</p><p>Spain, United States (Minister of State for Trade Policy, Rt. Hon Greg Hands)</p><p>France, Germany, India (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Investment, Mark Garnier)</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 19/12/2017 15:22:38 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle

802394

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the UK’s total contribution to the Global Fund in 2017; and how the outcome of this contribution will be assessed.
tabling member printed	Lord Barker of Battle
uin	HL3927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK pledged £1.1 billion to the Global Fund over 2017-19. Of this, £200 million was to double private sector contributions for tackling malaria, and £90 million was linked to successful delivery against a demanding performance agreement. In 2017, the UK contributed £317.06 million to the Global Fund. The outcome of this contribution is assessed annually, including in terms of the number of lives saved and reduction in new HIV infections and TB and malaria cases worldwide as a result of investments by the Global Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/12/2017 17:28:47 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle

802395

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Climate Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries received funds from the International Climate Fund in 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Barker of Battle
uin	HL3928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>UK International Climate Finance (ICF) helps countries build resilience to the effects of climate change, reduces global greenhouse gas emissions, and supports sustainable management of natural resources, such as forests.</p><p>The latest year for which data on UK ICF spend has been published is 2016/17. In that financial year the following countries and UK overseas territories directly received UK ICF:</p><p>Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Congo, Caribbean, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, St Helena, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.</p><p>In 2016-17 UK ICF also financed regional and multi-country programmes and contributed to three multilateral climate funds, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/12/2017 17:29:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle