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1604218

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
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	BBC Persian Service: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use part of the £20 million of additional funding they have made available to the BBC for World Service broadcasts to prevent the imminent closure of the BBC Persian Radio Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>As an outcome of the Integrated Review, the Government will provide an additional £20 million to the BBC World Service over the next two years to protect all 42 language services it provides, support English language broadcasting and counter disinformation, allowing the BBC World Service to maintain its unrivalled status as the world's largest international broadcaster.</p><p>The previously announced changes to the Persian radio service are part of the BBC's transition to a &quot;digital-first&quot; organisation, to ensure they remain relevant in a rapidly changing technological world. Whilst radio broadcasts for BBC Persian are ceasing, TV broadcasting for these services will continue and investment in digital services will increase, reflecting audience trends. The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from Government and therefore decisions about how language services are delivered are for them to take.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL6442 question first answered 28/03/2023 15:41:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1603359

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	Moldova: Russia
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 current situation in Moldova and the reported activities of the Russian Federation in that country; and what assistance they are providing to Moldova to support its ambition to join the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL6394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Other than Ukraine, no other country has felt the impact of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine more deeply than Moldova. On 16 March, the Foreign Secretary met Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu in Chisinau. He reiterated the UK's steadfast support for sovereign Moldova as it pursues a path of freedom and independence. He also committed a further £10 million of support towards economic and governance reforms. This is in addition to £12 million over three years pledged last year to strengthen Moldova's defences against cyberattack, counter Russian disinformation, reform armed forces and tackle corruption.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2023 17:39:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

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

1603371

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	Myanmar: Land Mines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what funding they are providing for demining projects in areas of Myanmar not under the control of the military.
tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
uin	HL6413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government does not fund any demining projects in Myanmar, as demining organisations are not permitted to conduct mine clearance activities there. Risk education is permitted, and this financial year the FCDO's Global Mine Action Programme (GMAP) is providing £600,000 in funding for UK NGO the HALO Trust and Mines Advisory Group to deliver this activity. Humanitarian mine action is a neutral activity, and the GMAP Myanmar programme currently delivers risk education to at risk groups and communities where conditions allow, regardless of who is in control.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/03/2023 16:16:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

1603396

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	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there will be any change in the text of (1) the Withdrawal Agreement, or (2) the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, on the description of Great Britain as a “third country” for certain purposes relating to the movement of goods and agri-food products to Northern Ireland, as a result of the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL6395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework delivers a fundamental new framework which ensures the smooth flow of internal UK trade and safeguards Northern Ireland's place in our Union. The legal texts published online set out how this will be delivered.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2023 17:45:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1603397

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	EU Law: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether UK producers and manufacturers will be able to disregard EU laws and rules in the production and manufacture of goods and products for (1) the Northern Ireland market, and (2) the Great Britain market, under the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL6396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>As we said explicitly in the Government's Command Paper on the Windsor Framework, in order to maintain maximum market access for Northern Ireland traders, those EU rules which do apply under the Windsor Framework apply to goods produced in Northern Ireland. But this reflects what we have heard time and again is the balance businesses want in order to prosper:</p><p>· Companies producing for their most important market in Great Britain will retain completely unfettered access. That means a permanent guarantee of being able to place goods on the UK market in all scenarios.</p><p>· There are many areas of goods rules within the scope of the old Protocol where no international or EU standards apply - covering a quarter of Northern Ireland manufacturers. In those cases UK national rules set the standards for goods on the market in Northern Ireland.</p><p>· Elsewhere in manufacturing, international standards apply in practice. Of the nearly 3,600 international goods standards in place, there are differences between the UK and EU in only 11 of them (0.3 percent of standards overall). These reflect minor differences in practice, where the UK has applied higher standards (which Northern Ireland traders can still choose to meet).</p><p>· In agrifood, the rules in place reflect longstanding arrangements, protecting the integrated supply chains on which many industries rely. But through this agreement they now do so within a dual regime - with retail trade into Northern Ireland able to use UK food safety standards and flow smoothly; Northern Ireland farmers outside of the Common Agricultural Policy; and the Northern Ireland Executive given the flexibility to decide its own approach locally on agricultural subsidies.</p><p>· This dual regime is also consistent with existing devolution arrangements and the market access principles in the UK Internal Market Act, which mean it is entirely possible constitutionally to have different standards across the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2023 17:38:20 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1603398

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	European Court of Justice: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what changes to the role of the European Court of Justice in Northern Ireland will be made as a result of the Windsor Framework; and how any such change be implemented in law.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL6397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework removes 1,700 pages of EU law, and with them any European Court of Justice (ECJ) interpretation and oversight in those areas. Furthermore, the Stormont Brake would enable a sovereign UK Government decision to veto the application of new EU laws and accompanying ECJ oversight within Northern Ireland. This safeguard in the treaty itself is not subject to ECJ oversight, and any dispute on this issue would be resolved through subsequent independent arbitration according to international, not EU law.</p><p>In the limited circumstances in which EU rules do continue to apply, the UK and EU are clear that political routes should be used to seek to resolve issues before resorting to formal dispute settlement and that the fundamental underpinning of this arrangement is in international law, not EU law and the EU institutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2023 17:22:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1603399

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	UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether Northern Ireland will remain part of the EU Single Market and subject to the rules thereof in the event that the Windsor Framework is implemented.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL6398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Northern Ireland is not part of the EU Single Market, it is part of the United Kingdom and its internal market. An absolute minimum (less than 3 percent) of EU law continues to apply in Northern Ireland, to avoid a hard border and maintain Northern Ireland's unique access to the EU market. But alongside this Northern Ireland has full unfettered access to the UK internal market. And under the Windsor Framework, more than 1,700 pages of EU law will be disapplied for UK internal trade. The rules that are disapplied are set out in the legal instruments giving effect to the Windsor Framework.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2023 17:16:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1603400

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	European Court of Justice: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the European Court of Justice will remain the final arbiter of EU law as it applies in Northern Ireland in the event that the Windsor Framework is implemented.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL6399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has acknowledged, as the Prime Minister did in his statement of 27 February, that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is the final arbiter on matters of EU law. But by the EU's own calculations, less than 3 percent of EU rules with ECJ oversight apply under the Windsor Framework, with those that remain only applying to maintain maximum free trade and market access for NI firms. And the Windsor Framework narrows the application of EU rules in Northern Ireland, removing 1,700 pages of EU law, and takes with it any European Court of Justice interpretation and oversight in those areas. The agreement also introduces the Stormont Brake, which would enable a sovereign UK Government decision to veto the application of new EU laws and accompanying ECJ oversight within Northern Ireland. This safeguard in the treaty itself is not subject to ECJ oversight, and any dispute on this issue would be resolved through subsequent independent arbitration according to international, not EU law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/03/2023 11:56:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1603401

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	Import Controls: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government where they propose to erect border inspection posts in Northern Ireland; when will they be implemented; and what will be the cost of implementation.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL6400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Work is ongoing regarding the next steps following the passage of the Official Controls (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023. We will set out further updates on those next in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2023 17:15:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey