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1182424

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date	03/03/2020
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	Malaysia: Politics and Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current political situation in Malaysia, and (2) the protection of freedom of religion or belief by the government of Malaysia; and what representations they have made to that government about the protection of religious minorities in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL2126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>We continue to follow the political developments in Malaysia closely. We look forward to working with the new Prime Minister and his government on institutional reforms and to tackle important global challenges such as climate change.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary's visit to Kuala Lumpur on 11 February underlined the strong, historic ties between the UK and Malaysia and set out our vision for a dynamic future relationship.</p><p>The British Government is firmly committed to standing up for freedom of religion, and for individuals to practise their beliefs free from fear. These views are well known in Malaysia, and our longstanding relationship allows us to raise concerns at senior levels with the Malaysian government.</p><p>I discussed freedom of religion or belief with the then Malaysian Minister for National Unity, Waytha Morthy, in January. Our High Commission in Kuala Lumpur regularly raise the issue of freedom of religion or belief with their Malaysian counterparts.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/03/2020 16:02:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice

1182425

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Bodies: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public bodies they plan to move from London and the south east of England to elsewhere in the UK during this Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2128 HL2129 HL2130 HL2131 HL2132 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182426

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new public bodies they intend to establish as a result of the UK leaving the EU; how many of those bodies they plan to be located outside London and the south east of England; how many people they expect those people to employ in (1) London and the south east of England, and (2) elsewhere in the UK; and when they expect any such bodies to be established.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2127 HL2129 HL2130 HL2131 HL2132 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182427

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service Agencies: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which executive agencies they are considering moving from London and the south east of England to elsewhere in the UK; how many staff they (1) expect to relocate, and (2) intend to recruit from local workforces; and when they expect any such moves of agencies to be concluded.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2127 HL2128 HL2130 HL2131 HL2132 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182428

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Non-departmental Public Bodies: Location
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which Non-Departmental Public Bodies they are considering asking to move from London and the south east of England to elsewhere in the UK; how many staff they (1) expect to relocate, and (2) intend to recruit from local workforces; and when they expect any such moves of those organisations to be concluded.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2127 HL2128 HL2129 HL2131 HL2132 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182429

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil service roles have been moved from London and the south east of England to elsewhere in the UK since the establishment of the Places for Growth programme; and how many of those roles were filled (1) by existing staff relocating, and (2) by recruitment to fill vacancies in the new location.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2127 HL2128 HL2129 HL2130 HL2132 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182430

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Places for Growth Programme: Non-departmental Public Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many roles in Non-Departmental Public Bodies have been moved from London and the south east of England to elsewhere in the UK since the establishment of the Places for Growth programme; and how many of those roles were filled (1) by existing staff relocating, and (2) by recruitment to fill vacancies in the new location.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL2132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear the administration of government needs to be less London-centric. The Cabinet Office has established the Places for Growth programme to drive the necessary planning and preparation within departments and public bodies to locate roles and bodies out of London in the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.</p><p>The programme has introduced a presumption against the creation of new public bodies with a base in London. As such, 15 new public bodies have been established out of London since 2017.</p><p>Plans are focusing on the relocation of roles, through natural churn and new recruitment, rather than relocation of staff in post. It is intended that the majority of relocated roles will be recruited from local labour markets, offering career progression for civil servants throughout the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL2127 HL2128 HL2129 HL2130 HL2131 question first answered 11/03/2020 11:52:24 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1182431

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
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 arrest of (1) Hong Kong media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, (2) the vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Labour Party, Lee Cheuk-yan, and (3) the former chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party, Yeung Sum, by the Hong Kong Police; what representations they have made to the governments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People’s Republic of China about those arrests; and what assessment they have made of the effect of those arrests on the “one country, two systems” principle, and the protection of freedoms guaranteed for the people of Hong Kong under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL2133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>We are concerned by the arrests of Jimmy Lai, Lee Cheuk-Yan and Yeung Sum and are following their cases closely. It is important that due process is followed, and that justice is applied in a fair and transparent way.</p><p>It is essential that protests are conducted peacefully, and that the authorities avoid actions that inflame tensions. The authorities should focus on rebuilding trust through a process of meaningful political dialogue.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary regularly raises Hong Kong with Chinese and Hong Kong officials at the highest levels. Senior officials are in frequent contact with their counterparts in Hong Kong, Beijing and London.</p><p>We remain fully committed to upholding Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms underpinned by the legally binding Joint Declaration, and the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework set out in the Hong Kong Basic Law.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/03/2020 15:55:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1182436

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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	China: Coronavirus
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 China about the role of ‘wet markets’ in the global spread of COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The virus is believed to have originated in a seafood and live animal market in Wuhan, China in December 2019, but it has since spread widely through human to human transmission. China has now announced a proposal prohibiting the trade and consumption of wildlife. We have been in regular contact with the Chinese authorities since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, including most recently on 5 March when the Minister for Asia met the Chinese Ambassador.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/03/2020 15:56:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1182443

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Marketing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to promote British food and beverages.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Food and drink exports are a success story, increasing to £23.6 billion in 2019. The Government is determined to help showcase and promote our excellent food and drink even more in the years to come.</p><p>The Government promotes UK food and drink through Defra’s ‘Food is GREAT’ campaign. The campaign helps raise the profile and reputation of UK food and drink overseas, by building global demand and increasing positive perceptions of our food and drink products. It uses the UK’s growing reputation for quality food and drink, with high standards of food safety, animal welfare and sustainability as an excellent platform to increase demand for our products still further.</p><p> </p><p>’Food is GREAT’ promotes excellent food and drink products from across the four nations of the UK. Most recently, the campaign showcased Northern Irish gin, Scotch Whisky, Welsh seafood, and English Sparkling Wine to Japanese consumers, trade and media in events coinciding with the Rugby World Cup. The campaign is also active in other priority markets including the USA and China, as well as within the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/03/2020 11:46:30 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth