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1651449

registered interest
date	07/07/2023
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	Obey Shava
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Zimbabwean government concerning the physical attack on Obey Shava at his Shava Law Chambers on 5 July.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL9181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK is aware of an attack on human rights lawyer, Obey Shava, on 5 July. We note the ongoing police investigation into the attack. As the Minister for Development and Africa said to President Mnangagwa on 5 May, the UK would like to see the Government of Zimbabwe meet its international and domestic obligations by safeguarding human rights and allowing space for political opposition and civil society organisations to operate, particularly in the run up to elections on 23 August.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/07/2023 13:59:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1643910

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of goods bought by Northern Ireland manufacturers from Great Britain will have to pass through the Red Lane and require full customs paperwork.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL8393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework significantly expands the range of businesses, including manufacturers, who can benefit from the Green Lane.</p><p>We are increasing the threshold for processing companies - quadrupling the current £500,000 limit up to £2 million, meaning four-fifths of manufacturing and processing companies in Northern Ireland who trade with Great Britain will automatically be in scope.</p><p>For traders unable to use the Green Lane, we will establish a new, comprehensive tariff reimbursement scheme for those who can show the goods were ultimately not destined for the EU, which will be available from 30 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/06/2023 16:41:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1643911

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they will give to Northern Ireland manufacturers who will have extra costs and extra paperwork under the Windsor Framework in order to trade with the rest of the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL8394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>We will continue to provide a free-to-use support service for movements in the Green Lane.</p><p>We will set out the details of new arrangements in the usual way, including to Parliament and further guidance on the green lane will be provided in due course.</p><p>Under the Windsor Framework, many manufacturers will be able to benefit from the new Green Lane, meaning that goods sold in Northern Ireland will be freed of unnecessary paperwork, using only ordinary commercial information rather than customs processes or complex certification requirements for agrifood.</p><p>For traders unable to use the Green Lane, we will establish a new, comprehensive tariff reimbursement scheme for those who can show the goods were ultimately not destined for the EU which will be available from 30 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/06/2023 16:40:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1623530

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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	Northern Ireland Protocol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what the total cost to the Treasury was of implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol in the financial year 2022–23.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL7397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>For information on the historical cost of the Trader Support Service and other support schemes implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol, I refer the hon. Member to the answer gave by the Minister for Europe on 22 February 2023 to Question 146816.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/05/2023 16:07:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1612604

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government from which countries the Heads of State have not been invited to attend His Majesty The King's Coronation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL7281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>Invitations were issued to the Heads of State of all nations with whom the UK has full diplomatic relations, with a small number of exceptions. Realms and Overseas Territories also received invitations in line with their constitutional arrangements. Invitations were not issued to Afghanistan, Belarus, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, Iran and Venezuela. Invitations were issued at London Head of Mission level to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Nicaragua.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/05/2023 13:38:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1611048

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
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	USA: Official Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the £7 million cost of policing the visit of President Biden to Northern Ireland will be paid by the Government.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL7124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>President Biden visited the UK as a Guest of Government. It is long-standing policy not to comment on protective security arrangements. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals involved.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/05/2023 15:43:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1607680

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Seeds: UK Internal Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why individuals in Northern Ireland buying vegetable and herb seeds for personal use direct from suppliers in Great Britain are required to have a Phytosanitary certificate costing upwards of £250.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2023 answer text <p>Plants and seeds will be able to once again move easily within the UK. Plants will now move within the same plant passport regime as applies throughout the UK. As we put these arrangements into practice we will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure gardeners, farmers and growers can access plants and seeds from a wide variety of sources.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/04/2023 15:49:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1603366

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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	Imports: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which products from Great Britain, if any, will not be able to be imported to Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>We have removed bans on previously prohibited goods like chilled meats and seed potatoes, and paved the way to remove bans on 11 native British and other commercially important plant species by the next planting season, as industry has called for - including those trees that were prevented from moving to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.</p><p>There have always been goods subject to prohibition or that are heavily restricted when moving within the UK. As is the case elsewhere for movements within the UK, some goods remain banned by operators, such as flick knives banned under UK law, firearms, furs and ivory.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2023 17:30:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1601037

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
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	EU Law: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which laws, if any, as listed in Annex 2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland have been disapplied to Northern Ireland by the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The legal instruments including within the Windsor Framework set out the EU rules that have been disapplied in order to support the changes agreed as part of the deal. This includes the more than 60 specific food safety rules disapplied to support the functioning of the agrifood green lane for retail trade; the provisions in Annex 3 specifically set aside by the changes agreed on VAT and excise; and the rules disapplied to enable the UK-wide licensing of medicines by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). In all, as we have set out more than 1,700 pages of EU rules are disapplied under the Windsor Framework.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/03/2023 17:27:54 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1601038

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
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	Fisheries: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether fishing boats that leave harbours in Northern Ireland can land their catches back in those harbours under the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL6083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>Just as is the case now, fishing boats leaving harbours in Northern Ireland can land their catches back in those harbours.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/03/2023 17:02:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey