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384489

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	Conflict Resolution: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to report on progress in implementing the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and if so, when such a report will be published.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text The third UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, covering the period 2014-17, was published in June 2014. In December 2014 we presented an Implementation Plan to Parliament, which set out our goals for action on this important issue in our priority countries: Afghanistan, Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Somalia and Syria. The National Action Plan, jointly owned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence, demonstrates our intention to put women and girls at the centre of all our efforts to prevent and resolve conflict; to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls; and to promote peace and stability internationally. We will report to Parliament on progress in implementing the National Action Plan in the autumn. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/07/2015 12:03:11 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

425859

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina about the refugee and migrant crisis in the Western Balkans, and what provisions are in place to offer (1) UK, and (2) EU, support to the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the event of an influx of refugees and migrants into that country.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL3257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>We are in contact with all governments of the region on the migration crisis. On 23 September, the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), pledged a UK contribution of £308,078 to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Sarajevo office for contingency planning. This was part of a wider pledge of £3.1 million of aid to international agencies to support Western Balkans countries affected by the migration crisis. On 1 November, the Secretary of State for International Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Justine Greening), announced a further £5 million of humanitarian aid to the countries on the Eastern Mediterranean route. We are also contributing substantially through EU assistance programmes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The EU has provided €8.5 million of migration-related assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Some of this has been spent on technical assistance for effectively managing migration and asylum. It has also been spent on supply of equipment and on the construction of a reception facility for migrants. The EU is due to spend a further €2 million to support BiH’s border police.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 16/11/2015 14:48:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

423718

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	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	Middle East Quartet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans there are for the appointment of a new Middle East Quartet Representative; and what the timeline is for any such appointment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL2982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>There are no current plans to appoint a new Middle East Quartet Representative. The Office of the Quartet Representative has been renamed the Office of the Quartet. It is now being led by a Head of Mission, supported by a Deputy Head of Mission. The Quartet Principals (EU, US, UN and Russia) are responsible for taking decisions about the structure of the Quartet, including its staffing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/11/2015 14:13:47 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

387723

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Conflict Resolution: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 30 June (HL698), when the steering board on Women, Peace and Security was established; and on how many occasions it has met.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL1100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The senior-level steering board on Women, Peace and Security was established in April 2015. The Board will meet every six months; its first meeting was in April 2015 and the second will be held in September 2015.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/07/2015 15:30:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

391053

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the United Kingdom signed the Istanbul Protocol; and when they plan to ratify it.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL1591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The previous Government signed the Istanbul Convention in June 2012. This Government remains committed to its ratification. The Government takes its international commitments very seriously and will only commit to such ratification when we are absolutely satisfied that we comply with all articles. The UK already complies with the vast majority of the articles through its comprehensive work to protect women and girls. However primary legislation is needed to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before ratification.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2015 14:03:20 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

424139

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	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	EU Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an invitation was extended to the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina to participate in the European Union leaders’ meeting of 25 October to discuss the Western Balkans migratory route, and whether it is their policy that the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina should be invited to participate in future EU meetings on this subject.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL3050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The decision on which parties attended the Summit on 25 October to discuss the refugee flows along the Western Balkans route was taken by Commission President Juncker. The British Government supports the inclusion of affected countries in such meetings and considers it important that decisions which affect all Member States are taken by all 28 Member States.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 06/11/2015 12:17:37 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

391259

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Conflict Resolution: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will represent the United Kingdom at the UN Security Council debate on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the UN High Level Review of Women, Peace and Security, in October 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL1626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK will be represented at a senior level. A decision will be taken in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:26:59 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

391261

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Syria: Peace Negotiations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it remains their policy to ensure that future negotiations to end the Syria conflict include the formal participation of Syrian women; what representations they have made to the UN about this; and what initiatives they have begun to help identify and support Syrian women’s groups to fulfil this role.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL1628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to ensuring that Syrian women participate fully in any future negotiations to end the Syrian conflict. In 2014 we supported an initiative by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom to improve the capacity of women’s groups to participate in a political process in Syria, including through learning lessons from similar women’s groups in Bosnia. The initiative also helped to provide a platform for women to advocate for a solution to the conflict in UN fora, including by influencing the UN during the review of Syria’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women.</p><p> </p><p>We have raised the importance of the role of women’s groups in political processes with senior UN officials, including UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan De Mistura. We understand that Mr De Mistura involved women’s groups in his recent round of consultations on a future political process in Syria. We also ensured that the following language was included in June’s UN Human Rights Council resolution on Syria: “Calls upon the international community to support the leadership and full participation of women in all efforts aimed at finding a political solution to the Syrian Arab Republic, as envisaged by the Security Council in its resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and 2122 (2013) of 18 October 2013”.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, our programmes of support to grass roots peace-building initiatives and civil society groups inside Syria seek to ensure that Syrian women’s voices are heard and that they are represented in future political negotiations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/07/2015 16:26:50 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

424700

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	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	Syria: Peace Negotiations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any new initiatives planned to revive or replace the so-called Geneva Two process on Syria.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL3070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to a sustainable political settlement that leads to a political transition in Syria, away from Assad, to a government in Damascus which better meets the needs of the Syrian people and with which we can work to defeat extremism. The Geneva Communiqué, which has been agreed by key international parties, remains a key building block of our efforts on this. On 30 October the UK, US, Russia, key Middle East states and European partners met in Vienna to take forward discussions on this. The Vienna Communiqué sets out areas of agreement and may provide the basis for a new process. The parties have agreed to reconvene within the next two weeks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/11/2015 16:07:53 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

387724

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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	NATO
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 remain priority work areas for the United Kingdom delegation to NATO.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL1101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK has successfully ensured the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) and UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 is firmly on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) agenda with broad support from other NATO Allies. Earlier this year, our efforts helped create detailed NATO guidelines on the prevention of and response to conflict related sexual and gender based violence. These guidelines will be integrated into the education, training, operational planning, conduct of operations and evaluation of NATO led operations, as appropriate. Their overall aim is to reduce the risk of conflict related sexual violence and improve response measures that take protection needs into consideration. We support the work of the NATO Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security in implementing the NATO Policy and Action Plan. We will continue to take opportunities to promote PSVI and UNSCR 1325 in NATO as and when they arise.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 15/07/2015 12:36:49 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic