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1735535

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date	21/10/2024
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	Burkina Faso: Terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to protect and support displaced members of religious minorities fleeing terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL1780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The UK strongly condemns reports of attacks on religious minorities in Burkina Faso and has consistently called on all actors in Burkina Faso to respect human rights and adhere to international humanitarian law.</p><p>The UK is providing over £142 million in bilateral overseas development aid to the Sahel this financial year, the majority of this is humanitarian aid for displaced people but programmes also promote stability and conflict resolution, provide health services and bolster resilience to climate change.</p> answering member printed Lord Collins of Highbury question first answered 25/10/2024 11:19:27 answering member 4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1735495

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Cultural Heritage: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made to establish a Homecoming project to strengthen links and relationships with the Northern Ireland diaspora and alumni across the world, as detailed in the New Decade, New Approach Deal of 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
uin	HL1764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the third written ministerial update on New Decade, New Approach, tabled by the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 26 April 2023, the previous Government concluded that there was no viable delivery route for the Homecoming programme that met key requirements of regularity, propriety, value for money and feasibility.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent question first answered 23/10/2024 15:01:40 answering member 4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
tabling member	4969 label Biography information for Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee

1735499

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Integrated Security Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what projects the Integrated Security Fund are undertaking this year; and which Departments are involved.
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The UK Integrated Security Fund has been delivering programmes to tackle threats to UK security at home and overseas since it launched on 1 April 2024, building on the work of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund. The Government will consider the future activity of the Fund as part of the upcoming Spending Review. Programmes are currently delivered across 18 government departments and agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Basildon question first answered 24/10/2024 15:34:16 answering member 4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

1735504

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the report by Professor Alexis Jay The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (HC720), published on 20 October 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is working closely with departments across Government, including the Department for Education, Department for Health and Social Care, and the Ministry of Justice, to identify how best to deliver against the recommendations made in the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.</p><p>Tackling child sexual abuse is a cross-Government priority. We are committed to confronting this horrific crime whenever and wherever it occurs and using all levers available to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The lessons learned from the Independent Inquiry, based on the input of over 6000 victims and survivors, will provide a fundamental basis for this work.</p><p>This government understands the frustration with the delays, and we hope to reset this and get started on this soon.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint question first answered 24/10/2024 12:12:17 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1735509

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
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	Suicide: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their statement in the Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy, published on 11 September 2023, that "there needs to be comprehensive research on, and better understanding of national trends and suicide rates in particular groups, including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people", what research they have carried out on the national trends of suicide rates of those groups; and what results they have found.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The ambitions outlined in the Suicide Prevention Strategy of September 2023 cover five years. The purpose of the strategy was to set a direction for suicide prevention for all organisations to consider, including national and local government, researchers, and the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sectors.</p><p>The Department has sponsored qualitative research from the Health and Wellbeing Alliance Consortium on this topic, which led to the publication in May 2024 of <em>Tackling Mental Health Inequalities for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller People</em>.</p><p>As part of this, we have so far sponsored projects exploring gypsy, Roma, and traveller communities’ experiences of suicide and mental health. These projects have been delivered as part of a Department, UK Health Security Agency, and NHS England led Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Health and Wellbeing Alliance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron grouped question UIN HL1779 question first answered 25/10/2024 11:19:01 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1735510

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
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	Suicide: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their statement in the Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy, published on 11 September 2023, that "there needs to be comprehensive research on, and better understanding of national trends and suicide rates in particular groups, including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people", what steps they are taking to address the higher rate of suicide among Gypsy and Irish Traveller people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL1779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The ambitions outlined in the Suicide Prevention Strategy of September 2023 cover five years. The purpose of the strategy was to set a direction for suicide prevention for all organisations to consider, including national and local government, researchers, and the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sectors.</p><p>The Department has sponsored qualitative research from the Health and Wellbeing Alliance Consortium on this topic, which led to the publication in May 2024 of <em>Tackling Mental Health Inequalities for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller People</em>.</p><p>As part of this, we have so far sponsored projects exploring gypsy, Roma, and traveller communities’ experiences of suicide and mental health. These projects have been delivered as part of a Department, UK Health Security Agency, and NHS England led Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise Health and Wellbeing Alliance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron grouped question UIN HL1778 question first answered 25/10/2024 11:19:01 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1735290

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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	Carbon Emissions: Environmental Impact Assessment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a full environmental impact assessment concurrently with the publication of their Net Zero Strategy, and if not, what they plan to publish and when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL1705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>In Spring 2025, we will deliver an updated Carbon Budget Delivery plan out to the end of CB6 in 2037. This will outline the policies and proposals needed to deliver carbon budgets 4-6 on a pathway to net zero. Appropriate environmental assessments will be carried out on relevant policies to deliver this plan in the usual way, as well as project-level Environmental Impact Assessments to support applications for new energy infrastructure as part of the normal planning processes under planning and environmental legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Hunt of Kings Heath question first answered 23/10/2024 11:56:50 answering member 2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1735292

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Castlereagh Foundation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in establishing the Castlereagh Foundation provided for in section 8 of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Caine
uin	HL1707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2024 answer text <p>The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 recognises Northern Ireland's rich diversity of identity and language, and benefits both Irish language speakers and those from the Ulster Scots and Ulster British tradition. The Government continues to work with the Executive on the implementation of the Act.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent question first answered 23/10/2024 15:01:53 answering member 4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
tabling member	4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine

1735295

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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	Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the report by the Patient Safety Commissioner The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cumberlege
uin	HL1710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. We will be providing an update to the Patient Safety Commissioner’s Report at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 25/10/2024 11:18:11 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	2729 label Biography information for Baroness Cumberlege

1735321

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
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	Hospitals: Food
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to support the plant-based by default approach to hospital menus proposed in the letter sent by the Plants First Healthcare Campaign to NHS Trusts and integrated care boards on 16 October, and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL1737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not intend to support a default plant-based approach to hospital food. The Government and the NHS understand the importance of patients receiving healthy, nutritious, and balanced food, including fruit, vegetables, and proteins. The NHS’ <em>National Standards for Food and Drink</em> encourage the use of healthier, more sustainable menus that include an increased consumption of fruit, vegetables, and fibre.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 25/10/2024 11:32:00 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath