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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-10-15more like thismore than 2019-10-15
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Ali Hajji more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bahrain about Bahraini human rights activist Ali Al-Hajee and his access to (1) dental implants and dental surgery, and (2) unobstructed family visitation; and whether they intend to take any further steps in relation to his case. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Scriven more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-29more like thismore than 2019-10-29
answer text <p>We are aware of the case of Ali Al Hajee, and have raised the case at a senior level with the Government of Bahrain. The Government of Bahrain have made clear in public statements that access to medical care, including dental, for those in detention is guaranteed by the Constitution of Bahrain.</p><p>We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to raise them with the appropriate Bahraini human rights oversight body. We continue to encourage the oversight bodies in Bahrain to carry out thorough and swift investigations into any such claims.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-10-29T11:56:55.91Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-29T11:56:55.91Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
4333
label Biography information for Lord Scriven more like this
732073
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-06-22more like thismore than 2017-06-22
answering body
Northern Ireland Office more like this
answering dept id 21 more like this
answering dept short name Northern Ireland more like this
answering dept sort name Northern Ireland more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of the rise in the number of proxy votes being applied for in recent elections in Northern Ireland; and what action they are taking to ensure fraud is detected and avoided. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Empey more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-03more like thismore than 2017-07-03
answer text <p>The administration of proxy voting is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland who will conduct a routine post-election review of all administrative procedures. The Electoral Commission will also report on the administration of the election in due course. The Government will consider any recommendations about dealing with fraud from the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Commission carefully.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
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less than 2017-07-03T15:10:55.627Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-03T15:10:55.627Z
answering member
4282
label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth more like this
tabling member
4216
label Biography information for Lord Empey more like this
519561
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-05-19more like thismore than 2016-05-19
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Absent Voting: Northern Ireland more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether improving the accessibility and clarity of the rules covering family reunion, and ensuring that those rules were more flexibility applied, would prevent perilous journeys being undertaken by children seeking asylum in the UK. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Judd more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-05-25more like thismore than 2016-05-25
answer text <p>Our family reunion policy is intended to allow immediate family members, who formed part of a family unit before the refugee fled their country, to reunite in the UK with the refugee and rebuild their lives together. Those family members can apply from the country in which they are resident.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-05-25T14:32:45.663Zmore like thismore than 2016-05-25T14:32:45.663Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
1660
label Biography information for Lord Judd more like this
347582
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-01more like thismore than 2015-06-01
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading United Nations: South Korea more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proposed United Nations field office in South Korea will monitor human rights violations in North Korea; and what is their assessment of the state of progress in establishing that office. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-04more like thismore than 2015-06-04
answer text <p>The UN Human Rights Council mandated the UN field office in Seoul to monitor and document the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in resolution A/HRC/RES/25/25. This resolution also mandates the field office to enhance the engagement and capacity-building of various stakeholders and to maintain the visibility of the human rights situation in the DPRK. The UK supported this resolution and looks forward to the opening of the field office. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva have advised us that the field office should become operational this month.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
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less than 2015-06-04T15:53:22.11Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-04T15:53:22.11Z
answering member
3474
label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
60537
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-06-09more like thismore than 2014-06-09
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Diego Garcia more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 25 April 2013 (WA 447– 48), with regard to the use of Diego Garcia for rendition flights, what is the latest situation in relation to such flights. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Ashcroft more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-06-17more like thismore than 2014-06-17
answer text <p>Aside from the two cases of rendition through Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) in 2002, there have been no other instances in which US intelligence flights landed in the UK, our overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies, with a detainee on board since 11 September 2001.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Warsi more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-06-17T14:49:43.1384682Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-17T14:49:43.1384682Z
answering member
3839
label Biography information for Baroness Warsi more like this
tabling member
2568
label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft more like this