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1648699

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date	28/06/2023
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	Sudan: Genocide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what formal assessment they have made of the remarks of President William Ruto of an impending genocide in Sudan and of the UK’s obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Crime of Genocide.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK strongly condemns the ongoing escalation of violence in Darfur. On 16 June, the Minister for Development and Africa publicly condemned the attacks on civilians in West Darfur, including the killing of Governor Khamis Abaker. These atrocities must end immediately, and the UK will use all diplomatic means to help achieve this. The UK recently called for a UN Security Council discussion on Darfur. This took place on 23 June, and resulted in a Council press statement, calling for the respect of international humanitarian law and for the fighting to end. As a signatory of the 1948 Convention on the Crimes of Genocide, the UK is fully committed to the punishment of those complicit in genocide. The UK recognises findings of genocide by competent national or international courts that meet international standards of due process. The UK is funding organisations who are working with local partners to collect, verify and preserve digital content from the conflict, including incidents of significant abuse. We are also providing support to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sudan, a UN body that provides a crucial role in monitoring and reporting on human rights violations. By working with our international partners, we are supporting efforts to secure a permanent ceasefire, the most important thing we can do to ensure the safety of all in Sudan.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/07/2023 16:17:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1648700

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Sudan: Violence
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 increasing violence in the Sudanese regions of (1) Darfur, (2) Blue Nile, and (3) South Kordofan, and of the plight of ethnic and religious minorities in those areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK condemns the rising violence across Sudan, including Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan. The escalation of violence, killing of civilians, sexual assault of women and the desecration of religious sites must end, humanitarian access must be granted and those responsible must be held to account. We will support international efforts to secure a permanent cessation of hostilities and protection of civilians through statements and resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council and Security Council and through cooperation with counterparts from African, Quad (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, UK and US) and European countries. We are also engaging with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the African Union, where we are now working through a new Core Group to ensure inclusive regional and international action to secure a viable peace process.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/07/2023 16:22:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1648702

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Sudanese asylum seekers are awaiting a Home Office decision; and whether the Home Office considers Sudan a safe country to which asylum seekers will be returned if they fail to be given leave to remain.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’ (available on gov.uk). Data on asylum applications awaiting initial decision by nationality can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’.</p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending March 2023.</p><p>All asylum and human rights claims from Sudanese nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations, taking into account relevant refugee law and country information.</p><p>The Home Office’s assessment of the general security situation in Sudan for the use of officials handling protection claims is set out in our country policy and information note on this subject of June 2023. This note is available on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 12/07/2023 16:06:51 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name asylum-applications-awaiting-decision-datasets-mar-2023.xlsx title table Asy_D03
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1648703

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 15 July 2013 (HL1303) and by Lord Markham on 6 June 2023 (HL7725) and 27 June 2023 (HL8708), whether the implantation failure rate to date for pronuclear transfer is therefore entirely explicable on the basis of maternal age; or if not, what is the most plausible explanation for deviation from prior expectations.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it has not made an assessment to date of the implantation failure rate for pronuclear transfer on the basis of maternal age, as the number to date is too low.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 12/07/2023 16:08:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1648704

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Zoonoses
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 finding of Min Cui, Bang Shen and others in their article ‘Animal diseases and human future’, published in Animal Diseases in April 2022, that 75 per cent of emerging human infectious diseases originate from animals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL8865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is aware of the paper Animal diseases and human future by Min Cui, Bang Shen et al published in Animal Diseases, April 2022. The paper asserts that “approximately 60% of human infectious diseases are zoonotic, and 75% of emerging human infectious diseases originate from animals”. While there is not one internationally agreed figure for the percentages of diseases, emerging or established, that are zoonotic, these figures are broadly in line with that of global public health partners such as World Organisation for Animal Health.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 10/07/2023 14:28:26 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1648705

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 Markham on 27 June (HL8432), whether their current policy is to allow the private sale of COVID-19 vaccines through (1) pharmacies, or (2) other healthcare providers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bull
uin	HL8866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>As mentioned in my letter on 1 June, the private provision of COVID-19 vaccination is not a decision for the Government.</p><p> </p><p>Vaccines that have been licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for use in the United Kingdom can be prescribed by a physician, either in the National Health Service or privately. However, as yet, the pharmaceutical companies producing COVID-19 vaccines have not made these treatments commercially available to the private health care sector in the UK either through pharmacies or other healthcare providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 12/07/2023 13:28:22 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4706 label Biography information for Baroness Bull

1648706

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Paternity Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the joint report by the Centre for Progressive Policy, Pregnant Then Screwed and Women in Data Leave in the lurch: Paternity leave, gender equality and the UK economy, published on 15 June, what plans they have to adopt the recommendation contained in that report to increase statutory paid leave entitlement for fathers.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL8867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government recently announced changes to make Paternity Leave easier for fathers and partners to take. These changes will provide more choice and flexibility over when the leave can be taken, including allowing it to be split into two separate blocks of one week over a 52-week period.</p><p> </p><p>The standard rate of Statutory Paternity Pay is reviewed annually. From April 2023, it increased by September's Consumer Price Index figure of 10.1 per cent to £172.48.</p><p> </p><p>There are no further changes currently planned for Paternity Leave and Pay.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 11/07/2023 15:52:26 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1648707

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Parental Leave
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the survey conducted by the group Pregnant Then Screwed in June 2022 which found that shared parental leave was only used by between two and eight per cent of eligible couples, what steps they are taking to encourage more parents to use shared parental leave.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL8868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The number of parents taking Shared Parental Pay has increased in line with predications made when the policy was introduced and has doubled between 2015-16 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><ul><li>2015-2016: 6,200</li><li>2021-2022: 13,000</li></ul><p> </p><p>In June 2021, the Government introduced the Shared Parental Leave tool on gov.uk which supports parents to plan their leave. The tool has received positive feedback from users on both its ability to support the planning of Shared Parental Leave and facilitate conversations between parents and employers.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 11/07/2023 15:51:19 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1648708

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Parental Pay
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 impact of increasing fathers' entitlement to paid leave on (1) gender inequalities in pay, (2) career progression, (3) employment, (4) the provision of childcare, and (5) the mental health of both parents.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL8869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>As set out in our Manifesto, the Government is committed to making it easier for fathers and partners to take Paternity Leave.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 we consulted on high-level options and principles for reforming the parental leave and pay system. The recently published response sets out changes which include enabling fathers to take Paternity Leave in two separate blocks of one week at any time in the first year. Allowing fathers to take time off work towards the end of the mother’s 52 weeks of Maternity Leave could also allow fathers to solo parent whilst supporting mothers to return to work.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 11/07/2023 15:50:38 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1648709

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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	Housing: Disability and Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to ensure there are enough accessible and adaptable homes available for those older and disabled people who need them.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL8870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Baroness to my answer to Question <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-12%2Fhl8422&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRichard.Inman%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C63b73cb8d38746690d1408db78946e9e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638236351133766523%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2B04FGxNPAZ9zRrBXwE3j6Pdu0K3vZHN5QOTU9H%2B2AEs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"> HL8422</a> which was answered on 26 June 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 05/07/2023 11:28:17 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL8422.pdf title PQ HL8422
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger