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1653264

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Tree Felling
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many existing large trees would have to be felled to make way for the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Page 66 of the Design and Access Statement Part 1, which was submitted to the public inquiry and is available on the Westminster City Council website, shows that the memorial will be 10 metres high; and lower than the Buxton Memorial, which is 13.5 metres high, <a href="https://www.westminster.gov.uk/sites/default/files/cd_5.7_design_and_access_statement_including_addendum_part1.pdf" target="_blank">westminster.gov.uk</a>. <br> <br> No existing large trees will have to be felled to make way for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL9365 question first answered 20/07/2023 12:17:19 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1653265

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how tall the proposed structure for the Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens will be; and whether it will exceed the height of the existing Buxton Memorial.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Page 66 of the Design and Access Statement Part 1, which was submitted to the public inquiry and is available on the Westminster City Council website, shows that the memorial will be 10 metres high; and lower than the Buxton Memorial, which is 13.5 metres high, <a href="https://www.westminster.gov.uk/sites/default/files/cd_5.7_design_and_access_statement_including_addendum_part1.pdf" target="_blank">westminster.gov.uk</a>. <br> <br> No existing large trees will have to be felled to make way for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL9364 question first answered 20/07/2023 12:17:19 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1650584

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2023
	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	China: Religious Buildings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that, despite protests, minarets and domes are to be removed from two mosques in Yunnan province, China; and what discussions they have had, or intend to have, with the government of China concerning threats to the freedom of all religions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The environment for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) across China is restrictive, including the persecution of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Falun Gong practitioners. We are aware of reports of religious sites being altered or destroyed, against the wishes of worshippers.</p><p>We work within international organisations and networks to promote and protect freedom of religion or belief for all where it is threatened, including the UN, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe, and the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance.</p><p>For example, in October 2022 we raised China's severe restrictions on religious practice in a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) alongside 49 other countries. At last month's UN HRC we made a statement urging China to reverse its ongoing, serious, and systematic human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet.</p><p>More generally, we regularly raise the human rights situation in China directly with the Chinese authorities at the highest levels. The Foreign Secretary did so in a meeting with the Chinese Vice President in May 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL9076 question first answered 20/07/2023 15:59:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1650585

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2023
	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	China: Religious Buildings
	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 compatibility with human rights of the reported "sinicization" of mosques and churches in China.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The environment for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) across China is restrictive, including the persecution of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Falun Gong practitioners. We are aware of reports of religious sites being altered or destroyed, against the wishes of worshippers.</p><p>We work within international organisations and networks to promote and protect freedom of religion or belief for all where it is threatened, including the UN, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe, and the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance.</p><p>For example, in October 2022 we raised China's severe restrictions on religious practice in a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) alongside 49 other countries. At last month's UN HRC we made a statement urging China to reverse its ongoing, serious, and systematic human rights violations in Xinjiang and Tibet.</p><p>More generally, we regularly raise the human rights situation in China directly with the Chinese authorities at the highest levels. The Foreign Secretary did so in a meeting with the Chinese Vice President in May 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL9075 question first answered 20/07/2023 15:59:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton