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date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in response to the recommendations of the report Transport Champions for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls, commissioned by the Department for Transport; and in particular, how they intend to respond to the five "first order priorities".
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL5468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>We have an action plan which sets out how we will respond to the Champions’ recommendations. We are working with partners across industry and Government and are making good progress on delivery. This includes giving consideration to personal safety as part of the forthcoming Local Transport Plan guidance (recommendation 1); identifying opportunities to improve the collection of gender disaggregated data and data on experiences of safety on transport, for example via the National Travel Attitudes Study (recommendation 2); working with Home Office on the ‘Enough’ communications campaign (recommendation 3); reviewing current training across the transport industry (recommendation 4); and engaging with the Home Office on DBS and vetting (recommendation 5).</p><p> </p><p>We expect to report on progress on the 13 recommendations in autumn this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 15/02/2023 14:55:29 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1404157

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date	18/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes against Humanity: Prosecutions
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 UK's use of universal jurisdiction to prosecute the crimes of (1) genocide, (2) crimes against humanity, and (3) war crimes.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The Counter Terrorism Division within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is responsible for prosecuting core international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes) and applies the principle of universal jurisdiction when necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Universal jurisdiction helps to ensure that the UK does not provide a safe haven for war criminals or those who commit other serious violations of international law, and the CPS will continue to bring individuals to justice wherever possible. Any decision to prosecute offences of universal jurisdiction in England and Wales is governed by the same principles that apply to any other prosecution and must be in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 01/02/2022 15:43:01 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool