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1666623

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to arrange for the relocation of Afghan nationals eligible under the (a) Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme to the UK from (i) Pakistan and (ii) Iran; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	203856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">HMG continues to welcome families to the UK under Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). The Government looks forward to bringing all remaining eligible individuals to the UK as soon as practicable. We know there is still a way to go to bring those eligible to safety in the UK, but we are committed to continuing to welcome eligible Afghans through ARAP and ACRS.</ins></p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/10/2023 10:42:26 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 10:47:51 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty previous answer version 104319 answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1666752

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has separate qualifying criteria for entitlement to support for Afghan refugees who were employed (a) directly by the Government or British Council and (b) employed by an organisation funded by the Government or British Council.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	203990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Eligible at-risk Afghan Nationals, who were directly employed by the British Government and British Council, and those working for programmes funded by the British Government and British Council who supported the UK effort in Afghanistan, are both being considered for resettlement if they applied for the MOD-led Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme. The eligibility criteria for ARAP is set out on gov.uk. Any offer of resettlement will be contingent on security screening and provision of biometric information. We continue to work, including with likeminded partners and countries neighbouring Afghanistan, on resettlement issues and to support safe passage for eligible Afghans.</ins></p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 26/10/2023 10:41:43 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 11:45:18 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty previous answer version 104312 answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1666326

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	AI Council and Frontier AI Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason the AI Council was disbanded; whether the AI taskforce includes any members of the AI council; and what the terms of reference are for each of those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	203678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Now the terms of the AI Council members have come to an end, DSIT will be establishing a wider group of expert advisers to input on a range of priority issues across the department, including artificial intelligence, in order to expand the diversity of input on policy issues.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The AI Council’s terms of reference established members would sit on the council for a fixed-term period of up to three years, and all current members are invited to join this wider group of expertise.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The wider group of expertise will be separate but complementary to the recently established Foundation Model Taskforce which will drive forward critical work on AI safety and research.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Since it was established, the Council has advised Government on landmark policies including the National AI Strategy and the recent AI Regulation White Paper, which committed to reviewing its role and how Government structures and experts can support the UK’s evolving AI priorities. AI Council members have been invited to join the wider group of technology advisors as we establish the Foundation Model Taskforce.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/10/2023 11:06:43 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 12:08:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 104418 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1666370

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Driving: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of assaults recorded by motorists against protestors undertaking non-violent direct action involving the obstruction of public highways since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	203706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It is regrettable that frustrated members of the public have been seen physically confronting protesters. While the government understands the frustration caused by protesters who use highly disruptive tactics to stop hard-working people going about their lives, there is no justification for acts of violence.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The police have comprehensive powers to deal with any individual who exhibits violent or threatening behaviour. The College of Policing is the organisation which sets standards and publishes police guidance and is operationally independent. The College has recently worked with the National Police Chiefs' Council to publish National Protest Operational Advice (<a href="https://www.college.police.uk/app/public-order-public-safety" target="_blank">Public order public safety | College of Policing</a>), which provides operational guidance on dealing with protests, including ensuring the safety of all those present.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In addition, the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice on Public Order Public Safety (<a href="https://www.college.police.uk/app/public-order-public-safety" target="_blank">Public order public safety | College of Policing</a>) was updated on 8 June 2023 and provides guidance on the policing of major events. The document signposts to the National Protest Operational Advice document.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has recently introduced new legislation in the form of the Public Order Act 2023 and amended existing provisions in the Public Order Act 1986 to ensure that the police have the powers they need to deal with highly disruptive protests. By giving the police these new powers, we will reduce the likelihood of frustrated members of the public engaging in violent or threatening behaviour in response to disruptive protests. In some cases, the use of these new powers has enabled police to clear the streets of protesters in as little as three minutes.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold any data on the number of assaults recorded by motorists against protesters. A review into the recording of NCHI, reporting to the Policing Minister, is underway.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is regrettable that frustrated members of the public have been seen physically confronting protesters. While the government understands the frustration caused by protesters who use highly disruptive tactics to stop hard-working people going about their lives, there is no justification for acts of violence.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The police have comprehensive powers to deal with any individual who exhibits violent or threatening behaviour. The College of Policing is the organisation which sets standards and publishes police guidance and is operationally independent. The College has recently worked with the National Police Chiefs' Council to publish National Protest Operational Advice (<a href="https://www.college.police.uk/app/public-order-public-safety" target="_blank">Public order public safety | College of Policing</a>), which provides operational guidance on dealing with protests, including ensuring the safety of all those present.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition, the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice on Public Order Public Safety (<a href="https://www.college.police.uk/app/public-order-public-safety" target="_blank">Public order public safety | College of Policing</a>) was updated on 8 June 2023 and provides guidance on the policing of major events. The document signposts to the National Protest Operational Advice document.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has recently introduced new legislation in the form of the Public Order Act 2023 and amended existing provisions in the Public Order Act 1986 to ensure that the police have the powers they need to deal with highly disruptive protests. By giving the police these new powers, we will reduce the likelihood of frustrated members of the public engaging in violent or threatening behaviour in response to disruptive protests. In some cases, the use of these new powers has enabled police to clear the streets of protesters in as little as three minutes.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold any data on the number of assaults recorded by motorists against protesters.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/10/2023 11:33:20 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 08:30:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 103356 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1666277

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	People Smuggling: International Cooperation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of other G7 members or EU countries regarding bringing people-smugglers to justice.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL10679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</strong></ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/10/2023 10:46:46 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 11:42:16 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 104331 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1665536

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Refugee Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made at the UN Human Rights Council about countries which fail to honour their obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL10604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</strong></ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/10/2023 11:03:15 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 11:15:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 104448 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1665580

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Roderick Drummond
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what authorisation process was followed in granting permission to the former ambassador to Bahrain, Roderick Drummond, to accept a medal granted and given by the King of Bahrain.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL10633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/10/2023 11:02:31 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 11:41:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 104442 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1664781

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Egypt: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for religious freedom of the removal by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities of a geniza, a resting place for discarded documents containing the name of God, from a Jewish burial ground in Cairo without guarantee of access for the Jewish community.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL10515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</strong></ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/10/2023 10:45:02 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 11:14:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 104315 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1664782

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Egypt: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Egypt in regard to the right of access and freedom of worship in the newly restored and historically significant Ben Ezra Synagogue in that country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL10516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</strong><br /></ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/10/2023 10:45:02 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 11:36:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 104316 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1664783

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Egypt: Religious Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make representations to the government of Egypt concerning the importance of including the Jewish community in official ceremonies related to the Ben Ezra synagogue and similar historical and cultural landmarks in that country.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL10517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/10/2023 10:45:02 question first ministerially corrected 26/10/2023 11:38:17 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 104317 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech