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1609397

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
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	Freeports: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Windsor Framework will allow the establishment of freeports in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Adams of Craigielea
uin	HL7051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to extending the benefits of our Freeports programme across the UK and to working with stakeholders from sectors and places across Northern Ireland on how best to do so. Of course we need to see a restored Northern Ireland Executive before those discussions can be progressed further, similar to our engagements with Scottish and Welsh governments on proposals there.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/04/2023 16:15:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	631 label Biography information for Baroness Adams of Craigielea

1608841

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Ukraine: War Crimes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ukraine about establishing a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression; and whether, in any such discussions, the Ukrainian constitution has proved to be an impediment to establishing such a body during the current state of Martial Law.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2023 answer text <p>As the Foreign Secretary announced on 20 January, the UK has accepted Ukraine's invitation to join a 'core group' to consider options for ensuring criminal accountability for Russia's aggression against Ukraine, including possibly through a special tribunal. Discussions into how to achieve this continue, including around potential issues linked to the Ukrainian constitution. These are complex issues of international law, which the group must be allowed time to consider.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/04/2023 08:26:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1608848

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Afghanistan: Journalism
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 numbers of Afghan journalists currently at risk of persecution in (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, and (3) Iran, for their professional activities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
uin	HL6980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK is a champion of media freedom and a proud member of the Media Freedom Coalition. Defending media freedom at home and abroad is a priority for the UK. In Afghanistan, we understand that around 40 per cent of media outlets have ceased to operate and that 60 per cent of journalists have lost their jobs since August 2021. We continue to address the issue of media freedom in our discussions with the Taliban. We regularly raise media freedom at a senior level with the Government of Pakistan, most recently in January 2023. We condemn the Iranian authorities' crackdown on journalists and continue to raise the Iranian peoples' right to access independent media. The UK regularly engages countries on the need to respect human rights, including on freedom of expression and media freedom.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2023 09:29:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

1608879

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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, further to the indication by the European Commission that it will not implement new arrangements for retail food consignments until new inspection facilities at Northern Ireland ports have been both completed and audited, whether they will extend full grace periods in all these areas until such changes are implemented by the European Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL7040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>All current grace periods, including the Scheme for Temporary Agri-food Movements to Northern Ireland (STAMNI) arrangements will continue to be in place until further notice. If operators are not moving goods via STAMNI, they will continue to be subject to full EU checks and controls.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 13/04/2023 12:14:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1608882

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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 all haulage vehicles transporting food retail or goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in consignments intended to remain in Northern Ireland will be fitted on each trip with a seal designed to track movement of the goods and ensure that the consignment is not altered or added to until the completion of its journey.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL7043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>It is correct that goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, including food retail goods, which are intended to stay in Northern Ireland, will travel in sealed consignments to ensure that only internal UK traders are able to move goods without being subject to tariffs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL7044 question first answered 13/04/2023 12:04:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1608883

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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 what the cost of each seal used to enable monitoring and protect the movement of each trip containing a consignment of food retail or goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will be; and whether the cost of such seals will be met by His Majesty’s Government or the individual haulier.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL7044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2023 answer text <p>It is correct that goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, including food retail goods, which are intended to stay in Northern Ireland, will travel in sealed consignments to ensure that only internal UK traders are able to move goods without being subject to tariffs.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL7043 question first answered 13/04/2023 12:04:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1608885

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Crimes Outside National Territories
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 UK's law on universal jurisdiction; what challenges any such assessment identified; and how they are planning to address those challenges to ensure that the UK can play a proactive role on ensuring justice and accountability for international crimes.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>Applying universal jurisdiction in respect of certain offences helps to ensure that the UK does not provide a safe haven for war criminals or those who commit other serious violations of international law. The Crown Prosecution Service, as the agency responsible, will continue to bring individuals to justice wherever possible. Any decision to prosecute offences of universal jurisdiction in England and Wales is governed by the same principles that apply to any other prosecution and must be in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2023 09:23:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1608886

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Crimes Outside National Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the law on universal jurisdiction; and in particular, what plans they have to expand the scope of section 51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001, namely the group of perpetrators who can be tried for international crimes in domestic courts.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL6968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>The criminal law of England and Wales provides for universal jurisdiction over the crimes of torture and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, allowing national authorities to investigate and prosecute these offences under certain conditions when they were committed abroad by foreign nationals. The International Criminal Court Act 2001 allows jurisdiction over the offences of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed abroad by any person who: (i) is/was a UK national or UK resident at the time of the crime; or (ii) became a UK national or UK resident after the crime and still resides in the UK when proceedings are brought. There are no plans to reform the law on universal jurisdiction.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2023 09:32:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1608906

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Yemen: Humanitarian Situation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have led recently at the United Nations with the aim of alleviating Yemen’s ongoing humanitarian crisis; and what discussions they have had at the UN with the governments of Saudi Arabia and of the Gulf States in regard to humanitarian funding for Yemen this year.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL7009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK uses its role as penholder at the UN Security Council to support the Yemen peace process. A political settlement is the only way to bring long-term stability and address the worsening humanitarian crisis. We are also working closely with the UN Special Envoy to Yemen in his efforts to develop the current de facto truce into a Yemeni-led political settlement under UN auspices. The UK pledged up to £88 million of aid for Yemen at the UN-led Humanitarian Pledging Conference in Geneva in March.</p><p>We continue to engage with Gulf partners regarding a coordinated approach to effectively deliver humanitarian aid in Yemen. This includes at the ambassadorial level and through our officials in Riyadh and Amman. At the inaugural UK-Saudi Arabia Aid Dialogue last month, improving humanitarian access and encouraging greater funding commitments by regional partners were identified as key targets.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2023 09:30:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1608908

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Yazidis: Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, together with international partners, to ensure that the Yazidi women and girl victims of Islamic State crimes are supported and have access to justice.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL7011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2023 answer text <p>The UK led the UN Security Council to establish the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL (UNITAD) and continues to encourage close co-operation between UNITAD and the Government of Iraq.</p><p>We also advocated for the passing of the Yazidi Survivors Law, an important first step toward assistance and justice for survivors of sexual violence by Daesh. The UK is committed to helping Iraq fully implement the legislation, including providing funding support to the Directorate of Yazidi Affairs.</p><p>During my recent visit to Iraq I met with Yazidi communities and leaders to hear their experiences and reiterate UK support.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2023 11:45:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian