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76587

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Indonesia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of freedom of religion in Indonesia.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Indonesia has a strong tradition of religious diversity and tolerance but there has been a rise in recent years of localised instances of inter- and intra-religious conflict, and examples where the rights of religious minority groups have not been protected. We remain concerned that some local bylaws abrogate the rights of women and religious minority groups.</p><p>We continue to monitor the situation and raise our concerns with the Government of Indonesia. I have convened meetings of international leaders, including with the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, to generate practical steps to promote freedom of religion or belief, and to fight religious intolerance within our societies.</p><p>Our Ambassador in Jakarta has discussed these issues with the Minister of Religious Affairs, the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law &amp; Security, Indonesian civil society, and religious leaders. We have supported projects to improve respect for freedom of religion or belief. We also raise freedom of religion and belief concerns at the annual EU-Indonesia Human Rights Dialogue.</p><p>We will continue to press the Indonesian government and law enforcement agencies to uphold Indonesia’s constitutional right to religious freedom, including ensuring that laws and regulations at all levels provide protection for minority faiths.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 21/07/2014 11:59:14 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

76586

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Brunei
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations concerning the proposed Sharia penal code in Brunei.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>As a close friend of Brunei we have raised our concerns on the implementation of a Sharia penal code in Brunei directly with them and will continue those discussions bilaterally. We have not raised the issue with the Association of South East Asian Nations. I discussed the Sharia code with His Majesty The Sultan, as well as the Crown Prince, Foreign Minister, the Grand Mufti and other senior ministers during my recent visit to Brunei on 19 April, and more recently with Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Pehin Lim, on 9 July. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon ( Mr Swire), also raised the issue in his meeting with Brunei's High Commissioner to London on 14 July. We urge the authorities in Brunei to consider the impact of the new code very carefully, and specifically ensure implementation is in line with international human rights norms and Brunei’s international obligations. The UK is opposed to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and in all countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 22/07/2014 12:09:58 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

76585

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Brunei
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the Sultan of Brunei concerning the proposed introduction of a Sharia penal code in that country.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>I raised the introduction of a sharia penal code with His Majesty The Sultan, as well as the Crown Prince, Foreign Minister, the Grand Mufti and other senior ministers during my visit to Brunei on 19 April. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), raised our concerns with Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Pehin Lim, on 12 June and again with Brunei's High Commissioner to London on 14 July. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for North West Cambridgeshire (Mr Vara) also discussed the introduction of a sharia penal code with the Bruneian Attorney General at the Commonwealth Law Ministers' meeting on 6 May. The Secretary of State for Health, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), raised concerns with his opposite number at a Commonwealth Health Ministers’ meeting on 18 May.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 22/07/2014 12:08:49 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

76584

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Brunei
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the impact of the proposed Sharia penal code on human rights, women's rights and religious freedoms in Brunei.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Implementation of Brunei’s criminal sharia code is planned in three phases, the first of which came into effect on 1 May 2014. No prosecutions have yet been brought under the new code and to date we assess the impact of the new code has been limited. However, a lack of clarity over implementation and intent has caused concern. We have urged the authorities in Brunei to consider the implementation of the new code carefully and ensure that it is in line with international human rights norms and Brunei’s international obligations. UK Ministers have clearly set out our views to the most senior levels of the Bruneian government and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 21/07/2014 11:57:54 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

65258

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Immigration: Poland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the contribution made by Polish immigrants to the United Kingdom economy and society since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The 2011 census found that there were 579,121 Polish nationals resident in the UK at that time of polling. There is no data available on the exact contribution of Polish immigrants to UK GDP since 2010 - it is extremely complex to isolate the contribution of just one group of people to GDP, given the wide variety of economic activity that they will be involved in.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, many economists believe that Polish migrants have had a positive impact on the UK economy since 2004 as they tend to be of working age when they arrive and contribute more to the economy through taxes and consumption than they take out via public services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By broad industry definitions, Polish nationals work across all industries but are most often found in Manufacturing and Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants. By standard occupation definitions, Polish nationals are found in all occupational areas but are most often in skilled trades, process, plant and machine operative occupations and elementary occupations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that the primary driver for determining an individual's fiscal contribution is whether they are in employment. The latest Labour Force survey data for January to March 2014 states that the unemployment rate amongst Polish nationals was 6.2%, lower than the UK average of 6.6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/07/2014 12:58:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

49970

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 April (WA 206–7), by what date their consideration of the implications for devolved responsibilities will be completed to allow full ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL6920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not developed a working definition of human eugenic practice.</p><p> </p><p>Article 51 of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights states that the instrument applies to Member States only when they are ‘implementing Union law'. This reflects the pre-Charter case law on the rights and principles that the Charter reaffirms.</p><p> </p><p>We have no set date for completion of consideration of the issues that relate to full ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6917 HL6919 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

49967

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 April (WA 206–7), why the principles set out in Article 3(2) of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Human Rights that prohibit human eugenic practices only apply to the United Kingdom when implementing European Union law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL6919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not developed a working definition of human eugenic practice.</p><p> </p><p>Article 51 of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights states that the instrument applies to Member States only when they are ‘implementing Union law'. This reflects the pre-Charter case law on the rights and principles that the Charter reaffirms.</p><p> </p><p>We have no set date for completion of consideration of the issues that relate to full ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6917 HL6920 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

49966

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the incidence of sex-selective abortion in (1) China, and (2) India; and whether there is any evidence of that practice amongst those of Chinese or Indian background living in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL6918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Abortion on the grounds of gender alone is illegal.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 May 2013, the Department published analysis of birth ratios in the United Kingdom. This found that, when broken down by the mothers' country of birth including those born in China and India, birth ratios in no group are statistically different from the range that we would expect to see naturally occurring. The UK birth ratio is within normal limits; that is to say 105 male births per 100 female births. The full report can be found on the Gov.uk web site; enter ‘gender birth ratios'.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department remains vigilant for anecdotal evidence of sex-selective abortion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made an assessment of birth ratios or the incidence of sex-selective abortions in China and India.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

49965

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 April (WA 206–7), what is their working definition of a human eugenic practice.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL6917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not developed a working definition of human eugenic practice.</p><p> </p><p>Article 51 of the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights states that the instrument applies to Member States only when they are ‘implementing Union law'. This reflects the pre-Charter case law on the rights and principles that the Charter reaffirms.</p><p> </p><p>We have no set date for completion of consideration of the issues that relate to full ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL6919 HL6920 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

49964

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the reasons for the delay in implementing the Connecting Devon and Somerset Programme announced in 2013 that aims to ensure that 90 per cent of premises have access to fibre optic broadband by the end of 2016, and of the effect of that delay on business competitiveness within the South Somerset area.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL6916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Connecting Devon and Somerset project is scheduled to deliver superfast availability to 268,494 premises by March 2016. It is currently on track to reach this target and will have delivered to 70,000 premises by the end of July 2014, despite some delays caused by flooding.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten