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date	18/06/2015
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	Cambodia: Freedom of Association
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 Cambodia regarding the draft law on non-governmental organisations currently before the Cambodian Parliament, which restricts freedom of association.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>We regularly raise human rights concerns with the government of Cambodia and encouraged them to carry out a full consultation before publishing the draft law on non-governmental organisations. EU Ambassadors have also made their views known to the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and our Ambassador in Phnom Penh called on the Council of Ministers’ Spokesman, who is tasked with managing the law’s passage. On 5 June, a joint letter from member states of the Community of Democracies Working Group on Enabling and Protecting Civil Society, and the Stand with Civil Society initiative, was handed to the Cambodian government. The letter called for a meaningful public consultation and urged the Cambodian government to ensure the legislation does not constrain basic freedoms of speech, association and peaceful assembly, in line with Cambodia’s international obligations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/06/2015 13:20:04 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

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date	25/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Interest Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the Chancellor of the Exchequer has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on possible increases in interest rates; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Barnett
uin	HL639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK's monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The Chancellor of the Exchequer has frequent discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on a wide range of issues on the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 07/07/2014 11:08:18 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	1018 label Biography information for Lord Barnett