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1715715

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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	Occupied Territories: War Crimes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have on the progress of the International Criminal Court’s investigation into the Situation in the State of Palestine, announced by the Prosecutor on 3 March 2021 and covering crimes alleged to have been committed since 13 June 2014.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Our position on the ICC's investigation into the situation in the OPTs has not changed.</p><p>The UK is a strong supporter of the International Criminal Court and we fully respect the independence of the Court.</p><p>As a State Party to the Geneva Conventions, 1949, the Israeli Government is obliged to take action against Israeli nationals accused of grave breaches of International Humanitarian Law.  It is for the Israeli domestic judicial system to try or extradite those accused of grave breaches.</p><p>We continue to call for International Humanitarian Law to be respected and civilians to be protected.  It is vital that all parties ensure that their actions are proportionate, necessary and minimise harm to civilians.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/05/2024 13:53:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1552244

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Languages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recognising regional languages in the immigration system, including of protected minority groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>Language skills are an important part of integration for those coming to work, study or settle in the UK. We keep the language requirements set out in the immigration rules under regular review.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 03/01/2023 14:26:18 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1381602

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
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	Iran: Debts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they owe to Iran; when they expect to pay it; and why they have not yet paid it.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The IMS debt is a longstanding issue and we have been consistently clear that we continue to explore options to resolve this 40-year old case.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/12/2021 14:56:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1195341

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish scientific evidence that schools are safe to re-open before pupils are allowed to return in June.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2020 answer text <p>The government is committed to publishing the scientific evidence that has informed SAGE’s advice, including evidence related to schools.</p><p> </p><p>These papers are being published in batches. The full list of papers released to date is available by following the link below. This list will be updated to reflect papers considered at recent and future meetings, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 01/06/2020 10:54:45 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

809998

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many qualified nurses were employed in the NHS in each year since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and a table showing full time equivalent and headcount figures for Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) doctors and qualified nurses and health visitors working in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups from 31 May 2010 to 30 September 2017 is attached due to the size of the data.</p><p> </p><p>Qualified nurses are those identified on the electronic staff record as nurses and health visitors but does not include midwives. Doctors includes all HCHS doctor grades including all junior doctors.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL4345 HL4346 HL4347 question first answered 08/01/2018 14:51:34 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL4344 table formatted.docx title Workforce statistics 2010-2017
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

663129

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children have been brought to the UK in 2016 under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 from (1) France, (2) Greece, and (3) Italy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has transferred more than 900 unaccompanied children to the UK this year under both the family reunification provisions of the Dublin Regulation and the terms of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. This includes more than 750 children from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance almost half of the unaccompanied children who were in the camp at the time of the clearance.</p><p>We have consulted local authorities on their capacity to care for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children and will publish the total number of children to be transferred under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in due course.</p><p>In July, the Home Office increased the funding provided to local authorities by up to 33 percent for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children. The recent operation to transfer children from Calais involved over 300 officials at home and abroad and the Government continues to work closely with partners across Europe to ensure the timely and effective operation of the Dublin Regulation. We have seconded experts to France and Greece, and we have a long standing secondee in Italy to support the work on unaccompanied asylum seeking children in Europe, including the Dublin Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4345 HL4346 HL4347 HL4348 question first answered 09/01/2017 17:53:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

436048

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cyprus: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the UK, as one of the three guarantor powers of Cyprus, was consulted in connection with the request by Russia to the government of Cyprus for the provision of military facilities on that island.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We have discussed with the Republic of Cyprus their dialogue with the Russian Federation on the provision of facilities for humanitarian and emergency purposes. The Republic of Cyprus have stated very clearly that they have no plans for a Russian military base on the island.</p><p>The UK remains fully engaged on issues of regional security with the Republic of Cyprus, while recognising that it is for the Republic of Cyprus to decide which bilateral agreements to sign.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 17/12/2015 15:40:34 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

174965

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Identity Cards
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 impact of introducing identity cards as a means of tracking the use of public services, monitoring anti-social and criminal behaviour, and collecting immigration statistics.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL4344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce an identity card system for British citizens. We abolished the previous administration's expensive and ineffective identity cards scheme in 2010.</p><p>Biometric Residence Permits are issued to non-EEA nationals staying in the UK for more than six months. These provide evidence of the holders' immigration status in the UK. The Government has also introduced a series of robust new measures through the Immigration Act 2014 to prevent those migrants here illegally from accessing a range of public services to which they are not entitled.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2015 14:13:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton