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1024226

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	City, University of London: Freedom of Expression
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with City, University of London about the cancellation of a planned speech by the Israeli Ambassador on 21 November; and whether they have received any representations from the Office for Students about freedom of speech at that University.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>​​Both the Department for Education (DfE) and Office for Students (OfS) were made aware of the decision to defer the planned speech by the Israeli Ambassador. The DfE’s Further Education/Higher Education coordinator has been in contact with the institution.</p><p>​Freedom of speech is a crucial element of higher education and government and OfS are committed to championing it and to promoting open debate and challenge. Universities are autonomous bodies and are responsible for taking their own decisions around how to manage events and mitigate risks; handling of individual cases is not dictated by government or by the OfS. The OfS has powers to intervene if providers are not following their own free speech codes of practice</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2018 17:35:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1024227

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Freedom
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will issue guidance to universities on the misuse of data protection law and non-cooperation with security requirements in relation to upholding free speech.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The previous Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation held a free speech summit in May, where sector leaders agreed to collectively develop a single piece of guidance. The government has worked alongside sector leaders to set out key principles for universities and student unions managing free speech. The Equalities and Human Rights Commission will be publishing guidance in 2019 on how to ensure that freedom of speech within the law is upheld effectively in higher education institutions, whilst acknowledging their other legal duties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2018 17:42:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1024228

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Freedom
	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 effectiveness of section 43 of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986 in upholding lawful freedom of speech on university campuses following the cancellation of a planned speech by the Israeli Ambassador at City, University of London on 21 November.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is deeply committed to protecting freedom of speech within the law. The freedom to express views openly, challenge ideas and engage in robust debate is crucial to the student experience and to democracy. Individuals should never be in a position where they can be stopped from expressing an opinion perfectly lawfully. Institutions are required to balance risks and legal obligations with a view to ensuring freedom of speech wherever reasonably practicable.</p><p>The Joint Committee on Human Rights held an inquiry into freedom of speech in universities earlier this year, which looked in detail and collected evidence in relation to upholding freedom of speech in universities. Drawing on information from the inquiry, which found the current regulatory landscape protecting freedom of speech to be extremely complex, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and key partners in the higher education sector have worked with the Department of Education to develop a single piece of guidance, which will set out key principles. This guidance will enable universities and student unions to understand their obligations for protecting and supporting free speech.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2018 17:51:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1022875

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the sites considered for the National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre meet the specifications in the paper by the UK National Holocaust Memorial Foundation National Memorial and Learning Centre: Search for a Central London Site, published in September 2015, in particular that the site should provide (1) a place where people can pay their respects, contemplate, think and offer prayer, (2) a lecture theatre and classrooms, (3) offices for holocaust educational organisations, and (4) space for gatherings of up to 500 people for commemorative events.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The document, National Memorial and Learning Centre: Search for a Central London Site, was published by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation as part of extensive efforts to identify a suitable location for the Memorial and Learning Centre, which also included a thorough search of Central London by property experts CBRE.</p><p>More than 50 locations were considered; detailed information supporting the assessment of each site is commercially confidential. The Foundation identified Victoria Tower Gardens as the most fitting site in terms of its historical, emotional and political significance and its ability to offer the greatest potential impact and visibility for the project.</p><p>The Government accepted the Foundation’s advice and the Prime Minister announced in January 2016 that Victoria Tower Gardens was the chosen location, Hansard 27 January 2016 col 259. An international design competition was launched in September 2016, seeking proposals for a Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/12/2018 13:03:34 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1025348

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2018
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £50 million they committed to the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre project has been spent so far; and how much has been raised for this project and connected purposes from other sources.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>From 2015/16 to 17 November 2018, the Government has spent £4.35 million on the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre programme.</p><p>No additional funds have yet been raised from other sources. Plans are being progressed for a country-wide fundraising effort for the Memorial and Learning Centre. An independent charity is being set up to raise funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/12/2018 12:44:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1025349

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2018
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of (1) building, and (2) running the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and how these costs will be met.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The estimated cost of building the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is £102 million (including VAT). Future running costs are estimated to be around £5 - 6 million per annum.</p><p>In 2015, the Government committed £50 million to the cost of establishing the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. It is also the intention that further contributions towards the costs will come from a national fundraising effort. Options for providing future financial support are being explored and a sustainable long-term plan will be put in place.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/12/2018 12:43:15 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1025350

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Imperial War Museum: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will maintain current levels of grant-in-aid to the Imperial War Museum Holocaust Exhibition after the construction of the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>As an Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport, Imperial War Museums receives annual Grant-in-Aid funding to carry out a number of objectives, including securing free access to their permanent collections, of which the Holocaust Gallery forms a part. Museums themselves determine how best to allocate Grant-in-Aid across their organisations in addition to self-generated funding. The Government has committed funding in the current Spending Review period. Future funding decisions will be made at the next comprehensive spending review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 21/12/2018 14:02:42 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1022872

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation Conference: British Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the adequacy of the investigation carried out by the British Council when it decided to continue to sponsor the Recognition Reparation Reconciliation conference, held on 5 December at Stellenbosch University, after Israeli and Palestinian academic contributors were caused to withdraw.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of these issues. We understand the British Council, an executive non-departmental public body that is independent from the British Government, was not a sponsor of the conference and its support was to enable UK-based academics to attend the conference and share their experience of the Northern Irish Peace Process and its impact. The British Government’s position on boycotts is clear. While we do not hesitate to express disagreement with Israel whenever we feel it necessary, we are firmly opposed to boycotts. We believe that imposing sanctions on Israel or supporting anti-Israeli boycotts would not support our efforts to progress the peace process and achieve a negotiated solution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL12141 question first answered 20/12/2018 14:36:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1022874

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	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	Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation Conference: British Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the adherence of the British Council to the Equality Act 2010 and to the principle of the universality of science in its sponsorship of the Recognition Reparation Reconciliation conference, held on 5 December at Stellenbosch University, from which Israeli and Palestinian academic contributors were caused to withdraw.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL12141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of these issues. We understand the British Council, an executive non-departmental public body that is independent from the British Government, was not a sponsor of the conference and its support was to enable UK-based academics to attend the conference and share their experience of the Northern Irish Peace Process and its impact. The British Government’s position on boycotts is clear. While we do not hesitate to express disagreement with Israel whenever we feel it necessary, we are firmly opposed to boycotts. We believe that imposing sanctions on Israel or supporting anti-Israeli boycotts would not support our efforts to progress the peace process and achieve a negotiated solution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL12140 question first answered 20/12/2018 14:36:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech