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date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Court of Justice of the European Union
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases involving the UK the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave rulings on in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017 to date; what were the broad subject-matters covered by those actions; and what proportion of the CJEU’s rulings in those cases went in the UK’s favour.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL4002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>From 2015 to present, the UK has received judgments in 161 cases on which it made submissions. The annual figures are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>● 54 judgments in 2015;</p><p>● 48 judgments in 2016; and</p><p>● 57 judgments in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The cases included in these figures covered a wide range of subjects. The subjects covered included VAT, competition law, international sanctions, citizens’ rights, consumer protection, the four freedoms, the common agricultural policy, transport, food standards, equalities, data protection, asylum and immigration, and international private law.</p><p> </p><p>These figures include all cases in which the UK made written submissions, and are not limited to cases in which the UK was a party, or cases referred to the CJEU from UK courts. They involve abstract questions of EU law, and are not expressly for or against the UK. Nonetheless, we estimate that the Court mostly or completely followed the UK’s submissions in approximately 50% of the judgments in this period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/01/2018 12:23:29 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

717259

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that credit card companies give more help to those with debt problems following the introduction of new rules by the Financial Conduct Authority.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL6560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>This question has been passed on to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA will reply to directly to the noble Baroness by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/04/2017 12:34:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

717260

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to tackle racially motivated attacks against (1) ethnic minority women, and (2) asylum seekers and refugees.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL6561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government deplores all racially motivated attacks. A strong legal framework is in place to tackle hate crime including criminal offences of incitement to racial hatred and racially or religiously aggravated assault and criminal damage. This Government published a new hate crime action plan in July 2016. The Government supports a range of programmes including Tell MAMA, True Vision and Stop Hate UK that focus on encouraging victims including ethnic minority women, asylum seekers and refugees to report hate crime and signposting them to services that provide support for victims.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Building a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) programme includes a range of organisations working with different communities across England and Wales that support women and girls from ethnic minorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/04/2017 09:09:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

717261

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to help solve the humanitarian and political crisis in Syria, and to help in the redevelopment of its infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL6562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis, providing lifesaving aid to millions of Syrians, helping Syrian refugees to remain in host countries in the region and enabling host countries to accommodate them. The UK has pledged £2.46 billion since the crisis began, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis. We have helped to provide nearly 25 million food rations, over 9.5 million relief packages and over 7 million health consultations.</p><p>The UK supports fully the Syrian peace talks under the auspices of the UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura in Geneva. A negotiated political transition is the only way to end this terrible conflict. While the conflict is ongoing, our priority is to deliver lifesaving humanitarian aid those affected by the crisis. Support to reconstruction can only take place when a comprehensive, genuine and inclusive political transition is firmly under way.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/04/2017 15:43:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

717262

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Flexible Working: Males
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to tackle workplace discrimination; in particular, what assessment they have made of the case for more flexible working for men; and what steps they are taking to address issues which prevent men from undertaking a greater share of care work in the home.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL6563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that increased opportunities for flexible working, including for men, will help to achieve full employment, increasing labour market participation among under-represented groups, and to close the gender pay gap. Flexible working can help families to achieve the right balance between the demands of work and home life and to decide how they will share responsibilities at home and at work.</p><p>Government has taken a number of steps to promote greater opportunities for flexible working. The Right to Request Flexible Working entitles employees with 26 weeks’ service to request a working pattern which suits them and their employer. Shared Parental Leave enables working parents to share up to 50 weeks of leave including up to 37 weeks of paid leave in the first year of their child’s life. We are committed to reviewing the impact of these policies in 2019 and 2018 respectively, once they have had a chance to bed in. In the meantime, as set out in the Government’s response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee’s report on the Gender Pay Gap, we will explore options for increasing communications activity around flexible working.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/04/2017 11:14:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

675721

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to integrate nutrition into UK-funded reproductive, maternal, child and adolescent health programmes in the developing world.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL4797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s publication ‘Choices for women: planned pregnancies, safe births and healthy newborns’, provides guidance for our investments in maternal and newborn health, including nutrition for adolescents, pregnant women and babies. DFID Kenya, for example, has enabled a high-impact set of nutrition interventions to be incorporated into the health system and has strengthened Government capacity to deliver these interventions alongside other essential services. The latest review of our bilateral programmes that support maternal, newborn and child health indicates that nutrition has indeed been incorporated in these investments.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2017 17:22:13 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

675722

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Children
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 benefits of investing in early child development in the developing world.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL4798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Evidence suggests that supporting children in their early years through health, education, nutrition and responsive care improves their learning potential and yields enormous long term benefits. By 2020 the UK will improve nutrition for 50million children under 5, women of childbearing age and adolescent girls, immunise 76million children against killer diseases and support 11million children in the poorest countries to gain a decent education.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2017 17:22:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

675723

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to increase investment in improving nutrition and health outcomes for infants and young children, in the light of the <i>Bilateral Development Review 2016</i>.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL4799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Bilateral Development Review sets out how we will invest to deliver our manifesto commitments. These include improving the nutrition of 50million people by 2020 and saving the lives of 1.4million children, through immunising 76million and working towards ending preventable child and maternal deaths.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/01/2017 17:23:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

659564

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote progress towards (1) the World Health Assembly 2025 global nutrition targets, and (2) Sustainable Development Goal 2 to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL4178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID has committed to improve the nutrition of 50million people by 2020 to enable more countries to get on track to meet World Health Assembly and Sustainable Development Goal targets. We are working closely with partners to make sure countries receive effective support to accelerate reductions in malnutrition. Our support to the Global Nutrition Report helps monitor whether countries are on track to reach global targets.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2016 17:41:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

659566

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have fully disbursed the commitments made at the 2013 Nutrition for Growth Summit; and if not, how much has been disbursed, and when they will disburse the remaining commitments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
uin	HL4179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>DFID provides annual updates on progress towards Nutrition for Growth (N4G) commitments through the Global Nutrition Report. DFID disbursed 40% of its N4G spending commitment in 2013 and 2014. The remaining funds committed will be disbursed gradually up to 2020 as nutrition programmes are implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/12/2016 17:41:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor