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47802

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date	08/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which Islamist organisations they consider to present a threat to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL6750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I cannot comment on intelligence matters. <br><br>The list of proscribed terrorist organisations can be found at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301777/ProscribedOrganisationsApril14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/301777/ProscribedOrganisationsApril14.pdf</a><br>Proscription is not targeted at any particular faith or social grouping, but is based on our assessment of an organisation's concern in terrorism. Over 60 organisations are currently proscribed including 14 organisations connected to Northern Ireland and organisations seeking to advance a variety of other religious, ethnic, political and nationalist causes.<br><br>The Extremism Task Force, which was set up by the Prime Minister following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, looked closely at whether the government was doing all it could to confront extremism and radicalisation It concluded that it is often too easy for extremist preachers and groups to spread extremist views which can lead people into terrorism. The Government is therefore considering the case for new powers to ban groups which seek to undermine democracy or use hate speech.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

47803

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of death sentences handed down so far during 2014 in Egypt; and whether they have discussed the issue with the government of Egypt.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL6751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2014 answer text <p>The British Government is aware of 559 people who have been sentenced to death in Egypt during 2014, including 529 by a court in Minya on 24 March. We are deeply concerned by these sentences. We have raised this issue with the Egyptian government, most recently during the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague)'s meeting with Foreign Minister Fahmy on 2 April. The Foreign Secretary asked the Egyptian government to review these sentences as a matter of urgency and to ensure that the individuals' human and legal rights were properly upheld. The Foreign Secretary also made a statement on 24 March in which he expressed his concern over the sentences.</p><p>It is the long-standing policy of the British Government to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 23/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

47804

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of death sentences handed down so far during 2014 in Iran; and whether they have discussed the issue with President Rouhani and the government of Iran.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL6752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2014 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by reports of more than 100 executions in the first three months of 2014, including for crimes not considered by the international community to be the ‘most serious' and for which the death penalty can be applied. We have raised our concerns about Iran's use of the death penalty with the Iranian authorities; and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 25/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

47805

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the announcement by the government of Argentina that their new 50 peso banknote will show the Falkland Islands as part of their national territory.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL6753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2014 answer text <p>The British Government obviously has no control over what other countries choose to put on their currency. However, we are clear that incorporating the Falkland Islands in this way in no way affects either the UK's sovereignty or the right of the Falkland Islanders to self–determination, which they exercised in March 2013 in an overwhelming vote to remain part of the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 25/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

46992

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the reasons the government of Spain has given for sending warships and other state vessels into territorial waters around Gibraltar.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL6600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2014 answer text <p>Our assessment is that unlawful incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters by Spanish State vessels are a futile attempt to assert Spain's legal position in respect of the waters. Incursions are a violation of sovereignty, not a threat to it. They do not weaken or undermine the legal basis in international law for British sovereignty over Gibraltar, including British Gibraltar Territorial Waters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 14/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten