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1521529

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Pakistan: Arms Trade
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 Pakistan regarding its sale of arms to the Myanmar military in the past year; and at what ministerial level those meetings were held.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a longstanding supporter of an arms embargo on Myanmar. We are clear that countries should not sell arms to the Myanmar military. On 27 March, the UK coordinated a joint statement with 48 signatories that committed us to working to prevent the flow of arms and equipment to the Myanmar military. We have also worked with partners to secure strong language on stopping the flow of arms at the G7, UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council. In January, Pakistan's sale of arms to the Myanmar military was raised at an official level by British High Commission officials, with the Government of Pakistan.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 21/10/2022 11:25:03 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1520191

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State at the Home Office on 27 September (53567), how many Afghan refugees arrived in the UK and were resettled under Pathway 2 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme between 5 January and 5 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has now welcomed its first arrivals under ACRS Pathway 2 from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and we will resettle many more people through it in the coming years.</p><p>The Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its quarterly Immigration Statistics publications in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 24/10/2022 12:01:09 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1518476

registered interest
date	26/09/2022
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	Development Aid: Conflict Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation in creating a dedicated hub to (1) design, and (2) test, a comprehensive approach to upstream conflict and conflict-related atrocity prevention.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM) has established a Conflict and Atrocity Prevention Department that leads on anticipating and mitigating conflicts and mass atrocities. The department focusses on tackling the underlying drivers of emerging conflict and mass atrocities, rapidly responding to crises and supporting the UK's efforts to deny adversaries space in conflict to advance their interests. The department is deepening analysis in key contexts, testing and improving our monitoring capabilities and implementing conflict prevention interventions in a small sample of countries, working with geographic teams to drive ambitious UK policy built on evidence.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 11/10/2022 15:40:35 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1518477

registered interest
date	26/09/2022
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	Genocide
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 risk of identity-based violence and mass atrocities in (1) Nigeria, (2) Myanmar, (3) Ukraine, (4) Iraq, (5) northern Syria, (6) China, and (7) India; and when such an assessment was conducted last for each of these countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The risk of mass atrocities in countries affected by conflict is covered in an FCDO global conflict and instability risk assessment process which is undertaken multiple times a year.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 11/10/2022 15:43:13 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1518478

registered interest
date	26/09/2022
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	Genocide Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they last reviewed their compliance with their obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and what were the findings of any such review.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK is committed to, and fully complies with, its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, ensuring that both its actions and domestic law are in compliance with those obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 10/10/2022 16:36:30 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1506458

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Xinjiang: Human Rights
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 findings in the United Nations report OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, published on 31 August; and what discussions they intend to have with the government of China in response.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>The report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights provides new evidence of the extent of China's efforts to silence and repress Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. It includes a broad range of evidence, including first-hand accounts from victims.</p><p>The UK has already led international efforts to pressure China to change its behaviour. We have imposed sanctions, led joint statements at the UN, taken action to tackle forced labour in supply chains, funded research to expose China's actions, and consistently raised China's human rights violations at the highest levels in Beijing.</p><p>We have raised the report's findings with the Chinese Embassy in London as well as senior officials in Beijing. We are now considering appropriate next steps with our international partners.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 29/09/2022 11:44:50 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1506459

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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	Xinjiang: Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to table motions for consideration at (1) the UN Human Rights Council, (2) the General Assembly, and (3) the Security Council, following the United Nations report OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, published on 31 August.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights provides new evidence of the extent of China's efforts to silence and repress Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. It includes a broad range of evidence, including first-hand accounts from victims.</p><p>The UK has already led international efforts to pressure China to change its behaviour. We have imposed sanctions, led joint statements at the UN, taken action to tackle forced labour in supply chains, funded research to expose China's actions, and consistently raised China's human rights violations at the highest levels in Beijing.</p><p>We have raised the report's findings with the Chinese Embassy in London as well as senior officials in Beijing. We are now considering appropriate next steps with our international partners.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 20/10/2022 14:19:20 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1506460

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Primodos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are supporting the pharmaceutical company Bayer in seeking to strike down an attempt by victims of Primodos to have their case heard; if so, why; and whether they will seek to establish an independent mediation process to ascertain whether there is a causal link between Primodos and birth defects.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is, with others, defending court proceedings which were issued in December 2019 by claimants who contend that hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs), such as Primodos, caused birth defects.</p><p>The Department has made an application to strike out the claim by individuals which allege that HPTs caused them harm, which is due to be heard in May 2023. The scientific evidence has been reviewed on a number of occasions and most recently by the Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests. The Expert Working Group concluded that the available scientific evidence did not support a causal association. It is therefore not considered appropriate to establish an independent mediation process.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/10/2022 12:20:59 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1506461

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Primodos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish all the documents they hold relating to victims of Primodos.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>All documents relating to hormone pregnancy tests, such as Primodos, other than those subject to legal privilege, have been published in an online only format at GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/10/2022 11:47:03 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1506462

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Primodos
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their issuing of an apology to Primodos victims in 2017, what plans they have to support those victims to seek justice through the courts.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/10/2022 11:15:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool