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date	11/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Unified Patent Court
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the UK will ratify the Unified Patents Court Agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
uin	HL2211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The result of the referendum has given rise to a number of issues concerning the UK’s future involvement in a unified patent system. I cannot yet confirm whether the UK will ratify the agreement on a Unified Patent Court but we are actively looking at options, considering the legal and political context.</p><p>As I stated at the recent Competitiveness Council, I hope to be able to provide more information when the Council next meets at the end of November.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/10/2016 16:00:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

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registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much duty has been lost in each of the last five years as a result of fuel laundering in South Armagh.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of the loss of revenue specifically due to fuel laundering in South Armagh to the UK each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to reducing revenue loss due to fuel duty fraud and HM Revenue and Customs works closely with the Revenue Commissioners in the Republic of Ireland and others to fight fuel fraud on a wide range of fronts. This includes regular exchange of information, joint operational activity and the recent implementation of an improved new marker for rebated fuel (which was also introduced in the Republic of Ireland).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 21/09/2015 11:49:47 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

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registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	Bahrain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to fund an investigation into children held in prison in Bahrain, similar to the report funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL2211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain has raised the rates of imprisonment of young people on several occasions with the Ministry of the Interior and senior members of the Government of Bahrain. We support the recommendation to address the management and rehabilitation of juveniles in the justice system, in the Prisoners’ and Detainees’ Rights Commission and the Ministry of Interior’s Ombudsman’s office reports earlier this year. We encourage the Government of Bahrain to implement these recommendations promptly and plan to provide UK support in the field of juvenile justice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 28/10/2014 16:54:28 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge