To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), whether they were aware that a four-year-old child was among the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they accept the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1) that North Koreans who are deemed to be opponents of the State are routinely sent to gulags, ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the moral and practical implications of their decision not to intervene to seek safe passage of the ten Nor...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the compliance of their decision not to raise the individual cases of the ten North Korean refugees awaitin...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to change rules that impact the ability of refugees who are health professionals to access full time English language lessons while being in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in improving English language provision for refugees since the meeting between Home Office Ministers and Lord Alton of Liverpool on 21 November; and whether they have any plans to provide more fa...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Department for International Development aid has been channelled through Adam Smith International in Syria to consultants outside Syria; and what assessment they have made of reports by BBC Panorama and The Times t...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Department for International Development aid has been made directly available to support religious minorities and victims of genocide in Syria in each of the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to reconsider the case of Hafizzulah Husseinkhel, an Afghan interpreter who worked as an interpreter for the British Army and is due to be deported from the UK; if so, when; and what assessment they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been provided to Adam Smith International for the delivery of (1) the Department for International Development's, and (2) the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund's, Somalia programmes in each of the past five...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 30 November (HL3469), whether, in their recent dialogue with the government of Saudi Arabia, that government has offered to destroy Royal Saudi Air Force stocks of UK-made BL-7...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to (1) endorse, and (2) commit to implement, the Safe Schools Declaration; and in particular, what steps they intend to take to reduce the use of educational facilities for military purposes and spare th...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have identified any of the local leaders given support through the Department for International Development's Somalia programmes as having strong links to Al Shabab; and if so, how many, and which, leaders.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the East of England Co-op to sell food after the best-before date, in order to help reduce food waste; and whether they intend to encourage other supermarket chains to do th...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the ability of (1) the Department for International Development, and (2) the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, to measure the impact of their operations in Somalia on conflict a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of correspondence detailing operational and reputational risks relating to the Department for International Development's Somalia programme; and what assessment the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether aid has been provided in transitional livelihood support to former Al-Shabaab supporters through Adam Smith International on behalf of the Department for International Development's Somalia and Somaliland programmes...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many arrests were made in each of the last three years relating to offences of (1) a common prostitute loitering in a street or public place, (2) a common prostitute soliciting in a street or public place, (3) a person ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that attacks which violate international humanitarian law are continuing in Yemen.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's South Sudan peace process; whether they intend to propose any new diplomatic approach to ending the conflict; and what steps the internation...