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681803

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date	31/01/2017
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	Sudan: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 23 January (HL Deb, col 425) concerning recent developments in Sudan, and in the light of the reported statement by the Sudanese Ambassador to London, Muhammad Abdallah al-Tom, to the Sudanese Media Centre of the impact of the lifting of US economic sanctions on Sudan on Sudanese–British economic and commercial relations, what assessment they have made of the impact of the lifting of US economic sanctions on Sudan on business relations between Sudan and the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK welcomes the recent decisions made by the previous US Administration on Sudan related sanctions. The UK will consider opportunities to promote trade with Sudan; however, the business environment remains an obstacle to a sizeable increase in interest from British companies. We continue to urge the government of Sudan to make progress on these issues and on a cessation of hostilities in the Two Areas and Darfur and humanitarian access, which would enable the lifting of sanctions to become permanent.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/02/2017 14:30:56 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681804

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Sudan: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 23 January (HL Deb, col 425) concerning recent developments in Sudan, and in the light of the indictment of the leaders of Sudan by the International Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity, including the use of chemical weapons and assaults on the civilian population, whether they are planning the removal of any sanctions against Sudan or the promotion of bilateral business interests.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>​We welcome the US decision to lift their bilateral sanctions on Sudan. The UK will continue to support the UN targeted sanctions relating to Darfur, as well as the EU arms embargo that remains in place across Sudan. In line with our policy of phased engagement, the UK will consider opportunities to promote trade with Sudan, as well as other areas of mutual interest, such as migration and countering violent extremism.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/02/2017 14:32:43 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681805

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the strategy for safeguarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children announced on 1 November 2016 will include (1) the provision of independent guardians for all unaccompanied children in the UK, and (2) a commitment to continue to fund local authorities which support unaccompanied children at the same, or higher, rate as they currently receive.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>The safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children will be published by 1 May 2017. It will set out further detail on how these children should be safeguarded and have their welfare promoted. In developing the strategy, the Government has committed to review the information currently provided to asylum seeking and refugee children about their rights, their current circumstances, and the role of local authorities in caring for them. We have also said that we will regularly review the funding provided to support and care for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children, working closely with the Local Government Association and local authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/02/2017 14:04:37 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681806

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the strategy for safeguarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children announced on 1 November 2016 will include financial support to local authorities which undertake safeguarding assessments as part of the procedures for family reunification under the Dublin III Regulation.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>Funding from the Controlling Migration Fund has been made available to local authorities that conducted family assessments during the Calais camp clearance as part of the procedures for family reunification under the Dublin III Regulation. The wider review of the funding provided to local authorities for the care and support of unaccompanied asylum seeking children will consider the costs to local authorities from conducting family assessments for future family reunification cases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/02/2017 14:01:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681807

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	North Korea: Forced Labour
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether staff of the British Embassy in Pyongyang have visited the Masikryong ski resort in an official capacity; and what is their assessment of reports that children are subject to forced labour at that resort.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Officials from the British Embassy in Pyongyang have visited the Masikryong ski resort for consular planning purposes. We are aware of reports since of child forced labour at the resort, which are deeply concerning. The UK Government has been clear that forced labour is a form of modern day slavery and must be brought to an end. In a statement to the UN Security Council on 9 December 2016, the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN condemned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's use of forced labour at home and overseas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/02/2017 14:32:29 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681808

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Iraq: Islamic State
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 Anelay of St Johns on 6 January (HL4319), what plans they have made to gather and preserve evidence of crimes committed by Daesh in Iraq.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>​While investigative and prosecutorial work to bring Daesh to justice is already underway across the world, we are working with international partners to identify ways to advance this work, including through action at the UN. In Iraq, the UK translated the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict into Kurdish and Arabic and has followed up with projects supporting Iraqi organisations to document and present evidence of gender based violence to international standards. Our aim is to work with the consent of the Iraqi Government and develop local capacity to take this forward.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 08/02/2017 15:49:15 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

681809

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to monitor the performance of contractors providing accommodation for asylum seekers.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Asylum seeker accommodation is provided through a suite of private providers. The performance of these providers is monitored via the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) regime, details of which are set out in their contracts and cover the provision of the whole service. These are monitored formally, on a monthly basis, at Contract Management meetings between the providers and representatives of UK Visas and Immigration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/02/2017 14:58:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

681810

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Families: Disadvantaged
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 Bourne of Aberystwyth on 31 January (HL4983), what is meant by the statement that the costs to DCLG "were met through existing departmental resource".
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The cost to DCLG in identifying the errors in the original report and ensuring that National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) rectified them related only to DCLG staff time. This was therefore borne by the Department’s existing staffing budget.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/02/2017 16:59:28 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

681811

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Passenger Ships: Rescue Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what regulations and procedures are in place relating to the evacuation of ships designed to carry more than 5,000 passengers and crew, when those ships are too far from land for any air support; and where, and when, the last full-scale trial of such a scenario was undertaken.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>All UK passenger ships, such as described in the question, must comply with international requirements as laid down in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Chapter 5 Regulation 7.</p><p> </p><p>These requirements on the vessel owner include having an evacuation and search and rescue plan, which are logged and available to Her Majesty’s Coastguard and exercised periodically.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/02/2017 12:02:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

681812

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media: Disinformation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of reports that the Minister for Digital and Culture is holding talks with UK newspaper industry representatives on accuracy in journalism and the rise of fake news, whether, as part of those discussions, he intends to raise the issue of fake news stories in mainstream tabloid newspapers.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>There are existing mechanisms in place to address inaccurate news in the mainstream media including requirements in the Broadcasting Code for television and radio programmes and requirements in the Editors' Code of Practice for publishers who are members of a self-regulator.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Digital and Culture will shortly be sending invitations to select organisations to attend a discussion on fake news.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5126 HL5127 question first answered 14/02/2017 16:03:59 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra