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1011273

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Export Control Act 2002 has been breached when arms have been sold to Israel in the last two years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL11634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has not prosecuted any cases involving the illegal export of military goods from the UK to Israel in the last 2 years (2016/2017).</p><p>DIT have published statistics covering the same period which show that in 2016 they issued 245 export licences for controlled goods to Israel. The goods covered by those licences were worth £128m. In 2017 DIT issued 234 export licences for controlled goods to Israel. The goods covered by those licences were worth £274m.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 04/12/2018 17:10:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

524595

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	European Maritime Safety Agency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether current female genital mutilation protection orders contain information on girls' country of origin and nationality.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>An application for an FGM protection order may include information in relation to the country of origin or nationality of the person to be protected if it is relevant to the application. This information would not necessarily be included in every application or order granted.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/06/2016 13:35:53 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1019309

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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	Islamophobia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider Islamophobia to be a form of racism; and if so, whether they will adopt a definition of Islamophobia comparable to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL11998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of Islamophobia extremely seriously. The Prime Minister made this unequivocally clear after the Finsbury Park Mosque terror attack in 2017.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling all hate crime, and to taking the issues of anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia forward. It is now of vital importance that we hear a range of views on the proposed definition.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 10/12/2018 15:39:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1105375

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	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	Racial Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to produce a definition of (1) Islamophobia, and (2) other forms of racism.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL14838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Cross- Government Working Group to Tackle Anti-Muslim Hatred will be undertaking a programme of work to consider a definition following consultation, which effectively tackles prejudice and hatred.</p><p>Government is clear that all forms of hate crime, including race-related hate crime, are unacceptable and there is legislation in place to deal with perpetrators of hateful acts. We have asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of the current hate crime legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 04/04/2019 14:24:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1177925

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Antisemitism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any correlation between the actions of the government of Israel and antisemitic incidents in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL1548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>This government takes a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of hate crime and that includes antisemitism. There has been an increase in reported hate crime towards the Jewish community captured in both the Home Office report “Hate Crime: England and Wales 2018/19”, and recent statistics released by the Community Security Trust. Some of the increase will reflect improvements in the recording of hate crime and increased confidence in reporting it. But we cannot be complacent. There have also been spikes following certain events such as international and domestic terror attacks. However, Government cannot comment on the specifics of individual cases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 25/02/2020 14:33:20 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

833648

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	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	Islamophobia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 22 January (HC Deb, col 18), that they are giving £144,000 of support jointly to the Holocaust Educational Trust and the Union of Jewish Students to tackle anti-Semitism, prejudice and intolerance on university campuses, how much money they are allocating, if any, to Muslim groups in the UK for tackling Islamophobia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Hate crime of any kind, directed against any community, race or religion has absolutely no place in our society. Action Against Hate, the UK Government's Plan for tackling hate crime sets out how the Government will tackle this divisive crime. We have given since 2011 £1.9 million to Tell MAMA to tackle anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia. Tell Mama also offers support to victims and works with the criminal justice agencies to bring perpetrators to justice. We also provide £85,000 to the StreetWise 'Stand UP' project which works in schools to tackle anti-Muslim hatred and anti-Semitism.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 06/02/2018 13:50:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

869191

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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	Religious Hatred: Islam
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take following reports of a letter campaign encouraging recipients to take part in a "Punish a Muslim Day" which allegedly awarded points for differently graded acts of violence against Muslims.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL6564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government condemns the content of the letters as clearly abhorrent, with no place in decent society. The letters are part of an ongoing investigation, and as such the Government is not in a position to comment further on them.</p><p>We continue to liaise with the police and community stakeholders to ensure that Muslims, alongside anyone of any race or faith, feel safe to go about their lives without fear of persecution or discrimination. We support Tell MAMA to encourage reporting of anti-Muslim hatred and to produce materials to support those affected by the letters, and we have worked with the Cross-Government Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred to reinforce this.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 29/03/2018 16:05:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

897114

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	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	UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what submissions they have made to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination over the last 30 years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has submitted regular reports to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) since becoming a signatory to the Convention in 1969. Reports submitted to CERD are published on the United Nations website, along with the United Nations’ Concluding Observations. The reports produced since 1992 can be found in the Treaty Body Database, on the United Nations’ website.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 14/05/2018 16:32:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

993393

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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	Religious Hatred: Islam
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of findings in the Statistical Bulletin, Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2017–18, published on 18 October, which shows that  more than half of religiously-motivated attacks in 2017–18 were directed at Muslims.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL10921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The findings confirm the Government's assessment that we must deal robustly with anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia. The Government takes these hate crimes extremely seriously, and we are determined to tackle them. On 16 October the Home Office and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a refreshed Hate Crime Action Plan to guide Government’s work against all forms of prejudice and discrimination over the the period 2018 to 2020. This includes a strong focus on tackling anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobia through the Cross-Government Working Group to Tackle Anti-Muslim Hatred. In addition to this, the Government is providing TellMama, a specialist organisation allowing people to report anti-Muslim abuse, with £2.5million between 2016 and 2020, to boost reporting of Islamophobic and anti-Muslim incidents, and to support victims.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 29/10/2018 15:07:24 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1046332

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Israel: Joint Exercises
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have invited the Israeli Air Force to join the Royal Air Force in Exercise Cobra Warrior in September 2019; and what consideration they gave, when awarding a contract to Elbit Systems UK, of the use of that company by the government of Israel.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL13039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government works closely with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) in order to counter the destabilising regional activity of Iran and Hezbollah, and to conduct operations against Daesh. The IDF also provides crucial access and overflight for the RAF to be able to conduct air operations in support of Op SHADER. Accordingly, in support of this important defence relationship, the RAF invited the Israeli Air Force to join Exercise COBRA WARRIOR, alongside RAF, German, and Italian Air Force Units.</p><p> </p><p>The Exercise enables participating Air Forces to learn mutual lessons from operating together; just as the RAF does on exercise with many other Air Forces. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a contract with Elbit Systems UK for the MORPHEUS Battlefield Management Application. Under the contract Elbit Systems UK will provide the British Army with an operationally proven battle management application for both headquarters and tactical units. As with all MOD contractors, we assess the legal and financial status of a company before placing a contract, and take into account any other factors which may impact on delivery of the requirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/02/2019 15:18:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge