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925922

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date	18/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent changes to the level of fees for planning applications on the capacity of local authorities to process such applications.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	905890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>In introducing the 20 per cent increase in planning fees in January, all local planning authorities committed to ring-fence this additional income to increase the capacity of their planning departments. Based on current activity the uplift in planning fees could generate over £75 million of additional fee income annually for local authorities. This is equal to the average salary of approximately 1600 planners and other professionals who play a role in the planning process.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/06/2018 16:29:21 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

926409

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 June, whether they will take steps to improve the treatment by immigration officers of British citizens accompanying non-British born spouses entering the UK; and what those measures will be.
tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
uin	HL8676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Border Force expects high standards of professionalism of its officers in their dealings with all members of the public, regardless of their nationality or status.</p><p>Border Force follows strict guidelines with regards to discrimination, and officers undergo intensive training prior to taking up their positions. Border Force does not tolerate any breach of these principles.</p><p>Complaints about Border Force and the services it provides are treated seriously and are used as an opportunity to improve services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/06/2018 12:07:17 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

926410

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Eritrea: Mining
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of the report of Eritrea Focus to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea, Mining and Repression in Eritrea: corporate complicity in human rights abuses, whether they have evidence that conscripts are used as slave labour; and what assessment they have made of the implications for companies referenced in any such evidence.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the British Embassy in Asmara regularly engage UK companies, and companies with UK investment, involved in the extractive sector in Eritrea. Discussions include their duty to comply with the legislative and regulatory requirements of operating in Eritrea, and the human rights of Eritrean nationals involved in their operations in Eritrea.</p><p>The British Government will take appropriate action against companies and / or individuals who fail to comply with the relevant legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/06/2018 12:29:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

926411

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Burma: Crimes against Humanity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they have taken following reports that crimes against humanity are being committed against religious or ethno-religious minorities in Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary expressed his deep concern about fighting in Kachin on 5 June, and the Minister for Asia and the Pacific called on 11 May for Burma's military to respect International Humanitarian Law, show restraint and protect civilians in Kachin. In their meeting on 3 May the British Ambassador called on Burma's Commander in Chief to ensure Burma's military protected civilians during operations in Kachin.</p><p>The UK has ensured the UN Security Council has called for accountability for human rights violations in Rakhine including through its 31 May letter to Burma calling on it to establish an independent and transparent investigation with international involvement. The UK also continues to support the UN Fact Finding Mission into human rights violations and abuses in Burma; we await its final report in September 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/06/2018 12:30:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

926412

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Burma: Armed Conflict
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 nature of the violence perpetrated by the government of Burma against the Rohingya Muslims, Christian minorities and other minority groups.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has made clear that the military operations conducted in Rakhine in August and September 2017 constitute ethnic cleansing, and may even be genocide, though that should be a determination for an international court to make.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary expressed his deep concern about the intensifying conflict in Kachin on 5 June, and called for Burma's military to exercise restraint and allow humanitarian access when he spoke to Burma's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 June. Officials from the British Embassy have visited Kachin in May and in June, but as I told the House of Lords on 12 June, the Government is unable to make a full assessment of the situation in Kachin State due to access restrictions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL8680 question first answered 27/06/2018 12:30:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

926414

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the violence perpetrated by the government of Burma against the Rohingya Muslims, Christian minorities and others may constitute genocide.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary has made clear that the military operations conducted in Rakhine in August and September 2017 constitute ethnic cleansing, and may even be genocide, though that should be a determination for an international court to make.</p><p>The Foreign Secretary expressed his deep concern about the intensifying conflict in Kachin on 5 June, and called for Burma's military to exercise restraint and allow humanitarian access when he spoke to Burma's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 June. Officials from the British Embassy have visited Kachin in May and in June, but as I told the House of Lords on 12 June, the Government is unable to make a full assessment of the situation in Kachin State due to access restrictions.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL8679 question first answered 27/06/2018 12:30:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

926415

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the International Criminal Court consideration of its jurisdiction over the displacement of the Rohingya Muslims, what consideration they have given to tabling a resolution at the UN Security Council to establish an investigative team to collect and preserve the evidence for possible prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>If the Court were to consider that it has jurisdiction over the crime of deportation in the context of the situation in Bangladesh, it would be for the appropriate organs of the Court to consider how to progress any investigation in line with the provisions of the Rome Statute. <br> <br>The UK co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council resolution which set up a UN Fact Finding Mission (FFM) on human rights abuses in Burma, and subsequent resolutions that gave it the mandate and resources to collect, preserve and share evidence. Following the Special Rapporteur’s recommendations, the Government is discussing with international partners how to support evidence-collecting efforts, especially in relation to sexual violence</p><p>Pressure from the UN Security Council on accountability helped persuade Burma to announce plans for a Commission of Inquiry into violence in Rakhine State. We continue to emphasise that we need an accountability mechanism which is credible, transparent and impartial, and which can hold to account the perpetrators of atrocities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/06/2018 12:31:33 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

926416

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Burma: Armed Conflict
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what options they have considered to ensure that the violence perpetrated in Burma is adequately assessed and those responsible brought to justice.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK co-sponsored the UN Human Rights Council Resolution in March 2017 that commissioned the Fact Finding Mission into human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Burma, in particular in Rakhine State; we await its final report in September 2018.</p><p>Burma announced on 31 May that it plans to establish a Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in Rakhine. We have made clear that there must be a credible, transparent and impartial investigation, which holds to account the perpetrators of atrocities in Rakhine State. We will continue to work with our international partners to support those building evidence and testimony for the victims of the violence in Rakhine.</p><p>The Minister for Asia and the Pacific called on 11 May for Burma's military to respect International Humanitarian Law, show restraint and protect civilians in Kachin.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 27/06/2018 12:32:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

926417

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Contraceptives
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 O'Shaughnessy on 17 May (HL7492), what other free clinical services are available to women in areas where GP practices do not provide contraceptive services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL8683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has mandated upper tier local authorities to commission comprehensive open access sexual health services, including free provision of contraception, in their area.</p><p>General practitioner practices opting out of providing contraceptive services should inform their patients where they can access contraceptive services. In addition, information on women’s entitlement to free contraception is available online on NHS Choices. NHS Choices also enables women to identify their nearest sexual health clinic.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL8686 question first answered 28/06/2018 15:11:03 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

926418

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Contraceptives
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 O'Shaughnessy on 17 May (HL7492), which body is responsible for monitoring waiting list times for contraceptive services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL8684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>There is no central body responsible for monitoring waiting times for access to contraceptive services and data is not collected centrally.</p><p>National Health Service commissioners and providers, and local authorities, are required to operate complaints processes and respond appropriately in relation to complaints about their services. National level data on complaints is not broken down to this level of detail.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL8687 question first answered 28/06/2018 15:12:02 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker