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star this property date less than 2014-10-14more like thismore than 2014-10-14
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
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unstar this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading EU Countries more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British nationals they estimate to live in each member state of the European Union. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
star this property answer text <p>The most recent figures we have are taken from a 2010 report prepared by the Institute of Public Policy Research which was commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Consular Directorate. These figures are estimates of the number of UK citizens living abroad (including for part of a year).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>EU Member State</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK Citizens living in Member State (estimate - including for part of the year)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>31,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>Not a Member State at the time the report was commissioned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>65,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>330,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>45,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>329,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>37,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>11,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>48,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>39,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,050,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>29,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>2,197,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>
star this property answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
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less than 2014-10-22T16:11:47.7289403Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-22T16:11:47.7289403Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
78849
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star this property date less than 2014-07-17more like thismore than 2014-07-17
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Department for Transport more like this
star this property answering dept id 27 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Transport more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Transport more like this
star this property hansard heading Railways: Electrification more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have, or have been presented with, concerning the electrification of Welsh railway lines; and whether they intend to meet Ministers of the Welsh Government to finalise those plans. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL1239 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-07-22more like thismore than 2014-07-22
star this property answer text <p>The Government’s intention to electrify the main line to Swansea and the Valley lines network in South Wales was set out in the 2012 rail investment strategy for 2014-19, on the basis of an agreement made between the UK and Welsh Governments in 2012. The Secretary of State for Transport met the Welsh Minister for Economy, Science and Transport on 16<sup>th</sup> July 2014 to develop these plans. The Welsh Government is also examining the business case to electrify the North Wales main line, which could be considered as part of a future rail investment strategy.</p><p> </p><p /> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
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less than 2014-07-22T14:36:21.6856598Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-22T14:36:21.6856598Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-07-17more like thismore than 2014-07-17
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Department for Transport more like this
star this property answering dept id 27 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Transport more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Transport more like this
star this property hansard heading Bus Services more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to and received from (1) bus and coach companies, and (2) local authorities on behalf of bus and coach companies, concerning the difficulties of operating bus, coach and travel services in the United Kingdom. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL1243 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-07-22more like thismore than 2014-07-22
star this property answer text <p>The Government is in regular communication with a wide range of stakeholders involved in the provision of bus and coach services. As Minister with responsibility for bus policy, I also hold frequent meetings with representatives from local authorities and the passenger transport industry.</p><p> </p><p>For example, on 16 July I chaired the latest bi-annual meeting of the Bus Partnership Forum - whose membership includes a wide spectrum of key partners from the bus and coach industry as well as elected members and officials from local authorities and their constituent bodies.</p><p> </p><p /><p /> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
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less than 2014-07-22T14:37:06.7765986Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-22T14:37:06.7765986Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-07-17more like thismore than 2014-07-17
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Department for Transport more like this
star this property answering dept id 27 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Transport more like this
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star this property hansard heading Travel: Concessions more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what (1) concessionary fares, and (2) free travel arrangements, for bus and travel services exist in each region of the United Kingdom; and whether they have plans to expand and encourage such schemes. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL1244 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-07-22more like thismore than 2014-07-22
star this property answer text <p>Statutory concessionary bus travel is a devolved matter with separate systems administered in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. This response, therefore, refers only to the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS). The ENCTS is a statutory concession scheme which allows for free travel for older and disabled people on local bus services anywhere in England, between 0930 and 2300 during weekdays and anytime at weekends and bank holidays. In addition, local authorities are able to provide non-statutory, discretionary concessions for specified groups of people, from their own funds, in accordance with their local priorities, which the Government encourages. In each of the years 2010/11 to 2013/14, nearly all of the 89 Travel Concessionary Authorities outside London were offering some sort of discretionary travel concession over and above the statutory minimum ENCTS, for example companion passes or extensions to travel times. The statutory concession for London residents provides free travel for pass holders on almost all public transport in London. Details of discretionary enhancements across England can be found here -</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259404/concessionary-travel-statistics-2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259404/concessionary-travel-statistics-2012-13.pdf</a></p><p /> <p /> <p>(see in particular table BUS0841).</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p>
star this property answering member printed Baroness Kramer more like this
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less than 2014-07-22T14:37:57.0424026Zmore like thismore than 2014-07-22T14:37:57.0424026Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Kramer more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
93414
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star this property date less than 2014-10-14more like thismore than 2014-10-14
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
star this property answering dept id 26 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
star this property hansard heading Asylum: English Language more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance is given to successful asylum seekers who wish to learn English. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL2080 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2014-10-27
star this property answer text <p>Refugees recognised by the UK Government, along with their husband, wife, civil partner and children, are eligible for funding to attend an English for Speakers of Other Languages course. The level of funding is determined by existing eligibility rules, which are set out in the Skills Funding Agency’s rules at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287917/Funding_rules_2014_15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287917/Funding_rules_2014_15.pdf</a>. Education and skills funding is devolved and the eligibility criteria apply to England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Those isolated by their lack of English can also access pre-entry level English training through the Department for Communities and Local Government’s £6million Community-Based English Language programme, which offers tuition to 24,000 adults most isolated by their lack of English in 29 target areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
star this property answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
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less than 2014-10-27T16:44:21.3307113Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-27T16:44:21.3307113Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-06-10more like thismore than 2014-06-10
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Department for International Development more like this
star this property answering dept id 20 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name International Development more like this
star this property answering dept sort name International Development more like this
star this property hansard heading Overseas Aid more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries currently receive United Kingdom international aid; and how much was paid to each of those countries in (1) 1995, (2) 2000, (3) 2005, (4) 2010, and (5) 2013. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL232 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-06-19more like thismore than 2014-06-19
star this property answer text <p>Information on the countries currently receiving United Kingdom international aid; and how much was paid to each of those countries in (1) 1995, (2) 2000, (3) 2005, (4) 2010 has been placed in the House of Lords library. Figures for 2013 are currently being compiled and will be published in Statistics on International Development in October 2014.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Northover more like this
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less than 2014-06-19T14:02:04.5924169Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-19T14:02:04.5924169Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Northover more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-07-30more like thismore than 2014-07-30
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 16 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Chernobyl: Children more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have assisted in any schemes offering holidays in the United Kingdom to children affected by the Chernobyl disaster; and if not, whether they have been asked to, or plan to. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL1668 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-08-18more like thismore than 2014-08-18
star this property answer text <p>Up until 2013 children affected by the Chernobyl disaster travelling to the UK on recuperation visits under the auspices of a registered UK charity were granted gratis UK visas. The decision to discontinue the scheme was one of a number of difficult spending decisions across Government. The Visa Application Centre in Minsk will continue to offer a mobile service for some of the children travelling with Chernobyl charities spending a number of days accepting applications and collecting Biometric data in the regions at no additional cost.</p><p>Our Embassy in Minsk has funded other projects run by Chernobyl Children’s charities in 2013 and 2014. These include projects to avoid such children being placed in institutional care and creating a better child protection system in Belarus.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Northover more like this
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less than 2014-08-18T09:40:31.7781607Zmore like thismore than 2014-08-18T09:40:31.7781607Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Northover more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-03-24more like thismore than 2014-03-24
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Department for Energy and Climate Change more like this
star this property answering dept id 63 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Energy and Climate Change more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Energy and Climate Change more like this
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ensure that petrol filling stations are not too far apart. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL6244 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-03-27more like thismore than 2014-03-27
star this property answer text <p>DECC published a report from Deloitte LLP in December 2012, which considered long term changes to the retail market for road fuels in the UK, and the implications of these changes to our energy resilience. This market has changed significantly over the last decade. However, the findings of this report do not suggest that the changes to the size and shape of the retail market for road fuels have had significant impacts on the UK's ability to be able to respond to supply disruptions or that these have significantly reduced the access of UK motorists to a local supply of fuel. The report found that in 2011, 98% of postcode sectors had a petrol filling station within 10 minutes drive, and 92% had more than two within the same travel time.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the location of individual petrol filling stations are for local planning authorities.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Verma more like this
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less than 2014-03-27T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-03-27T12:00:00.00Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Verma more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-05-07more like thismore than 2014-05-07
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 16 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what diplomatic or alternative measures are being taken to secure the release of the several hundred children abducted by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL6996 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-05-13more like thismore than 2014-05-13
star this property answer text <p>In the days following the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria, we have offered our assistance to the highest levels of the Nigerian government. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), spoke to the Nigerian Foreign Minister on 18 April immediately after the abductions and offered the UK's assistance.</p><p>On 7 May the Prime Minister, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), spoke to President Jonathan and offered to send a team of UK experts to Abuja. The President accepted and the team, led by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), arrived in Abuja on 9 May. The team will provide expertise in counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, military mentoring and training, victim support and economic development. Human rights compliance is, and will remain, an essential element of any UK assistance in Nigeria. The Minister for Africa, my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Mark Simmonds) visited Nigeria on 14 May, and reiterated our support with President Jonathan.</p><p>We are coordinating closely with international partners. An FCO team was in Washington on 5 May for talks with the US on Nigeria. Our expert team in Abuja will be coordinating closely with a US team also in Abuja. We are also speaking to the French and are encouraging other EU partners to lend their support. Given Boko Haram's exploitation of Nigeria's porous borders and indications that some of the girls may have been taken to Cameroon or Chad, we are engaging with Nigeria's neighbours.</p>
star this property answering member printed Baroness Warsi more like this
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less than 2014-05-13T12:00:00.00Zmore like thismore than 2014-05-13T12:00:00.00Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Warsi more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-06-04more like thismore than 2014-06-04
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 16 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
star this property hansard heading Pakistan more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent stonings in Pakistan; and what steps they will take to ensure that the values set out in the Commonwealth Charter are being upheld in that country. more like this
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno remove filter
star this property uin HL47 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-06-10more like thismore than 2014-06-10
star this property answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), made a statement on 29 May urging the Government of Pakistan to do all in its power to eradicate honour killings and calling on the Pakistani authorities to investigate fully the murder of Farzana Parveen. We continue to urge the Pakistan government to bring the perpetrators to justice. I am pleased that Prime Minister Sharif condemned the murder and immediately demanded action.</p><p> </p><p>Pakistan is included as a “country of concern” in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Human Rights Report and we regularly raise the subject of human rights for all Pakistan's citizens with the Pakistani government. We continue to encourage Pakistan and all Commonwealth countries to uphold the values as set out in the Commonwealth Charter signed in 2012.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Warsi more like this
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less than 2014-06-10T13:35:50.8015007Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-10T13:35:50.8015007Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Warsi more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno more like this