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1144207

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Israeli Settlements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israeli authorities are using the approval of new settlement housing units in the West Bank as collective punishment for Palestinian acts of violence.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL17695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK's position on settlements is clear. They are illegal under international law, present an obstacle to peace, and threaten the physical viability of a two-state solution. We regularly raise our concerns on this issue with the Government of Israel.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:31:39 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:57:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133912 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1144208

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Jerusalem: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israeli authorities intend to extend the closure of Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem and prohibit any cultural or political activities by Palestinian organisations held there.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL17696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We regularly make clear our serious concerns about the situation in East Jerusalem to the Israeli authorities, both bilaterally and in co-operation with EU partners. These concerns include the evictions of Palestinians and demolition of Palestinian property; the construction of illegal Israeli settlements; removal of residency rights from Palestinians; possible unilateral changes to the municipal borders; and severe difficulties of access to Jerusalem for Palestinians from the West Bank or even for those residents of Jerusalem who live beyond the Separation Barrier.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:29:28 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:54:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133915 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1144899

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Nassim Abu Roumi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has decided to withhold the body of Nassim Abu Roumi from East Jerusalem to exchange it for the body of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza; and whether they intend to take any action in response to those reports.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL17733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Whilst we have not made an assessment on this specific issue, we urge all sides to treat the dead with respect and to return any bodies they are holding.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:27:52 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:45:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133949 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1144900

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Jerusalem: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the government of Israel regarding the breaking up of a Palestinian soccer team in East Jerusalem on the grounds that the location is under Israeli sovereignty.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL17734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK’s position is clear. In line with Security Council Resolution 242 (1967) and subsequent Council resolutions, we regard East Jerusalem as under Israeli military occupation. We do not recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967, including East Jerusalem.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:24:52 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:44:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133950 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1144901

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Jerusalem: Demolition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the government of Israel regarding the recent break up by Israeli forces of a Palestinian Bar Association conference on Israel's home demolition policy in East Jerusalem.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL17735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Whilst we have not raised this specific issue, we regularly make clear our serious concerns about the situation in East Jerusalem to the Israeli authorities, both bilaterally and in co-operation with EU partners. We are strongly opposed to any attempts to change the facts on the ground in the East Jerusalem. These concerns include the evictions of Palestinians and demolition of Palestinian property; the construction of illegal Israeli settlements; removal of residency rights from Palestinians; possible unilateral changes to the municipal borders; and severe difficulties of access to Jerusalem for Palestinians from the West Bank or even for those residents of Jerusalem who live beyond the Separation Barrier.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:25:05 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:44:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133952 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1144902

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Israeli Settlements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the government of Israel regarding the taking over by Israeli settlers of dozens of Palestinian-owned springs in the West Bank, preventing their owners from using them.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL17736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">While we have not raised this specific issue, the UK has previously raised our concerns over access to water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories with the Israeli authorities, including stressing the need to take immediate and practical measures to improve the situation and ensure fair distribution of water in the West Bank.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/09/2019 16:24:45 question first ministerially corrected 01/10/2019 10:43:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 133953 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1255137

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Tigray: Family Planning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) family planning, (2) sexual and reproductive health and rights, and (3) abortion care, services they have made available to the population of Tigray since the onset of the conflict in that region.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>In Ethiopia we have a large bilateral family planning programme - Family Planning by Choice - which works to improve access to, quality of and the voluntary update of family planning and safe abortion services across the country, including Tigray. Our global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programme &quot;WISH&quot; complements this programme, providing lifesaving services across refugee camps in the region. While hampered by the communications blackout, we are in close contact with Family Planning by Choice, WISH and our wider set of health and humanitarian partners to establish the status of ongoing UK-funded activities and understand changing needs, including Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. We have worked with the UN on response planning, which includes commitment to minimum initial services package for emergency reproductive health. We are working to secure humanitarian access to deliver further assistance.</p><p>Globally, the UK remains firmly committed to supporting the Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health in Crises and this year provided UNFPA with an additional £10 million for lifesaving SRH services as part of the global humanitarian response plan to COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/12/2020 12:44:17 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2020 15:35:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 65866 answering member printed Baroness Sugg answering member 4584
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1255138

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Tigray: Family Planning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any (1) family planning, (2) sexual and reproductive health and rights, and (3) abortion care, services they have made available to the population of Tigray have changed since the onset of the conflict in that region.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>In Ethiopia we have a large bilateral family planning programme - Family Planning by Choice - which works to improve access to, quality of and the voluntary update of family planning and safe abortion services across the country, including Tigray. Our global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programme &quot;WISH&quot; complements this programme, providing lifesaving services across refugee camps in the region. While hampered by the communications blackout, we are in close contact with Family Planning by Choice, WISH and our wider set of health and humanitarian partners to establish the status of ongoing UK-funded activities and understand changing needs, including Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. We have worked with the UN on response planning, which includes commitment to minimum initial services package for emergency reproductive health. We are working to secure humanitarian access to deliver further assistance.</p><p>Globally, the UK remains firmly committed to supporting the Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health in Crises and this year provided UNFPA with an additional £10 million for lifesaving SRH services as part of the global humanitarian response plan to COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/12/2020 12:44:41 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2020 15:34:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 65867 answering member printed Baroness Sugg answering member 4584
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1255139

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Tigray: Family Planning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women and girls in Tigray continue to have access to (1) family planning, (2) sexual and reproductive health and rights, and (3) abortion care, services during the conflict in that region.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>In Ethiopia we have a large bilateral family planning programme - Family Planning by Choice - which works to improve access to, quality of and the voluntary update of family planning and safe abortion services across the country, including Tigray. Our global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights programme &quot;WISH&quot; complements this programme, providing lifesaving services across refugee camps in the region. While hampered by the communications blackout, we are in close contact with Family Planning by Choice, WISH and our wider set of health and humanitarian partners to establish the status of ongoing UK-funded activities and understand changing needs, including Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. We have worked with the UN on response planning, which includes commitment to minimum initial services package for emergency reproductive health. We are working to secure humanitarian access to deliver further assistance.</p><p>Globally, the UK remains firmly committed to supporting the Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health in Crises and this year provided UNFPA with an additional £10 million for lifesaving SRH services as part of the global humanitarian response plan to COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/12/2020 12:43:03 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2020 15:34:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 65863 answering member printed Baroness Sugg answering member 4584
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1257901

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Family Planning and Genito-urinary Medicine
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent on overseas aid for (1) family planning services, and (2) sexual and reproductive health services, in each of the last three years, as calculated using (a) their usual reporting methodology, and (b) the Muskoka 2.0 methodology.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL11055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>A) Using our usual reporting methodologies, we estimate FCDO spent:</p><p>1)On family planning services:</p><p>£231 million in 2017</p><p>£265 million in 2018</p><p>£326 million in 2019</p><p>2) On sexual reproductive health services:</p><p>£1.221 billion in 2017</p><p>£1.215 billion in 2018</p><p>£1.202 billion in 2019</p><p>B) The Muskoka 2.0 report shows FCDO spent:</p><p>1) On family planning services:</p><p>£246 million in 2017 (2018 and 2019 not available)</p><p>2) On sexual reproductive health services:</p><p>£1.629 billion in 2017 (2018 and 2019 not available)</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/12/2020 12:08:28 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2020 15:02:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 67454 answering member printed Baroness Sugg answering member 4584
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge