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House of Lords Official Report Vol. 757 Monday No. 62 24 November 2014 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDER OF BUSINESS Introduction: Baroness Helic............................................................................................669 Questions Sri Lanka.......................................................................................................................669 Universal Credit ............................................................................................................671 Children and the Police................................................................................................674 Commonwealth: Young Entrepreneurs.........................................................................677 Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Units of Additional Pension) Order 2014 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................679 Social Security Class 3A Contributions (Units of Additional Pension) Regulations 2014 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................679 Representation of the People (Scotland) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................679 Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................679 Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2014 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................680 Business Improvement Districts (Property Owners) (England) Regulations 2014 Motion to Approve ........................................................................................................680 Wales Bill Third Reading ................................................................................................................680 Consumer Rights Bill Report (2nd Day) .........................................................................................................701 Written Statements......................................................................................................WS 27 Written Answers .........................................................................................................WA 150 £4·00 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. 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The first time a Member speaks to a new piece of parliamentary business, the following abbreviations are used to show their party affiliation: Abbreviation Party/Group CB Cross Bench Con Conservative Con Ind Conservative Independent DUP Democratic Unionist Party GP Green Party Ind Lab Independent Labour Ind LD Independent Liberal Democrat Ind SD Independent Social Democrat Lab Labour Lab Ind Labour Independent LD Liberal Democrat LD Ind Liberal Democrat Independent Non-afl Non-affiliated PC Plaid Cymru UKIP UK Independence Party UUP Ulster Unionist Party No party affiliation is given for Members serving the House in a formal capacity, the Lords spiritual, Members on leave of absence or Members who are otherwise disqualified from sitting in the House. © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2014, this publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 669 Introduction: Baroness Helic[24 NOVEMBER 2014] Sri Lanka 670 Lord Wallace of Saltaire: My Lords, I would be House of Lords surprised if the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is not already aware of it. The United Kingdom Monday, 24 November 2014. Government are actively concerned to promote reconciliation and reconstruction within Sri Lanka 2.30 pm among all of its different communities. Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Birmingham. Lord Bach (Lab): My Lords, President Rajapaksa has called an early presidential election for 8 January Introduction: Baroness Helic next year. Last week there were defections by senior Ministers from the Government, including Mr Sirisena, who will be the principal opposition candidate. Given 2.38 pm the history of such elections in the past and that reports this weekend suggest that Mr Sirisena’s first Arminka Helic, having been created Baroness Helic, of broadcast has been blocked and his bodyguards removed, Millbank in the City of Westminster, was introduced what do Her Majesty’s Government believe are the and made the solemn affirmation, supported by Lord prospects for a free, fair and inclusive election? Howell of Guildford and Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct. Lord Wallace of Saltaire: My Lords, the British Government and others are talking about the best way in which to make sure that there is effective monitoring Sri Lanka of the elections. We will of course be raising such Question issues with the Sri Lankan Government. 2.43 pm Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB): My Lords, can Asked by Lord Naseby the Minister say what progress is being made with the United Nations Human Rights Council inquiry into What action they are taking in response to the the behaviour of all parties, including the Tamil Tigers, European Court of Justice verdict on 16 October and if the Government of Sri Lanka are giving any and its conclusions in respect of restrictive measures signs of co-operation with that at all? currently in place since the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was proscribed by the European Union in 2006 and by the United Kingdom in 2000. Lord Wallace of Saltaire: As the noble Lord is aware, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Lord Naseby (Con): My Lords, I beg leave to ask has just reported that he is not receiving the co-operation the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. which he needs from the Sri Lankan Government. In doing so, I declare an interest as chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka. Lord Avebury (LD): My Lords, will the Government condemn the refusal of the Sri Lankan authorities to Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD): My Lords, we are grant visas to the OHCHR team which was to investigate studying the implications of the ECJ judgment and the atrocities committed in the final stages of the civil considering appropriate next steps. The UK is committed war by both the Government and the LTTE? Will the to maintaining an EU listing. The court’s decision was comprehensive report of that team, headed by Martti based on fundamental procedural grounds, but the Ahtisaari, nevertheless be published in accordance court rejected the LTTE’s argument that it could not with the mandate of the team at the 28th session of be listed as a terrorist organisation because of its the Human Rights Council in March 2015? involvement in an internal armed conflict. The UK condemns the Tamil Tigers as a brutal terror organisation, and it remains proscribed under UK law. Lord Wallace of Saltaire: My Lords, the UK was a sponsor of the resolution of the UN Human Rights Council. We are actively concerned in this issue. We Lord Naseby: My Lords, is my noble friend aware are not at all happy about the refusal of the Sri that his Answer will be greeted with a great sigh of Lankan authorities to co-operate with the attempts to relief by nearly all the Sri Lankans who live in the have an external inquiry, because of our concerns that United Kingdom and, indeed, virtually all the citizens the internal inquiry’s recommendations have not yet of Sri Lanka? However, is he also aware that this been implemented. coming Thursday there is to be a rally at ExCel to celebrate the life of the leader of the Tamil Tigers, Mr Prabhakaran, and the other Tamil Tigers, and to Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab): My Lords, can raise money for Eelam? Will my noble friend bring this the noble Lord tell the House what action the British to the attention of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Government will take to ensure that the Sri Lankan Police? It seems to me that this is covered by the Government co-operate more fully with the UN report proscription. Frankly, if the terrorism Acts mean anything, that the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, just mentioned in this particular rally should be stopped. his question? 671 Sri Lanka[LORDS] Universal Credit 672 Lord Wallace of Saltaire: My Lords, we have actively
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