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943381

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 10 July (HL9039), whether they have received representations from British faith groups seeking to open buildings for worship in Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL9597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2018 answer text <p>​We are not aware of any such representations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/08/2018 12:18:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

932065

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Investment: Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Fairhead (HL8303), whether the advice to UK businesses considering the Turkish market and established UK investors in Turkey includes information on business security and business continuity matters.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL9038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Supporting businesses to invest overseas and reach their full potential is an important priority for the Department as we strive to create a global and outward-looking economy. We realise that business continuity and business security also need to be addressed.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) advises UK businesses considering entering the Turkish market, and established UK investors in Turkey, on an individual basis, alongside our strategic business delivery partner, the British Chamber of Commerce in Turkey.</p><p> </p><p>DIT offers a range of practical support to businesses, who may contact the Department’s staff to talk about their specific requirements, including business security and continuity matters. Country-specific advice is also available on the <a href="http://www.gov/" target="_blank">www.gov</a>.uk or <a href="http://www.great.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.great.gov.uk</a> websites.</p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 10/07/2018 11:36:57 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

932066

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (HL8304), whether British Christians and Jews may set up new public buildings for their worship in Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL9039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>In order for religious groups to establish new places of worship in Turkey they must apply to the Turkish government for them to be legally recognised as places of worship. If constructing a new building as a place of worship, religious groups must first apply for permission from the municipality to do so. It is against the law to hold religious services at a location not recognized by the government as a place of worship; the government may fine or close the venues of those violating the law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/07/2018 16:06:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

928178

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 June (HL8302), of the 41 British nationals detained in Turkey, what is (1) the longest, (2) the shortest, and (3) the average length of, sentence being served.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>As of May 2018, 41 British nationals are detained in Turkey. We are providing consular assistance as necessary. However we do not hold specific data on the longest, shortest and average length of each sentence being served. The data we hold does not provide a breakdown of sentencing information for individual cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/07/2018 16:15:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

917777

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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: Christianity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they intend to make to the government of Turkey about the freedom of Christian worship by British visitors.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>It is our understanding that British visitors to Turkey are free to worship as they please, regardless of which faith they belong to. We expect Turkey to uphold the right to freedom of religion or belief for Turkish citizens and foreign visitors alike. The Turkish constitution provides for freedom of conscience and religion, and President Erdogan publicly reiterated his commitment to those values at the beginning of this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2018 16:08:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

917778

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Empty Property: Council Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities in England have yet to take up the opportunity to apply a council tax premium of 50 per cent on unoccupied homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>35 billing authorities in England did not apply a council tax premium in 2017-18 on homes that have been empty for two years or more – which is the latest year for which data is available centrally (see table below). Some of these authorities may have introduced the premium in 2018-19. Of the 291 billing authorities that applied a premium in 2017-18, three applied premiums at less than the 50% rate. These are Harrogate (25%), Richmondshire (10%) and Rutland (10%)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Billing authorities that did not apply a council tax empty homes premium in 2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amber Valley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolsover</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromsgrove</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle Point</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Dales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hambleton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinckley &amp; Bosworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Derbyshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire UA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset UA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Leicestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ribble Valley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tendring</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre Forest</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 14/06/2018 16:49:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

917779

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Empty Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to publish regularly the numbers of unoccupied homes in each English local authority area.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published in the Ministry’s live table 615 (attached) which is available at the following link. This table shows the annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p>The number of long-term vacant dwellings across England remains lower than when records began.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/06/2018 16:36:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 180607 Live table 615 HL8373.xlsx title Table 615
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

916594

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Trees: Import Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the controls on imports of trees to prevent the introduction of tree diseases; and when they last reviewed such controls.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK has robust controls in place to protect against tree pest and disease threats. These include being the most prolific user of the EU Protected Zone system, comprehensive official inspections and surveillance, and a statutory notification scheme for certain tree species imported from the EU. Horizon scanning for new and emerging threats associated with tree imports is carried out continuously and the results are considered monthly by all UK Plant Health Authorities, facilitated by Defra’s Plant Health Risk Group. The UK Plant Health Risk Register is the principal screening tool used for this purpose and all outputs are published. The Register now has over 1000 entries, informing decision making and prioritisation in relation to tree health threats. We also contribute to a similar process at EU level and legislation is updated on a frequent basis, to protect against new and revised threats.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/06/2018 12:11:31 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

916595

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Trees: Diseases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries in mainland Europe, if any, have tree diseases not present in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>While there is no comprehensive database which records all tree diseases within individual countries, the UK Plant Health Risk Register has 347 entries of pests and diseases which are present in Europe, but not in the UK, of which 126 are known to affect either coniferous or broadleaved trees or both.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/06/2018 12:14:31 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

916596

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
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: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens are currently detained in Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL8302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>In May 2018 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was aware of 41 British nationals detained in Turkey.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/06/2018 13:35:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten