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381018

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Parliament: Asbestos
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what assessment has been made of the levels of asbestos throughout the Palace of Westminster and the parliamentary estate; what is the policy regarding disturbing it, leaving it in place, or removing it; and what advice has been taken about the dangers of asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, to those involved in repair and construction work and those working in areas where asbestos has been removed or disturbed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>It is difficult to estimate the amount of asbestos that is present in the Palace of Westminster and on the parliamentary estate because asbestos materials of various types have been widely used (often concealed in ducts and voids, and buried in the fabric of the building) over the years. Before the dangers of asbestos were known it was used extensively in building works due to its strength and resistive properties. Extensive surveying has been undertaken to inform Parliament’s management of asbestos and robust controls are in place to cover checking for the presence of asbestos and the safe execution of works.</p><p>Parliament’s Asbestos Management Plan complies with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and follows Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance. Risks associated with asbestos-containing materials are managed in line with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The plan is reviewed annually and has been independently audited.</p><p>Each presence of asbestos is judged for removal or management in situ on its own merits, in line with best practice and HSE guidance. All staff in the Parliamentary Estates Directorate undergo mandatory training in asbestos management which provides information and advice about the dangers of asbestos, including asbestos-related diseases. Contractors and their staff are also required to undertake this training, or to provide evidence that they have done equivalent training. The removal of asbestos would be part of the minimum outcome of the Palace Restoration and Renewal Programme and is therefore addressed in all the scenarios that are described in the recent Independent Options Appraisal.</p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 29/06/2015 16:59:17 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

515485

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether time will be made in the Parliamentary timetable for a full debate on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s <i>Human Rights and Democracy Report 2015</i>.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL7865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>My Noble Friend the Government Chief Whip does not expect to be able to facilitate a full debate on the report before the end of this session, but from the start of the new session, the usual mechanisms - which include balloted debates, Thursday debates, and questions for short debate - will be available to secure a debate on the Report.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/05/2016 11:05:17 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

692124

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Genocide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Attorney General has advised on whether any UK court of law can make a judgment on whether the crime of genocide has taken place as defined in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>By longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have or have not advised, and the content of their advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2017 12:09:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

772398

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Islamic State: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the recommendation in paragraph 6.2.3. of Council of Europe Resolution 2190 (2017) regarding “not prioritising, systematically and exclusively, with regard to the members of Daesh, the application of national anti-terrorist legislation, to the detriment of their universal jurisdiction when examining cases involving the crimes described in the Rome Statute of the ICC”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>Prosecutors decide which offences to pursue on a case-by-case basis and do not systematically and exclusively prefer some categories of offences over others. In all cases the Code for Crown Prosecutors requires prosecutors to select charges which: reflect the seriousness and extent of the offending supported by the evidence; give the court adequate powers to sentence and impose appropriate post-conviction orders; and enable the case to be presented in a clear and simple way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/10/2017 11:13:12 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

785829

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Suicide: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answers by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 7 November and Lord Ashton of Hyde on 6 November (HL Deb, col 1594), what steps they are taking under the Suicide Act 1961 to prosecute those responsible for internet sites that incite, aid or abet the promotion of suicide.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Director of Public Prosecutions has published a ‘Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide’. In this policy, the DPP makes the CPS position clear that, in the context of websites that promote suicide, a suspect may commit the offence of encouraging or assisting suicide, if it is intended that one or more readers of such material will commit or attempt to commit suicide.</p><p> </p><p>In considering whether or not to bring charges under section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961, a Crown Prosecutor will apply the Full Code Test as set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors, giving consideration to both the evidence and the public interest in prosecuting, as they would with any other offence.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/11/2017 15:02:32 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

855390

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crimes against Humanity: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the number of prosecutions of UK citizens in the UK for International Criminal Court category crimes committed overseas in recent years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>There is no plan to review the number of prosecutions of UK citizens in the UK for International Criminal Court category crimes committed overseas in recent years. Prosecution decisions are taken independently of Government. In every case bought by the Crown Prosecution Service, prosecutors are required by the Code for Crown Prosecutors to select charges which: reflect the seriousness and extent of the offending supported by the evidence; give the court adequate powers to sentence and impose appropriate post-conviction orders; and enable the case to be presented in a clear and simple way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/03/2018 15:33:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

884169

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crimes against Humanity: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has used (1) the International Criminal Court Act 2001, and (2) the Coroner’s and Justice Act 2009, on the basis of universal jurisdiction; what were those cases; and what were the offences the individuals were charged and convicted for.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL6854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service has to date not prosecuted any individual on the basis of universal jurisdiction for offences contrary to the International Criminal Court Act 2001 and the Coroner’s and Justice Act 2009.</p><p>There have been a small number of prosecutions for international crimes by the CPS, including those of Anthony Sawonuik who was convicted of war crimes from World War II and Faryadi Sarwar Zardad who was convicted of torture and hostage taking as a result of offences committed in Afghanistan.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/04/2018 16:08:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

884170

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Genocide: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has charged individuals with the crime of genocide; and how many convictions were ultimately secured.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL6855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service has to date not charged any individual with the crime of genocide.</p><p>There have been a small number of prosecutions for international crimes by the CPS, including those of Anthony Sawonuik who was convicted of war crimes from World War II and Faryadi Sarwar Zardad who was convicted of torture and hostage taking as a result of offences committed in Afghanistan.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/04/2018 16:08:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

884172

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Genocide: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in cases blocked by the UK Courts’ extradition of alleged genocidaires to the countries requesting their extradition in order to prosecute them there, whether there has been any consideration of prosecuting those alleged genocidaires in the UK on charges of genocide under the principle of universal jurisdiction; if so, what were the challenges; and what has been done to overcome them.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL6857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Before a prosecution can take place, there has to be a police investigation. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has no powers to investigate allegations of crime. The war crimes team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) is responsible for the investigation of all allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and torture. They decide whether an investigation is required and how it should be conducted. SO15 received a request from Rwandan authorities in January 2018 to investigate five individuals in the UK in relation to alleged genocide offences in Rwanda dating from around 1994. SO15 has not launched an investigation as it is currently assessing material provided from Rwandan authorities to determine whether it will be possible to carry out further scoping of the allegations.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/04/2018 16:18:26 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

932039

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Supply Chains
	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 report Chain reaction: Improving the supply chain experience for smaller firms, published by the Federation of Small Businesses in June; and whether they will publish their response to the recommendations in the report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL9013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government notes this wide ranging report with interest and continues to engage with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) on a regular basis. It highlights some important issues on the supply chain experience for SMEs and the analysis and recommendations will be considered as we implement the Industrial Strategy which is taking action in many of these areas. Since the publication of the Industrial Strategy, four Sector Deals have been announced and there are more in discussion. And we will work in partnership with places to develop Local Industrial Strategies, which will be developed locally and agreed with the government.</p><p> </p><p>I note the most commonly reported risks to supply chains by FSB smaller suppliers are customers failing to pay for services / goods provided (51%). At the Spring Statement, my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that a call for evidence will be published on eliminating unfair payment practices; this will seek views on how the government can go further to deliver a fair payment culture.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 06/07/2018 13:25:23 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool