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759594

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Hamas leaders have offered the government of Israel a long-term ceasefire in exchange for the blockade on the Gaza Strip being lifted.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>​While we have not made any assessment of this issue, we have been clear that we believe that a durable ceasefire agreement should ensure that Hamas and other terrorist groups permanently end rocket fire and other terrorist attacks against Israel, and that all terrorist groups in Gaza should disarm. Our policy on Hamas remains clear: Hamas must renounce violence, recognise Israel and accept previously signed agreements. Hamas must make credible movement towards these conditions, which remain the benchmark against which its intentions should be judged. We call on those in the region with influence over Hamas to encourage them to take these steps.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 15:59:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759595

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Jerusalem: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding reports of the eviction of families living in East Jerusalem.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The Minister of State for the Middle East issued a statement on 6 September condemning the eviction of the Shamanseh family from the property they have lived in for decades in East Jerusalem. The UK considers such evictions contrary to international law and they cause unnecessary suffering. The increased trajectory of evictions, demolitions and settlements in East Jerusalem undermines the prospects for peace.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 15:59:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759596

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Israel: Burma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of Israel has supplied weapons to the government of Myanmar.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>We have not made representations on this issue. Under the EU arms embargo to Myanmar, the UK would not export military equipment to Israel if we believed that the ultimate end user destination would be Burma.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 15:57:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759597

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Palestinians: Freedom of Expression
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority following reports of restrictions being imposed on free speech and the arrest of activists who have criticised Palestinian Authority leaders.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government stands up for and strongly supports the right of freedom of expression. We have concerns about the contraction of space for free speech in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Our Consul-General to Jerusalem raised our concerns over the arrest and detention of human rights activists and advocates of free speech with the Palestinian Authority on 10 September.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/09/2017 15:58:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759128

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding the detention of Palestinian legislative council members.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>While we have not raised the issue of the detention of Palestinian parliamentarians with the Israeli authorities, we remain concerned about Israel’s extensive use of administrative detention which, according to international law, should be used only when security makes this absolutely necessary rather than as routine practice and as a preventive rather than a punitive measure. We continue to call on the Israeli authorities to comply with their obligations under international law and either charge or release detainees.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/09/2017 15:15:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759129

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Israel: Bedouin
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports that Israeli forces have demolished a kindergarten in the Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>I raised the UK’s concerns about the demolitions of schools in Area C when I met the Israeli Ambassador on 29 August. The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a local statement expressing strong concern over recent confiscations, by the Israeli authorities, of Palestinian school structures in Bedouin communities in the West Bank. The statement referred to confiscation of solar panels in Abu Nuwar (9 August), a kindergarten in Badu el Baba (21 August), and the dismantling of an elementary school in the village of Jubbet Adh Dhib close to Bethlehem (22 August). Demolitions and evictions of Palestinians from their homes cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians; call into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution; and, in all but the most exceptional of cases, are contrary to International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1499 HL1500 question first answered 25/09/2017 15:16:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759130

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports of the confiscation of solar panels that had been donated to the village of Jubbet Al-Dhib.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>I raised the UK’s concerns about the demolitions of schools in Area C when I met the Israeli Ambassador on 29 August. The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a local statement expressing strong concern over recent confiscations, by the Israeli authorities, of Palestinian school structures in Bedouin communities in the West Bank. The statement referred to confiscation of solar panels in Abu Nuwar (9 August), a kindergarten in Badu el Baba (21 August), and the dismantling of an elementary school in the village of Jubbet Adh Dhib close to Bethlehem (22 August). Demolitions and evictions of Palestinians from their homes cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians; call into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution; and, in all but the most exceptional of cases, are contrary to International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1498 HL1500 question first answered 25/09/2017 15:16:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759131

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports of the demolition by Israeli forces of school buildings which were built using EU funds from the village of Jub-Ad Dhib.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>I raised the UK’s concerns about the demolitions of schools in Area C when I met the Israeli Ambassador on 29 August. The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a local statement expressing strong concern over recent confiscations, by the Israeli authorities, of Palestinian school structures in Bedouin communities in the West Bank. The statement referred to confiscation of solar panels in Abu Nuwar (9 August), a kindergarten in Badu el Baba (21 August), and the dismantling of an elementary school in the village of Jubbet Adh Dhib close to Bethlehem (22 August). Demolitions and evictions of Palestinians from their homes cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians; call into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution; and, in all but the most exceptional of cases, are contrary to International Humanitarian Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL1498 HL1499 question first answered 25/09/2017 15:16:18 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

759132

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking following reports that British armaments have been used by Saudi Arabia in the Yemen to target innocent civilians.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government takes its arms export licensing responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. Our defence exports to Saudi Arabia are kept under careful and continual review to ensure they meet the rigorous standards of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/09/2017 15:11:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

758409

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Gaza: Israel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Israeli government in the light of reports that the Israeli military has instituted a ban on food, toiletries, and electronic devices for Palestinians leaving the Gaza strip.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>While we have not made any representations to the Israeli Government on this issue, we continue to call on Israel to ease restrictions on movement and access.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 20/09/2017 15:23:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge