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1718979

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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	Mubarak Bala
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made recent representations to the government of Nigeria in relation to (1) the ongoing detention of Mubarak Bala, President of the Nigerian Humanist Association; and (2) securing his unconditional and immediate release.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL4760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is aware that the Court of Appeal in Kano has reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, from 24 years to five. The UK Government continues to raise Mr Bala's case with the Nigerian authorities. In August 2023, the British High Commissioner handed over a letter from Fiona Bruce MP, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, on Mubarak Bala's case, to the Kano State Governor, and in January 2024, FCDO officials raised the case again with the Deputy Kano State governor. In the UK, officials remain in communication with Humanists UK and received an update on Mr Bala's case from them on 16 May. The right of individuals to express opinions, including expressing their non-belief, is essential to a free and open society. Dialogue on human rights, including Freedom of Religion or Belief, will remain an important part of the UK's partnership with Nigeria.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 24/05/2024 09:53:35 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1716678

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
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 findings from their consultation on lifting the cap on faith-based admissions in religious free schools; and the possible socio-economic impacts of lifting the cap.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL4494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The consultation was launched on 1 May 2024 and will run for seven weeks, closing on 20 June 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The department will then carefully consider all responses to the consultation and use them to inform the department’s recommendations for better meeting the policy objectives of faith schools.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s response will be published on the GOV.UK website within 12 weeks following closure of the consultation.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 20/05/2024 15:24:28 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1691886

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
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	General Practitioners: Surveys
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to request that Ipsos includes a category of "Speech, Language, and Communication Difficulties” in the annual GP Patient Survey.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL2782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The 2024 GP Patient Survey includes a question on long-term conditions, which currently lists 15 such conditions. ‘Speech, Language, and Communication Difficulties’ is not one of the specific options listed in this question in the 2024 survey.</p><p>We appreciate that there are many people in England who are living with speech, language, and communication difficulties. We must strike a careful balance between breadth of coverage and the availability of space in the questionnaire. Anyone who is living with a long-term condition which is not listed is able to select ‘Another long-term condition’.</p><p>However, we record all questionnaire feedback given to us and take it into account when we review the survey every year.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 11/03/2024 16:03:59 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1690600

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
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	South Africa: Hamas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of South Africa's relationship with the proscribed terrorist organisation Hamas, and the statements of support for Hamas by former ANC minister Ronnie Kasrils.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>We are clear with South Africa that Hamas are a proscribed terrorist organisation by the UK. Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas in line with International Humanitarian Law, as we have said from the outset. The vital elements for a lasting peace include the release of all hostages; the formation of a new Palestinian Government for the West Bank and Gaza, accompanied by an international support package; removing Hamas's capacity to launch attacks against Israel; Hamas no longer being in charge of Gaza; and a political horizon which provides a credible and irreversible pathway towards a two-state solution.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 05/03/2024 17:09:31 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1682271

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many new pitches, as opposed to the refurbishment of existing pitches, were funded by the Affordable Homes Programme since its inception, excluding any funded by the Traveller Site Fund 2022/23.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Between 2016 and 2023 108 new traveller pitches have been delivered from the Affordable Homes Programmes. 85 of these have been through the 2015-18 and 2016-23 Affordable Homes Programmes, and 23 from the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 25/01/2024 15:27:51 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1675728

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Wave Power: Finance
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 case for establishing a separate contracts for difference funding pot for wave energy generation, so that its funding is no longer in competition with technologies which are closer to market.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is developing auction parameters for the sixth allocation round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, including any for wave technologies. This will take into account several factors, including evidence of the pipeline of available projects. Final parameters, including the budget, will be published ahead of the round opening in March 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/12/2023 14:22:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1674235

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Gypsy and Traveller sites the Affordable Homes Programme has funded in each year since its inception, and how many in total.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>In total 208 permanent traveller pitches have been delivered since 2016, including pitches funded by other means apart from the Affordable Homes Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 12/12/2023 16:49:04 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1672792

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
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 report by Friends, Families and Travellers, Kicking the Can down the Road: the planning and provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites in England 1960–2023; and what steps, if any, they will take to implement its recommendations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the report by Friends, Families and Travellers on the planning and provision of traveller sites in England that was published in November 2023. It is the responsibility of local planning authorities to make their own assessment of the need for traveller sites and in producing their local plan to identify sites to meet that need.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 06/12/2023 14:50:42 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1655152

registered interest
date	25/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the Fifth Opinion on the United Kingdom of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in respect of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL9732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government acknowledges the report from the Advisory Committee. We are studying its recommendations and will publish our response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 01/08/2023 11:45:37 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1653054

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Travellers
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 findings of The Traveller Movement's report Available but not Accessible Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers: barriers in accessing purposeful activities in prison, published on 27 March.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL9357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>As part of the HMPPS Gypsy, Roma &amp; Traveller (GRT) Strategy, we are committed to fully considering the Traveller Movement Report ‘Available but not Accessible’. This activity is ongoing, and will include consultation with the Traveller Movement, and potentially, other GRT-associated third sector organisations.</p><p>The associated action plan will be updated to incorporate necessary activity in association with further HMPPS evidence-based assessments also currently under consideration. The review is expected to be fully completed by Autumn 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 26/07/2023 14:13:11 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker