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1006682

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Libya: Migrants
	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 conditions for migrants held in Libyan detention centres; and, further to any such assessment, whether they will review any UK funding for the (1) Libyan Coastguard, and (2) detention centres in Libya.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL11462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains concerned by the conditions faced by migrants in Libyan detention centres. We have consistently raised this issue with the Government of National Accord, including during a recent visit by the International Development Secretary. The UK continues to provide humanitarian support to vulnerable refugees and migrants in Libya, including through over £5m of funding for UN agencies and non-governmental organisations. UK assistance to the Libyan Coastguard has been delivered through financial contributions and the provision of two military training teams to Operation Sophia’s (the EU Naval Operation set up in response to the Mediterranean Migration Crisis) Coastguard Training Task. This training aims to equip the Libyan Coastguard with the skills required to manage search and rescue and conduct counter smuggling/trafficking activities properly, whilst respecting human rights. The training also includes sessions on seamanship. These efforts are part of a comprehensive approach to migration that includes supporting assisted voluntary returns, tackling people smuggling and encouraging economic development in source countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 27/11/2018 17:45:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1011238

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
	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 practice of using informal border crossings between China and Myanmar for humanitarian purposes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL11599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has not directly assessed the practice of informal border crossings for humanitarian purposes. The UK funds humanitarian support in Kachin and Shan States (£6.1 million in financial year 2017/18). We also continue to press the Burmese authorities for improved access for international groups to Kachin and Shan States at all opportunities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 03/12/2018 11:54:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1012533

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to sign the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Morocco on 10 and 11 December; and if so, what effect they have calculated signing the Compact will have on UK immigration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL11725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is supportive of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, both as a step forward in international co-operation to tackle irregular migration and as a framework to help us deliver our commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p>Our participation in the Global Compact will not affect our continued ability to determine and implement our own migration policy in the national interest. The Compact is a ‘non-legally binding, cooperative framework’, which reaffirms the sovereign right of States to determine their national migration policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/12/2018 17:57:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1013185

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to sign the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Morocco on 10 December; whether they have consulted other EU Member States on signing the Compact; and whether they intend to seek the views of Parliament before committing themselves to a decision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
	uin	HL11745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>Well-managed migration is in everyone’s interests. But uncontrolled migration erodes public confidence, damages economies, and places those on the move in situations of intense vulnerability. The UK is taking significant steps to tackle uncontrolled migration by:</p><ul><li>Addressing the root causes of migration, through our targeted assistance for livelihoods, healthcare, education and economic development</li><li>Tackling modern slavery and organised immigration crime</li><li>Supporting enhanced border management</li><li>Providing critical humanitarian support and protection for vulnerable migrants, as well as offering voluntary return and vital reintegration support to those wishing to return home</li><li>Supporting refugees to stay in a first safe country through our humanitarian and development work in Africa, the Middle East and Asia</li></ul><p>The Global Compact for Migration is one way in which we are working to ensure that UK migration priorities are embedded throughout the international system. It is a step forward in international co-operation to tackle irregular migration and helpful framework to help us deliver our commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p>The Compact is not legally binding. Instead, it creates a framework that will allow countries to work together to make migration more beneficial for everyone. It protects every State’s right to determine its own immigration policies, including in areas such as asylum, border controls and returns of illegal migrants.</p><p>We have worked closely with our EU colleagues throughout the process and will continue to do so as we approach the intergovernmental launch event in Marrakesh. My colleague the Rt Hon. Alistair Burt MP recently spoke to the APPGs on Migration and Refugees about the Migration Compact.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/12/2018 14:45:33 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1013188

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
	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 UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; and whether they intend to sign the Compact.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL11748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>Well-managed migration is in everyone’s interests. But uncontrolled migration erodes public confidence, damages economies, and places those on the move in situations of intense vulnerability. The UK is taking significant steps to tackle uncontrolled migration by:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Addressing the root causes of migration, through our targeted assistance for livelihoods, healthcare, education and economic development</li><li>Tackling modern slavery and organised immigration crime</li><li>Supporting enhanced border management</li><li>Providing critical humanitarian support and protection for vulnerable migrants, as well as offering voluntary return and vital reintegration support to those wishing to return home</li><li>Supporting refugees to stay in a first safe country through our humanitarian and development work in Africa, the Middle East and Asia</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Global Compact for Migration is one way in which we are working to ensure that UK migration priorities are embedded throughout the international system. It is a step forward in international co-operation to tackle irregular migration and helpful framework to help us deliver our commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Compact is not legally binding. Instead, it creates a framework that will allow countries to work together to make migration more beneficial for everyone. It protects every State’s right to determine its own immigration policies, including in areas such as asylum, border controls and returns of illegal migrants.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked closely with our EU colleagues throughout the process and will continue to do so as we approach the intergovernmental launch event in Marrakesh. My colleague the Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP recently spoke to the APPGs on Migration and Refugees about the Migration Compact.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/12/2018 14:44:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1014628

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Conflict Resolution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much, in total, the UK has provided in aid funding to the government of Burma for the peace process in Burma since 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL11768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK supports the peace process in Burma through the Joint Peace Fund and the Joint Monitoring Committee.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has provided GBP £5.4 million to the Joint Peace Fund (JPF) since 2015. The JPF is funded by 11 international donors and supports all parties to the peace process on peacebuilding measures such as dialogue and negotiation. Of the £5.4m provided by the UK, £283,000 has been provided to the government of Burma. The UK has also provided £136,000 to the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The JMC was set up by the Burmese authorities and the signatory groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement to oversee dialogue between parties.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s peacebuilding programme is reviewed annually, as is all support to the peace process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 17:22:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1014629

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much, in total, the UK has provided in aid funding for humanitarian assistance to those who are internally displaced in Kachin and Shan states of northern Burma.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL11769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>DFID has provided almost £19 million in humanitarian assistance to conflict-affected Kachin and northern Shan States since 2012. This includes assistance through our Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme, which has reached more than 100,000 internally displaced people.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 17:22:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1014636

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Humanitarian Aid
	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 Burma to seek unrestricted access for international humanitarian aid to those who are internally displaced in the Kachin and Shan states of Burma.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL11775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains deeply concerned by continued reports of violence in Kachin and northern Shan States. UK aid-funded humanitarian and development assistance supports vulnerable displaced people in Kachin and northern Shan States. DFID has provided almost £19 million in humanitarian assistance to conflict-affected Kachin and northern Shan States since 2012. The UK continues to raise our concerns with both the military and the civilian Government of Burma at every opportunity.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 17:23:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1014638

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma: Human Trafficking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to address human trafficking from northern Burma.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL11777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK is leading the fight against modern slavery internationally. In Burma, DFID is providing $9 million (£7 million) to raise awareness on trafficking and support safer and more productive migration across all states.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 17:24:12 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1015839

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: Overseas Aid
	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 Bates on 23 November (HL11378), whether they have made any assessment as to whether the non-publication of the audit reports relating to UK direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority is compatible with provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Palestinian National Authority and the Government signed on 7 July 2011 and extended on 22 December 2014 relating to the provision of effective public oversight of budget formulation and other key areas.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL11840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding included a commitment to the UK’s Partnership Principles. One of those Principles was about improving domestic accountability through oversight mechanisms for Palestinian citizens to scrutinise budget formulation and implementation. The Principle did not relate to publishing audits of UK contributions. In line with Section 27 of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), we withheld the audit reports of the Palestinian Authority (PA) from 2010 – 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/12/2018 17:28:50 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech