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1002231

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Gaza: Travel Restrictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what reply, if any, they received to their representations to the government of Israel about the refusal of access to Gaza for British medical consultants, and the related deaths of patients in Gaza who were forbidden to travel to Jerusalem for appointments.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office continues to advise against all travel to Gaza (including the waters off Gaza) and we are not able to support individuals applying for entry or exit permits for Gaza. The Government recognises the need for major international organisations to carry out humanitarian and reconstruction work on the ground in Gaza. Medical staff should co-ordinate their entry to and exit from Gaza with those organisations. Israeli restrictions severely restrict the movement of medical professionals and patients in Gaza, hampering the provision of quality health services, as well as the pursuit of studies, continuing education and specialized training for medical professionals. Our Embassy in Israel regularly raises the matter of medical permits with the Israeli authorities.</p><p>We regularly raise issues relating to medical facilities and personnel with the Israeli authorities. We have stressed the need for safe and unimpeded passage for medical personnel. In particular we raise our concerns about medical facilities in Gaza, and medical permits, with the office for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). Our Ambassador to Israel discussed Gaza with COGAT on 17 September. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv raised our concerns about the targeting of health workers with COGAT on 23 August.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/11/2018 15:37:24 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

998915

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether asylum applicants who are required to attend regular appointments at reporting centres are now obliged to travel to Salford; and if so, why they may not attend appointments near the place where they reside.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are not required to report until they have received a negative decision on their application and when they are in receipt of support, their travel costs are met.</p><p>Individuals may be required to attend the nearest reporting centre or other location, including police stations, to their home address. There is no upper limit to the distance which an individual may be required to travel in order to attend their nearest reporting location but the Home Office assesses the needs of all types of reportees, not only asylum seekers when deciding reporting frequency and location.</p><p>As part of Immigration Enforcement’s transformation programme the Home Office is rationalising the use of reporting locations to move reportees to locations which are fully resourced to deal with each individual and their needs. We work closely with our estates partners to identify sites that provide adequate access to the public, security and accommodation that would enable us to provide a good level of service to the reporting population.</p><p>Individuals would only be required to report to Salford if this is the nearest suitable reporting location to their address.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/11/2018 13:19:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

998469

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Khalida Jarrar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to the government of Israel about the administrative detention imposed since July 2017 of Ms Khalida Jarrar, an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Assembly; and if so, what response they received.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>We remain concerned about Israel’s extensive use of administrative detention. According to international law, this should be used only when security makes it absolutely necessary rather than as routine practice, and as a preventive rather than a punitive measure. We continue to call on the Israeli authorities to comply with their obligations under international law and either charge or release detainees.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/11/2018 11:37:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

994712

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Camps: Greek Islands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 23 October (HL10488), what improvements have been made to living conditions in refugee camps in the Greek Aegean islands, in particular the Moria Camp, as a result of the provision of exports from the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL11028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Greek Government is responsible for running the camps on the Aegean islands and for the humanitarian response. UK support in Greece is part of a wider EU effort in coordination with the EU Commission and other EU Member States.</p><p>UK expert staff are seconded to the EU Commission office in Athens to support its efforts in working with Greece to improve living and security conditions for migrants in the camps on the island hotspots.</p><p>On the running of the camps, UK experts advise on the implementation of camp operating procedures through working with the relevant Greek authorities to deliver a safe, secure, healthy and clean environment for the camp population. They also provide recommendations and reports on security and safety related issues including: evacuation plans, emergency exits and staff security.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2018 13:10:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

994353

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they responded to the report on prison policy by the Catholic Bishops' Conference, The Right Road, published in November 2016; and if so, what was their response.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>We have not formally responded to this report. However, we absolutely share the Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s vision of a prison system that rehabilitates offenders and supports victims. We are working towards this through our reforms to prisons, and indeed probation services.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/10/2018 15:23:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

993808

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Turkey: Politics and Government
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 Turkey about the replacement of 98 elected mayors by trustees and the suspension of 259 elected village and neighbourhood mukhtars.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government of Turkey has replaced more than 90 Mayors with trustees on the grounds that those mayors were charged with terror offences. We have not made representations on these specific cases to the Turkish authorities.</p><p>Local elections in Turkey are scheduled for March 2019, and we will continue to urge that elections be free, fair and inclusive, in line with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe recommendations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2018 16:11:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

993353

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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	Algeria: Churches
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Algeria about the official closure of 11 churches in that country; and whether they have had positive responses to any such approaches to that government.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>​The promotion and protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) internationally is a high priority for the UK. We welcomed the re-opening of three churches in Algeria during the summer, but were disappointed to hear of the closure last week of another church, near the town of Bejaia. The Algerian Constitution protects FoRB, and we have discussed with the Algerian authorities the importance of ensuring those protections are reflected in their laws and processes. The Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, raised FoRB, including church closures, with the Algerian government when he visited Algiers in June. I also discussed FoRB with Algerian Ministers during my visit in July. Our Embassy in Algiers maintains close contact with the Protestant Church of Algeria.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/11/2018 15:41:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

990153

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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 whether, since the transfer of 549 unaccompanied children to the UK from the Calais region for reunion with their families in the UK, they are no longer searching for other similar children in transit in Europe; and if so, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>In October 2016, the UK acted decisively and on an exceptional basis at the time of the Calais camp clearance to remove 769 vulnerable unaccompanied children from a dangerous situation where they were at risk of violence and abuse. Our action resulted in 220 children being relocated to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, and the remaining 549 children being transferred to reunite with family members already in the UK.</p><p><br>On 11 October we laid a new Immigration Rule, which created a new form of leave for any of these cases that have not already been granted a form of leave. This leave will only be available for those that were bought over as part of the Calais clearance exercise in October 2016, who were under the age of 18 at this time, and who had recognised family ties in the UK. Individuals who qualify for this leave will have the right to study, work, access public funds and healthcare, and can apply for settlement after ten years.</p><p><br>We continue to meet our obligations under the EU Dublin III Regulation to transfer unaccompanied children with qualifying family legally present in the UK as soon as possible. We have liaison officers based in Italy, Greece and France working with Member States’ governments and partner organisations to identify eligible children and support them through the Dublin process.</p><p>As part of the Sandhurst Treaty, signed between the UK and France in January 2018, we announced a number of measures to support unaccompanied children into the asylum system and through the Dublin process. This includes agreement on shorter timescales for referral and transfer un-der Dublin and a £3.6 million development fund to support eligible claims through the Dublin process and ensure those children who are not eligible for transfer to the UK are informed of their options.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/10/2018 11:47:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

989335

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Mental Illness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether NHS guidelines require periodic reviews to be conducted in cases of patients with severe mental ill-health; and if so, whether both physical and mental health issues are reviewed at the same time.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>In general, mental health trusts use the Care Programme Approach (CPA), which is a framework for people under the care of secondary mental health services at high risk or with multiple, complex needs that require planning and co-ordination across different services. Government guidance on the CPA published in 2008 recommends that all patients placed on the CPA should receive a formal review at least every 12 months. Many trusts operate a policy of at least six-monthly reviews.</p><p>In 2018/19, NHS England is developing a new framework for adult non-specialist community mental health services, which will set out updated recommendations on the co-ordination, planning and reviewing of physical and mental health care.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/10/2018 14:33:33 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

988447

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Prescription Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS rules and guidelines for psychotropic medicines apply equally to general practitioners, specialists, and consultants.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>All healthcare professionals are expected to follow professional clinical guidelines around the use of psychotropic medicines. Information about the use of medicines is also included in the summary of product characteristics for healthcare professionals and in the patient information leaflet.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/10/2018 14:19:50 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton