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176986

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa: Ebola
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what lessons they have learned from the initial response to the ebola outbreak in West Africa.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>It is critical that we learn lessons from this crisis and DFID is already working with international partners to achieve the comprehensive global, regional and national systems that will be needed to respond efficiently to future public health emergencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We welcome the reforms announced at the WHO Special Session on 25 January which align with measures the Prime Minister proposed at the G20 meetings in Brisbane, including the establishment of a rapid response team. The UK has also announced an advance commitment of up to $10million as part of a contingency fund for future outbreaks and emergencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL4617 question first answered 16/02/2015 16:32:36 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

174865

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wealth
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 calls for urgent action on rising global inequality made by Oxfam and others.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Income inequality is now lower than when this Government came into office. Domestically we have invested heavily in HMRC to ensure that the wealthy pay the tax which they owe. Overall, the richest will pay more in tax this Parliament than under the previous Government’s plans and last year the top 1% of income taxpayers paid over 28% of income tax revenue, a higher proportion than at any time under the previous Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Internationally, we have led efforts through the G20 and OECD to reform the international tax rules to tackle the issue of multinationals artificially shifting their profits to avoid paying tax. And since 2013, we have been the first G7 country to meet the UN commitment to spending 0.7% of GNI on development aid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 03/02/2015 14:36:04 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

174866

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	South Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the United Nations Population Fund's estimate that as many as 25,000 women and girls in South Sudan are at risk of sexual violence in refugee camps; and whether they plan to take any action in the light of that estimate.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text The UK is deeply concerned by the prevalence of sexual violence in South Sudan. We have allocated three million pounds to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. Additionally, the UK’s contribution to humanitarian programmes helps to support survivors of sexual violence and make refugee camps safer for women and girls. We continue to press the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) to implement its commitment to end sexual violence, as set out in the joint communiqué between the GoSS and the United Nations of October 2014. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/01/2015 14:22:39 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

174867

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	South Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the talks which have taken place in Juba between President Kikwete of Tanzania and President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text President Kiir met with President Kikwete and other leaders assembled in Arusha, Tanzania for the intra-Sudanese People Liberation Movement (SPLM) dialogue. The Arusha communiqué was subsequently signed on 21 January. It remains vitally important that South Sudan’s leaders uphold their commitments to secure peace and form a transition government of national unity through the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) - led peace process. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/01/2015 14:23:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

174868

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	EU External Trade: East Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the trade agreement brokered by the European Union with East Africa, and in particular of the difference between that agreement and the previous duty-free quota-free access to the European Union under the Everything but Arms agreement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>This Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will place our trade relationship on a more equitable, mature and development-focussed relationship with East Africa. It will secure long term, WTO-compatible, duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market for East African countries even if they no longer qualify for ‘Everything But Arms’. This is already the case for Kenya. The East Africa Community has in turn agreed to gradually remove tariffs on 82% of products imported from the EU, but only over a twenty five year period, with safeguards in place to protect their domestic industry. The deal also provides scope for negotiations on areas such as services, investment, and other areas which can benefit East Africa’s development.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 26/01/2015 11:48:12 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

173027

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Eritrea
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 government of Italy’s proposal that the time has come for a "new start" on relations with Eritrea and for Eritrea's "full reinstatement as a responsible actor and key member of the international community in the stabilisation of this region", in the light of the commitment to co-operation with European Union partners on the implementation of the Eritrea Country Programme and the human rights record in Eritrea.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL4099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s priorities in Eritrea are to support improvements in human rights and strengthening of the rule of law. To this end, we welcome Eritrea’s ratification in September last year of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. We also welcome its participation in the EU – African Union “Khartoum Process” to tackle human trafficking in the region.</p><p>However, we continue to have serious concerns about the human rights situation in Eritrea. The UK continues to call on Eritrea to allow the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group and Special Rapporteur on Human Rights access to the country to demonstrate its commitment to the international community. We will continue to monitor the situation via our Embassy in Asmara, alongside EU partners in country.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 21/01/2015 14:25:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

172644

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Immigration: Horn of Africa
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what programme of research they are undertaking on the drivers of migration to support the European Union–Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Following its launch at a Ministerial Conference in Rome on 28 November, the Government is working with other EU Member States and African partners to develop the new Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative (the Khartoum Process), which is intended to tackle people smuggling and human trafficking in the Horn of Africa.</p><p>Our work under the Khartoum Process to date has drawn upon on a number of sources of information on migration routes in the Horn of Africa and the countries of the region, including information on the drivers of migration. This includes research specifically commissioned or undertaken by HM Government and information provided by its posts in the region. We are also drawing on the broader expertise and information held by other EU partners, and on information provided by international organisations and partner countries in the Horn of Africa.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 15:00:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

172645

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Eritrea
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 outcomes of the visit to Eritrea by Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Home Office representatives in December 2014.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>As part of an ongoing dialogue on migration related issues between the UK and Eritrean governments, a joint delegation of senior Home Office and Foreign Office officials visited Eritrea on 9-11 December. The delegation held a number of discussions with government ministers, officials and non-government actors on topics including the current drivers of irregular migration, ways to mitigate it, and voluntary and enforced returns. The meetings were constructive and identified a number of potential areas for joint co-operation, including on returns. We are now considering how best to use the information gathered during the visit to develop our approach to managing migration from Eritrea.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/01/2015 15:01:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

172295

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage local authorities to sign up to the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>When we launched the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme from January 2014, we wrote to local authorities to invite them to participate. As the scheme has progressed, we have continued to engage closely with local authorities who have expressed an interest in participation. Following the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) pledging conference in Geneva on 9 December 2014, a number of additional local authorities have also expressed an interest, and we are in discussions with them. We are grateful to the local authorities who are supporting the scheme, and we remain confident that we can continue to meet the needs of arrivals in the UK under the scheme as planned. We expect the scheme to help several hundred Syrians over three years, and we welcome further offers of support from local authorities as the scheme progresses.</p><p>With millions of Syrians displaced by the conflict, the Government strongly believes that the UK can have the greatest impact and help the most people in need through humanitarian aid in the region and actively seeking an end to the crisis. We have committed £700 million in response to the humanitarian crisis, making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA, and this funding is helping to support hundred of thousands of people. Compared with aid, resettlement can only ever help a minority of those in need. However, we recognise that some very vulnerable people cannot be supported effectively in the region, and we launched the VPR scheme to complement our aid by offering protection in the UK to particularly vulnerable individuals and their families, prioritising women and children at risk, those in need of medical care and survivors of violence and torture. Potential beneficiaries of the scheme are identified and referred to us by UNHCR on this basis. The VPR scheme is therefore based on need rather than fulfilling a quota. However, it was necessary for planning purposes to estimate the scale of potential arrivals under the scheme, bearing in mind the purpose of the scheme, UNHCR’s capacity and the need to have suitable care and support in place for these very vulnerable individuals as soon as they arrive in the UK.</p><p>We believe that substantial aid, actively seeking an end to the crisis and providing protection for some of the most vulnerable people are the most effective ways for the UK to help those displaced by the crisis and their host countries, rather than larger scale resettlement. We therefore have no current plans to expand the VPR scheme, and we made our position clear at the UNHCR pledging conference on 9 December. However, we continue to monitor the situation in Syria and the surrounding region and work closely with UNHCR to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict to ensure that the scheme remains appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3879 HL3880 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:37:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

172296

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what criteria they based their estimate that the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme would support several hundred refugees over three years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>When we launched the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme from January 2014, we wrote to local authorities to invite them to participate. As the scheme has progressed, we have continued to engage closely with local authorities who have expressed an interest in participation. Following the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) pledging conference in Geneva on 9 December 2014, a number of additional local authorities have also expressed an interest, and we are in discussions with them. We are grateful to the local authorities who are supporting the scheme, and we remain confident that we can continue to meet the needs of arrivals in the UK under the scheme as planned. We expect the scheme to help several hundred Syrians over three years, and we welcome further offers of support from local authorities as the scheme progresses.</p><p>With millions of Syrians displaced by the conflict, the Government strongly believes that the UK can have the greatest impact and help the most people in need through humanitarian aid in the region and actively seeking an end to the crisis. We have committed £700 million in response to the humanitarian crisis, making the UK the second largest bilateral donor after the USA, and this funding is helping to support hundred of thousands of people. Compared with aid, resettlement can only ever help a minority of those in need. However, we recognise that some very vulnerable people cannot be supported effectively in the region, and we launched the VPR scheme to complement our aid by offering protection in the UK to particularly vulnerable individuals and their families, prioritising women and children at risk, those in need of medical care and survivors of violence and torture. Potential beneficiaries of the scheme are identified and referred to us by UNHCR on this basis. The VPR scheme is therefore based on need rather than fulfilling a quota. However, it was necessary for planning purposes to estimate the scale of potential arrivals under the scheme, bearing in mind the purpose of the scheme, UNHCR’s capacity and the need to have suitable care and support in place for these very vulnerable individuals as soon as they arrive in the UK.</p><p>We believe that substantial aid, actively seeking an end to the crisis and providing protection for some of the most vulnerable people are the most effective ways for the UK to help those displaced by the crisis and their host countries, rather than larger scale resettlement. We therefore have no current plans to expand the VPR scheme, and we made our position clear at the UNHCR pledging conference on 9 December. However, we continue to monitor the situation in Syria and the surrounding region and work closely with UNHCR to identify the most vulnerable people displaced by the conflict to ensure that the scheme remains appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL3878 HL3880 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:37:18 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead