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347576

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date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sue Berelowitz
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 Office of the Children's Commissioner about the case for cancelling the contract with Sue Berelowitz to lead an inquiry into child abuse in the family.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) is independent of the Department for Education. The department advised the OCC that the estimated value and duration of the consultancy contract meant that it was subject to Cabinet Office efficiency controls. The OCC did not seek Cabinet Office approval, and the contract was therefore cancelled.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The redundancy payment for the Deputy Children’s Commissioner was subject to a value for money assessment and appropriate clearance, including by HM Treasury. The consultancy contract did not receive the correct clearance and the OCC subsequently cancelled the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL121 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:46:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

347577

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sue Berelowitz
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 value for money obtained by paying the former Deputy Commissioner for Children a redundancy payment of £134,000 and then employing her for nine days per month at £960 per day.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) is independent of the Department for Education. The department advised the OCC that the estimated value and duration of the consultancy contract meant that it was subject to Cabinet Office efficiency controls. The OCC did not seek Cabinet Office approval, and the contract was therefore cancelled.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The redundancy payment for the Deputy Children’s Commissioner was subject to a value for money assessment and appropriate clearance, including by HM Treasury. The consultancy contract did not receive the correct clearance and the OCC subsequently cancelled the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL120 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:46:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

347578

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are currently discussing with the European Commission and other European Union member states, with regards to renegotiation: (1) a United Kingdom opt-out from "ever closer union"; (2) reducing the impact of red tape and "excessive interference" from Brussels on businesses, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups, and the City of London; (3) the balance of competences regarding social and employment law, in particular access of EU migrants to in-work and out-of-work benefits; (4) ensuring that eurozone member states cannot impose changes to the single market without the agreement on non-eurozone members; (5) the ability for individual member states to negotiate trade deals with third countries; (7) reducing the EU budget; (8) introducing EU-wide transparency laws similar to those in the United Kingdom; (9) allowing member states greater control over migration; (10) giving national parliaments greater powers to block EU legislation; (11) permitting businesses to sell goods in imperial as well as metric units; (12) obliging food producers to apply country-of-origin labelling; and (13) returning control of agriculture and fisheries policies to member states; and what assessment they have made of the relative importance of these policy areas within an overall renegotiation package.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has started to discuss his plans for EU reform and renegotiation with other EU leaders. He has been clear that the plans involve reforming welfare and immigration rules, increasing economic competitiveness and cutting red tape to create jobs and growth for hard working families, and protecting Britain's interests outside the euro. It also means halting the constant flow of powers to Brussels including by ensuring a stronger role for national Parliaments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/06/2015 15:54:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

347580

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Philip Blackwood
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance they are providing Philip Blackwood, who is imprisoned in Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The New Zealand Embassy in Burma is leading on providing consular assistance to Mr Blackwood as he travelled to Burma on his New Zealand passport. They have been in contact with his family who are resident in New Zealand.</p><p>Our Embassy in Rangoon has provided advice and support to the New Zealand Embassy on Mr Blackwood’s case and we will continue to discuss with them what further assistance we can provide. We have raised the case with the Burmese authorities and made them aware of our interest in Mr Blackwood’s welfare.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/06/2015 13:59:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347582

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	United Nations: South Korea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proposed United Nations field office in South Korea will monitor human rights violations in North Korea; and what is their assessment of the state of progress in establishing that office.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The UN Human Rights Council mandated the UN field office in Seoul to monitor and document the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in resolution A/HRC/RES/25/25. This resolution also mandates the field office to enhance the engagement and capacity-building of various stakeholders and to maintain the visibility of the human rights situation in the DPRK. The UK supported this resolution and looks forward to the opening of the field office. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva have advised us that the field office should become operational this month.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/06/2015 15:53:22 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347583

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	North Korea: Food Supply
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 United Nations World Food Programme's estimate that $69 million is required to ensure food security in North Korea, in the light of the level of spending by the government of North Korea on defence and luxury facilities; and what discussions they have had with the government of North Korea about their spending priorities and their requests for international aid.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not made an independent assessment on the food security situation within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). We remain concerned about the DPRK government’s continued prioritization of military spending over spending to feed its people. The UK does not have a bilateral aid programme in the DPRK nor have we held recent discussions with the DPRK government regarding spending priorities or requests for international aid.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/06/2015 15:52:35 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347584

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	North Korea: Nuclear Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the Six Party Talks on North Korea will resume, and of the likelihood of progress on the issue of nuclear weapons controls in the light of the five previous United Nations Security Council Resolutions and two Agreed Frameworks.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), <br>discussed this with the Assistant Secretary in Washington on 2 June. An immediate resumption of Six Party Talks appears unlikely. While the US remain open to the prospect of resuming dialogue, they have also called for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to demonstrate good faith before returning to talks. Thus far, the DPRK has rejected all proposals for talks on these terms. <br><br>We remain extremely concerned by the DPRK’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and continue to urge the DPRK to: comply with its obligations under relevant UN Security Council Resolutions; refrain from any further provocations; abide by its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and permit full access by the International Atomic Energy Agency. We urge the rigorous implementation of sanctions by the international community to limit the DPRK’s ability to advance its programmes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/06/2015 14:00:57 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

347585

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Kuwait: Nationality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have yet received confirmation that the amendment submitted to the Kuwait National Assembly allowing Kuwaiti women to sponsor their husbands and children to acquire Kuwaiti nationality provided they have been married for 10 years has been ratified.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We have had no confirmation that the Kuwaiti Parliament has approved any change to the Nationality Law which would confer upon women the right to pass nationality to their children. Our Ambassador and other senior officials frequently raise the issue of nationality and equal rights with the relevant Kuwaiti authorities, and the UK noted concerns about gender equality during Kuwait’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council in January.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/06/2015 14:01:33 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

347587

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Armed Conflict: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to table a Resolution at the United Nations Security Council on the protection of interpreters and translators working in conflict zones, similar to the Resolution on the protection of journalists.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>All civilians are entitled to protection during armed conflict under international humanitarian law (IHL). The British Government works through the UN Security Council (UNSC) to increase the protection of civilians in conflict situations. The unanimous adoption of UNSC Resolution 2222 in May on the protection of journalists provided welcome recognition, not only of the contribution journalists make through the unique role they play in building open and democratic societies, but also the increased dangers they face as a consequence.</p><p>The UK has no current plans to table a UNSC resolution on the protection of interpreters and translators. The Government acknowledges that interpreters and translators it employs in conflict zones may face additional threats. We take the security and safety of all members of our staff very seriously and have put in place measures to reduce the risks they face.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 09/06/2015 12:35:02 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

347590

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Climate Change: Export Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the exports and overseas licensing of technology designed to reduce the impact of climate change.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government actively supports British companies to export products and services that reduce the impact of climate change. For example, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) helps UK companies to win export business in the offshore wind, other renewables and nuclear sectors. This approach is consistent with the Government’s overall climate change policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 10/06/2015 11:33:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton