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1049582

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date	28/01/2019
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	Tunisia: Travel Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for assisting economic recovery in Tunisia; what is their current travel advice for visitors to that country; and whether they consider that towns and cities in the interior of Tunisia are now safer than previously.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>We are increasing our support, both to help build Tunisia's capacity to deal with the terrorist threat and to help the country develop its economy, through the North Africa Good Governance Fund. UK support for Tunisia has more than doubled since 2014-15, and this coming financial year will exceed £12 million.</p><p>On 26 July 2017 we changed our travel advice for Tunisia and no longer advise against all but essential travel for most of the country, including the interior of Tunisia. However, we continue to advise against all travel to areas such as the closed military zones in the south and west of the country, and the Libyan border. This does not mean that there are no risks to British nationals visiting other parts of Tunisia. Anyone considering travel to Tunisia should consult the relevant Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice, which has further information including on the security situation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/02/2019 15:51:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1049584

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Abdul Raouf Salha
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed, or will discuss, with the government of Israel the shooting by the Israeli Defence Force of Abdul Raouf Salha in Gaza on 4 January, and his subsequent death.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>​Whilst we have not raised this specific issue with the Israeli authorities, we regularly raise concerns about the situation in Gaza. We have also raised concerns about Israel's use of live ammunition, and have been clear that Palestinians have the right to peaceful protest. We have also been clear that Israel has the right to protect itself, as it is plain that Hamas and its operatives have exploited protests for their own benefit.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/02/2019 14:25:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1049585

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Turkey: Political Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the call by 50 Nobel prize winners for the ending of the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and other political prisoners in Turkey; and whether they plan to raise the matter in the Council of Europe and with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>​We are aware of the statement endorsed by 50 Nobel Prize winners in regard to the conditions of Abdullah Öcalan. Embassy officials in Ankara discussed the issue of Abdullah Öcalan's prison conditions with Turkish officials in mid-January. We regularly discuss such issues with European and other like-minded partners.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/02/2019 14:26:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1049586

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date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in assessing offers to act as foster parents for incoming unaccompanied children; and what steps are being taken to link Community Sponsorship groups with approved fosterers of unaccompanied children.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL13172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the vital role of foster carers in looking after unaccompanied children. Any prospective foster carer must be assessed and approved by an Ofsted registered fostering agency or local authority. The government’s Controlling Migration Fund has provided over £3.7 million funding to 15 local authorities who asked for funding to recruit and train foster carers for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The Department for Education has also commissioned training places for 1000 foster carers of unaccompanied children.</p><p>As the community sponsorship scheme is designed to enable local community groups to directly welcome and support resettled refugee families and not unaccompanied children under the Vulnerable Persons and Children’s Resettlement schemes, no link to approved foster carers of unaccompanied children has been made by central government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 07/02/2019 11:49:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton