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1696594

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date	18/03/2024
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Foreign Relations: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Harlech on 6 March (HL3092), on how many occasions in the past 12 months has the Government failed to provide an official to attend a meeting arranged between (1) Welsh Ministers and (2) ministers of foreign governments; and whether the meetings were permitted to go ahead in those circumstances.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Between March 2023 and March 2024, Welsh Ministers have conducted over 20 overseas visits. Close engagement between FCDO and Welsh Government officials ensured that Welsh Ministers were effectively supported on each visit. This included FCDO officials accompanying Welsh Ministers in their meetings with ministers of foreign governments, as appropriate. FCDO officials attended all such meetings.</p> answering member printed Lord Harlech question first answered 26/03/2024 12:29:13 answering member 4928 label Biography information for Lord Harlech
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1542097

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date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business Premises: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what communication they have had with the Approved Arbitration bodies established as a result of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL3351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy engaged with the arbitral bodies and with stakeholders to keep oversight of uptake of the scheme and to determine if initial stakeholder concerns about cost and capacity had any substance. We reminded parties in August of the closing deadlines for the submission of cases.</p><p> </p><p>The deadline for the submission of cases recently passed on 23 September 2022 and arbitrators are in the process of considering the cases submitted and will be publishing the outcomes as required by the Act. The assessment of the impact of the Act is ongoing and will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL3350 question first answered 28/11/2022 14:15:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

1362697

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Agriculture: New Zealand
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the National Farmers' Union about the impact on UK farmers of the recent trade deal with New Zealand.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) has established an extensive engagement framework and has consulted regularly with the UK agricultural sector throughout the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with New Zealand.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the start of talks, the Government carried out one of the largest consultations ever undertaken to inform its approach to FTAs, including New Zealand. Throughout negotiations, the UK negotiating team has continued to closely consult experts, including in dedicated trade groups set up by DIT such as the Trade Advisory Groups (TAGs). The National Farmers Union (NFU) have formed part of these consultations throughout, and in May 2021 DIT Ministers held discussions with the NFU across the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Grimstone of Boscobel question first answered 03/11/2021 17:56:09 answering member 4876 label Biography information for Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

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date	21/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to extend the business rate relief scheme to other sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL3351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank backed by an 80% Government guarantee, and has deferred VAT payments for this quarter.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/05/2020 14:47:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

792400

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date	20/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many armed service personnel in (1) the army, (2) the Royal Navy, (3) the Royal Marines, (4) the Royal Air Force, and (5) the reserves in each of those forces, are recorded as being (a) Buddhist, (b) Hindu, (c) Jewish, (d) Muslim, (e) Sikh, or (f) of any other non-Christian religion.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL3351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence publishes Biannual Diversity Statistics, the latest of which provides information as at 1 April 2017 and can be found on the Government website at the following address: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/%20statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2017</a>. These statistics include a breakdown, by Service, of the numbers of Armed Forces personnel by self-declared religion. Tables 4 and 17 provide a detailed breakdown for, respectively, UK Regulars and the Future Reserves 2020 population.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Marines (RM), the Army and the RAF, as at 1 April 2017, is provided below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>RN and RM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buddhist</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p><strong>780 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>22,320</p></td><td><p>62,820</p></td><td><p>23,630</p></td><td><p><strong>108,770 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian Tradition</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p><strong>210 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindu</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>1,140 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Judaism</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>80 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p><strong>530 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sikh</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><strong>170 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Religions</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p><strong>870 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Religion</p></td><td><p>9,820</p></td><td><p>17,740</p></td><td><p>8,980</p></td><td><p><strong>36,530 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p><strong>290 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Reserve Service Personnel by Religion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>RN and RM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buddhist</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>90 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>22,290</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td><td><p><strong>26,240 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian Tradition</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>80 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindu</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>180 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Judaism</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>40 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>170 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sikh</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>60 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Religions</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p><strong>240 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Religion</p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p><strong>8,110 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p><strong>1,010 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="24"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="15"><p><strong>Regular Service Personnel of Christian and Christian Tradition faith split by denomination</strong></p></td><td colspan="22"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="22"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>RN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>Church of England Scottish Episcopal Church</p></td><td><p>10,490</p></td><td><p>2,870</p></td><td><p>36,590</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15,240</p></td><td><p><strong>65,200</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Roman Catholic</p></td><td><p>2,610</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>9,140</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,150</p></td><td><p><strong>15,570</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Presbyterian</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>110</p></td><td><p><strong>420</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Church of Scotland</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>3,370</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,290</p></td><td><p><strong>5,760</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baptist</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>150</p></td><td><p><strong>600</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Salvation Army</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>20</p></td><td><p><strong>90</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>Free Church of Scotland United Free Church of Scotland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Methodist</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>620</p></td><td><p><strong>2,870</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>United Reformed Church</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Free Presbyterian</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>800</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Greek Orthodox</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Other Christian churches</p></td><td><p>2,750</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td><td><p>10,550</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,040</p></td><td><p><strong>17,460</strong></p></td><td colspan="26"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="14"><p><strong>Reserve Service Personnel of Christian and Christian Tradition faith split by denomination</strong></p></td><td colspan="22"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>RN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Church of England</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>12,130</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>990</p></td><td><p><strong>14,490</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Scottish Episcopal Church</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Roman Catholic</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>190</p></td><td><p><strong>4,050</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Presbyterian</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>150</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Church of Scotland</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>100</p></td><td><p><strong>1,850</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Baptist</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Salvation Army</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Free Church of Scotland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>United Free Church of Scotland</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>~</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Methodist</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>630</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>United Reformed Church</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Free Presbyterian</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>510</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Greek Orthodox</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>~</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Other Christian churches</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>3,690</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>200</p></td><td><p><strong>4,340</strong></p></td><td colspan="25"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Note</strong><strong>:</strong> ‘Christian’ includes personnel declaring the following on Joint Personnel Administration (JPA): Christian Tradition, Christian Scientist, Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), Jehovah's Witness, Unitarian and Other Christian Tradition.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>‘Other Religions’ includes personnel declaring the following on Joint Personnel Administration (JPA): Druid, Pagan, Rastafarian, Spiritualist, Zoroastrian (Parsee), Wicca, Baha'i and Other Religions.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>‘Unknown’ includes those with an unrecorded religion and those who choose not to declare.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, although numbers ending in a 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards. For example; a value of 25 would be rounded down to 20 and a value of 15 would be rounded up to 20.</p><p> </p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p><p>Declaration of religion is not mandatory for Armed Forces personnel. These statistics only relate to personnel who have made a declaration. At 1 April 2017, the proportion of personnel who had made a declaration was 99.8 per cent of UK Regular Forces, and 97.2 per cent of Future Reserves 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL3352 question first answered 04/12/2017 18:02:21 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL3351 AND HL3352.docx title HL335 and HL3352
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

638600

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the raid on the Health Development and Policy Institute in Ramallah by Israeli forces, whether they intend to make representations to the government of Israel and call for compensation for that Institute.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>We have not raised this issue with the Israeli authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 29/11/2016 15:37:26 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

426412

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will extend the current additional financial incentives for modern foreign language teachers in secondary schools to language specialists entering the teaching profession in primary schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL3351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>Financial incentives for initial teacher training (ITT) are designed to attract applicants to certain subjects. We have increased bursaries for secondary languages ITT trainees for 2016/17 in response to growing demand.</p><br /><p>We have no current plans to extend these generous financial incentives for secondary language trainees to primary trainees. Primary ITT courses continue to be popular with applicants, and we are confident that we can recruit enough trainees nationally to meet need at the bursary rates announced for 2016/17.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/11/2015 11:55:33 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

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registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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
hansard heading	Palestinians
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 Israel concerning the United Nations report on the number of patients in Gaza waiting to leave for critical treatment; and what progress the European Union has made in respect of ending the blockade.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text We have not raised this UN report with the Israeli authorities, but are working with them to ensure continued smooth access to Gaza for UK medical professionals as part of the Department for International Development's Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) programme. The EU continues to urge the parties to fully implement the temporary mechanism for monitoring and verification of reconstruction materials negotiated by the UN, Palestinian Authority and Israel, as an important step towards the necessary urgent opening of all crossing points. The EU continues to stress the importance of a change of the Israeli policy, allowing Gaza to trade normally and on a permanent basis. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 16/12/2014 17:26:38 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge