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1489988

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date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Medical Records: Non-binary People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 24 May (HL476 and HL475), what is the policy for recording the gender of people who self-identify as non-binary in medical records; and what is the legal underpinning for this policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to consider emerging data and research on the experiences of non-binary people to understand how future policy can be developed. In general, the National Health Service identifies individuals as male or female via NHS numbers and medical records. This aligns with the Gender Recognition Act 2004 which refers to two sexes: male and female. NHS bodies must always consider any legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of those who identify as non-binary.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 05/08/2022 11:33:29 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1345412

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
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	Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief is being adequately resourced and supported in relation (1) to her role in implementing the recommendations of the Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO Support for Persecuted Christians, published on 8 July 2019, and (2) to enabling the planning and delivery of the international ministerial conference on freedom of religion or belief in 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to implementing in full the recommendations in the Bishop of Truro's review, and work continues to implement them in a way that will bring real improvement to the lives of those persecuted due to their faith or belief. Of the 22 recommendations we have fully delivered ten, made good progress on a further eight, and are confident that all 22 will be delivered by the time of the independent review in 2022.</p><p>I [Lord Ahmad] meet monthly with the Envoy to discuss freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) activity. The Envoy also works closely with FCDO Ministers in promoting FoRB in their respective geographic areas, and through her Private Secretary in the FCDO, with support from the FCDO FoRB team and other officials on specific aspects of her role, as well as the FCDO media office and Special Advisers. Geographic and thematic policy desks have the opportunity to feed in to policy recommendations and offer advice on activities. We have committed to holding a Ministerial conference on FoRB, which will bring countries together to make global progress on this important issue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/07/2021 16:40:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1180618

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Floods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) financial, and (2) other, support they have (a) provided, and (b) intend to provide to, local authorities in response to recent flood-related emergencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>In response to the recent storms, Government activated the Bellwin Scheme of emergency financial assistance on 10 February and extended this to more areas on 17 February. Ministers also activated the Flood Recovery Framework on 18 February, with support being provided to eligible local authorities to help local residents and businesses affected by the storms. Government has also announced the Property Flood Resilience Scheme to help homes and businesses become more resilient to flooding. Government is working with local authorities to assess the full extent of the flooding impacts and will release the funding to eligible local authorities in due course.</p><p>Government has made Government Liaison Officers available to support affected areas during response and to support ongoing recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 10/03/2020 15:52:58 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

767927

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
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	Israel: Burma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to persuade Israel to ban arms sales to Myanmar, following the sustained violence against the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>We have not raised this issue with the Israeli authorities. Under the EU arms embargo to Myanmar, the UK would not export military equipment to Israel if we believed that the ultimate end user destination would be Burma.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/10/2017 16:45:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

582663

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
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	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House what explanation she has received from the Ministry of Justice concerning its failure to answer by 9 September a Question for Written Answer that was asked on 20 July (HL1379).
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2016 answer text <p><strong>The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park):</strong></p><p>I regularly stress to departments the importance of giving timely answers to Questions for Written Answer. My office immediately approach departments who have not responded to questions after 10 working days, and remain in contact with them until the questions are answered. This process has been followed in both of the cases to which the noble Lord refers.</p><p>In the case of the Ministry of Justice question, I am informed that the delay related the process of transferring it to the right department for response. After discussion it was transferred to the Cabinet Office, who will provide a substantive answer by close of play this week. As regards the Department for Education questions, I am informed that the delay related to gathering complex data spanning a long period and the need to obtain clearance from across government. Both of the questions concerned have now been answered.</p><p>Regarding timely replies more generally, I have recently written to the three departments with the greatest proportion of late responses in the last session and I regularly set out the House’s expectations as they apply to QWAs to my frontbench team. Notwithstanding the cases referenced above, I am pleased to say that the proportion of on-time responses from the Ministry of Justice rose from 74% of questions in 2014-15 to 87% in 2015-16; while the Department for Education answered well over 90% of questions on time in both sessions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 27/09/2016 15:42:54 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

392091

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the accuracy and completeness of the United Kingdom electoral register.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>On 18 June the Electoral Commission published their analysis of the state of the electoral registers in Great Britain used for the General Election. The data collected for the report did not allow an estimate of the completeness and accuracy to be made.</p><p>The last full assessment of the completeness and accuracy of electoral registers in Great Britain was published in July 2014 and was based on the last household registers prior to the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER).</p><p>The next full assessment will be based on the first full IER registers once the transition has ended.</p><p>To ensure electors can have confidence in the accuracy and integrity of the electoral register, under IER applicants are asked to provide their National Insurance number and date of birth (or supporting documentation), so that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) can verify that everyone on the register is who they say they are.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 05/08/2015 16:18:42 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

90920

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan
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 government of Sudan regarding (1) Sudanese laws which allow girls to be married from 10 years old, and (2) the proportion of women in that country aged 20–24 who were married by the time they reached 18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is a discrepancy between the Sudanese Child Act of 2010, under which anyone under the age of 18 is considered to be a child, and religious law, under which anyone under the age of 11 is considered to be a child. Along with the Sudanese National Council for Child Welfare (NCCW), we have lobbied the Government to ensure compliance with the Child Act and the removal of any discrepancies which lead to under-age children being married.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Broader work on child rights forms part of a programme supported by DFID, and run by UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which focuses on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This programme has included a workshop on reaching a national position on the legal age of marriage. DFID is also providing funding to UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), which will include data on the percentage of women who were married by the time they reached 18. The findings of that survey, which will report by the end of 2014, will inform our discussions with the Government of Sudan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID worked closely with the NCCW to ensure that the Government was represented at the Girl Summit which took place in London in July, and which had a particular focus on FGM and Child and Forced Marriage (CEFM). We welcome the Government of Sudan’s subsequent signature of the Girl Summit Charter, which includes a public commitment to ending CEFM. We are actively following up with the Government of Sudan to ensure that they maintain momentum on these issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL1847 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:39:39 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge