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1184466

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date	11/03/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures, if any, have been put in place to ensure that the Government Equalities Office has regular input into policy proposals to be put forward by (1) the Home Office, (2) the Ministry of Defence, (3) the Department for International Development, and (4) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with particular regard to policies on gender equality.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL2483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>All public bodies in Great Britain, including Whitehall departments, have a legal obligation under the Public Sector Equality Duty to consider the potential effects of key decisions on groups with protected characteristics including gender.</p><p>They are also required to set and publish specific and measurable equality objectives which Whitehall departments have for the last two years included in their Single Departmental Plans. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) encourages departments to publish equality objectives that cover strategic policy work and not only workforce and Human Relations issues. In addition to this, the International Development Act (Gender Equality) 2014 puts the Department for International Development’s commitment to gender equality on a statutory footing and ensures that gender equality remains at the heart of its work.</p><p>GEO has engaged with the specific departments listed on a number of policies including those related to gender equality. For example, as part of the Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls’ Strategy, GEO are working alongside Home Office on work to tackle harmful gender norms.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 23/03/2020 15:14:55 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns

1184467

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
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	Olympic Games
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to implement the provisions of UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/74/16 Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Bates
uin	HL2484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom co-sponsored the General Assembly resolution &quot;Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal&quot;, which calls for Member States to observe the Olympic Truce - a cessation of hostilities around the Olympic Games - within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, and to promote peace through sport. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, the UK already works to uphold the UN Charter and its commitment to the maintenance of international peace and security.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2020 14:15:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates

1184468

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many publicly appointed members of public bodies regulating (1) social work, and (2) education, identify as BAME; and what is the recorded ethnicity of each of those members, disagregated by public body.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL2485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Education has 136 publicly appointed members of public bodies, 17 of whom identify as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME). Social Work England has seven public appointees. Due to the low number of appointees, and the risk of potential identification of individuals within this group, we are not able to confirm the number of declared BAME appointees within Social Work England. Ethnicity is based on voluntary declaration. In order to protect personal information, the Department is unable to provide this data disaggregated by public body as, within each body, the number relates to fewer than 10 individuals.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 31/03/2020 14:28:56 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

1184469

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address any potential staff shortages in (1) the road haulage, and (2) the bus transportation sectors, resulting from immigration removals.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>All employers in the UK have a responsibility to prevent illegal working by conducting simple right to work checks before they employ someone, to ensure the individual is not disqualified from working by reason of their immigration status.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme allows EU citizens to apply to continue to live and work in the UK after 30 June 2021. Applications are free of charge and require the completion of three steps: proving their identity, showing that they live in the UK and declaring any criminal convictions.</p><p> </p><p>We therefore do not expect immigration removals to have an impact on transport.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/03/2020 11:52:39 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1184470

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British military casualties have been incurred in Syria since Parliament authorised the extension of the campaign against Daesh to Syria on 2 December 2015; and how many of those casualties were caused by Daesh.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL2487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government publishes figures annually setting out statistics concerning casualties. For the latest figures I refer the Noble Baroness to the attached document, published on 28 March 2019</p><p>( the next figures will be released on 26 March 2020).</p><p> </p><p>The information can also be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F789825%2F20190328_UK_Armed_Forces_Operational_deaths_post_World_War_II-O.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliBranch-ParliQuestions%40mod.gov.uk%7Cbd43dd448ecc4ff3026208d7cf2d6d57%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C637205666315082269&amp;sdata=mKKLpHieC0DF5MwFfU3ePlLpJHYa25u7dh6okpfPpyw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789825/20190328_UK_Armed_Forces_Operational_deaths_post_World_War_II-O.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/03/2020 13:41:39 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name 20190328_UK_Armed_Forces_Operational_deaths_post_World_War_II-O.pdf title UK Armed Forces Operational deaths
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1184471

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the objective of British forces being present in Southern Syria.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL2488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to the fight against Daesh in Syria, and its objective of securing Daesh's lasting defeat. UK Armed Forces are playing a leading role in the Global Coalition to defeat Daesh. The UK has had around 1,100 military personnel committed to counter-Daesh operations across the Middle East.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/03/2020 11:12:47 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1184472

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the resolution of the House of Commons on 2 December 2015 (HC Deb, col 499) approving military action against Daesh in Syria, what assessment they have made of the presence of British ground troops and their incurring casualties in Syria.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL2489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>We remain committed to the fight against Daesh in Syria, and its objective of securing Daesh's lasting defeat. UK presence in the region is essential to ensuring that Daesh is not able to regroup. This includes contributions to Coalition leadership, force protection, and enablement. It would be almost impossible for any counter-Daesh mission to continue without these contributions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/03/2020 11:13:23 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1184473

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether British forces have participated with, or assisted, armed groups in Syria since December 2015 in attacks against Syrian government forces or allied militias.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL2490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a member of the Global Coalition, formed in September 2014. Membership comprises 76 member states; including Iraq, Arab nations, European partners and the US, and five international institutions. The Coalition supports the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Iraqi Security Forces in the ongoing military campaign in Iraq and Syria.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 23/03/2020 11:14:21 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1184474

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Antisemitism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether universities in England and Wales (1) have breached the public sector equality duty, and (2) are compliant with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, by permitting Israeli Apartheid Week activities to take place on their campuses.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL2491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>There is no place in our society - including within higher education (HE) – for hatred or any form of harassment, discrimination or racism, including antisemitism. The government will continue to work with universities to ensure we stamp out antisemitism in all its forms.</p><p> </p><p>The government expects HE providers to take their responsibilities, including those under the Equality Act 2010 (including the Public Sector Equality Duty) and to promote freedom of speech, seriously. We expect HE providers to have robust policies and procedures in place to meet, and balance, their legal obligations effectively and to investigate and swiftly address reports of hate crime, including any antisemitic incidents that are reported.</p><p> </p><p>We expect HE providers to have clearly set out procedures and policies for events and the hosting of external speakers, which allow for open, transparent events, challenge and debate and ensure that lawful speech can occur on campuses. Under the Education (No. 2) Act 1986, HE providers have a legal duty to take reasonably practicable steps to ensure that freedom of speech within the law is secured for their members, students, employees of the establishment and visiting speakers.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to events occurring under the banner of Israeli Apartheid Week, it is crucial that HE providers handle these appropriately, taking into account their legal obligations to ensure that our values, expectations and laws are upheld.</p><p> </p><p>The government strongly encourages HE providers to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism. It is an important tool in tackling antisemitism and a strong signal that HE providers take these issues seriously.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 25/03/2020 11:55:12 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1184475

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
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 number of injuries caused by pavement parking.
tabling member printed	Lord Dykes
uin	HL2492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>In early 2019, the Department for Transport completed an evidence review of pavement parking in England, looking at the extent of the problem, the effectiveness of the current legislation and options for change. As part of this process, Department officials sought information from a number of local authorities on the number of personal injuries directly attributable to pavement parking. However, little data was available.</p><p> </p><p>The Transport Select Committee carried out an inquiry into pavement parking in summer 2019. The Government has now responded to the committee setting out our intention to carry out a public consultation on possible solutions to this complex problem. The consultation will seek to elicit more detailed data on pavement parking-related injuries nationally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/03/2020 14:04:40 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	810 label Biography information for Lord Dykes