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1652123

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation in Mariupol, including of reports that Russia is destroying evidence of atrocities in the city; and what steps they are taking, if any, to assist in the preservation of that evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>There is mounting evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Mariupol. Reports from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which draw on interviews with those who fled Mariupol, detail atrocities that occurred during Russia's siege, including shelling of civilian buildings. We are committed to ensuring that those responsible for atrocities in Ukraine are held accountable. We are supporting both the International Criminal Court's (ICC) independent investigations and Ukraine's domestic accountability efforts. UK funding has helped deploy Mobile Justice Teams to the scenes of potential war crimes and trained more than 100 judges<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL9228 question first answered 25/07/2023 10:46:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1652124

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of atrocities committed by Russia in Mariupol, specifically of attacks targeted at residential civilian communities.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>There is mounting evidence of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Mariupol. Reports from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which draw on interviews with those who fled Mariupol, detail atrocities that occurred during Russia's siege, including shelling of civilian buildings. We are committed to ensuring that those responsible for atrocities in Ukraine are held accountable. We are supporting both the International Criminal Court's (ICC) independent investigations and Ukraine's domestic accountability efforts. UK funding has helped deploy Mobile Justice Teams to the scenes of potential war crimes and trained more than 100 judges<strong>.</strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL9227 question first answered 25/07/2023 10:46:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1652125

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to collect testimonies from Ukrainians who have arrived in the UK; how many testimonies have been collected so far; and whether they plan to share evidence from those testimonies with international partners.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Following the illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Metropolitan Police redesigned their existing online referral portal, which is in English, Ukrainian and Russian, for witnesses and victims to provide information directly to the war crimes team. The Metropolitan Police have distributed leaflets at UK borders encouraging those fleeing the conflict to report any crimes. They have received over 100 referrals which are being analysed to see whether further action is warranted. Any information or evidence that could be helpful to other national jurisdictions, or the International Criminal Court, will be shared through existing mutual legal assistance arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/07/2023 10:47:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1652146

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Democratic Republic of Congo: Rwanda
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to join the US and the United Nations in urging Rwanda to end its support to the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL9250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK continues to monitor the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) closely and its grave humanitarian consequences. We regularly raise the conflict in eastern DRC with the Governments of DRC, Rwanda, and the region, where we urge all parties to deliver on their commitments, agreed through the Nairobi and Luanda processes. This includes the cessation of hostilities, respect for sovereignty and agreed withdrawal by armed groups including M23. The UK firmly believes the regional Nairobi and Luanda diplomatic peace processes provide the best means by which to achieve a lasting peace in eastern DRC and offer them our full support. We have taken over chair of the International Contact Group for the Great Lakes where we are in regular contact with likeminded partners and are working together to support progress on the ground. We will continue to work with members of the international community to bring an end to the violence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/07/2023 10:46:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1652149

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Greece and Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prospects for détente between Greece and Turkey.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL9253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Greece and Turkey are close friends and allies to the UK and we are pleased to see continued high-level contact between the two countries, including Prime Minister Mitsotakis and President Erdoğan's meeting on 12 July, and commitment to hold a bilateral High-Level Cooperation Council in Thessaloniki in the Autumn. We hope this engagement can pave the way towards a long term reduction in tensions. We encourage both countries to resolve issues through dialogue and we support de-confliction measures aimed at de-escalation and reduction of tensions, including existing deconfliction mechanisms within NATO structures. The UK will continue to work with all parties in support of this.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/07/2023 12:42:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1652150

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Syria: Prisons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have provided funds amounting to £20 million for a prison in north-east Syria to contain, amongst others, 25 British families.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL9254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>As said in the counter-Daesh statement to the House on 4 March 2021, as part of the Global Coalition's collective stabilisation efforts in the region, the UK has provided technical advice and funding for the improvement of detention facilities for Daesh fighters in north-east Syria.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment further for reasons of operational security.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/07/2023 14:07:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1652152

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
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	Italy: Foreign Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation between the President of the Council of the Ministers of the Italian Republic and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dated 27 April 2023, in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL9256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to place a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding on Bilateral Cooperation between the UK and Italy in the Library of the House. The document was published on the gov.uk website on 27 April 2023.</p><p>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/memorandum-of-understanding-between-the-uk-and-italy]</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/07/2023 11:35:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton