To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to increase the £10 million allotted to teaching English to Syrian refugees in Britain; and whether they will extend the scope of the programme to include resettled refugees of all origins.
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conclusions they have drawn from the pilot schemes to enable resettled refugees to obtain employment; and whether they will publicise best practice from the pilot schemes and other work by non-governmental organisation...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 10 January (HL4174), whether they will publish responses to the reports by (1) Help Refugees, Life for the Children of the Calais Jungle Post Eviction – An ...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many visas for family reunion in the UK were issued in 2016 for (1) children, and (2) adult women; and how many such applications were rejected in that year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to receive the report of the Independent Inquiry into the application of Sharia Law in the UK; and whether they intend to publish it.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they intend to take following the message by His Holiness Pope Francis on 8 September 2016 for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 15 January, in particular for the benefit of children.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they are giving to freezing the assets of, and imposing travel bans on, individuals responsible for undermining Palestinian territorial integrity in the Occupied Territories by expropriations and settleme...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of British development aid is used to help poor countries establish secure titles to property and efficient registers of land ownership.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what use has been made of the £180 million in stolen assets recovered with the support of the Department for International Development since 2006.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which UN and other multilateral aid and development agencies are affected by corruption.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in December 2016 by Save the Children and UNICEF concerning the situation of child refugees in France, Italy and Greece, and, in particular, the case for improving famil...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they intend to take to increase the level of reporting of crimes inspired by racial or religious hatred; and what assessment they have made of whether a confidential telephone line would improve reporting rates...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the Casey Review, they intend to consult religious and community leaders at regional and city level about appropriate measures to improve community cohesion and common citizenship.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many successful prosecutions for corruption overseas there have been of (1) British companies, and (2) individuals, in the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any applications for naturalisation have been awaiting a decision from the Home Office for longer than two years; and if so, why.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 10,000 missing unaccompanied child refugees in Europe, as estimated by Europol in January, have since been identified; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which those identified were then giv...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish responses to the reports by (1) Help Refugees, Life for the Children of the Calais Jungle Post Eviction–An Uncertain Future, published on 15 December, and (2) the Oasis Foundation, A Moral Imp...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to join with the Turkish Federation of Employers Associations in making representations to the government of Turkey about the exploitation of Syrians working in Turkey and the restrictions on work permits;...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following their calling-in of Russian and Iranian ambassadors to discuss Syria, they will also call in the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss Syria.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made representations to the government of Ethiopia to release the British citizen Mr Andy Tsege; and if not, why not.