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967500

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will meet with senior officials from Govia Thameslink to discuss the provision of automatic replacement services to London Kings Cross to ensure passengers can get to London when the Peterborough to Horsham line is blocked.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL9990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Network Rail have agreed service recovery plans in place that are activated depending on the specific incident, its location on the network, destination and time of day.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the potential impact of delays on passengers these plans will typically balance trying to get the maximum number of passengers to their destination as quickly as possible, recovering the delays whilst also attempting to ensure no further delays and obstructions are introduced across the network. There will be times that these plans need to be adapted to suit the situation and scale of the incident. As such it is important that decisions are taken by operational staff within Network Rail and GTR as they are best placed to understand the potential impact on passengers on a case by case basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2018 11:37:06 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1130255

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Sri Lanka: Travel Information
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will change their advice that British citizens should avoid all but essential travel to Sri Lanka, following recent action by several EU and Commonwealth countries to soften their travel advisories on that country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL16116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>​On 6 June the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice was revised and no longer advises against all but non-essential travel to Sri Lanka.</p><p>We have kept our travel advice for Sri Lanka under constant review since the Easter Sunday attacks. Our latest assessment of the risk to British nationals means we have revised our travel advice accordingly.</p><p>The safety and security of British nationals is always our sole concern in determining travel advice and we continue to advise British nationals travelling to Sri Lanka to remain vigilant and check our travel advice on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/06/2019 14:48:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1087549

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A14: Road Signs and Markings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Highways Agency is considering the removal of the signs on the A14 to the Naseby battlefield site.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL14469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Highways England has advised that it will not be removing the tourist signs (brown signs) for the Naseby battlefield site on the A14. Highways England had previously advised that these tourist signs would be removed as part of future planned works on the A14, a decision that was driven by the standards relating to tourist signs on the strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England reviewed its decision because it appreciates the significance of the site, and the signs on the A14 will remain in place.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 25/03/2019 14:36:29 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1064791

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	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	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, the UK High Commissioner to Sri Lanka had in the Sri Lankan Parliament with the Speaker of the Parliament in the recent period when the Sri Lankan Parliament was prorogued.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL13955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>​The British High Commission received an invitation to an open briefing for Diplomatic Missions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 12 November. In line with the EU and other major diplomatic partners in Colombo our Head of Mission did not attend, although some partner countries sent more junior diplomatic staff.</p><p>The High Commissioner, together with other senior diplomats in Colombo, had one meeting with the Speaker in his office in Parliament during the period when Parliament was prorogued. During the period he and senior colleagues met the President and other Sri Lankan political leaders on a number of occasions.</p><p>We were deeply concerned by the recent political developments in Sri Lanka, and made statements on 26 and 29 October, and 9 November, calling on all parties to uphold the constitution and due legal and political process. We also made a statement on 17 December, welcoming the steps that were taken to resolve the crisis, which has now led to the appointment of a Cabinet of Ministers. The outcome is a welcome demonstration of the resilience of Sri Lanka's judicial and democratic institutions, and of effective checks and balances between state powers. The UK will continue to stand by Sri Lanka as a close partner and friend, supporting Sri Lanka as it works to deliver sustainable and accountable reform, to improve governance and safeguard human rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL13954 question first answered 28/02/2019 15:54:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1064790

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	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	Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK High Commissioner to Sri Lanka was invited to the diplomatic briefing chaired by the Sri Lankan Minister for Foreign Affairs on 12 November 2018; and if so, whether he attended that briefing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL13954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>​The British High Commission received an invitation to an open briefing for Diplomatic Missions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 12 November. In line with the EU and other major diplomatic partners in Colombo our Head of Mission did not attend, although some partner countries sent more junior diplomatic staff.</p><p>The High Commissioner, together with other senior diplomats in Colombo, had one meeting with the Speaker in his office in Parliament during the period when Parliament was prorogued. During the period he and senior colleagues met the President and other Sri Lankan political leaders on a number of occasions.</p><p>We were deeply concerned by the recent political developments in Sri Lanka, and made statements on 26 and 29 October, and 9 November, calling on all parties to uphold the constitution and due legal and political process. We also made a statement on 17 December, welcoming the steps that were taken to resolve the crisis, which has now led to the appointment of a Cabinet of Ministers. The outcome is a welcome demonstration of the resilience of Sri Lanka's judicial and democratic institutions, and of effective checks and balances between state powers. The UK will continue to stand by Sri Lanka as a close partner and friend, supporting Sri Lanka as it works to deliver sustainable and accountable reform, to improve governance and safeguard human rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL13955 question first answered 28/02/2019 15:54:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1051967

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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	Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they now have any revised estimate of the number of civilians killed between 1 January and 18 May 2009 in the war between the Sri Lankan armed forced forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, since the Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri Lanka, published on 31 March 2011, was published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL13298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom co-sponsored the 2014 UN Human Rights Council resolution, which established an investigation into allegations of serious violations and abuses of human rights during the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. We welcomed the publication of the report in September 2015. British officials were in regular contact with the UN throughout this period. The report concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe that gross violations of international human rights law, serious violations of international humanitarian law, and international crimes were committed by all parties. Although different reports have given different figures for the total number of deaths, the fact that many thousands died during the final stage of the conflict is not in dispute.</p><p>It is for the Government of Sri Lanka to determine the final casualty figures through a comprehensive independent truth seeking commission, as they have undertaken to do. The commitments that Sri Lanka made to the UN Human Rights Council in October 2015, and again in March 2017, are the best way to establish the truth, and to achieve justice, restitution, and lasting reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL13295 HL13296 HL13297 question first answered 07/02/2019 16:15:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1051966

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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	Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
	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 range and accuracy of the sources used to determine the United Nation’s estimate that 40,000 civilians were killed between 1 January and 18 May 2009 in the war between the Sri Lankan armed forced forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL13297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom co-sponsored the 2014 UN Human Rights Council resolution, which established an investigation into allegations of serious violations and abuses of human rights during the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. We welcomed the publication of the report in September 2015. British officials were in regular contact with the UN throughout this period. The report concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe that gross violations of international human rights law, serious violations of international humanitarian law, and international crimes were committed by all parties. Although different reports have given different figures for the total number of deaths, the fact that many thousands died during the final stage of the conflict is not in dispute.</p><p>It is for the Government of Sri Lanka to determine the final casualty figures through a comprehensive independent truth seeking commission, as they have undertaken to do. The commitments that Sri Lanka made to the UN Human Rights Council in October 2015, and again in March 2017, are the best way to establish the truth, and to achieve justice, restitution, and lasting reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL13295 HL13296 HL13298 question first answered 07/02/2019 16:15:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1051964

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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	Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the authors of the Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri Lanka, published on 31 March 2011, met their High Commissioner in Sri Lanka.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL13296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom co-sponsored the 2014 UN Human Rights Council resolution, which established an investigation into allegations of serious violations and abuses of human rights during the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. We welcomed the publication of the report in September 2015. British officials were in regular contact with the UN throughout this period. The report concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe that gross violations of international human rights law, serious violations of international humanitarian law, and international crimes were committed by all parties. Although different reports have given different figures for the total number of deaths, the fact that many thousands died during the final stage of the conflict is not in dispute.</p><p>It is for the Government of Sri Lanka to determine the final casualty figures through a comprehensive independent truth seeking commission, as they have undertaken to do. The commitments that Sri Lanka made to the UN Human Rights Council in October 2015, and again in March 2017, are the best way to establish the truth, and to achieve justice, restitution, and lasting reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL13295 HL13297 HL13298 question first answered 07/02/2019 16:15:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1051963

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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	Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they calculated the number of civilians killed between 1 January and 18 May 2009 in the war between the Sri Lankan armed forced forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL13295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom co-sponsored the 2014 UN Human Rights Council resolution, which established an investigation into allegations of serious violations and abuses of human rights during the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. We welcomed the publication of the report in September 2015. British officials were in regular contact with the UN throughout this period. The report concluded that there were reasonable grounds to believe that gross violations of international human rights law, serious violations of international humanitarian law, and international crimes were committed by all parties. Although different reports have given different figures for the total number of deaths, the fact that many thousands died during the final stage of the conflict is not in dispute.</p><p>It is for the Government of Sri Lanka to determine the final casualty figures through a comprehensive independent truth seeking commission, as they have undertaken to do. The commitments that Sri Lanka made to the UN Human Rights Council in October 2015, and again in March 2017, are the best way to establish the truth, and to achieve justice, restitution, and lasting reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL13296 HL13297 HL13298 question first answered 07/02/2019 16:15:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1042106

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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	Trade Associations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with trade associations about (1) the anticipated implications of a no-deal Brexit for their industries, and (2) the services available to mitigate any difficulties; and with which such associations such discussions have been held.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL12847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of BEIS’ work on EU exit, interactions with trade associations take place on a regular and ongoing basis and we are working to ensure that UK businesses are as well informed and prepared for leaving the EU as possible and to advise them on the steps they may need to take to prepare for EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>As such, we have launched a public information campaign about how EU exit will affect businesses and the practical steps they will need to take to be ready. The campaign directs them to GOV.UK/euexit where they are able to find the latest advice and information on any aspect of leaving the EU which affects them and outlines the steps they need to take.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/01/2019 14:39:42 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby