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50257

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date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 38 recommendations made by UNICEF in its March 2013 report on children in Israeli military detention have been implemented by the government of Israel; and what discussions they have had with that government on the number that are yet to be implemented.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL6975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)'s most recent progress report on children in Israeli military detention, published in October 2013, indicates that Israel has taken some positive steps but does not give an assessment as to how many of the recommendations UNICEF consider to have been implemented.</p><p>We continue to urge the Israeli authorities to take action on the recommendations made in the UNICEF report and the earlier independent report by senior British lawyers. Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Mr Robertson), wrote to the Israeli Attorney General on this issue on 31 March.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

50258

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by which minister the United Kingdom will be represented at the mid-May meeting in Geneva of the High Contracting Parties of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; and what are their priorities for the outcome of that meeting.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL6976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>An informal meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) will take place in Geneva from 13-16 May 2014 under the framework of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. This is an official-level meeting at which ministerial attendance is not expected, and the UK will be represented by officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence. The Government aims to deepen understanding of the technical, legal, ethical and societal factors pertaining to LAWS through an exchange of information and views.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

50259

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they envisage federation as a possible future constitutional settlement in Ukraine; and, if so, under what conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL6977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Ukrainian people will be voting in Presidential elections on 25 May. The outcome will determine the future direction of their country. It is crucial that Ukraine is able to deliver these elections in a successful, free and fair manner, without external pressures. It is not for the rest of the world to negotiate away the constitution nor the freedom or democracy of Ukraine.</p><p>The British Government will continue to support Ukraine's democratic and constitutional reform process as the best means of overcoming this crisis and helping the people of Ukraine to choose their own future. We stand with them in their efforts to create a better Ukraine.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

50260

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations that are making directly and multilaterally to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in respect of the February 2014 speech by Christine Lagarde suggesting that "rising inequality and economic exclusion can have pernicious effects" and that policy must take account of the inclusiveness of growth, to ensure that this view is reflected in the operational policies of the IMF itself as well as in the policies of its individual member governments.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL6978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>At its April 2014 meeting, the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the IMF, attended by the Chancellor, agreed that rising inequality and high unemployment be addressed by removing structural impediments to inclusive growth.</p><p> </p><p>It is not Government practice to comment on the detail of IMF Staff Discussion Papers. IMF Staff regularly produce such papers, and the analysis and views therein are those of staff and not necessarily the IMF or its Executive Board.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL6979 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

50261

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the International Monetary Fund's Staff Discussion Notes published in February and March dealing with inequality and its impact on growth.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL6979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>At its April 2014 meeting, the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the IMF, attended by the Chancellor, agreed that rising inequality and high unemployment be addressed by removing structural impediments to inclusive growth.</p><p> </p><p>It is not Government practice to comment on the detail of IMF Staff Discussion Papers. IMF Staff regularly produce such papers, and the analysis and views therein are those of staff and not necessarily the IMF or its Executive Board.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL6978 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd