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1183439

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	India: Demonstrations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 2 March (HL1754), whether their discussions with the government of India have included the establishment of independent inquiries into the deaths of at least 28 people involved in protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019; if so, what response they received; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>We welcome that India's Upper House of Parliament will debate the recent violence in Delhi on 12 March, and await details of next steps the Government of India will take. We will continue to raise our concerns about the impact of the Citizenship Amendment Act with the Government of India where we have them.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2268 question first answered 12/03/2020 15:24:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1183176

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	India: Demonstrations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 2 March (HL1754), whether they discussed with the government of India the possibility that independent inquiries be established into the deaths of the people involved in protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019; if so, what reply they received; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL2268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>We welcome that India's Upper House of Parliament will debate the recent violence in Delhi on 12 March, and await details of next steps the Government of India will take. We will continue to raise our concerns about the impact of the Citizenship Amendment Act with the Government of India where we have them.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2342 question first answered 12/03/2020 15:24:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1183183

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Sport England about the practical application of the Equality Act 2010 in sport; and what were the results of any such discussions.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL2275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Government’s sport strategy Sporting Future and Sport England’s strategy Towards an Active Nation set out both organisations’ commitment to creating a diverse sport sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS have regular meetings with Sport England to discuss diversity in sport. These meetings cover a wide range of issues including increasing participation amongst under-represented groups, such as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, and ensuring a more diverse workforce. Outputs from Sport England’s work in this area includes:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>The ‘This Girl Can’ campaign, which encourages women to get active regardless of shape, size and ability and seeks to break down the barriers that prevent them from doing so. The campaign has inspired 3.9 million women to take part since its launch in 2015</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Work with a range of partners to increase BAME participation in sport and activity. Sport England published their ‘Sport for All’ report in January 2020, showing how people from BAME communities are taking part in sport and physical activity. Launched in response to low rates of participation in many BAME communities, this invited and challenged partners to address the ethnicity gap in sport participation, with Sport England committing to leading a joined-up approach to tackle this across the sport sector.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Work with leading board recruitment agency Perrett Laver to increase diversity at board level within national governing bodies of sport, with 65% and 75% of appointments to date being BAME and female candidates.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Investment in programmes that help disabled people get active and make sport more inclusive of their needs. Sport England also ensures that programmes for disabled people are included across each of their investment programmes, and are investing £1.6m from 2017 - 2020 into seven National Disability Sports Organisations who represent specific impairment groups. Sport England has also worked alongside leading charities including Age UK to develop the ‘We Are Undefeatable’ campaign, aimed at supporting people with long-term health conditions to be active.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Sporting Future asked Sport England to treat LGBT+ people in the same way as it does other groups protected by the Equality Act 2010. This enables sports to get the same expert help from Sport England and its partners with tackling increasing LGBT+ participation as they do with the other protected characteristics groups and they are making investments into key delivery partners to support their work in this space. For example, Sport England has invested £80,000 into Pride Sports to support Sport England with mapping all LGBT+ specific sport activity across the country and to deliver a LGBT+ summit event to offer insight, strategies and good practice solutions for engaging LGBT+ people in sport.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 11/03/2020 17:17:02 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1183195

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Floods: Wales
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 Welsh Government about the provision of financial help to recent flood victims in Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Murphy of Torfaen
uin	HL2287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Flood response in Wales is a devolved matter. The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales will work with the Welsh Government to ensure that all of those affected by flooding are supported in the best way possible, including consideration of any request from the Welsh Government for additional support and assistance for flood relief, including additional finances.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 12/03/2020 10:59:50 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen

1183196

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Joint Ministerial Committee
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the next meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee will take place.
tabling member printed	Lord Murphy of Torfaen
uin	HL2288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Devolution Memorandum of Understanding established the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) - a committee structure which meets in different formats for intergovernmental relations, to enable ministers from the UK Government and Devolved Administrations to engage.</p><p>Future meetings will be confirmed in the usual way.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 10/03/2020 15:50:57 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen

1183197

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	British-Irish Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the next meeting of the British–Irish Council will take place.
tabling member printed	Lord Murphy of Torfaen
uin	HL2289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The next Summit meeting of the British-Irish Council will take place this summer and be hosted by the Scottish Government.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 10/03/2020 11:53:06 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen

1183205

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Department for International Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the separation of responsibilities between Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development junior ministers is sufficiently robust to safeguard the reputation of the UK on the international stage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sheehan
uin	HL2297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister appointed a fully joint Junior Ministerial Team for the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). This builds on the good work DFID is already delivering with the FCO in bilateral posts, multilateral missions and through FCO-DFID Joint Units in London. The Prime Minister also appointed separate Secretaries of State for the FCO and DFID in the recent reshuffle and is keen to make sure that UK aid is both spent well and aligned with the UK's foreign policy priorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/03/2020 15:20:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4548 label Biography information for Baroness Sheehan

1183212

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hospital Ships: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any new hospital ship will be operational before the retirement of RFA Argus in 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL2304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>RFA ARGUS is the Ministry of Defence's Primary Casualty Receiving Ship. The consideration of options to deliver the capabilities provided by ARGUS after she leaves service remains ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2305 question first answered 10/03/2020 12:27:48 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1183213

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Fleet Auxiliary
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will procure another helicopter training vessel before the retirement of RFA Argus in 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL2305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>RFA ARGUS is the Ministry of Defence's Primary Casualty Receiving Ship. The consideration of options to deliver the capabilities provided by ARGUS after she leaves service remains ongoing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2304 question first answered 10/03/2020 12:27:48 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1182874

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 2 March (HL Deb, col 389), whether the planned secondary legislation under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 will be applied to individuals linked to crimes against humanity; and whether the definition of a perpetrator will vary based on country or nationality.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>As I stated in my answer to the Oral Question on 2 March 2020, House of Lords, column 389, we are currently working to soon lay secondary legislation for the UK's first autonomous sanctions regime under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. It would be inappropriate to comment on the specific aspects of the scope before the secondary legislation comes into force.</p><p>The regime is not intended to target individual countries, but those who commit serious human rights violations or abuses anywhere in the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/03/2020 15:47:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool