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Written Answers — House of Lords: Morocco: Overseas Students (4 Nov 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what reply they have received from the Government of Morocco to their demands concerning the decision to withdraw permission from students who had been given visas to attend a Talk Together event in Oxford in August, which had received funding from the British Council.

Zimbabwe — Question (2 Nov 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the Southern African Development Community concerning implementation of the global political agreement in Zimbabwe.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Morocco: Fisheries Agreements (29 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government on what terms they consider the fisheries agreement between the United Kingdom and Morocco should be renewed.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Oil (21 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the G8 had about the effect of the prediction of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that global demand for OPEC oil will increase from 45.5 million barrels a day in 2010 to 106 million barrels a day in 2030 on the G8's decision to reduce global carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration (19 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 6 July (WA 107) and having regard to Chapter 14 of Annex H of the Home Office Nationality Instructions, under what circumstances an adult holding British nationality can concurrently be a citizen of India.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration (19 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government why the UK Border Agency Nationality Instructions refer to the case of Lee Thean Hock (Judicial Review No 25-64-2004 in the Malaysian High Court) as a precedent (Annex D to Chapter 12, paragraph 2.11.4), when paragraph 67 of the judgment of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the case of AL & Others (Malaysia British Overseas Citizens) Malaysia [2009]...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Detainees (19 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons have been detained under the Immigration Acts 1971 and 1988 for over a year on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of those were being held due to problems with the redocumentation process, because there was no viable route of return or because there was a policy of no compulsory returns to their countries of origin.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Alcohol (14 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place copies in the Library of the House of the posters they produce warning of the dangers of alcohol abuse; and how they ensure that the posters are displayed in public buildings.

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: Will the noble Lord confirm that the Government have changed their fundamental policy that was announced at the time of the 2003 review that price was not a factor to be used in affecting consumption? At least the Government have moved this far to saying that price is an important lever that can be used to affect consumption.

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: I am particularly glad that my noble friend has raised the question of the price of alcohol and the effect this can have on overall consumption and on the various indices of alcohol harms such as health and crime. When the Government first introduced their own alcohol strategy in 2003, it was obviously the intention that measures would be adopted to reduce these harms, but they specifically...

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: My Lords, I have one question for the Minister that arises out of something that he said a few minutes ago. He talked about irresponsible promotions that have been used to persuade people to drink more than was good for them. He mentioned one in particular: the offer of free drink for all women. Can he tell us something about the nine matters that he has in mind? Do they include the...

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: According to the Local Government Association—which, as the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, pointed out, has asked for this amendment—the process that has to be undertaken now if there is an objection is complicated and circuitous. When there is an objection from constituents to a particular event, the local authority will have to lobby the police. The noble Lord exaggerated when...

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: Before the Minister leaves that point, if, as he says, the offence is very much a last resort, why is there not provision for an acceptable behaviour contract to have been imposed on the young person before there is any question of criminalising him?

Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: As I understand it, the first time that any action is taken against the young person is on the third occasion when he is caught drinking in public, and then he becomes a criminal. I am saying: why not provide for the use of acceptable behaviour contracts as a precondition before the person gets into the criminal justice system?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Chagos Islanders (12 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of their 31 July observations, and exhibit 111 attached, on the admissibility and merits of Application no. 35622/04 Chagos Islanders v the United Kingdom at the European Court of Human Rights.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Uganda: Lord's Resistance Army (12 Oct 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will discuss with the governments of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and of Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo a military operation under Article 42 of the United Nations Charter to capture or eliminate terrorists in the Lord's Resistance Army.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Custody (21 Jul 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the Prison Reform Trust's finding that the number of children remanded in custody while awaiting trial has increased by 41 per cent in the last seven years; and what is their response to each of the 12 points in the action plan suggested by the trust to reduce the numbers.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Royal Society Enterprise Fund (21 Jul 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will allocate part of the £750 million strategic investment fund for supporting businesses announced in the Budget to the Royal Society Enterprise Fund.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Sri Lanka (21 Jul 2009)

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what reports they have received about access to the internally displaced persons camps in northern Sri Lanka by international humanitarian agencies.

Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (20 Jul 2009)

Lord Avebury: My Lords, I appreciate the care with which the Minister responded to the questions that I asked. In particular, I am grateful for the Government's assurance that people will not be held in short-term holding facilities for longer than six hours, except where the PACE codes permit. I am particularly concerned about the use of short-term holding facilities at Heathrow and Gatwick airports,...