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166207

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	International Commission on Missing Persons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they expect to secure international agreement on the legal status of the International Commission on Missing Persons as an international organisation.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text Yes. The UK and the Netherlands have led a recent initiative to draft an international agreement that will accord the International Commission on Missing Persons the status of an international organisation and we expect that the UK and other States will sign the agreement shortly. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 15:54:38 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166643

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	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	Guinea-Bissau
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will continue to support the mandate of the United Nations Peacebuilding Mission in Guinea Bissau.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text The UK supported a three-month roll-over of the mandate of the UN’s Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) at the UN Security Council last month. The UNIOGBIS presence in Guinea-Bissau is an asset to political dialogue, strengthening state institutions, supporting security sector reform and combating drug trafficking. We look forward to seeing the recommendations of the strategic assessment mission on reconfiguring the UNIOGBIS’s mandate that will be included in the Secretary-General’s report on Guinea-Bissau in January 2015. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 16:13:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166206

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	International Commission on Missing Persons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support has been provided by the United Kingdom to the International Commission on Missing Persons in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text The UK has been a strong and consistent supporter of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) since its creation in 1996. We support the ICMP in all of its program areas – the Western Balkans, Colombia, Iraq and Libya. The UK has provided grants to the ICMP for the following amounts: 2012: £18,101; 2013: £160,407; 2014: £253,051. These grants have supported projects which relate to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification activities at the Tomasica Excavation Site in Bosnia and aiding the Government of Libya address the issue of missing persons. The UK also provides political support as the ICMP’s work supports our wider objectives on justice and accountability. With our Dutch colleagues, the UK has successfully led a recent initiative to develop an international agreement that will grant the ICMP a new, international legal status. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/12/2014 15:54:11 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166844

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	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: Sexual Offences
	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 Scottish Government concerning implementing the commitments agreed and announced by United Kingdom Ministers at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict held in London in June.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>There have been no discussions between UK Ministers and the Scottish government about the implementation of commitments agreed and announced by UK Ministers at the June Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/12/2014 14:11:45 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

60544

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	UN Security Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to support negotiations for a voluntary code of conduct in the United Nations Security Council to help prevent the use the veto in situations where mass atrocities are taking place.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no negotiations for a voluntary code of conduct in the United Nations Security Council to help prevent the use the veto in situations where mass atrocities are taking place. I am of course aware of the proposal put forward by France and think that it offers an important contribution to the wider debate on reform of the Security Council and I welcome the interest that this initiative has created. The United Kingdom wholeheartedly supports the principle that the Security Council must act to stop mass atrocities and crimes against humanity. We cannot envisage circumstances where we would use our veto to block such action.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 17/06/2014 14:47:12 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

156499

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Malawi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the end-of-year spending totals by programme for Official Development Assistance to Malawi in the financial years 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, and 2013–14.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows total amounts for each year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>£ Thousands</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>£71, 512</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>£95,848</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>£64,915</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>£124,253</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>£113,375</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 02/12/2014 15:04:40 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

142621

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Malawi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications for visas, broken down by month, were received from citizens of Malawi in (1) 2013, and (2) 2014 to date; and how many of those applications were rejected.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the following table.</p><p>Number of Malawian visa applications from January 2013 to June 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2,931</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>415</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The statistics provided are the latest available. Source: Home Office Performance Reporting and Analysis Unit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 15:14:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

166843

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Females: Equality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will next publish a report on progress in implementing the commitments agreed and announced by United Kingdom Ministers at the Girl Summit held in London in July.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The first annual progress report on commitments made at Girl Summit 2014 – including those announced by United Kingdom Ministers – will be issued in July 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 15/12/2014 14:10:20 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

142623

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Malawi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they require a citizen of Malawi to provide in order to be granted a visa to visit the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The applicant must satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer that they meet the requirements of the immigration rules. The immigration rules apply to all non-EU nationals. For most visit visa categories, there are no requirements to provide specific evidence. In Points Based System categories (covering work and study categories) and Family Migration routes (covering applications to join family in the UK), there are specified evidential requirements. These are set out in the immigration rules, which are published at <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-rules.v</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/11/2014 12:23:49 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale

142625

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Malawi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of wealth or assets a citizen of Malawi has to have in order to be granted a visa to visit the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The applicant must satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) that they meet the requirements of the immigration rules. The immigration rules apply to all non-EU nationals. For most visit visa categories, there are is no requirement to have specific levels of wealth or assets in order to be granted a visa. The ECO is required to make an overall assessment of the application which takes into consideration the personal circumstances of the applicant, and the ability of any sponsor to support them whilst in the UK. Affluence is not a specific consideration. Amongst other considerations, the ECO assess the overall genuineness of the applicant, whether they are likely to leave the UK at the end of their visit, whether they are able to be maintained and accommodated without recourse to working or taking public funds. In Points Based System categories (covering work and study categories) and Family Migration routes (covering applications to join family in the UK), there are specified financial requirements. These are set out in the immigration rules, which are published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-rules</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 15:19:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4168 label Biography information for Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale