Lord Hylton

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether immigration detention is an area where they could make savings.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether basing United Kingdom warships in Bahrain is compatible with that country's human rights record.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Egypt about the number of death sentences issued in that country since July 2013; and what responses, if any, they have received.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how the United Kingdom can help Tunisia prevent the flow of militants and terrorists from Libya to Tunisia.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions, if any, they are having with the governments of Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia about increasing the flow of inward investment to those countries, and in particular about the possible positive influence of inv...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to provide tax incentives to firms and employers paying the living wage to all their workers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have paid compensation to the next of kin of the Afghan interpreters killed, or to those who were disabled, while working for the United Kingdom armed forces in Afghanistan.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to replace benefit sanctions with community service, for those who are unemployed, disabled or in chronic bad health.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take to avoid the World Food Programme running out of funds for its food vouchers for refugees in Jordan and elsewhere.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the last three financial years, what proportion of United Kingdom aid and emergency relief has been spent on the cantons of Afrin, Kobane and Jazira, in Syria.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the death sentences passed on former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 others, and of the impact of such sentences on militancy in Sinai and on the attitudes of young non-Islamic...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken to prevent states or other agents sending funds and arms to the parties to the conflict in Syria, in particular those who are guilty or suspected of war crimes and grave human rights abuses; and ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the £800 million of aid for Syria has already been (1) allocated to organizations, and (2) spent.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to press for the referral of possible war crimes in Syria by all combatants to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court; and who, if anyone, records all breaches of international humanitarian law...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they expect the European Council on 25–26 June to discuss the identification of refugees, resettlement for family reunion in Europe, the care of unaccompanied child migrants, and the possible use of humanitarian vis...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the report published on 18 June by Human Rights Watch, The Mediterranean Migration Crisis: Why People Flee, What the EU Should Do.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to enable recognised religious leaders in Syria to act in parallel with all those searching for political solutions for that country.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make contact with the democratic representatives of the cantons of Afrin, Kobane and Jazira, in Syria; if not, why not; and whether they plan to ask the United Nations mediator to make similar approache...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all departments promote greater social cohesion and positive relations between all faiths, cultures and opinions, in addition to preventing extreme and criminal behaviour.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had, or plan to have, with the government of Afghanistan about improving conditions there for women and girls among the internally displaced population; and what assessment they have made of the w...