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date	11/05/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Tigray: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of targeted killings of Ethiopian Orthodox priests in Tigray; and what action they are taking as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>As the Minister of State responsible for human rights issues for the Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office, I tweeted on 11 May to express my deep sadness at the reported murder of priests in Tigray. This is one of a deluge of horrifying reports of atrocities coming out of Tigray. Civilians must be protected and the violence must stop.</p><p>The G7, under the UK Presidency, issued a statement on 2 April and a Communiqué on 5 May condemning human rights violations and abuses. The UK also condemned in the strongest terms the reported killings of civilians via a joint statement on Ethiopia with 41 other countries at the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council. We support the UN's call for a &quot;zero tolerance&quot; policy and welcome the UN Security Council's 22 April Press Statement expressing their deep concern about allegations of human rights violations and abuses in the Tigray region. The UK will support the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure that their joint investigations with the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission into atrocities in Tigray are independent, transparent and impartial and that those responsible for these human rights abuses are held to account. The Foreign Secretary, Minister for Africa and our Ambassador in Addis continue to raise human rights issues in their discussions with the Ethiopian government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/05/2021 11:03:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

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date	14/10/2019
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	Lee Ming-che
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 China about the case of Lee Ming-Che, a Taiwanese citizen, who was sentenced to five years in prison for calling for democratic change in China on the internet; and what response they have received.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>We continue to follow the case of Lee Ming-Che through our Embassy in Beijing. We have not raised this specific case with our Chinese counterparts, however, we do regularly bring up human rights issues when having discussions with our Chinese interlocutors.</p><p>We regularly make clear our concerns about the increasing restrictions on civil and political rights and freedom of expression in China. In late 2018 we contributed to the Universal Periodic Review on China, including questions on the treatment of prisoners. We call on China to release those individuals detained for seeking to protect the rights of others. We also continue to highlight our concerns about the Foreign Non-Governmental Organisation law, restrictions of freedom of religion and belief, LGBT rights, the death penalty and the treatment of ethnic minorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 28/10/2019 11:38:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

730966

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date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the target set in the Sustainable Economic Development Plan 2012–13 to 2021–22 for St. Helena of 600 tourists per week, what steps they are taking to assist inward investment in the development of new hotel accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Ludgate
uin	HL2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>DFID continues to provide funding to Enterprise St Helena (ESH), the island’s economic development agency, to promote and assist further investment in accommodation and other tourism services. The St Helena Government is confident that once weekly flights begin there will be sufficient accommodation for the anticipated number of visitors. Also that once a regular commercial air service between St Helena and the mainland is established, there will be further private sector investment in this regard.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/06/2017 16:12:38 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2227 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate

518708

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date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	St Helena: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Institute for Apprenticeships will take over any of the functions carried out by Ofsted, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education or Ofqual, such as the inspection of apprenticeship provision or the regulation of qualifications, and if so, which.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The role of the Institute for Apprenticeships will be to ensure the quality of apprenticeship standards.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships will only attract funding from government or the levy if they are against an approved standard or framework. Each standard will contain a plan for how the apprenticeship will be assessed. Although this will be approved by the Institute, the Institute will not assess the apprenticeship training itself: the register of training providers is owned by the Skills Funding Agency and Ofsted will continue to inspect providers.</p><p>The Institute will, however, need to ensure there is consistency between the levels of assessment being applied, as part of its role in approving standards and assessment plans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3 question first answered 01/06/2016 11:50:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare