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1135759

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Riot Control Weapons: Health Hazards
	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 long-term health effects of the frequent use of tear gas on civilian populations.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL16852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary is determined to give the police the powers and tools they need to cut crime and tackle disorder on our streets. Irritant sprays are thoroughly tested before they can be adopted for use by law enforcement.</p><p>CS spray has been approved for police use in the UK following robust medical assessment by the Department of Health Committee on Toxicity. The Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) published a standard for irritant sprays based on the NPCC Operational Requirement:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cast-standard-for-police-chemical-irritant-sprays-cs-and-pava" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cast-standard-for-police-chemical-irritant-sprays-cs-and-pava</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/07/2019 14:45:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1149970

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to take in more Syrian refugees if President Erdogan ejects them from Turkey.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>We continue to resettle refugees affected by the Syria conflict who have been deemed the most vulnerable by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and where resettlement has been deemed as the only durable solution for their circumstances. Over 17,000 refugees have found sanctuary in the UK through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) and are rebuilding their lives here.</p><p>Once we have delivered our current commitments under the VPRS, Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme and Gateway Protection Programme, we will consolidate these schemes into a new global resettlement scheme to start in 2020. We will continue to work with UNHCR to identify refugees for resettlement as we implement the new scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/10/2019 17:17:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1201085

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what training British police officers have received from the Israeli police force in (1) the UK, or (2) Israel, in the last 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>We are not aware of any British police officers having received training from the Israeli police force, nor the IDF, in the UK or Israel in the last 12 months</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/06/2020 11:40:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1204212

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israeli Settlements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ensure that Israeli settlers living illegally on Palestinian land do not receive preferential treatment in the requirements for travel to the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>All visitors to the UK are assessed against a set of suitability and eligibility criteria, under the Immigration Rules. The rules apply to all visitors, whether they are applying for a visa in advance of travel or are applying for entry at the UK border. Applications for visit visas or for entry as a visitor are considered on their merits, regardless of where the visitor lives.</p><p>In addition, all applicants seeking to stay for more than 6 months (e.g. for work, study, settlement) are required to obtain an entry clearance in advance of travel.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/06/2020 16:06:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1220839

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Visas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a distinction is made between Israelis who live in Israel and those who live in the Occupied Palestinian Territories when deciding whether Israelis are eligible for the six-month visa waiver to the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL6532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Nationals or citizens of Israel who hold a full Israeli passport do not require a visa to come to the UK as a visitor or for any other purpose, for less than six months. Each applicant is assessed against a set of suitability and eligibility criteria under the Immigration Rules. Applicants are considered on their merits, regardless of where they live.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2020 15:51:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1220841

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what training British police officers have received from the Israeli police force in (1) the UK, and (2) Israel, in the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL6534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>We are not aware of any British police officers having received training from the Israeli police force, nor the Israeli Defence Force, in the UK or Israel in the last 5 years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/07/2020 15:24:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1221731

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Family Proceedings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legal challenges they have pursued in relation to the deportation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the Family Court in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL6589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The SSHD’s role in family court proceedings which concern female genital mutilation (FGM) is limited. Often the SSHD is joined to proceedings in the Family Court so that she can be asked to disclose Home Office documents in those proceedings.</p><p /><p>The function of deciding whether the SSHD has acted lawfully in refusing an asylum claim raising FGM issues or indeed in setting removal directions for an individual whose asylum claim has been refused will normally lie with First Tier Tribunal and Upper Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber).</p><p> </p><p>The SSHD brought an appeal in the case of A (A child) solely to determine a point of law, namely to ascertain the role of the Family Court in assessing the risk of FGM in the country of return, where that risk had already been assessed by the SSHD with all appeals dismissed by the immigration courts, and permission for judicial review refused.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/07/2020 16:09:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1221733

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 March (HL2071), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, how many reports of cases of female genital mutilation, or suspected female genital mutilation, they have received under the mandatory reporting for under-18s duty in the Serious Crime Act 2015 since that Act received Royal Assent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL6591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>FGM is a crime and it is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls. On 31 October 2015 the Government introduced an FGM mandatory reporting duty requiring professionals to report all ‘known’ cases of FGM in under 18s to the police.</p><p> </p><p>Reports under the mandatory reporting duty are made to the police, rather than to the Home Office. Previously, we did not collect data on the number of FGM cases recorded under the duty. However, to improve understanding of the prevalence of ‘honour-based’ abuse, including FGM, the Government amended the police Annual Data Requirement to require police forces, from April 2019, to record where a crime has been committed in the context of preserving the ‘honour’ of a family or community. The collection includes, but is not limited to, crimes of FGM. This new collection is also capturing offences of FGM which are reported to the police under the mandatory reporting duty. Subject to data quality checks, we expect the first dataset under this new mandatory ADR collection to be published by autumn 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office keeps the legislation relating to FGM under review, including through discussion with statutory partners and other stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6592 question first answered 21/07/2020 16:12:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1221734

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to monitor and assess the effectiveness of the Mandatory Reporting of Female Genital Mutilation duty, which came into force on 31 October 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL6592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>FGM is a crime and it is child abuse. We will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong physical and psychological suffering to women and girls. On 31 October 2015 the Government introduced an FGM mandatory reporting duty requiring professionals to report all ‘known’ cases of FGM in under 18s to the police.</p><p> </p><p>Reports under the mandatory reporting duty are made to the police, rather than to the Home Office. Previously, we did not collect data on the number of FGM cases recorded under the duty. However, to improve understanding of the prevalence of ‘honour-based’ abuse, including FGM, the Government amended the police Annual Data Requirement to require police forces, from April 2019, to record where a crime has been committed in the context of preserving the ‘honour’ of a family or community. The collection includes, but is not limited to, crimes of FGM. This new collection is also capturing offences of FGM which are reported to the police under the mandatory reporting duty. Subject to data quality checks, we expect the first dataset under this new mandatory ADR collection to be published by autumn 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office keeps the legislation relating to FGM under review, including through discussion with statutory partners and other stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6591 question first answered 21/07/2020 16:12:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

1228134

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Israel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 30 June (HL5815), whether (1) Arab, and (2) Jewish, citizens of Israel are treated in the same way when visiting the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL7477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2020 answer text <p>Citizens of Israel require leave to enter the UK and are subject to the requirements of the Immigration Rules. When making an application for entry clearance overseas, or for entry at the border, all Israeli citizens are considered individually under the rules and no distinction is made on the basis of their place of residence.</p><p>Citizens of Israel holding a national passport do not require a visa to visit the UK. All visitors to the UK are assessed against a set of suitability and eligibility criteria, under the Immigration Rules. The rules apply to all visitors, whether they are applying for a visa in advance of travel or are applying for entry at the UK border.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL7478 question first answered 11/08/2020 11:26:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge