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date	29/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the expected impact of their Illegal Migration Bill on victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK government remains committed to tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery and supporting victims. The Illegal Migration Bill will prevent people who come to the UK through illegal and dangerous journeys from accessing the provisions of the National Referral Mechanism.</p><p>It is right that the government takes steps to address the threat to public order posed by individuals making dangerous journeys that cause loss of life and are inherently unsafe, both for themselves and First Responders.</p><p>We support thousands of victims each year and will continue to do so following the implementation of the Illegal Migration Bill.</p><p>We are working on developing guidance regarding the operation of these measures, including any potential impacts and how they relate to victims of Modern Slavery, to be introduced when it is appropriate to do so once the Illegal Migration Bill has progressed through Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 14/04/2023 09:29:39 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1441610

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Remote Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of departmental civil servants work (1) wholly, and (2) primarily, from home; and how these figures compare to those prior to March 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>Since the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, Civil Servants have increased their numbers in the office as steps have been taken to ensure offices are able to operate at full capacity as quickly as possible. In the Cabinet Office, for example, all of our core office buildings around the country are now operating again at full capacity and office occupancy in our HQ building is already back to pre-pandemic levels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency is monitoring office occupancy levels across government and will support all Ministers in delivering their return to the workplace plans.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 29/03/2022 15:06:50 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1226080

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for International Trade on 7 July (HCWS339), whether details of the revised methodology described are publicly available; and if not, whether they will place a description of the non-sensitive and non-confidential elements of the revised methodology in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Written Ministerial Statement of 7<sup>th</sup> July 2020 explained and set out details of the revised methodology developed to comply with the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 20<sup>th</sup> June 2019 and applied to re-take the decisions remitted by the Court of Appeal on the correct legal basis.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government have no plans to publish the assessments to which the Noble Lord refers. Such assessments use all available sources of information – including some that are necessarily confidential and sensitive – so we are not able to provide details of the assessments.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel grouped question UIN HL6965 question first answered 23/07/2020 11:09:45 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

885861

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Turkey: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make representations to the government of Turkey regarding the continued detention of (1) Seyran Demir, a young female prisoner with leukaemia, and (2) Sise Bingol, a seriously ill 78 year old woman imprisoned for "willingly helping a terrorist organisation".
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of the cases of Seyran Demir and Sise Bingol. We regularly engage with the Government of Turkey over the human rights situation in the country. We consistently urge Turkey to uphold the rights of all its citizens, including those in detention, in line with its domestic responsibilities and international obligations. We will continue to engage with Turkey on these important issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/05/2018 15:22:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

470618

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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	Africa: Breast Ironing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the current increase in girls suffering "breast ironing" in Western and Central Africa, and especially in southern Cameroon.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The British Government is aware of the harmful practice of breast ironing in some Commonwealth and other African countries. There is little reliable data on the number of girls suffering this form of abuse, but we strongly condemn violence against women and girls in all its forms.</p><p>The Government places gender equality at the heart of our bilateral development programming and works through diplomatic and development channels to tackle the causes and drivers of violence against women and girls as a matter of priority. The manifestations of violence may change but it is critical to address the structural causes of violence, including harmful beliefs and attitudes.</p><p>In Cameroon, Kenya and Nigeria we are continuing to engage with governments and local communities to support the rights of women and girls, including ending harmful practices which constitute violence against women and girls. In Cameroon our High Commission has been working closely with the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and the Family on campaigns in coordination with local religious leaders, to raise awareness and support community-led change to end the harmful practice of breast ironing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns grouped question UIN HL6965 question first answered 30/03/2016 15:27:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

50246

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pupils were excluded from (1) primary, and (2) secondary, schools in 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 and during the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The requested information for the 2009/10[1] and 2011/12[2] academic years is published in the permanent and fixed period exclusions statistical first releases for each year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on permanent exclusions for the 1999/2000[3] academic year is publicly available in the 1999/2000 permanent exclusions statistical first release. Information on exclusion rates prior to 2005/06 was collected via the Termly Exclusions Survey rather than the School Census.</p><p> </p><p>Information on permanent and fixed period exclusions for the 1979/80 and 1989/90 academic years is not held by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010</a> (table 1 and 6)</p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-2011-to-2012-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-2011-to-2012-academic-year</a> (table 1 and 8)</p><p>[3]<a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120504203418/http:/education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000275/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120504203418/http://education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000275/index.shtml</a> (table 1)</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk