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1342619

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Eritrea: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) the perpetrators of sexual violence in Eritrea are brought to justice, (2) evidence of sexual violence in that country is collected and preserved, and (3) UN investigators have the necessary access to conduct an assessment of reported atrocities; and what steps they are taking to deploy UK experts in preventing sexual violence in conflict to Eritrea.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>We have deployed from the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative UK Team of Experts. Recommendations from an initial scoping mission by them will outline options for supporting the Government of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and other key stakeholders to safely collect and preserve evidence, and bring the perpetrators of sexual violence to justice. The UK fully supports the joint investigation involving the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2021 16:05:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1342620

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Tigray: Armed Conflict
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 relevance of (1) the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, (2) the UK Approach to Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, and (3) the duty to prevent atrocity crimes, in the context of the war in Tigray.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK Government has been at the forefront of the international response throughout the conflict in Tigray. We have engaged directly with the Government of Ethiopia, and that of Eritrea, to press for protection of civilians, unfettered humanitarian access and an end to the conflict. This is in line with our approach to protection of civilians, commitment to Responsibility to Protect and atrocity prevention policy. We have also worked through international fora including the G7 leaders' communique of 13 June.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2021 16:40:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1342621

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Maira Shahbaz
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the case of Maria Shahbaz, who was abducted in Pakistan in April 2020; and what steps they intend to take in response to the petition and letter to the Prime Minister asking that she be granted asylum in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The tragic case of Maira Shahbaz has attracted significant interest, including the petition by Christian NGO Aid to the Church in Need.</p><p>The UK Government strongly condemns the forced marriage and forced conversion of women and girls from religious minorities in Pakistan. Our concerns about such cases, as well as Freedom of Religion or Belief, women and girls’ rights and gender equality more broadly, are regularly raised with the Government of Pakistan.</p><p>However, I am not able to provide specific information with regards to Maira Shahbaz’s case as it is a longstanding Government policy not to comment on individual cases. Departing from this policy may put individuals and their family members in danger.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2021 13:25:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1342622

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Africa and South Asia: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support religious scholars and academics to offer counter-radicalising narratives in (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, and (3) sub-Saharan Africa.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to working with partners in fragile environments, including Afghanistan, Pakistan and in sub-Saharan Africa where the risk of radicalisation is most acute. That includes engagement with important influencers such as religious scholars, civil society and community leaders in order to support people vulnerable to recruitment and to address underlying factors which may increase the risk of radicalisation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2021 16:05:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1342623

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Tigray: Armed Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to broker talks between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front; and what discussions they have had with the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea about withdrawing armed forces from the Tigray region.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>Dialogue and reconciliation is required for an inclusive political process to be initiated. The UK endorses African Union Commission Chairperson Faki's views that a comprehensive and all-encompassing permanent ceasefire is necessary to pave the way for sustainable peace in Tigray. We will continue to urge all parties to the conflict to end violence and seek a political resolution.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2021 16:04:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1342624

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Tigray: Famine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to avert a famine in Tigray; and in particular, what discussions they have had with the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea (1) to remove roadblocks, and (2) to open the ports of Assab and Massawa.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK has allocated £47.7m to respond to the Tigray crisis, to help aid get to those in need and address famine risk through the provision of healthcare, sanitation, and nutrition. We have have consistently called for unfettered humanitarian access.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/07/2021 16:04:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1342625

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Peers: Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to assist members of the House of Lords on whom MI5 hold files to submit a request to see those files.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL1594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>Under Part 4 of the Data Protection Act 2018, pertaining to Intelligence services processing, subjects of information held by a UK intelligence service can request this information from the relevant service. Where the data continues to be held, the intelligence services must consider each subject access request on its merits and provide a response accordingly, except where it would be damaging to national security to do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 14/07/2021 13:26:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1342626

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Pigs and Poultry: Animal Feed
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 decision by the EU to lift the ban on feeding animal remains to pigs and poultry.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The EU is introducing legislative changes which follow their agreed TSE roadmaps.</p><p> </p><p>These proposals would authorise for the EU:</p><p> </p><ul><li>processed animal protein (PAP) of porcine origin to be fed to poultry and PAP of poultry origin to be fed to porcine animals;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>animal protein derived from insects to be fed to poultry and porcine animals, under the same conditions as are already required for feeding aquaculture animals; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>products containing ruminant collagen and gelatine to be fed to poultry and porcine animals.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The rules will still be more stringent than those required by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) which only ban the use of ruminant proteins in feed for ruminant animals.</p><p> </p><p>Pigs and poultry have not been shown to be susceptible to TSE. The proposals will not affect the existing bans on feeding animal proteins to ruminants and on intra-species recycling (feeding an animal with a product derived from the same species), and they do not include high-risk animal by-products which are incinerated. Nor would they permit the feeding of animal remains to farmed livestock, which is banned in the UK and the EU.</p><p>The restrictions on feeding of livestock in England will not be altered by EU legislation. Before taking any policy decision, officials would obtain advice from Government scientists and from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) regarding any potential risk to human or animal health; and engage closely with groups representing consumers, retailers, producers, farmers and other interested stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Animal Health is a devolved matter, so this policy is devolved to the Scottish and the Welsh Ministers for their respective territories.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the amendments will apply to Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK does not ban the imports of pig and poultry meat products from countries where the feed rules comply with the OIE requirements. This means that imports of pig and poultry meat products from the EU or Northern Ireland will continue to be accepted into Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL1596 HL1597 HL1598 question first answered 14/07/2021 16:33:33 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1342627

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Livestock: Animal Feed
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to retain the ban on the feeding of animal remains to farm livestock in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The EU is introducing legislative changes which follow their agreed TSE roadmaps.</p><p> </p><p>These proposals would authorise for the EU:</p><p> </p><ul><li>processed animal protein (PAP) of porcine origin to be fed to poultry and PAP of poultry origin to be fed to porcine animals;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>animal protein derived from insects to be fed to poultry and porcine animals, under the same conditions as are already required for feeding aquaculture animals; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>products containing ruminant collagen and gelatine to be fed to poultry and porcine animals.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The rules will still be more stringent than those required by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) which only ban the use of ruminant proteins in feed for ruminant animals.</p><p> </p><p>Pigs and poultry have not been shown to be susceptible to TSE. The proposals will not affect the existing bans on feeding animal proteins to ruminants and on intra-species recycling (feeding an animal with a product derived from the same species), and they do not include high-risk animal by-products which are incinerated. Nor would they permit the feeding of animal remains to farmed livestock, which is banned in the UK and the EU.</p><p>The restrictions on feeding of livestock in England will not be altered by EU legislation. Before taking any policy decision, officials would obtain advice from Government scientists and from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) regarding any potential risk to human or animal health; and engage closely with groups representing consumers, retailers, producers, farmers and other interested stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Animal Health is a devolved matter, so this policy is devolved to the Scottish and the Welsh Ministers for their respective territories.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the amendments will apply to Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK does not ban the imports of pig and poultry meat products from countries where the feed rules comply with the OIE requirements. This means that imports of pig and poultry meat products from the EU or Northern Ireland will continue to be accepted into Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL1595 HL1597 HL1598 question first answered 14/07/2021 16:33:33 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1342628

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Livestock: Animal Feed
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the decision by the EU to allow animal remains to be fed to farm livestock will result in this practice being permitted in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL1597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The EU is introducing legislative changes which follow their agreed TSE roadmaps.</p><p> </p><p>These proposals would authorise for the EU:</p><p> </p><ul><li>processed animal protein (PAP) of porcine origin to be fed to poultry and PAP of poultry origin to be fed to porcine animals;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>animal protein derived from insects to be fed to poultry and porcine animals, under the same conditions as are already required for feeding aquaculture animals; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>products containing ruminant collagen and gelatine to be fed to poultry and porcine animals.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The rules will still be more stringent than those required by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) which only ban the use of ruminant proteins in feed for ruminant animals.</p><p> </p><p>Pigs and poultry have not been shown to be susceptible to TSE. The proposals will not affect the existing bans on feeding animal proteins to ruminants and on intra-species recycling (feeding an animal with a product derived from the same species), and they do not include high-risk animal by-products which are incinerated. Nor would they permit the feeding of animal remains to farmed livestock, which is banned in the UK and the EU.</p><p>The restrictions on feeding of livestock in England will not be altered by EU legislation. Before taking any policy decision, officials would obtain advice from Government scientists and from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) regarding any potential risk to human or animal health; and engage closely with groups representing consumers, retailers, producers, farmers and other interested stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Animal Health is a devolved matter, so this policy is devolved to the Scottish and the Welsh Ministers for their respective territories.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the amendments will apply to Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK does not ban the imports of pig and poultry meat products from countries where the feed rules comply with the OIE requirements. This means that imports of pig and poultry meat products from the EU or Northern Ireland will continue to be accepted into Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon grouped question UIN HL1595 HL1596 HL1598 question first answered 14/07/2021 16:33:33 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey