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date	05/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Bricks: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many bricks the UK imports from South Asia and other countries in the Global South; and what steps they are taking to ensure that their production does not involve child labour, conditions which could lead to poor health or the exploitation of workers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL8191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 the UK imported £11.4 million (around 38 thousand tonnes) of bricks from the Global South, of which £4.6 million (around 10 thousand tonnes) were from South Asia.</p><p>The UK is a leading country in confronting the scourge of modern slavery and committed to working with partners to achieve sustainability in our supply chains. The Modern Slavery Act requires businesses with a turnover of £36m or more to publish modern slavery statements annually to report on the steps taken to prevent modern slavery.</p><p>The UK has ratified nine ILO Fundamental Conventions, including on the abolition of child labour and forced labour.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 19/06/2023 16:46:17 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1234942

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date	16/09/2020
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	Disease Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what urgent action they are taking, together with international partners, to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global efforts to address (1) HIV and AIDS, (2) tuberculosis, and (3) malaria.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL8191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>COVID-19 threatens to reverse hard-won gains in HIV, TB and malaria. This Government is working hard with international partners to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on global efforts to address these diseases.</p><p>Many of our partners are taking urgent action on all three diseases, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The UK is the second biggest donor to the Global Fund's fifth and sixth replenishments. To date, the Global Fund has provided up to US $1 billion to help countries adapt HIV, TB and malaria programmes in the face of COVID-19, ensuring essential services such as testing, treatment and access to medicines can continue and also to strengthen health systems more broadly.</p><p>The UK is also supporting marginalised groups at risk of HIV - such as LGBT+ people, sex workers, mothers and young children - to advocate for their needs and rights in the pandemic. And we continue to invest in research and product development, working with partners to provide tools that are urgently needed to fight all three diseases. For example, UK support to Unitaid is enabling developing countries to access pioneering technology for HIV, TB and malaria.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 30/09/2020 13:56:21 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

910433

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Saudi Arabia: Women's Rights
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 Saudi Arabia following the arrests of women's rights activists in connection with the decision to allow Saudi women to drive.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL8191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>We are concerned by reports of these arrests and are monitoring closely. The Foreign Secretary has raised our concerns with the Saudi authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/06/2018 11:59:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

517598

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date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of recent military attacks by ISIS on the Nineveh Plain Forces (NPF) at Telliskuf; what political and military assistance they are giving to the NPF; and what assessment they have made of the NPF’s objectives.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Following Daesh's attack north of Mosul on 3 May, they were pushed back by Kurdish forces. The Kurds regained the lost territory with substantial Coalition air support, which included the use of RAF aircraft. UK assistance in Iraq is channelled, as appropriate, through the Government of Iraq or the Kurdish Regional Government rather than to any individual militia forces, and the UK has made no specific assessment of the objectives of the Nineveh Plain Forces.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 10/05/2016 15:18:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool