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1029631

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Hatred
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 5 and 19 December (HL11727 and HL12195), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what support they will give to Nissar Hussein and his family and others who have left the Islamic faith and are facing persecution in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL12517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Britain has a strong legal framework and police provisions in place to support its values of tolerance, freedom of worship, and the rule of law, and to protect individuals or groups who may be vulnerable. It is therefore only left for the Government to yet again reiterate that anyone facing crime, the threat of crime, or any sort of harassment, for any reason, should report to the police. The Government is committed to ensuring that victims of all crimes have access to the support services they need to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. In 2017/18 roughly £200 million from multiple pots across government was used to fund a range of both local and national commissioning of support services for victims of crime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/01/2019 16:02:00 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1024856

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
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	Ritual Slaughter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 12 December (HL Deb, cols 1337–1340), what is the average time it takes for unstunned (1) lambs, and (2) cattle to die after their throats have been cut under the Halal method of slaughter; and how many lambs and cattle are so slaughtered each year in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL12297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>Legislation on the welfare of animals at slaughter is based on scientific data for time to unconsciousness after the neck cut, rather than time to death, as the period between the neck cut and loss of consciousness has more welfare significance. The time to unconsciousness and time to death will vary amongst animals, influenced by a number of factors including the quality of the neck cut, restraint and occlusion of blood vessels. No data is collected on average time to death for animals subject to religious slaughter or to other slaughter methods, although various research projects have commented upon the time to unconsciousness, such as the EU Dialrel project.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on animals killed by Halal slaughter methods each year. The data we hold on this is based on surveys carried out by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The latest FSA survey, carried out earlier this year over a one week period, indicates that 214 cattle and 60,748 sheep were subject to non-stun Halal slaughter that week.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 28/12/2018 13:18:32 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1024857

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, published on 14 November, to be binding on future UK governments.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL12298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Both the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration have now been agreed and endorsed by leaders of the 27 Member States. The Prime Minister’s agreement to the deal on behalf of the Government is a firm commitment, subject to ratification.</p><p>Once the vote on the final deal has taken place, the UK and the EU will then formally sign the Withdrawal Agreement which, after ratification on both sides, will enter into force as a legally binding international treaty. The UK has always been a country which honours its international obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/12/2018 16:24:29 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1023639

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Hatred
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 5 December (HL11727), what support they will give to Nissar Hussain and his family and others who have left the Islamic faith and are facing persecution in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL12195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government reiterates that everyone in Britain has the right to feel safe and at ease in the place where they live. Any individual or group is free to express views and beliefs, but have a duty to behave responsibly and to respect other people’s rights as defined by the law. Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, democracy, the rule of law, and equal rights define us as a society, and the Government is determined to promote these values. Britain has a strong legal framework in place to deal with hate crimes, and these must be reported to the police.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/12/2018 13:05:10 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1012532

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 November (HL11282), whether the police and Crown Prosecution Service definition of hate crime includes hate speech; and if so, what is the basis in statute for that offence.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The term ‘hate speech’ does not have any legal meaning. For any example of hate speech to be treated as a hate crime it would need to meet the police and Crown Prosecution Service definition of a hate crime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/12/2018 16:34:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1012533

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to sign the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Morocco on 10 and 11 December; and if so, what effect they have calculated signing the Compact will have on UK immigration.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is supportive of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, both as a step forward in international co-operation to tackle irregular migration and as a framework to help us deliver our commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p>Our participation in the Global Compact will not affect our continued ability to determine and implement our own migration policy in the national interest. The Compact is a ‘non-legally binding, cooperative framework’, which reaffirms the sovereign right of States to determine their national migration policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 06/12/2018 17:57:08 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1012534

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 6 December 2017 (HL Deb, col 1051), whether Baroness Vere of Norbiton wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions to ask whether she agrees that the definition of hate crime is broader than what is in statute and on what authority any broadening was based; and if so, what reply she received.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Baroness Vere of Norbiton wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on 13 December 2017. The DPP provided her response on 9 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In her response, the then DPP confirmed that the flagging definition for hate crime was agreed between the CPS and the NPCC (ACPO as it was then) in 2007 and that it is wider than the definition set out in legislation to ensure all relevant cases are captured.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS adopted the recommended definition in the Macpherson report published in 1999 as a result of the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The Macpherson report also recommended that ‘this definition should be universally adopted by the Police, local Government and other relevant agencies’.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations of the Macpherson report were welcomed by the Government at the time and the current Government remains in support of this position. The CPS has worked with police to implement the recommended definition across all strands of hate crime. The CPS takes tackling hate crime seriously and recognises the need to increase public confidence to report. The flagging definition is important in achieving this aim.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a crime to be charged and prosecuted as a hate crime, the CPS uses the legal definitions contained in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (CDA 1998) and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003). This means that not every incident that the victim or another person has perceived to be a hate crime will actually be a hate crime in law.</p><p> </p><p>In her letter, the then DPP also confirmed that the CPS legal guidance recognises the potential impact of prosecutions on Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to freedom of expression). The CPS must balance the rights of an individual to freedom of speech against the duty of the state to act proportionately and to protect the rights of others.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/12/2018 13:13:56 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1012535

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Religious Hatred
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what further support they will give to Nissar Hussain and his family, and others, who have left the Islamic faith and if facing persecution in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Everyone in Britain has the right to feel safe and at ease in the place where they live. Any individual or group is free to express views and beliefs, but have a duty to behave responsibly and to respect other people’s rights as defined by the law. Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, democracy, the rule of law, and equal rights define us as a society, and the Government is determined to promote these values. Britain has a strong legal framework in place to deal with hate crimes, and these must be reported to the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/12/2018 15:47:58 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1007926

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asia Bibi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have refused an application for asylum from Asia Bibi; and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out on 14 November, the release of Asia Bibi will be very welcome news to her family and to all those who have campaigned in Pakistan and around the world for her release. We welcome the assurances the Government of Pakistan has given on keeping her and her family safe and it is important that all countries seek to uphold the rule of law and afford security and protection for the rights of all citizens irrespective of faith or belief.</p><p>It is a longstanding Government policy not to comment on individual cases. In accordance with our duty of confidentiality, we cannot confirm whether an asylum claim has been received or the outcome of such a request. Departing from this policy may put individuals and their family members in danger.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2018 16:26:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1007927

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Christianity
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 the UK is a safe place to offer asylum to those being persecuted for their Christian faith.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL11536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>We have a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, including those who face persecution in their country for their faith, belief or lack of belief.</p><p>The UK is a safe, open and diverse country and has a long tradition of upholding individuals’ rights to practise all faiths or none. This is a key part of the UK’s values and will not change.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2018 17:49:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch