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708715

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Israel: West Bank
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 Israel following reports that Israeli military bulldozers have destroyed a drinking water pipeline that was funded by the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Central Plains of the occupied West Bank.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>​While we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we continue to raise strong concerns about demolitions in the West Bank with the Israeli authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/03/2017 16:23:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

708716

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports that visas have been denied to Palestinians, what representations they will make to the government of Israel to ensure that Palestinian visa applications are dealt with in the same manner as those for their Israeli counterparts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>We have not raised this issue with the Israeli authorities, as they are not under an obligation to explain their immigration policies to third parties such as the United Kingdom. The Government is not able to interfere or intervene in another state's immigration policies and procedures.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/03/2017 16:25:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

708717

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Israeli Settlements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel with regard to continued illegal construction in settlements and outposts across the West Bank.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>We regularly raise our grave concerns on this issue and strongly urge the Government of Israel to reverse its policy of settlement expansion. The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) and the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) both expressed strong concerns about settlement activity when they met Prime Minister Netanyahu in London on Monday 6 February. The Foreign Secretary reiterated the UK’s support for a two-state solution and our concerns about settlement activity to Prime Minister Netanyahu during his visit to Israel on 8 March. Since January 2017, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) has issued three statements condemning Israeli government plans to build over 6,000 settlement units in the West Bank including East Jerusalem. He also issued a further statement on 3 February condemning the passage of the Land Regularisation Bill, which seeks to retroactively legalise outposts.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/03/2017 16:22:41 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

708718

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Israeli Settlements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take action to ensure that British pension funds are not used to support companies that do business with the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Investment decisions are the responsibility of the pension scheme trustee. The Investment Regulations require trustees to prepare a Statement of Investment Principles, including the extent to which social, environmental or ethical considerations are taken into account when making investment decisions. The Law Commission in 2014 concluded that trustees should consider long term financially material factors when considering the schemes investment objectives for their members; and where long-term environmental, social or governance (ESG) factors are financially material these should be taken into account.​</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/03/2017 16:32:53 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

708719

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel with regard to the abuse of, denial of human rights to, and denial of due process of law for, Palestinian children resulting from action taken by Israeli security forces.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to have strong concerns about reports of ill treatment of Palestinian minors, particularly those in Israeli military detention. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv meet with the Israeli authorities on a regular basis to advocate for improvements to the practices surrounding Palestinian children in detention in Israel and have most recently done so on 19 January. The UK is firmly committed to the protection of human rights and compliance with international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/03/2017 16:21:33 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

708720

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the one state solution for Israel-Palestine proposed by Knesset member Miki Zohar.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Any one-state solution is incompatible with the national aspirations of both peoples. The Government is strongly committed to a two-state solution as the only way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, once and for all. We continue to encourage direct negotiations towards a secure Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people, standing alongside a sovereign Palestinian state, the homeland of the Palestinian people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 20/03/2017 16:19:26 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

705831

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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	Israel: Bedouin
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the call by the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory, what action they are taking to (1) protect the occupants of, and (2) prevent demolition of buildings in, the Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>​The UK Government is gravely concerned about continued demolition of Palestinian property by the Israeli authorities, including plans to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) raised this issue with the Israeli Ambassador to London on 1 March. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv last raised our concerns with the Israeli authorities on 28 February.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/03/2017 16:42:17 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

705832

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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	UN Secretariat: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the United Nations concerning the proposed appointment of MK Tzipi Livni for the post of UN deputy secretary-general.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>​We are not planning to make any representations to the United Nations (UN) on this issue, as we believe this is a matter for the UN to decide.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/03/2017 17:23:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

705833

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
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	Israel: West Bank
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 Israel concerning reports of the uprooting of Palestinian-owned olive trees in Kharas village, Hebron, by the Israeli authorities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>​While we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we are aware of the difficulties facing Palestinian olive growers and of the particular sensitivities around olive trees given their status as a national symbol and the sole source of income for many Palestinian farmers. We have expressed our serious concerns to the Israeli Government and security officials about the destruction of olive trees on a number of occasions. We hold the Israeli authorities responsible for enforcing the rule of law and providing the appropriate protection to the Palestinian civilian population.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/03/2017 16:43:04 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

705834

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Gaza: Foot and Mouth Disease
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what aid they have given, and what action they intend to take, following reports that there is an outbreak of Foot and Mouth with consequent loss of animals and restrictions on movement in Gaza.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Agriculture in Ramallah and the veterinary services in the Gaza Strip are managing the outbreak and have not asked for assistance from the UK. The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture sent 30,000 vaccine doses, enough for 10,000 cattle, to Gaza and vaccination of cattle in Gaza is ongoing. Restrictions on animal movement within, from and to Gaza have been imposed to limit further spread of the disease.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/03/2017 16:43:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge