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1677956

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date	13/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Holodomor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise the Holodomor in 1932–33 as genocide of the Ukrainian people.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2023 answer text <p>The Holodomor was an horrific, human-made disaster. The UK's long-standing position is that any judgment on whether genocide has taken place is a matter for a competent court, after consideration of all the evidence, rather than a decision for governments or non-judicial parties.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 29/12/2023 15:09:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1472296

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nature Conservation: Property Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Natural England will provide a solution to foul water and nutrient neutrality issues which will permit developments in affected areas to proceed.
tabling member printed	Earl Cathcart
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government set out an initial package of measures to address nutrient pollution impacting protected sites in March: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fnutrient-pollution-reducing-the-impact-on-protected-sites%2Fnutrient-pollution-reducing-the-impact-on-protected-sites&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C2c364abe2b7447d839ef08da5e6d0e68%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637926119733403268%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=P29XYNY6gKPlQl1%2BuWrIVO8VNRmY5fwhzp%2FA9gYPUvo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nutrient-pollution-reducing-the-impact-on-protected-sites/nutrient-pollution-reducing-the-impact-on-protected-sites</a> (and attached to this answer).</p><p><br> We are clear that nutrient neutrality can only be an interim solution whilst we return our protected sites to favourable condition. We are in close contact with impacted local planning authorities and developers, working closely with DLUHC, and will consider next steps shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 05/07/2022 16:07:56 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon attachment 1 file name Nutrient pollution_ reducing the impact on protected sites - GOV.UK.pdf title Nutrient Pollution
tabling member	2463 label Biography information for Earl Cathcart

1337555

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
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 effectiveness of the UK Resettlement Scheme since March; how many people have been resettled to the UK since March; from which countries those people originated; and, further to their announcement on 17 June 2019, what progress they have made in introducing the mechanism for emergency resettlement.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK Resettlement Scheme commenced in February 2021, immediately following the successful completion of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme through which 20,000 refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria were given sanctuary in the UK. The UK Resettlement Scheme continues to successfully resettle refugees, as local authority and community sponsor capacity allows, and as we recover from the pandemic.</p><p>Statistics under the scheme are published through official statistics at quarterly intervals. The next set of statistics will be published in July and will include the number of people resettled since March. These are available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>The Emergency Resettlement Mechanism is currently in development. It will ensure the resettlement scheme allows refugees at exceptional and immediate risk to be resettled more quickly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/06/2021 10:47:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

755137

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will make a public statement on whether they intend to become a signatory to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2017 answer text <p>The UK is currently bound by the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (2005) by virtue of our membership of the EU. The Government recognises the importance of certainty in civil justice matters, and we are considering carefully the range of international agreements on civil judicial cooperation.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL1144 question first answered 03/08/2017 15:20:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

535598

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
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	Waleed Abulkhair
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they made on 19 May to the government of Saudi Arabia about the case of Mr Waleed Abu Al-Khair; what response they received; and whether there has been any progress on that case since then.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text <p>We are not aware of progress in the case of Walid Abu Al-Khair since last raised with the Saudi Arabian authorities on the 19 May. We believe that we will be more successful in discussing cases privately with Saudi Arabia and we will continue to follow this case closely and will raise when appropriate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/08/2016 13:19:09 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

388019

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budgetary provision the Information Commissioner’s Office has made regarding its data protection activities for the next financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) data protection activities are funded by fees from organisations that process personal data. The amount available to spend each year is dependent on the number of organisations that notify with the ICO.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 21/07/2015 14:02:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

78250

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
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 Randerson on 14 July (WA 108), why it took four years for Northern Ireland officials to decide to consolidate the records of those released as a result of the Belfast Agreement of 1998.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Records received from the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) following the devolution of policing and justice powers were, at that time, deemed to be in an acceptable format. Following devolution, NIO officials have not been required to consolidate the information held and are now undertaking a consolidation exercise.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 22/07/2014 12:23:48 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird