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663139

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date	21/12/2016
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	Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the recent attacks on the Ahmadi mosque in Chakwal, and on the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Raburah; and about the arrest of Ahmadis in these incidents.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL4354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is aware of reports of the raid on an Ahmadiyya Muslim office in Rabwah on 5 December and condemns the attack on the Ahmadiyya mosque in Chakwal on 12 December. The Government strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of people based on their beliefs. Our concerns are reflected in the latest update to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual human rights report.</p><p>We regularly raise our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Government of Pakistan. During his visit to Pakistan in November 2016, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), raised religious tolerance and the importance of safeguarding the rights of all Pakistan's citizens. During his visit to Pakistan in January 2017, the Minister for Asia and the Pacific, my Hon. Friend the Member for Reading West (Mr Sharma), raised the protection of minorities, including the Ahmadiyya, with Kamran Michael, Pakistani Minister for Human Rights, and Barrister Zafarullah Khan, the Prime Minister's Special Assistant for Human Rights. The Government continues to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious minorities, and to uphold the rule of law.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 11/01/2017 12:10:19 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

663155

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of UK gross domestic product results from exports to the EU single market.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL4370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The latest available estimates produced by the OECD show that the value added from the UK’s gross exports to the European Union accounted for 11.6 per cent of total UK value added in 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/01/2017 14:08:40 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

663158

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
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 speech by Lord Bamford on 27 October during the debate on the domestic and international implication of Brexit (HL Deb, cols 347–8), and whether it will have any effect on their Brexit negotiating position.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL4373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>We welcome all contributions to the debate over the domestic and international implications of Brexit. We want to build a national consensus to our approach to the negotiations with the EU. We need to listen and talk to as many organisations, companies and institutions as possible. That is why we are engaging with the devolved administrations and a wide range of stakeholders, including academia, industry, and civil society. As the Prime Minister has said, we need to think through the issues in a sober and considered way. We have been clear that we intend the UK to be an outward-looking and global leader of free trade.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 09/01/2017 15:45:14 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

637322

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Vetting
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 efficiency of the Foreign Office's vetting process for new employees; and what is the average time a successful applicant has to wait before they can start their duties.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Most new employees are cleared within 60 working days if they require Developed Vetting clearance, or 18 days if they require Security Checked clearance. Occasionally additional checks are required which may take longer. All Foreign and Commonwealth Office vetting is conducted in accordance with the requirements and standards set by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 22/11/2016 16:52:13 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

637323

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 14 November (HL2994), whether they will set out in the body of their response the values in sterling asked for in the original question.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Analysis of spending in the UK shows that we expect 7% of receipts to cover rural development and the environment, 44% to cover agriculture and fisheries and 27% to cover research and development under the 2014-20 Multiannual Financial Framework. The sterling value of those receipts will depend on a number of factors, including the timing of payments and the exchange rate prevailing at that time. Over 2010-14 the average annual value of UK receipts from the EU budget was £5.6bn.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/11/2016 16:47:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

632782

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 8 November (HL2736) about the UK's EU budget contributions, whether they will now provide the full answer to the question asked in the body of their response.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Details of UK net contributions to the EU Budget over the period 2011-12 to 2015-16 can be found in Table C1 (see below), page 194, of the 2016 Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (Cm 9322) which was published in July, and can be found in the House library.</p><p> </p><p>The basis of the calculation is set out in the Own Resources Decision 2014 (Council Decision of 2014/335/EU).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This table also includes the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March forecast of UK net contributions to the EU Budget for the period 2016-17 to 2019-20. The OBR provide an independent fiscal forecast for UK contributions to the EU twice a year.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/11/2016 14:48:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name EU institutions transactions.docx title EU institutions transactions table
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

628259

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the difference between the UK's gross and net contributions to the EU budget, in sterling, is attributed to spending in the UK on (1) regional aid, (2) agriculture, (3) universities through programmes such as Erasmus, and (4) other areas of domestic spending.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury have published the expected sectoral split under the current multiannual financial framework, which can be found on the gov.uk website. This analysis of spending in the UK shows that we expect 7% of receipts to cover rural development and the environment, 44% to cover agriculture and fisheries and 27% to cover research and development.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 14/11/2016 11:33:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

621927

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the refugees taken under the Syrian vulnerable person resettlement programme are (1) Christian, (2) Yazidi, (3) Muslim, and (4) male.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>With all of our resettlement schemes we work closely with UNHCR to identify cases that they deem most in need of resettlement according to their established vulnerability criteria.</p><p>The number of people who have been resettled under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme is published in the quarterly Home Office statistics. Of those resettled between the former Prime Minister’s announcement on 7 September 2015 and 30 June 2016, the period covered by the Home Office’s most recently published statistics, 51.5% were male.</p><p>The religious and ethnic breakdown of those resettled under this scheme is something that we will be monitoring but will not be publishing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/11/2016 15:09:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

621928

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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 what proportion of the refugees taken under the vulnerable children's Resettlement Scheme are (1) Christian, (2) Yazidi, (3) male Muslims over 15-years old.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The former immigration Minister announced on 21 April 2016 that a new scheme would be introduced to resettle vulnerable children from the Middle East and North Africa region, which would bring up to 3,000 people to the UK over the life of the Parliament.</p><p>Data on the number of people who have been resettled under this scheme will be published in the quarterly Home Office statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/11/2016 17:51:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

621929

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	West Midlands Police: Uniforms
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 proposal by the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police to consider allowing female police officers to wear the burka when in uniform.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL2735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to decide what uniform is needed for different roles within each force.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/11/2016 17:50:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch