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1717001

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Pakistan: Vandalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to the government of Pakistan concerning the desecration of mosques and graves by police in Pakistan; and what response they have received, if any.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of credible reports of police overseeing and taking part in the desecration of Ahmadi mosques and graves in Pakistan. The UK Government condemns all instances of hate and discrimination directed towards minority religious communities, including Ahmadi Muslims. I [Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia] raised my concerns about the persecution of religious minorities and the protection of minority faith communities with Pakistan's Human Rights and Law Minister, Azam Tarar, on 15 April. The Foreign Secretary highlighted the need for the UK and Pakistan to work together to pursue freedom of religion and belief in his introductory letter to Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in March. On 7 March, the UK formally registered UK concerns about the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims with the Pakistan High Commission, condemning all incidents of hate speech, the desecration of Ahmadi mosques and violence against Ahmadi individuals. We will continue to urge the government of Pakistan to guarantee the rights of all people in Pakistan as laid down in the Constitution of Pakistan and in accordance with international standards.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2024 15:18:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1717002

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Chelsea Football Club: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in using the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club for the benefit of the people of Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer to Question HL2826 given on 13 March 2024, which can be found on the Q&amp;A web pages (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-28/hl2826). The Government is working hard to reach an arrangement that delivers this money for humanitarian causes in Ukraine as quickly as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/05/2024 14:04:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1717003

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Russia: Crimes against Humanity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, beyond expressions of support, they have taken to help to establish an international tribunal that would try those in Russia responsible for serious crimes under international humanitarian law, and what obstacles they have identified in doing so.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to holding Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine. We are actively engaging in the Core Group established by Ukraine to explore options for a Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression, including on the form any tribunal might take. We support exploring the creation of an internationalised tribunal, rooted in Ukraine's jurisdiction but with international elements. The creation of a special tribunal requires both establishing a sound legal basis and securing broad international support.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2024 15:24:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1717004

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Chelsea Football Club: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to use proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to help fund the creation of an international tribunal for crimes against international humanitarian law in Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The proceeds are not held by the UK Government. They are currently frozen in a UK bank account. In a statement announcing the sale, Roman Abramovich stated the proceeds would be donated to a new charitable foundation. A licence from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation will be needed to move the funds to the foundation, once established. We will only issue a licence which ensures the proceeds are used for humanitarian purposes in Ukraine. Separately, we continue to engage in the Core Group established to explore options for a special tribunal on the crime of aggression.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2024 15:19:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1717005

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Somalia: Sustainable Development
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support (1) climate-resilient agricultural practices, and (2) sustainable livelihoods, in Somalia to enhance food production and improve resilience to climate change.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK is taking steps to promote resilience to climate change in Somalia. Last year, the Prime Minister announced up to £100 million to build resilience to climate shocks and strengthen food security for the most vulnerable including support for climate adaptive agricultural practices. We are also building the resilience of marginalised households and businesses in the agricultural and financial sectors in Somalia. In addition we have supported Somalia's membership of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance at COP28 as an anchor donor. UK aid is making a difference. Through the Somaliland Development Fund we are supporting sustainable land management and agricultural production.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/05/2024 13:44:49 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1717007

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Defence on 7 May (HC Deb cols 466–467), how many retired military personnel have been affected by the data breach of the armed forces payment network; and what steps they are taking to reassure veterans that their personal details have not been disclosed.
tabling member printed	Lord Craig of Radley
uin	HL4502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>At present there is no indication that this data has been accessed, exploited or made publicly available. This is being actively monitored. We have taken a precautionary approach of writing to those who have received salary or lump sum payments under either the Armed Forces Pension Scheme or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme since 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 24/05/2024 10:26:09 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	3385 label Biography information for Lord Craig of Radley

1717008

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the guidance issued by Cambridge University Hospitals which states that: "Staff will be used as chaperones according to the gender they identify ... [and] will not share their trans status with patients nor would it be appropriate for any colleague either to share the trans status or another colleague with a patient or visitor”; and what assessment they have made of the compatibility of this guidance with the Government's definition of sex as biological sex in the context of intimate care.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Cambridge University Hospital does not recognise the wording provided in the question as belonging to their chaperone’s guidance. The Government has been clear about the importance of biological sex, and the importance of respecting the privacy, dignity, and safety of all patients.</p><p>Our proposed changes to the NHS Constitution reinforce the National Health Services’ commitment to providing single-sex wards, and will empower patients to request that intimate care is carried out by someone of the same biological sex, where this is reasonably possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 21/05/2024 12:26:06 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1717009

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Public Order Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 8 May (HL4028), why they do not keep records on individuals who are not British citizens who have had their visitor or other visas rescinded because of criminal activities associated with public order offences since 7 October 2023.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Hereford
uin	HL4509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office cannot provide a breakdown of the reasons why a British citizen would have their visa rescinded without conducting a manual review of all case files where a visa has been cancelled.</p><p>Undertaking such a review would incur a disproportionate cost to the public purse.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 23/05/2024 16:10:51 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	5003 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Hereford

1717010

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Developing Countries: Women's Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to embed ageing and older women’s rights in (1) implementing the White Paper on International Development published in November 2023 (CP 975), and (2) supporting grassroots women’s rights organisations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The International Development White Paper, published in November 2023, reaffirms the goals of the International Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2030. The Strategy adopts a life course approach, targeting investment to the key life stages for women and girls to ensure we secure the greatest life-long and intergenerational impacts. Age is an important dimension in our approach to leave no one behind and ensure inclusion. The UK engages closely with the UN's open-ended working group on ageing (OEWGA) and supports UN resolutions on the human rights of older people. The White Paper restates FCDO's ambition that locally-led women's rights organisations (WROs) should be at the heart of setting development priorities in their communities. We include age and disability as considerations in our growing number of partnerships with diverse WROs globally, including women-led Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs).</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 21/05/2024 13:39:57 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1717011

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address complication rates identified in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities statistics published 23 November 2023 (1) for women under 20 in home and clinical settings, and (2) for those who had abortions after more than ten weeks gestation in a clinical setting.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL4511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department’s comparison of statistics on abortion complications in England, using data from the Abortion Notification System, compared to data on hospital admissions for abortion complications from Hospital Episode Statistics for the years 2017 to 2021, found that women under 20 years old had the lowest complication rates of any age group.</p><p>Abortion continues to be a very safe procedure for which major complications are rare at all gestations. However, it is known that the risk of complications increases at higher gestations. The Department works closely with NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, and abortion providers to ensure that abortions are provided safely, in accordance with the legal framework set by the Abortion Act 1967.</p><p>It is a legal requirement under the 1967 Abortion Act that the Chief Medical Officer must be notified of all abortions within 14 days of the procedure. The Department provides the HSA4 abortion notification form for this purpose. HSA4 forms record known complications, up until the time of the patient’s discharge from the abortion service.</p><p>To consider the completeness of abortion complications data submitted via abortion notifications, the Department committed to publishing a one-time analysis comparing data from the Department’s Abortion Notification System and the Hospital Episode Statistics. This was published in November 2023. The Department is inviting views on abortion statistics for England and Wales, including the future publication of abortion complications data, via an online user engagement survey and via email. We welcome responses from abortion providers and all interested parties on this matter.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4512 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:50:09 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough